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Håkons Hall

Håkons Hall
Håkons hall Lillehammer.jpg
Location Stampesletta, Lillehammer, Norway
Coordinates 61°07′26″N 10°28′27″E / 61.12382°N 10.474063°E / 61.12382; 10.474063Coordinates: 61°07′26″N 10°28′27″E / 61.12382°N 10.474063°E / 61.12382; 10.474063
Owner Lillehammer Olympiapark
Capacity 11,500
Construction
Opened 1 February 1993
Construction cost 238 million kr
Main contractors Veidekke
Tenants
World Women's Handball Championship (1993, 1999)
1994 Winter Olympics
1994 Winter Paralympics
1999 IIHF World Championship
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
2008 European Men's Handball Championship
2010 European Women's Handball Championship
2016 Winter Youth Olympics closing ceremony

Håkons Hall, sometimes anglicized as Håkon Hall and Haakons Hall, is an arena located at Stampesletta in Lillehammer, Norway. With a spectator capacity of 11,500 people, it is the largest handball and ice hockey venue in the country. Håkons Hall is regularly used for handball and ice hockey tournaments, concerts, exhibitions, conferences and banquets. The venue is owned by Lillehammer Municipality via the subsidiary Lillehammer Olympiapark, which owns all the Olympic venues in Lillehammer. The Norwegian Olympic Museum is located in the arena, which is located next to the smaller Kristins Hall.

The hall opened on 1 February 1993 having cost 238 million Norwegian krone (NOK). It was built to host the ice hockey tournament at the 1994 Winter Olympics, and has since hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Paralympics, the 1999 IIHF World Championship in ice hockey, the World Women's Handball Championship in 1993 and 1999, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004, the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship. Lillehammer IK has occasionally played ice hockey matches at the arena.


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