Talk:Friends Arena

the stadium can be scaled down...

...this is possible for every stadium by closing some of the block, so imho it is unnecessary to mention it in the article... --MrBurns (talk) 20:58, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Suggestion Roof policy

I think that as AIK is one of the main tenants of Friends Arena this should/could be added to the article: http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=8005

--Divine time (talk) 21:01, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

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Pronounciation

Friends arena is an English name. Does it really need phonetics? If so it shouldn't say Swedish pronounciation, because the name is not Swedish. Murtimurt (talk) 22:31, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

The name is indeed Swedish. "Friends" is the name of a Swedish organisation that owns the naming rights to the stadium. "Arena" is the Swedish word, not the English one that happens to be spelt identically. The pronunciation given in the article is how the name of the stadium is pronounced. BlueSwede92 (talk) 00:31, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

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Requested move 20 August 2017

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The result of the move request was: moved DrStrauss talk 11:45, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

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Nationalarenan för fotboll → Friends Arena – This is the official name of the stadium according to its users (AIK and The Swedish Football Association). It's also the name presented at the stadium's own website. I know it's a sponsor name, but we must face that the arena is commonly known as Friends Arena. "Friends Arena" gets over 100 million hits on Google, while "Nationalarenan för fotboll" only gets 47,000. Besides, many stadiums have sponsor names as their article name, e.g. Emirates Stadium, King Power Stadium and bet365 Stadium. If we won't use "Friends Arena", we can at least use Nationalarenan instead of the current name which is clumsy, unsourced and rarely used. Mattias321 (talk) 12:32, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

• Support move to Nationalarenan. Well established that we don't use sponsored stadium names where an alternative is available (hence City of Manchester Stadium not Ethihad Stadium, Dean Court not Goldsands Stadium etc). Number 57 09:09, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
  • Oh, I see. But how do you explain my examples in the comment above (Emirates Stadium etc)? There are a lot of sponsored names in Sweden as well, like Tele2 Arena, Swedbank Stadion, Behrn Arena, Guldfågeln Arena, Jämtkraft Arena and Bravida Arena. Should these be moved as well? And to what names? // Mattias321 (talk) 12:16, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
    • With regards to the Emirates Stadium, Ashburton Grove was used during the planning stage but has barely been used since. For the likes of the King Power Stadium and bet365 Stadium I am not aware of any name used prior to sponsorship (same with Macron Stadium). All the Swedish stadiums should be moved if they have non-sponsored names. Number 57 12:49, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
      • I couldn't find the relevant naming convention, could you tell me where it is? I'd like to see what it says. Sjö (talk) 14:39, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
        • It's not formalised anywhere as it's too specific to create a policy/guideline for, but if you ask at WP:FOOTY other members can confirm its existence. Number 57 20:10, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
          • Well, WP:COMMONNAME also exist and I believe that per WP:TITLE this article should be named Friends Arena. That's the name that best meets WP:NAMINGCRITERIA, especially the part "what the subject is actually called in English." Friends Arena is much more common in English, and in fact I found very few examples of Nationalarenan as referring to the stadium. It's certainly never called Nationalarenan för fotboll in English. Sjö (talk) 06:04, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
• Support move to Friends Arena. "Nationalarenan" means "the national stadium" but it's not a name, it's a function. When a stadium becomes a national stadium, it doesn't mean that it assumes the name National Stadium (unless, of course, there is an official name change). However, if consensus is against Friends Arena, at least the article should be moved to something that shows it's the national arena for men's football. Women's is Gamla Ullevi. Sjö (talk) 13:07, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
• Support move to Friends Arena per nom. Current name is unrecognisable, unnatural (both of which also apply to "Nationalarenan") and unconcise. I was surprised to see the article at this name because I've never heard anyone call the stadium anything but "Friends Arena". BlueSwede92 (talk) 15:51, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

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Namechange: Strawberry Arena

This arena will be renamed "Strawberry Arena" starting summer of 2024 (likely from June 1, 2024).

Could we move the article to Strawberry Arena? DrUtrecht (talk) 19:02, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

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