Ullevi
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| Location | Gothenburg, Sweden |
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| Coordinates | 57°42′21″N 11°59′14″E / 57.70583°N 11.98722°ECoordinates: 57°42′21″N 11°59′14″E / 57.70583°N 11.98722°E |
| Owner | Higab |
| Operator | Got Event |
| Capacity |
43,000 75,000 for concerts |
| Field size | 105 × 66 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | May 29, 1958 |
| Architect | Sten Samuelsson and Fritz Jaenecke |
| Tenants | |
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1958 FIFA World Cup 1995 World Championships in Athletics 2006 European Athletics Championships 1959, 1971, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2012 Finland-Sweden Athletics International UEFA Euro 1992 2004 UEFA Cup Final | |
Ullevi, sometimes known as Nya Ullevi (Swedish: [(ˈnyːa) ˈɵlːəviː], New Ullevi), is a multi-purpose stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Athletics Championships, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992 final, the UEFA Cup final in 2004, and annually hosted the opening ceremony of the Gothia Cup—the world's largest football tournament in terms of the number of participants. IFK Göteborg has also played two UEFA Cup finals at the stadium, in 1982 and 1987, but then as home game in a home and away final. The stadium hosted several events, like football, ice hockey, boxing, racing, athletics and concerts.
The stadium is one of the biggest in the Nordic countries, with a seating capacity of 43,000 and a total capacity of 75,000 for concerts.
History
Sport
The ground opened for the 1958 FIFA World Cup held across Sweden. It hosted four matches in Group D, including a play-off.[1] It also held a quarter-final, a semi-final and the third-place match.
The stadium'srecord attendance, for football, is 52,194 and was set on 3 June 1959, when Örgryte IS played against IFK Göteborg.
The stadium hosted the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, which saw Scotland's Aberdeen beat Spanish giants Real Madrid 2–1 after extra time.
It was also the venue for the first game between NFL teams to be played on the European continent, organised by Swedish motor company Volvo. In a pre-season game on 14 August 1988, the Minnesota Vikings won 28-21 against the Chicago Bears.[2]
The 1990 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was also held at the stadium. It saw Sampdoria of Italy defeat Anderlecht of Belgium 2-0 after extra-time.[3]
Ullevi held three Group B matches at UEFA Euro 1992[4] as well as a semi-final, and the final itself on 26 June in which Denmark won the trophy against West Germany.
The 2004 UEFA Cup Final was held at the stadium on 19 May of that year. Valencia of Spain defeated Marseille of France 2-0.[5]
Music
Ullevi nearly collapsed during a famous Bruce Springsteen concert on 8 June 1985, due to the rhythmic movement of tens of thousands of people in the audience and the clay soil on which the stadium is built. The concert also caused nearly £3 million in damages, while David Bowie's Glass Spider Tour in June 1987 was relocated from Ullevi to Eriksberg because of fears about the safety of the structure.[6] Since then, the concrete pillars supporting the stadium have been extended down to the bedrock. Springsteen has performed at the stadium on subsequent tours.
Elton John hosted a sell-out concert in 1998. It was part of the Face-To-Face Tour with Billy Joel, but Joel was unable to perform, due to illness. Elton John played for over three hours.
The "big four" of thrash metal (Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, and Metallica) played in the stadium on 3 July 2011.
U2 performed at the stadium four times: the first one was on August 2, 1997 during their PopMart Tour, in front of a crowd of 46,658 people. The second one was on July 29, 2005 during their Vertigo Tour, in front of a sold out crowd of 58,478 people. The third and the fourth were on July 31 and August 1, 2009 during their U2 360° Tour, in front of a total sold out crowd of 119,297 people. The performance of "The Unforgettable Fire" from the first 2009 show was recorded for the group's live album U22.
One Direction is having a concert at Ullevi the 23rd of June, 2015. Harry Styles Louis Tomlinson Niall Horan Liam Payne are visiting Gothenburg that day.
Foo Fighters performed at the venue on June 12, 2015 on the Sonic Highways World Tour. However, Dave Grohl fell off stage during the second song of the concert, which lead to him suffering a broken leg. Grohl was treated in the stadium before returning to the stage to continue the rest of the concert, albeit while sitting down in a chair while a medic applied a cast. Despite Grohl's injuries, the band was able to complete the concert.
