3Arena (Stockholm)

3Arena, formerly the Stockholmsarenan (and Tele2 Arena),^[4] is a retractable roof multi-purpose arena^[5] in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov, just south of Stockholm City Centre, Sweden. It is used mostly for concerts and football matches, hosting home matches of Allsvenskan teams Djurgårdens IF and Hammarby IF. The arena has a capacity of 30,000 to 35,000 spectators for football matches, depending on the number of people standing,^[6][7] and its facilities fulfill the requirements of FIFA and UEFA for hosting international games and tournaments. When configured for concerts, the arena has a capacity of 45,000 spectators.^{[8][non-primary source needed]}

3Arena

UEFA Category 4 Stadium
Full name	3Arena
Former names	Tele2 Arena
Location	Johanneshov, Stockholm, Sweden
Coordinates	59.29081°N 18.08534°E / 59.29081; 18.08534
Public transit	Globen Gullmarsplan
Owner	City of Stockholm via SGA Fastigheter
Operator	AEG Live
Type	multi-purpose Arena
Capacity	45,000 (concerts) 30,000 (sports)[1] 28,000 (when police is in charge of max capacity, football only)
Record attendance	39,338 (Madonna, 14 November 2015) 31,810 (HIF–Häcken, 4 November 2018)
Surface	Artificial turf
Construction
Broke ground	10 September 2010[2]
Built	2010–2013
Opened	20 July 2013
Construction cost	SEK 2.7 billion (estimated)[3] €290 million
Architect	White Arup ROSSETTI
Main contractors	Peab
Tenants
Djurgårdens IF and Hammarby IF (2013–)
Website
https://3arena.se/en/

History

Stockholmsarenan in September 2014.

Stockholmsarenan under construction in April 2013.

With a maximum capacity of up to 40,000 and a retractable roof, the arena is able to host concerts, equestrian, motorsport, ice sports, banquettes, exhibitions, company events and shareholder meetings, in addition to football.^{[citation needed]}

The cost was calculated to be 2.7 billion SEK including land appropriation and a new parking garage under the arena. The cost was balanced against income from sales of building rights and rental from the operator who runs the arena. Financing was mostly covered by sale of land, mainly the lot where Söderstadion was situated and associated building rights for commercial premises. The owner is the City of Stockholm via subsidiary SGA Fastigheter AB.^{[citation needed]}

The arena was planned to host the opening game of the ice hockey World Championship 2013, but the construction was delayed and the arena was not finished until July 2013, two months after the tournament.^[9] Initially, it was intended that the stadium would stage the finals of the Swedish Super League, but after the delay, it was decided that the finals in 2013 and 2014 would be moved to Malmö Arena.^[10] It is decided that Stockholmsarenan will be the national stadium of Swedish speedway and American football.^[11]

It is also possible to have artificially-frozen ice on the ground. The bandy team of Hammarby IF has practiced on the ice when this possibility was tried for the first time, but the team will so far still use Zinkensdamms IP as their home ground for bandy. "Bandyns dag" ("Bandy Day") was supposed to be arranged at the arena on 14 December 2013 with a match against IFK Vänersborg as the climax but had to be cancelled due to problems with preparing the ice.^[12] Instead, the match against Sandvikens AIK on 10 January 2014 was played at Stockholmsarenan.^[13][14]

On 27 June 2013, just days before Hammarby's first football match at their new arena, an explosive device was found outside the stadium. Former players from rivals Djurgården were to play a friendly that evening in front of approximately 3,000 spectators, but the game was cancelled due to the threat. The culture commissioner for the City of Stockholm has stated that the city council "has authority over who gets to play there, and that power will be used" if the situation does not get under control.^[15][16]

The first official event at the stadium was a football match between Hammarby and Örgryte IS on 20 July 2013. The match, which ended in a 0–0 draw, brought in 29,175 spectators, setting a new record for highest attendance at a Superettan match.^[17] The following day, a crowd of 27,798 attended Djurgårdens IF's inaugural match at Stockholmsarenan, a 1–2 defeat by IFK Norrköping.^[18]

On 1 January 2025, the arena was renamed the 3Arena, as a result of telecommunations company 3 taking over as title sponsor from Tele2.^[4]

Events

Main article: List of events at Tele2 Arena

Stockholmsarenan lit up in green and white during a Hammarby match.

The national women's bandy final in 2015

Two football teams from Stockholm, Hammarby IF and Djurgårdens IF, have played their home games at Stockholmsarenan since July 2013. Another Stockholm club, IF Brommapojkarna, have occasionally played matches against the other Stockholm teams at Stockholmsarenan instead of at their usual home ground, Grimsta IP.^[19]

The official inauguration took place on 24 August 2013, featuring Swedish artists Robyn, Lars Winnerbäck and Kent, but the first concert at Stockholmsarenan had already taken place on 27 July 2013, with Swedish band Gyllene Tider performing.

On 28 February and 1 March 2014, Swedish superstar Avicii made two sold-out concerts with 35,000 and 40,000 spectators respectively.

The Rolling Stones played at Stockholmsarenan on 1 July 2014 as part of the European leg of their 14 On Fire tour. It was the band's 26th-ever appearance in Sweden.

Paul McCartney played at Stockholmsarenan on 9 July 2015 as part of the European leg of his Out There Tour.

Madonna visited the stadium with her Rebel Heart Tour on 14 November 2015, attracting over 39,000 people. The singer would return to the stadium with her Celebration Tour on 28 October 2023.

In 2015, the American football World Championship was to be hosted in Stockholm, with Stockholmsarenan as the only venue.

On 24 January 2015, the Arena hosted UFC on Fox: Gustafsson vs. Johnson, a mixed martial arts match between Swedish fighter Alexander Gustafsson and American Anthony Johnson. In 2015 and 2016, the Swedish Bandy Finals have been held at the arena. In addition, Hammarby IF have played single matches here.

