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_(8._september_2018).jpg) Aerial view of Intility Arena | |
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| Location | Valle Hovin, Oslo, Norway |
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| Coordinates | 59°55′4″N10°48′25″E / 59.91778°N 10.80694°E /59.91778; 10.80694 |
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| Owner | Vålerenga kultur- og idrettspark AS, owned by Vålerenga Fotball |
| Operator | Vålerenga kultur- og idrettspark AS |
| Capacity | 16,555[1] 15,389 (International capacity) |
| Record attendance | 17,011 (Vålerenga vs Sarpsborg 08, 10 September 2017) |
| Field size | 105 by 68 metres (115 by 74 yd) |
| Surface | Artificial grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2015 |
| Opened | 9 September 2017 |
| Architect | Lille Frøen AS / Stefan Ekberg Arkitekter AS |
| Tenants | |
| Vålerenga Fotball (2017–present) | |
Intility Arena,[2] also referred to asVålerenga Stadion, is anassociation football stadium inOslo, Norway. The stadium is the home stadium forVålerenga Fotball, currently playing in theEliteserien, andVålerenga Fotball Damer, currently playing in theToppserien. It has a seating capacity of 16,555 people.[1]
The stadium plans were accepted by the city council of Oslo in 2014 and byEEA in June 2015. Construction started in August 2015, and the stadium opened in September 2017.[3] The stadium was initially calledVålerenga kultur- og idrettspark.
From the 1960s till the 1980s and a short period in the end of the 1990sBislett Stadion was Vålerenga's home ground. Bislet Stadion also hosted speed skating and track and field events in addition to football, and hosted the1952 Winter Olympics. Poor conditions and maintenance of Bislett forced Vålerenga to move toUllevaal and agroundshare withFK Lyn.
After Vålerenga moved fromBislett Stadion plans for building their own ground were conceived, but poor results on the field combined with financial problems kept those plans at bay for a few years. After the second place in2004 and the league title in2005 as well as shipping magnateJohn Fredriksen's deletion of the club's debt in 2003, the talks of building a ground for Vålerenga resurfaced.
Following a press statement made on 15 May 2008, Vålerenga announced that they will be moving home to Valle Hovin after purchasing the area of the proposed stadium for the symbolic sum of 1 Norwegian Krone. In late 2014, the plans were accepted by the city council of Oslo.[4] On 10 June 2014, theEuropean Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority accepted the plans for the stadium.[3]
The foundation stone of the new stadium was laid on 29 July 2015, the club's 102nd anniversary.[5] Construction started in the summer of 2015.[3]
The first game at the stadium was played on 9 September 2017 and was a women'sToppserien gameVålerenga Damer won 2–0 againstKolbotn.[6] The men's opening game was played on the following day, 10 September 2017, anEliteserien game Vålerenga lost 1–2 againstSarpsborg 08.[7] The record attendance of 17,011 spectators dates from this game.
In October 2017, Norwegian technology company Intility reached an agreement with Vålerenga to buy the stadium's naming rights for ten years. The deal saw the stadium's name change to Intility Arena.
The stadium will be served by several stations on theOslo Metro.Helsfyr Station is the closest station, approximately 500 metres away from Valle Hovin.Ensjø Station andHasle Station are both approximately one kilometre away.
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