Parken Stadium
(English: the Park
) is a football stadium in the Indre Østerbro (Inner Østerbro
) district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built from 1990-1992. It currently has a capacity of 34,098 for football games, and is the home ground of F.C. Copenhagen and the Danish national football team.
Currently, the 51-year old D Stand (known as the Coca-Cola Stand for sponsorship reasons), at the northern end of the stadium, will be replaced by a modern structure. On 11 November 2006 chairman of Parken Sport & Entertainment, Flemming Østergaard, told about the good dialog with Copenhagen Municipality about the construction permit, and the possibility of building a multiarena at Parken [1]. On 27 June 2007 it was announced that the new arena and stand will be ready in 2009, together with a new wall function in the stadium, to split the stadium in two halves, while the roof is over. The wall will be filled with air, which makes it soundproof. This will be used for handball, tennis and other sports.
The redevelopment of the northern end of the stadium will add new locker rooms, premium seating and a further 8,700 m2 of office space, but lower the overall capacity to around 38,000 seats. During the construction phase only about 34,098 spectators will be able to see the national team play their 2010 World Cup qualifiers. Construction will take place over a 19-month period, starting in December 2007. [2]
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History
Parken Sport
& Entertainment
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- F.C. Copenhagen
- Parken Stadium
- *Concerts
- FCK Handball
- Frederiksberghallen
- Capinordic Arena
- Lalandia
- Lalandia Billund
- fitness dk
- Zulu Rocks
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- Jørgen Glistrup
- Dan Hammer
- Anders Hørsholt
- Lars Bladt
- Carsten V. Jensen
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- Flemming Østergaard
- Peter Norvig
- Hans Henrik Palm
- Niels-Christian Holmstrøm
- Michael Kjær
- Benny Olsen
- Flemming Lindeløv
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Parken was built on the site of former Denmark national stadium, Idrætsparken, from 1990 to 1992. The last national team match in Idrætsparken was a 0-2
Euro 1992 qualification loss to
Yugoslavia on
November 14 1990, and on
September 9 1992 Parken was opened with a 1-2 defeat in a friendly game against
Germany.
The stadium was rebuilt by investors
Baltica Finans A/S in turn of the guarantee from the
Danish Football Association, that all national matches would be played at Parken for 15 years. The re-construction, tore down and re-built three of the original four stands, cost 640 million
Danish kroner.
In 1998, Baltica Finans sold the stadium to F.C. Copenhagen for 138 million DKK, and the club now owns both the stadium and the adjacent office buildings in the company of
Parken Sport & Entertainment.
Parken was included in
UEFA's list of
4-star stadiums in the fall of 1993, making Parken eligible for hosting the finals of the
UEFA Cup as well as the now defunct
Cup Winners' Cup. Being a 4-star stadium, Parken can not apply for the biggest European club game, the
UEFA Champions League final, as that demands 50,000 seats.
On
June 2 2007, Parken was the venue for the
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier fan attack.
Notable matches
| Date
| Team #1
| Res.
| Team #2
| Competition
| Spectators
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| 1994-05-04
| Arsenal
| 1-0
| Parma
| Cup Winners' Cup 1993-94 final
| 33,765
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| 2000-05-17
| Galatasaray
| 0-0
(p4-1)
| Arsenal
| UEFA Cup 1999-00 final
| 38,919
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| 2005-10-08
| Denmark
| 1-0
| Greece
| 2006 FIFA World Cup Qual. group 2
| 42,099
(stadium record)
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| 2006-04-06
| F.C. Copenhagen
| 1-0
| Lillestrøm
| Royal League 2005-06 final
| 13,617
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| 2006-04-30
| F.C. Copenhagen
| 0-0
| Brøndby
| Danish Superliga 2005-06
| 41,201
(league record)
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| 2007-06-02
| Denmark
| (a)
| Sweden
| UEFA Euro Qual. group F
| 42,083
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Concert venue
Parken is also used as a
concert venue, and hosted the
Eurovision Song Contest 2001. As a direct consequence of this, and to make Parken a more useful venue in general, a retractable roof was applied to the existing structure.
Musicians like
Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Celine Dion,
Tiesto,
Depeche Mode,
The Rolling Stones,
U2,
George Michael,
Eric Clapton,
Pink Floyd,
Metallica,
Bruce Springsteen,
Tina Turner and
Michael Jackson have performed at Parken.
Eminem was scheduled to perform at Parken in 2005, but he cancelled his Europe-tour.
Robbie Williams has performed there several times, in
2006 he was the first artist to perform two concerts in a row at Parken. The biggest concert ever held in Parken was a performance by
Michael Jackson on August 29, 1997, during his
HIStory World Tour, with 50,000 tickets sold.
Once every year the TV network
TV 2 Zulu organize a big concert, Zulu Rocks, and in 2006
The Black Eyed Peas,
Pet Shop Boys,
Kashmir,
Pharrell and
Mew performed.
See also
- Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
Notes
- Arena- og tribunebyggeri i og ved PARKEN
- SuperBest tribune står klar medio 2009