Skive Stadium
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Skive Stadium (Danish: Skive Stadion) is an athletics- and association football stadium located in Skive, Denmark, owned and operated by Skive Municipality.[1] It is currently used mostly for association football matches and is the home stadium of Skive Idrætsklub (association football) and Skive Atletik- og Motionsklub (athletics). The stadium is part of a sport center, which since 2007 has also consisted of a multi-purpose hall named Spar Nord Arena, while the stadium itself includes IAAF certified athletics and sports facilities such as six round lanes, eight straight lanes, starting blocks, electronic timing, two tracks for the long jump and triple jump, pole vault and three throw cages surrounding an association football field.[6] The ground has a lighting installation with a light intensity of 500 lux and have been approved for televised Danish 1st Division matches by the Danish FA.[3] Apart from hosting matches for the second highest football league, the stadium has also staged two men's youth friendlies and two European women's youth qualification games, one for the Danish national youth team.[11] It has been known as Hancock Arena for sponsorship reasons since July 2018 and have previously been referred to as Sparbank Arena (2010–2012), Spar Nord Arena (2012–2018) and SIK Arena (2018).
Full name | Skive Stadium |
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Former names | Skive Stadion (1944-present) Sparbank Arena (2010–2012) Spar Nord Arena (2012–2018) SIK Arena (2018) Hancock Arena (2018–present) |
Location | Engvej 19 7800 Skive |
Owner | Skive Municipality[1] |
Capacity | 6,000 (523 seatings)[2] |
Record attendance | 10,000 (Skive IK vs Viborg FF, 19 May 1955)[3][4] |
Field size | 105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd)[3] |
Surface | Natural grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | May 1941[4] |
Built | 1941–1944[4] |
Opened | 5 June 1944; 79 years ago (1944-06-05)[4] |
Renovated | 1998–1999,[4][5] 2002–2003,[5] 2009[6] and 2010[6] |
Expanded | 1965–1966[7] |
Construction cost | DKK 130,000 (1944)[4] DKK 10 million (1998–1999)[8] DKK 2.6 million (2017)[9] |
Main contractors | Kaj Ove Madsen A/S (2002-2003)[10] |
Tenants | |
Skive IK (1944–1997; 2003–present) Skive AM (1977–present) Arbejdernes IF (1944–1946) |