Hvidovre Stadium
football stadium in Denmark
Hvidovre Stadium (Danish: Hvidovre Stadion) is an athletics- and association football stadium located in Hvidovre, south west of Copenhagen, Denmark, that is owned and operated by Hvidovre Municipality. It is currently used mostly for association football matches and is the home stadium of Hvidovre IF (association football and handball), Hvidovre AM (athletics) and previously Hvidovre Stars (american football). The exhibition field has a lighting installation with a light intensity of 1000 lux, undersoil heating and have been approved for televised matches in the Danish Superliga. The stadium is part of a sports complex, that covers an area of 72,000 m² and also consists of four association football fields, outdoor athletic facilities, a hall for indoor athletics, a hall with two indoor tennis courts, five outdoor tennis courts, a fitness center, a cafeteria including rooms for club members and meetings. Since 1 July 2019, the stadium's main exhibition field has been referred to as Pro Ventilation Arena for sponsorship reasons after having previously been known under the names Office Center Arena (2010–2012) and Kæmpernes Arena (2012–2019). One senior women's national team friendly match have been staged at the arena in 1979, while at least 14 Under-21, Under-19, Under-18, Under-17, Under-16 men's national team matches have been held there between 1964 and 2011.
History
The first couple of football pitches were established in the area in 1932, with the sports complex being officially inaugurated on 29 May 1935. Hvidovre IF started using the stadium for matches in the fall of 1938, which at that time involved two association football fields for training and matches in the north east corner of the current stadium complex. The main entrance and the primary association football pitch were initially located in the far north-east corner next to Høgevej (later renamed Idrætsvej) and there were no parking facilities for automobiles, expect bicycles, within the stadium area. The main association football pitch, referred to as stadionbanen or bane 1, situated next to Hvidovrevej in south end of the complex, was officially established as the stadium's exhibition field in 1954 at a cost of DKK 1 million, which also including building a new club house for Hvidovre IF in the northern section at a cost of DKK 850,000.
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