Avicii Arena, Multi-purpose arena in Johanneshov, Stockholm, Sweden
Avicii Arena is a large hemispherical building in Stockholm designed for sports competitions and music performances. The structure holds up to 16,000 people and regularly hosts ice hockey, basketball, and other sporting events.
Berg Arkitektkontor won the 1985 city competition with a proposal for the world's largest spherical building; the first sod was turned in September 1986 and Prince Bertil cut the ribbon at the inauguration on 19 February 1989. Ericsson acquired the naming rights in 2009, making it the Ericsson Globe. On 19 May 2021 it became Avicii Arena, in cooperation with the Tim Bergling Foundation, to highlight mental illness among young people.
The name Avicii Arena, adopted in 2021, honours producer Tim Bergling and supports the Tim Bergling Foundation's work on youth mental health. The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra recorded his song "For a Better Day" with singer Ella Tiritiello to mark the change. The arena hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 and 2016.
The arena stands in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm, beside the Globen metro station. Skyview, the exterior inclined elevator on the south side, runs in two spherical gondolas holding up to 12 passengers each to the top, 85.20 metres above ground. The building is owned by the City of Stockholm through SGA Fastigheter and run by Stockholm Live.
A 12-square-metre aluminium cottage in Falu red with white trim, by artist Mikael Genberg, stood on the dome from 26 May to October 2009, set slightly off the exact top. Genberg wanted to pair Sweden's high-technology Globe with the traditional countryside cottage, and hoped to place a similar house on the Moon.
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