The Linköping Arena, also known by its sponsored name Bilbörsen Arena, is an association football stadium in Linköping, Sweden. Opened in 2013, the stadium has a capacity of 7,400[1] and hosted four games at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 tournament. Following the tournament, the stadium became home to Linköpings FC women's association football team. The name was discussed for a while and the project name was Arena Linköping[2] before at the inauguration it was announced as Linköping Arena.[3] In April 2023, Bilbörsen bought the rights to the stadium and it was renamed Bilbörsen Arena.[4]

Linköping Arena
Linköping Arena in November 2014
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LocationLinköping, Sweden
Capacity7,400
Construction
Broke ground29 August 2011 (2011-08-29)
Opened5 May 2013 (2013-05-05)
Tenants
Linköpings FC (2013–)
FC Linköping City (2013–)

References edit

  1. ^ "Linköping Arena". linkopingfc.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Arena Linköping". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Linköpings arena fick ett namn". corren.se. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Linköping arena byter namn – biljätte köper rättigheterna" [Linköping arena changes name – car giant buys the rights] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 13 April 2023.

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