Rambergsvallen, Football stadium in Rambergsstaden, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Rambergsvallen is a football stadium in the Rambergsstaden district of Gothenburg, built to hold around 7,000 spectators and marked by four tall floodlight masts. The ground has standing areas and facilities for both players and visitors.
Rambergsvallen opened on 18 August 1935 as a state-communal reserve work project. It took its final form after a new north stand in 1979 and a main stand in 1983. BK Häcken played Allsvenskan football there on dispensation, and the ground was demolished in 2014 to make way for Bravida Arena, inaugurated in 2015.
The name comes from Rambergsstaden, where "ram" is an old word for raven, pronounced with a short a. BK Häcken rented the ground for its home matches, while school classes used it for athletics and sports days. In its final years about 90 percent of use was rental to schools for athletics.
Rambergsvallen stood in the Rambergsstaden district on Hisingen, linked operationally with the neighbouring Rambergsrinken ice hall and Lundbybadet. The ground was demolished in 2014, so visitors today find its replacement, Bravida Arena, on the same site; the new arena is owned by the municipality through the property company Higab.
Rambergsvallen's name comes from the old word "ram" (ramn), meaning raven, pronounced with a short a. The ground was built as a state-municipal relief work project and inaugurated on 18 August 1935. Its record attendance of 8,379 exceeded the stated capacity of 7,000.
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