Åråsen Stadion
football stadium
The Åråsen Stadion, officially written Åråsen stadion, is an all-seater football stadium located in Lillestrøm, a town east of Oslo. With a capacity of 10,540 spectators, the venue is the home of the 1. division side Lillestrøm SK (LSK). The stadium has four stands, of which the West Stand has luxury boxes and club seating for 700. Because of the stadium's proximity to Kjeller Airport, it has retractable floodlights. The record attendance of 13,652 dates from 2002. In addition to league, cup and UEFA Cup matches for LSK, the venue has been used for one Strømmen IF top-league match in 1986, the UEFA Women's Euro 1997, eight other Norway women's national football team matches, the 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, and seven Norway national under-21 football team matches.
LSK started purchasing land for their own stadium in 1947, having previously played at Lillestrøm Stadion. Construction started in 1950 and Åråsen opened on 7 July 1951, having cost 150,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK). The grandstand was supplemented with a second stand in 1960.
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