Valbjarnarvöllur

Football stadium in Reykjavík, Iceland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Valbjarnarvöllur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈvalˌpja(r)tnaˌvœtlʏr̥], lit.'Valbjörn Field' or more precisely 'Valbjörn Stadium', named after the track and field athlete Valbjörn Þorláksson[1]), also known as Eimskipsvöllurinn[2] ([ˈeimˌscɪpsˌvœtlʏrɪn], lit.'Eimskip Field'[a] or 'Eimskip Stadium') for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is the home stadium of Þróttur Reykjavík who play in the Úrvalsdeild. The stadium has a capacity of 5,478 fans.

Former names
Þróttarvöllur
Coordinates64°8′36.92″N 21°52′33.64″W
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Former names
Þróttarvöllur
LocationReykjavík, Iceland
Coordinates64°8′36.92″N 21°52′33.64″W
OwnerÞróttur Reykjavík
OperatorÞróttur Reykjavík
Capacity5,478
SurfaceArtificial grass
Tenants
Þróttur Reykjavík
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In December 2016, Þróttur Reykjavík announced a three-year sponsorship deal with local shipping company Eimskip until 2019, which would see the stadium name changed to Eimskipsvöllurinn for the duration of the deal.[2]

Footnotes

  1. völlurinn is the definite form of völlur, meaning "the field".

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