Sparta Amfi
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Sparta Amfi is the oldest indoor ice hockey arena located in Sarpsborg
, Norway
. The capacity of the arena is 3,450 and was built in 1963. It is the home arena of the Sparta Warriors
ice hockey
team.
Although undergoing a few obvious changes through the years it is largely the same as when it was new. The biggest change to the arena came in 2006 when a new practice facility was built adjacent to the old arena making it a state of the art arena with two available Olympic size rinks. The fourth such combination in Norway.
Sarpsborg
is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neighbouring Fredrikstad...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The capacity of the arena is 3,450 and was built in 1963. It is the home arena of the Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team.
Although undergoing a few obvious changes through the years it is largely the same as when it was new. The biggest change to the arena came in 2006 when a new practice facility was built adjacent to the old arena making it a state of the art arena with two available Olympic size rinks. The fourth such combination in Norway.