Gavlerinken Arena

Gavlerinken Arena
Tenants

Former names	Läkerol Arena (2006–2014) Gavlerinken (1967–2006)
Location	Gävle, Sweden
Owner	Brynäs IF (2005–present) Gävle Municipality (1967–2005)
Capacity	Ice hockey: 8,585
Opened	1967/2006
Brynäs IF (SHL) (1967–present)

Gavlerinken Arena, formerly known as Läkerol Arena (2006–2014) and Gavlerinken (1967–2006), is an indoor sporting arena located in Gävle, Sweden. The capacity of the arena is 8,585 for ice hockey games and 11,000 for concerts which makes it the 5th largest ice hockey arena in Sweden. The arena is the home arena of the Brynäs IF ice hockey team.

The arena was built in 1967, named Gavlerinken. In 2005, the municipality of Gävle sold the arena to Brynäs IF which re-built it and sold the naming rights to Leaf Candy Company, manufacturer of the Läkerol pastilles, and it re-opened as Läkerol Arena on November 13, 2006. After the municipality of Gävle re-acquired the naming rights in June 2014, they changed the name of the arena to Gavlerinken Arena for the following five seasons (through 2018–19).^[1]

The arena is partly powered by two 4 kW vertical axis wind turbine manufactured by Urban Green Energy.^[2]

In 2007 and 2016, the arena hosted a semi-final of Melodifestivalen.

References

↑ "Gävle kommun går in som huvudpartner till Brynäs IF" (in Swedish). Brynäs IF. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ "Snurr på taket i Gävle". ETC (in Swedish). 18 March 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

External links

Media related to Gavlerinken Arena at Wikimedia Commons

Hockeyarenas.net entry

Swedish Hockey League

Teams	Brynäs IF Djurgårdens IF Frölunda HC Färjestad BK HV71 Karlskrona HK Linköpings HC Luleå HF Malmö Redhawks Modo Hockey Rögle BK Skellefteå AIK Växjö Lakers Örebro HK

Former teams	AIK IF Björklöven Hammarby IF Leksands IF Mora IK Södertälje SK Timrå IK Väsby IK Västerås IK Örebro IK

Arenas	Behrn Arena Coop Norrbotten Arena Fjällräven Center Gavlerinken Arena Hovet Kinnarps Arena Lindab Arena Löfbergs Arena Malmö Arena Saab Arena Scandinavium Skellefteå Kraft Arena Telenor Arena Karlskrona Vida Arena

Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Awards	Le Mat Trophy Guldhjälmen Guldpucken Honken Trophy Håkan Loob Trophy Rookie of the Year Salming Trophy Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy Guldpipan Coach of the Year

Related topics	List of SHL seasons List of Swedish ice hockey champions Marathon SHL standings Swedish Ice Hockey Association HockeyAllsvenskan Kvalserien Marathon standings for the top Swedish ice hockey league Ice hockey in Sweden J20 SuperElit National men's team National women's team

See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

Coordinates: 60°41′28″N 17°07′56″E / 60.69111°N 17.13222°E / 60.69111; 17.13222

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