Innovation
Since March 2007, Ullevi has one of Sweden's largest solar power plants, consisting of 600m² of solar photovoltaic panels situated on the roof of the luxury boxes section. The top effect is 86.4 kW and the yield is supposed to cover the total power used by the artificial lighting used for events, with a surplus.[7]
Speedway
Ullevi has also hosted Motorcycle speedway and hosted the Speedway World Championship on no less than eight occasions, second only to the old Wembley Stadium in London, England which hosted the World Final a record 26 times. The track is a dirt surface laid out over the athletics track and is officially 404 metres (442 yards) long with a track record of 69.4 seconds (4 laps clutch start).[8]
The first Championship World Final to be held at Ullevi was the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup competition in 1960. Led by reigning world champion Ove Fundin and his team mates Olle Nygren, Rune Sörmander and Björn Knutsson, Sweden swept to victory over England, Czechoslovakia and Poland. Ullevi would have wait 26 years before World Team Cup competition returned with the stadium hosting the first round of the three round 1986 Final.
The first ever Individual World Final staged at Ullevi was in 1964 when New Zealand's Barry Briggs won with a 15-point maximum. The largest attendance for a World Final at Ullevi occurred in 1974 when 38,390 turned out to see Sweden's own Anders Michanek win his only World Championship with an unbeaten 15 point maximum. No World Championship winners at Ullevi dropped more than one point in their five rides with five of the seven World Finals being won with a 15-point maximum. The stadium also hosted other qualifying rounds for the Individual World Final including the inaugural running of the Intercontinental Final in 1975 won by New Zealand legend Ivan Mauger.
Since the World Championship was changed in 1995 from a single meeting Final to the Speedway Grand Prix (SGP), Ullevi has hosted a round of the series in 2002, 2003, 2004 (Grand Prix of Scandinavia), 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 (Grand Prix of Sweden). No rider who has won a SGP at Ullevi has gone on to be that years World Champion, though 2011 Swedish Grand Prix winner Chris Holder from Australia did go on to become the 2012 World Champion.
Ullevi hosted its only World Pairs Championship Final in 1983 when Peter Collins and Kenny Carter won England's 6th Pairs crown.
Speedway World Finals
Individual World Championship
- 1964 -
Barry Briggs - 15pts - 1968 - Ivan Mauger - 15pts
- 1971 -
Ole Olsen - 15pts - 1974 -
Anders Michanek - 15pts - 1977 - Ivan Mauger - 14pts
- 1980 -
Michael Lee - 14pts - 1984 - Erik Gundersen - 14pts
- 1991 - Jan O. Pedersen - 15pts
World Pairs Championship
- 1983 - England (Peter Collins / Kenny Carter) - 25pts
World Team Cup
- 1960 - Sweden (Ove Fundin / Olle Nygren / Rune Sörmander / Björn Knutsson) - 44pts
- 1986* - Denmark (Hans Nielsen / Erik Gundersen / Tommy Knudsen / Jan O. Pedersen / John Jørgensen) - 130pts
* Ullevi hosted the first of 3 rounds in the Final.
