Avicii Arena
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Globen | |
Former names | Stockholm Globe Arena (1989–2009) Ericsson Globe (2009–2021) |
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Location | 121 77 Johanneshov, Stockholm, Sweden |
Coordinates | 59°17′36.80″N 18°04′59.65″E / 59.2935556°N 18.0832361°ECoordinates: 59°17′36.80″N 18°04′59.65″E / 59.2935556°N 18.0832361°E |
Public transit | Globen |
Owner | City of Stockholm via SGA Fastigheter |
Operator | AEG Live |
Capacity | 13,850 (ice hockey) 16,000 (concerts) |
Record attendance | 17,303 (Metallica, 5 May 2018)[1] |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 10 September 1986 |
Built | 1986–1989 |
Opened | 19 February 1989 |
Architect | Svante Berg, Lars Vretblad |
Tenants | |
Sweden men's national ice hockey team AIK Hockey Djurgårdens IF Hockey | |
Website | |
aviciiarena |
Avicii Arena,[2] originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen (pronounced [ˈɡlǔːbɛn] (listen); "the Globe"), is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockholm, Sweden.
The arena represents the Sun in the Sweden Solar System, the world's largest scale model of the Solar System.
Construction[]
Avicii Arena is the largest hemispherical building on Earth and took two and a half years to build.[3] Shaped like a large white ball, it has a diameter of 110 metres (360 ft) and an inner height of 85 metres (279 ft). The volume of the building is 605,000 cubic metres (21,400,000 cu ft) and it has a seating capacity of 16,000 spectators for shows and concerts, and 13,850 for ice hockey. In the upper area there are 40 VIP boxes and a restaurant.
The steel, concrete and glass construction designed by the architects Berg Arkitektkontor AB is supported by a MERO space structure. It represents the Sun in the Sweden Solar System, the world's largest scale model of the Solar System.[4]
History[]
Globen was inaugurated on 19 February 1989 after a construction period of less than three years. The first major event was the Melodifestivalen 1989.
In 2009, the naming rights to the Stockholm Globe Arena were officially acquired by Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson, and it became known as the Ericsson Globe.[5]
In 2021, it was announced that the arena would be renamed the Avicii Arena in honour of late Swedish DJ Avicii, who committed suicide in 2018. To celebrate the new name, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra recorded a performance of the Avicii song "For a Better Day", with vocals provided by 14-year-old Swedish singer Ella Tiritiello.[2][6]
Tenants[]
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The Globe is primarily used for ice hockey, and is the former home arena of AIK, Djurgårdens IF, and Hammarby IF. It is also used for musical performances as well as other sports than ice hockey, for example futsal (indoor football). The third team to play a home game in their league was Huddinge IK (three home games there, all in 1993), followed by Hammarby IF (20 home games in The Globen to this day) and AC Camelen (one game in 1998, in the sixth level league, with 92 spectators).
The first international game played in Globen was between Hammarby IF (Sweden) and Jokerit (Finland) a couple of weeks before the grand opening, although the players were only 12 years old at the time (born 1977) and it was a friendly game.
The arena has been the home of the finals of Sveriges Television's yearly music competition Melodifestivalen until 2012. Ericsson Globe has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 and Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
In March 2021, it hosted the World Figure Skating Championships despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In November 2021, it hosted the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Stockholm 2021.
It will host several matches of the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship with Sweden co-hosting alongside Poland.
