Fjøset ("The Barn") | |
CC Amfi (right) and Storhamar Ishall
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Full name | Nordlyshallen |
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Former names | Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre (1992-2015) |
Location | Storhamar, Hamar, Norway |
Coordinates | 60°48′04″N 11°02′18″E / 60.8010588°N 11.0383415°ECoordinates: 60°48′04″N 11°02′18″E / 60.8010588°N 11.0383415°E |
Public transit | Bus: Line B2 |
Owner | Hamar Municipality |
Operator | Hamar Olympiske Anlegg |
Capacity | 7,000 |
Construction | |
Opened | 25 November 1992 |
Construction cost | 83 million kr |
Architect | HRTB |
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Storhamar Ishockey (1992-present) 1994 Winter Olympics 1999 IIHF World Championship 1999 World Women's Handball Championship 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships 2016 Winter Youth Olympics |
Location | Storhamar, Hamar, Norway |
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Owner | Hamar Municipality |
Operator | Hamar Olympiske Anlegg |
Capacity | 1,200 |
Construction | |
Opened | August 1981 |
Architect | HRTB |
Tenants | |
Storhamar IL (1992-present) 2016 Winter Youth Olympics |
CC Amfi, also known as Nordlyshallen ("The Northern Light Hall") is an indoor sports arena in Hamar, Norway. It is mostly used for ice hockey, but is also used for short track speed skating, figure skating, handball, events and concerts. The venue has a capacity for 7,000 spectators and was built for the 1994 Winter Olympics, where it was used for short track speed skating and figure skating. Other major events held at the arena include the 1999 IIHF World Championship in ice hockey, the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship, the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships and the scheduled 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.
Construction of CC Amfi started in August 1991 and it was inaugurated on 25 November 1992, with construction costing 83 million Norwegian krone (NOK). The venues are owned by Hamar Olympiske Anlegg, a subsidiary of Hamar Municipality.
In the unsuccessful Lillehammer bid for the 1992 Winter Olympics, ice hockey events were proposed played in Hamar and Gjøvik. However, in the Lillehammer bid for the 1994 Winter Olympics, all ice events were moved to Lillehammer proper, after recommendations from the International Ice Hockey Federation, who wanted all the ice hockey events to take place in the same town. This would involve building two temporary ice rinks at Stampesletta in Lillehammer, and after the Olympics moving them to Gjøvik and either Moelv, Brumunddal or Kongsvinger. By 1989, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to include short-track speed skating, increasing the number of ice halls from two to three. In April, the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee (LOOC) therefore proposed building permanent ice rinks in Hamar and Gjøvik.