Capinordic Arena
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A new arena built next to Parken Stadium
Parken Stadium
Parken Stadium is a football stadium in the Indre Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built from 1990–1992. It currently has a capacity of 38,065 for football games, and is the home ground of F.C. Københaven and the Danish national football team...

 in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 was expected to be completed by December 2010. Due to the financial crisis and a bad annual result i 2009, Parken Sport & Entertainment
Parken Sport & Entertainment
Parken Sport & Entertainment A/S is a Danish company listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. PS&E is a leading arranger of sport and entertainment events in Denmark and the Øresunds region. The group's primary activities are football club F.C...

 chose to abolish the project.

The arena was designed by Hou & Partnere Arkitekter.

The arena was first named after the financial group Capinordic, but the company withdrew their sponsorship in January 2010.

It would have had a capacity of 4,500 at sport events and 8,500 for concerts and other cultural events. The total area would be about 13,000 square metres.

The arena was supposed to be home ground of the FCK Handball
FCK Handball
F.C. Copenhagen Handball was a Danish handball team, playing in Copenhagen. They had both a male and a female team, both playing in the best Danish leagues, the Danish Handball League and Danish Women's Handball League . FCK Handball was owned by Parken Sport & Entertainment - the same company...

professional handball teams, but on 26 February 2010 the project was officially abolished.

External links

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