Lindab Arena, is an indoor arena

Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

 in Ängelholm

Ängelholm Municipality

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, Sweden

Sweden

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. It replaced the former arena in October 2008 and the capacity is 5,150. It is the home for the Rögle BK

Rögle BK

Rögle Bandyklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club. They currently play in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league in Sweden. The team has previously played four seasons in Elitserien between 1992–93 and 1995–96 and between 2008–09 and 2009–10....

 ice hockey

Ice hockey

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team.

History

The former Lindab Arena, until 2008 known as Ängelholms Ishall, was located on the same ground. It had a capacity of 4,600 and was built in 1983 after the old stadium Vegeholms Ishall burned to the ground in a fire in 1981 (built in 1963).

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