Versowood Areena

Versowood Areena
Address	Urheilukatu 2
Location	Heinola, Finland
Coordinates	Coordinates: 61°12′15″N 26°02′47″E / 61.2041°N 26.0463°E
Owner	City of Heinola
Capacity	2,975
Surface	ice
Construction
Broke ground	1983
Opened	1984
Tenants
	Peliitat Heinola; ;

Versowood Areena is an indoor arena in Heinola, Finland. The arena was built in 1984 and has a capacity of 2975 where 1500 can be seated and 1475 can stand. It is the home arena for Peliitat Heinola of the Mestis hockey league the second top league in Finland behind Liiga and all other ice hockey teams in the city. It is also the home arena for of 2. Divisioona.^[1]

History[]

Construction of the arena lasted from 1983 to 1984. The first match played was a test match friendly between the international squads Sweden and Finland which drew in a full crowd. The ceiling also holds the jerseys of Heinola greats and whose numbers 16 and 19 were retired by the team.^[2]

References[]

^ "Versowood Areena". eruohockey.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
^ "Versowood Areena". jatkoaika.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.

[1] "Versowood Areena". eruohockey.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.

[2] "Versowood Areena". jatkoaika.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.

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