Adele performed at the arena as a part of her Adele Live 2016 Tour on 29 April 2016.

Rihanna performed at the arena as a part of her Anti World Tour on 4 July 2016.^{[20][better source needed]}

Justin Bieber performed at the arena as a part of his Purpose World Tour on 29 and 30 September 2016.

On 17 June 2017, for her Celine Dion Live 2017 tour, Celine Dion performed in front of a crowd of a less than average 21,699, selling out almost instantly. Her production opted to divide the stadium in half for her show, citing "Better experience for the audience and for logistical reasons".

Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello performed three reunion shows as the Swedish House Mafia at Stockholmsarenan from 2 to 4 May 2019, after they split up in March 2013 ending their One Last Tour at the Ultra Music Festival. Tickets for these shows sold out fast; more than 120,000 tickets were sold within 5 minutes.

It hosted several matches of the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship, which Sweden was co-hosting alongside Poland.

Laleh will be the first Swedish female artist to headline a concert at the arena, as part of her national summer tour dates in 2023.^[21]

List of concerts

Date	Artist(s)	Tour	Attendance
27 July 2013	Gyllene Tider	2013 Summer Tour	23,082
24 August 2013	Kent, Lars Winnerbäck, Robyn	Inauguration concerts	39,714
26 November 2013	Volbeat	Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies Live	9,152
28 February 2014	Avicii	True Tour	69,725
1 March 2014
10 May 2014	Justin Timberlake	The 20/20 Experience World Tour	26,602
1 June 2014	Aerosmith	Global Warming Tour
1 July 2014	The Rolling Stones	14 On Fire	37,009
9 July 2015	Paul McCartney	Out There	23,579
14 November 2015	Madonna	Rebel Heart Tour	39,338
29 April 2016	Adele	Adele Live 2016	31,069
4 July 2016	Rihanna	Anti World Tour	34,956
10 September 2016	Red Hot Chili Peppers	The Getaway World Tour	25,820
29 September 2016	Justin Bieber	Purpose World Tour	79,380
30 September 2016
15 December 2016	Kent	Avskedsturnén	113,400
16 December 2016
17 December 2016
6 May 2017	Kiss	The KISSWORLD 2017 Tour	24 334
17 June 2017	Celine Dion	Celine Dion Live 2017	21,699
29 July 2017	Robbie Williams	The Heavy Entertainment Show Tour
1 June 2018	Iron Maiden	Legacy of the Beast World Tour	37,221
2 May 2019	Swedish House Mafia	Save The World Reunion Tour 2019	114,629
3 May 2019
4 May 2019
5 June 2019	Bon Jovi	This House Is Not for Sale Tour	35, 419
8 June 2019	Eagles	2019 World Tour
3 August 2019	Pink	Beautiful Trauma Tour	33,943
29 June 2022	Harry Styles	Love On Tour	36,282
17 June 2023	The Weeknd	After Hours til Dawn Tour	70,130
18 June 2023
7 July 2023	Elton John	Farewell Yellow Brick Road	72,300
8 July 2023
19 August 2023	Laleh	Sommarturné 2023[21]	20,137
28 October 2023	Madonna	The Celebration Tour
12 June 2024	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday 2 World Tour
2 September 2024	Justin Timberlake	The Forget Tomorrow World Tour
21 March 2025	Kent	Reunion concerts	239,953
22 March 2025
23 March 2025
25 March 2025
26 March 2025
27 March 2025
9 August 2025	Kendrick Lamar, SZA	Grand National Tour

Highest attendances

Attendance	Performance	Event	Date	Ref.
40,000	Iron Maiden	Concert	1 June 2018	[22]
40,000	Avicii		1 March 2014	[23]
39,714	Kent, Lars Winnerbäck, Robyn, Zhala		26 August 2013	[24]
39,338	Madonna		14 November 2015	[25]
38,209	Swedish House Mafia		2 May 2019
37,009	Rolling Stones		2 July 2014	[26]
35,000	Avicii		28 February 2014	[27]
31,756	Hammarby IF vs Östersunds FK	2016 Allsvenskan	4 April 2016	[28]

Interior and tifos

Djurgårdens IF supporters in a Stockholm-derby against AIK.

Hammarby IF tifo in an Allsvenskan game.

Average attendances

Season	Djurgårdens IF				Hammarby IF				Ref
	Division	GP	Season Average		Division	GP	Season Average
2013	Allsvenskan	8	15,858		Superettan	8	14,145		[29][30]
2014	Allsvenskan	15	13,145		Superettan	15	20,451		[31][32]
2015	Allsvenskan	15	15,482		Allsvenskan	15	25,507		[33]
2016	Allsvenskan	15	13,393		Allsvenskan	15	22,885		[34]
2017	Allsvenskan	15	16,241		Allsvenskan	15	22,137		[35]
2018	Allsvenskan	15	12,307		Allsvenskan	15	23,680		[36]
2019	Allsvenskan	15	15,958		Allsvenskan	15	24,232		[37]
2020	Season played behind closed doors due to COVID-19.				Season played behind closed doors due to COVID-19.
2021	Allsvenskan	11*	9,198		Allsvenskan	11*	10,263		[38]
2022	Allsvenskan	15	19,587		Allsvenskan	15	26,372		[39]
2023	Allsvenskan	15	19,331		Allsvenskan	15	22,543		[40]
2024	Allsvenskan	15	19,339		Allsvenskan	15	23,578		[41]

• Four fixtures each played behind closed doors during 2021 season.

See also

• Annexet
• Avicii Arena (The Globe)
• Strawberry Arena
• Stockholm Globe City
• List of football stadiums in Sweden
• Lists of stadiums