Blue Water Arena

• Esbjerg fB

• European Youth Olympic Festival 1999

The Blue Water Arena is a football stadium in Esbjerg, Denmark with 18,000 courts ( 11,451 seats). It is the home of the football club Esbjerg fB and is part of the Sport & Event Park Esbjerg.

History

Opened in 1955 the stadium was the venue for the 1999 European Youth Olympic Festival. For this occasion, the stadium was renovated for the first time. In 2004, a new main stand was built with seats in the venue. From March 2008 to August 2009 was the complete reconstruction of the sports facility. All stands are double-level and are covered up to a few places. There were installed 5,500 tons of concrete and 640 tons of steel in the stadium. The glass facade has an area of ​​3,760 square meters. The two large video screens each have 43 square feet of space and weigh 4800 kg. Inside the stadium, there is a central beer tank with 6,000 liter capacity, which provides about one kilometer pipelines beer at 20 dispensers. The conversion costs of DKK 105 million ( EUR 14 million ) share the Esbjerg municipality with 72.2 million DKK and the football club Esbjerg fB with 32.8 million DKK.

By 2007, the Blue Water Arena had the name Esbjerg Esbjerg Idrætspark or stadium. Since 2007, the Blue Water Group; a consortium of companies from the transport and logistics sector, the title sponsor of the football stadium in Esbjerg.

Sport & Event Park Esbjerg

In addition to the Blue Water Arena include, inter alia, following sports and event venues for Sport & Event Park Esbjerg.

• Stadium Hall: Built in 1968, 2,000 courts ( 800 Seats) is for example for Handball and also for fair, exhibitions and shows. utilized.
• Svømmestadion Danmark: built in 1996, Denmark's largest leisure pool with 50 meter Olympic pool and 400 seats. In addition, an area with Roman bath, wave pool, saunas and solariums.
• Hockey Hall: Built in 1976, 4,200 courts ( 1,000 seats ) in the Hockey Department of Esbjerg fB plays.
• Hockey Training Hall: Built in 1996, 800 seats
• Curling Hall: built in 2004 with four holes
• Athletics Stadium: Rebuilding 1994 eight-lane track, it meets the international standards, 8,000 seats ( 800 Seats)
• Tennis court: The eight outdoor clay courts are located behind the main grandstand of the Blue Water Arena. There are in a hall, two hard courts.
• Badminton hall: built to European Youth Olympic Festival in 1999 and has six points and 371 seats.
• Football fields: Seven natural grass fields and an artificial pitch
• Cricket field with 1,000 seats