Ásvellir (original) (raw)
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Sports venue in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
64°01′N 21°58′W / 64.02°N 21.97°W / 64.02; -21.97
Ásvellir
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| Location | Hafnarfjörður, Iceland |
| Owner | Hafnarfjörður |
| Type | Sport venue |
| Capacity | 2,120 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1999 |
| Opened | 2000 |
| Renovated | 2014 |
| Expanded | 2018 |
| Tenants | |
| Haukar Haukar men's basketball Haukar women's basketball Haukar Handball |
Ásvellir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈausˌvɛtlɪr̥]) is a sports venue in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland with a gym, pool, basketball court and football field.
Two decades ago in 1996 a company and the Hafnarfjörður council signed an agreement to subsidize the construction of the complex. Finished in 1999, it started to host tournaments in 2000.[1]
In 2014, the Ásvellir gym part was refurbished by polishing the gym surface, grinding up the floor and inserting the lines again.[2] Its roof began to leak in October 2016 seeing that there was a storm.[3]
In 2018, a new basketball court in the Ásvellir area was opened. It was named Ólafssalur, in memory of Ólafur Rafnsson, former president of FIBA Europe.[4] Ólafssalur has a capacity of 700.[5]
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- ^ "Ásvellir í yfirhalningu".
- ^ "Myndband: Ásvellir farnir að leka | FimmEinn.is". www2.fimmeinn.is. Archived from the original on 2016-10-21.
- ^ "Ólafssalur vígður á Ásvöllum". isi.is. National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Um 10 milljóna króna tap af leiknum í kvöld". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 1 July 2022.