Speedway Grand Prix
- 2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia -
Leigh Adams - 2003 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia - Ryan Sullivan
- 2004 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia - Hans N. Andersen
- 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden -
Rune Holta - 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden -
Emil Sayfutdinov - 2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden - Kenneth Bjerre
- 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden - Chris Holder
- 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden - Fredrik Lindgren
- 2013 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden - Emil Sayfutdinov
Record attendances
Concerts
| # | Event | Attendance | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Håkan Hellström | 69,349 | 7 June 2014 |
| 2 |  Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandWrecking Ball Tour | 66,561 | 28 July 2012 |
| 4 | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Wrecking Ball Tour | 66,018 | 27 July 2012 |
| 5 | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Born in the U.S.A. Tour | 64,312 | 8 June 1985 |
| 6 | Metallica 2015 European Tour | 63,000 | 22 August 2015 |
| 7 | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Born in the U.S.A. Tour | 62,544 | 9 June 1985 |
| 8 |  David BowieSerious Moonlight Tour | 61,206 | 11 June 1983 |
| 9 |  U2U2 360° Tour | 60,099 | 1 August 2009 |
| 10 | Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour | 59,600 | 9 August 2009 |
| 11 | Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour | 59,400 | 8 August 2009 |
| 12 | Gyllene Tider GT25 Summer Tour | 58,977 | 7 August 2004 |
| 13 | David Bowie Serious Moonlight Tour | 58,914 | 12 June 1983 |
| 14 | Iron Maiden Eddie Rips Up the World Tour | 57,000 | July 9, 2005 |
Sports
- One day events
| # | Event | Attendance | Date |
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| 1 | Ingemar Johansson – Eddie Machen Boxing | 53,614 | 14 September 1958 |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg – Örgryte IS Football | 52,194 | 4 June 1959 |
| 3 | Sweden – Denmark Football | 51,062 | 23 October 1960 |
| 4 | Sweden – Göteborgsalliansen Football | 50,989 | 29 May 1958 |
| 5 | Brazil – Soviet Union Football | 50,928 | 15 June 1958 |
- Multi day events
| # | Event | Attendance | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World Athletics Championships Athletics | 592,240 | 4–13 August 1995 |
| 2 | European Athletics Championships Athletics | 269,038 | 6–13 August 2006 |
| 3 | World Speed Skating Championships Speed Skating | 69,599 | 13–14 February 1971 |
| 4 | Finnkampen Athletics | 51,567 | 4–5 September 2004 |
| 5 | Finnkampen Athletics | 49,366 | 28–29 August 1971 |
Location and transportation
Ullevi is located on the eastern edge of Gothenburg's city centre and is one of the center pieces of the event district Evenemangsstråket, with Scandinavium, Liseberg, Universeum, the Museum of World Culture and Bergakungen nearby. Public transport is easily accessible. There are two tram stops named after the stadium; Ullevi Norra (North) and Ullevi Södra (South). Both tram stops serve lines 6 (orange) and 8 (purple). Ullevi Södra also serves lines 2 (yellow) and 13 (beige), while Ullevi Norra also serves lines 1 (white) and 3 (blue). Approximately 700 metres west of Ullevi lies the Gothenburg Central Station and Nils Ericson Terminal. 900 metres south of Ullevi lies Korsvägen, a major public transport hub which serves more than fifteen different bus lines and several tram lines, and the Liseberg station serving the Gothenburg commuter rail.
The stadium has 650 parking spaces located in a garage underneath the pitch. Additionally visitors are guided to eighteen nearby parking lots and parking garages—with a total of 7,000 parking spaces—by the event districts parking guidance and information system.[9] The system has a total of 130 digital signs, located on motorways with information about which exit to use, and on streets in the city with more detailed information about directions and number of available parking spaces.[9]
References
- ↑ "World Cup 1958 Group D". Planet World Cup.
- ↑ Lohr, Steve (15 August 1988). "Sunday in Sweden: Vikings Beat Bears". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ↑ "European Competitions 1989-90". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ↑ "Euro '92 Standings". UEFA. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ↑ "Valencia victorious in Gothenburg". UEFA. 20 May 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ↑ Currie, David (1987), David Bowie: Glass Idol (1st ed.), London and Margate, England: Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-1182-7
- ↑ "En av Sveriges största solcellsanläggning producerar grön el på Ullevi". Got Event. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ↑ http://www.speedwayworld.tv/event/speedwaygp-2011-gothenburg
- 1 2 "Så prioriteras evenemangen som syns på skyltarna" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Road Administration. May 2005. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ullevi. |
- Ullevi — Official site
| Preceded by Camp Nou Barcelona |
European Cup Winners Cup Final Venue 1983 |
Succeeded by St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
| Preceded by Wankdorf Stadium Bern |
European Cup Winners Cup Final Venue 1990 |
Succeeded by De Kuip Rotterdam |
| Preceded by Olympiastadion Munich |
UEFA European Football Championship Final Venue 1992 |
Succeeded by Wembley Stadium London |
| Preceded by Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Stuttgart |
IAAF World Championships in Athletics Venue 1995 |
Succeeded by Olympic Stadium Athens |
| Preceded by Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla Seville |
UEFA Cup Final Venue 2004 |
Succeeded by Estádio José Alvalade Lisbon |
| Preceded by Olympiastadion Munich |
European Athletics Championships Final Venue 2006 |
Succeeded by Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Barcelona |
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