Artwork[]
A small cottage in aluminum with a 12-square-metre (130 sq ft) base was placed upon the Globe on 26 May 2009. The artist, Mikael Genberg, intended it to illustrate two important symbols for Sweden: the high-technology Globe building and the traditional, simple small countryside cottage in Falu red with house corners painted in white. The house was positioned some distance from the exact top position of the Globe. Genberg also hoped to eventually place a similar cottage on the Moon. The cottage remained on the Globe until October 2009.[7][8]
Concerts[]
Date | Artist | Opening Act | Tour |
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15 December 1989 | Bon Jovi | Skid Row Scorpions Lita Ford Cinderella Billy Squier Winger BulletBoys Dan Reed Network Roxus |
New Jersey Syndicate Tour |
20–22 September 1991 | Roxette | Glass Tiger | Join the Joyride! Tour |
9 September 1994 | Roxette | Brainpool | Crash! Boom! Bang! Tour |
3 December 1994 | ZZ Top | Ian Moore | Antenna World Tour |
10 June 1999 | Aerosmith | Shed Seven Kula Shaker 3 Colours Red Jonny Lang Marry Me Jane Talk Show Days of the New Kenny Wayne Shepherd Spacehog Monster Magnet Fuel Fighting Gravity Seven Mary Three Candlebox The Afghan Whigs The Black Crowes Lenny Kravitz Bryan Adams Stereophonics Skunk Anansie Ministry Guano Apes |
Nine Lives Tour |
9 November 2000 | Britney Spears | N/A | Oops!... I Did It Again Tour |
16 November 2001 | Roxette | The Rasmus | |
10 April 2003 | Shakira | N/A | Tour of the Mongoose |
11 May 2004 | Britney Spears | Skye Sweetnam JC Chasez Wicked Wisdom |
The Onyx Hotel Tour |
12 March 2007 | Shakira | N/A | Oral Fixation Tour |
16 March 2007 | Dolly Parton | N/A | An Evening with Dolly Parton |
3 May 2007 | Beyoncé | Lemar | The Beyoncé Experience |
7 June 2008 | Céline Dion | Calasia | Taking Chances World Tour |
28 June 2008 | Avril Lavigne | Jonas Brothers | The Best Damn World Tour |
17 September 2008 | Coldplay | High Wire | Viva la Vida Tour |
18 September 2008 | |||
7 March 2009 | Metallica | N/A | World Magnetic Tour |
4 May 2009 | Metallica | N/A | World Magnetic Tour |
13 May 2009 | Beyoncé | N/A | I Am... World Tour |
13 July 2009 | Britney Spears | DJ Havana Brown | The Circus Starring Britney Spears |
14 July 2009 | |||
11 October 2009 | Green Day | Prima Donna | 21st Century Breakdown World Tour |
10 November 2009 | P!nk | Evermore | Funhouse Tour |
7 May 2010 | Lady Gaga | Semi Precious Weapons | The Monster Ball Tour |
8 May 2010 | |||
14 June 2011 | Linkin Park | The Futureheads | A Thousand Suns World Tour |
27 August 2011 | Dolly Parton | N/A | Better Day World Tour |
16 October 2011 | Britney Spears | Joe Jonas Destinee & Paris |
Femme Fatale Tour |
1 November 2011 | Rihanna | Calvin Harris | Loud Tour |
3 November 2011 | Roxette | N/A | The Neverending World Tour |
4 November 2011 | Bob Dylan | Mark Knopfler | Never Ending Tour |
10 December 2011 | Paul McCartney | N/A | On the Run |
18 April 2012 | Michael Bublé | Naturally 7 | Crazy Love Tour |
U July 2012 | Pearl Jam | X | Pearl Jam 2012 Tour |
30 August 2012 | Lady Gaga | The Darkness Lady Starlight |
Born This Way Ball |
31 August 2012 | |||
22 April 2013 | Justin Bieber | N/A | Believe Tour |
23 April 2013 | |||
24 April 2013 | |||
8 May 2013 | One Direction | Camryn | Take Me Home Tour |
26 May 2013 | P!nk | Churchill | The Truth About Love Tour |
29 May 2013 | Beyoncé | Luke James | The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour |
22 July 2013 | Rihanna | GTA | Diamonds World Tour |
3 November 2013 | Bruno Mars | Mayer Hawthorne | The Moonshine Jungle Tour |
23 February 2014 | Michael Bublé | Naturally 7 | To Be Loved Tour |
