Jämtkraft Arena, Sports stadium in Östersund, Sweden
Jämtkraft Arena is a football and events stadium in the Stadsdel Norr district of Östersund, near Östersunds skidstadion and Arctura. It has two artificial-turf pitches heated by district heating, two restaurants, a VIP lounge with 120 seats, offices, changing rooms and a media room. Its four stands hold 8,466 seats, 16 of them for people with reduced mobility, and the north restaurant seats a further 600.
The stadium opened in July 2007 as a modern facility for regional football. A first expansion took place in 2013 when a wooden terrace was added following Östersunds FK's promotion to a higher league.
The arena is home to Östersunds FK, who won the Svenska cupen here on 13 April 2017, beating IFK Norrköping 4-1 before a record 8,369 spectators. It also hosts Östersunds DFF and events such as the Storsjöcupen, Cirkus Scott and Rhapsody in Rock.
The stadium sits about 2 kilometers from central Östersund and is accessible by bus from the main station. On match days, regular shuttle services operate from the city center, making it easy to reach.
On 15 February 2018 Arsenal beat Östersunds FK 3-0 in the first leg of the Europa League round of 32, the club's best-known European visitor. The arena also hosted a snowmobile cross event during SM-veckan in January 2012, the first such track built on an electrically heated artificial pitch, watched by 4,100 people.
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