Laugardalshöll

The Laugardalshöllin or more precisely Íþróttahöllin í Laugardal (Eng. The sports hall in Laugardal ) is a sports and entertainment venue in Reykjavik / Iceland.

The hall has an area of ​​6,500 square meters and can accommodate up to 5,500 spectators. At its dedication on December 6, 1965, she was the largest event hall in Iceland. In addition to sporting events also exhibitions and music concerts.

In this hall in 1972 Bobby Fischer won the title of world chess champion Boris Spassky against. Here also the Men's Handball World Championship took place in 1995.

Now the Egilshöllin is 23,000 m², the largest gymnasium in Iceland.