30 May 2014 | Miley Cyrus | Sky Ferreira | Bangerz Tour |
12 June 2014 | John Mayer | Phillip Phillips | Born and Raised World Tour |
11 July 2014 | Dolly Parton | N/A | Blue Smoke World Tour |
30 September 2014 | Lady Gaga | Lady Starlight | ArtRave: The Artpop Ball |
16 March 2015 | Nicki Minaj | Trey Songz Ester Dean |
The Pinkprint Tour |
22 March 2015 | Katy Perry | Charli XCX | Prismatic World Tour |
21 May 2015 | Ariana Grande | Rixton | The Honeymoon Tour |
3 March2016 | Ellie Goulding | Sarah Hartman | Delirium World Tour |
27 January 2017 | Green Day | Catfish and the Bottlemen | Revolution Radio Tour |
4 March 2017 | Drake | dvsn | Boy Meets World Tour |
30 March 2017 | Ed Sheeran | Anne-Marie Ryan McMullan |
÷ Tour |
7 May 2017 | John Mayer | Andreas Moe | The Search for Everything World Tour |
17 May 2017 | Shawn Mendes | James TW | Illuminate World Tour |
20 May 2017 | Bruno Mars | Anderson Paak | 24K Magic World Tour |
18 March 2018 | Harry Styles | Mabel | Harry Styles: Live on Tour |
5 May 2018 | Metallica | Kvelertak | WorldWired Tour |
7 May 2018 | |||
June 10, 2018 | Katy Perry | Tove Styrke | Witness: The Tour |
8 February 2019 | Twenty One Pilots | The Regrettes | The Bandito Tour |
4 March 2019 | Nicki Minaj Juice Wrld |
Lil Xan | The Nicki Wrld Tour |
15 March 2019 | Shawn Mendes | Alessia Cara | Shawn Mendes: The Tour |
2 June 2019 | Backstreet Boys | KnowleDJ | DNA World Tour |
1 October 2019 | John Mayer | N/A | I Guess I Just Feel Like World Tour |
7 October 2019 | Ariana Grande | Ella Mai Social House |
Sweetener World Tour |
23 October 2019 | Michael Bublé | Naturally 7 | An Evening with Michael Bublé |
11 December 2019 | A$AP Rocky | Playboi Carti Ski Mask the Slump God Comethazine |
Injured Generation Tour |
Skyview[]
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Skyview is an exterior inclined elevator which transports visitors to the top of the arena for a virtually unobstructed view of Stockholm.
It has two spherical gondolas, each able to accommodate up to 16 passengers, which travel along parallel tracks on the exterior of the south side of the globe.[citation needed]
Skyview opened in February 2010 and carried 160,000 people during its first year of operation.[citation needed]
See also[]
- Architecture of Stockholm
- Hovet
- Tele2 Arena
- MSG Sphere London
- MSG Sphere at The Venetian
- List of indoor arenas in Nordic countries
- List of European ice hockey arenas
References[]
- ^ "Metallica återtog publikrekordet i Globen" [Metallica regained the audience record in the Globe]. Sveriges Television (in Swedish). 5 May 2018.
- ^ a b Fekadu, Mesfin (19 May 2021). "Sweden's Ericsson Globe gets a new name: AVICII ARENA". ABC News. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Ericsson Globe". AEG. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "The Sweden Solar System". Sweden Solar System. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Globen byter namn till Ericsson Globe" [The Globe changes its name to Ericsson Globe] (PDF) (Press release) (in Swedish). Stockholm Globe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ Willman, Chris (19 May 2021). "Stockholm's Avicii Arena Aims to Raise Awareness of Mental Health Issues". Variety. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Röd stuga på Globens topp" [Red cottage on the top of the Globe]. Sveriges Television (in Swedish). 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Video: Stuga placerad på Globens tak". Sveriges Television (in Swedish). 26 May 2009. Archived from the original on 18 August 2009. (The sequence starts automatically within a few seconds.)
External links[]
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