| Läkerol Arena | |
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| Location | Gävle, Sweden |
| Opened | 1967/2006 |
| Owner | Gävle Municipality (1967-2005), Brynäs IF (2005-) |
| Capacity | Ice hockey: 8,265 |
| Tenants | |
| Brynäs IF (Elitserien) (From 1967) | |
Läkerol Arena, formerly known as Gavlerinken, is an indoor sporting arena located in Gävle, Sweden. The capacity of the arena is 8,265 for ice hockey games and 11,000 for concerts which makes it the 5th largest ice hockey arena in Sweden. The arena is the home arena of the Brynäs IF ice hockey team.
The arena was built in 1967, named Gavlerinken. In 2005 the municipality of Gävle sold the arena to Brynäs IF which rebuilt it and sold the naming rights to Leaf Candy Company, manufacturer of the Läkerol pastilles, and it reopened as Läkerol Arena on November 13, 2006. The arena is partly powered by two 4kW vertical axis wind turbine manufactured by Urban Green Energy[1].
In 2007 Läkerol arena hosted a semi-final of Melodifestivalen.
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