Zinkensdamms IP

Zinkensdamms idrottsplats
LocationStockholm, Sweden
OwnerCity of Stockholm
CapacityBandy: 6,500
Opened18 May 1937 (1937-05-18)
Tenants
Hammarby IF (bandy)
Reymersholms IK (association football)
Stockholm Mean Machines (American football)

Zinkensdamms idrottsplats, usually Zinkensdamms IP or colloquially Zinken or Zinkens, is a sports ground in Södermalm in central Stockholm, Sweden.

The ground was designed by architect Paul Hedqvist[1] and was inaugurated on 18 May 1937 with a football game between Reymersholms IK and Djurgårdens IF.[2]

Nowadays, it is mainly known for bandy, because Hammarby IF, playing in the highest bandy league in Sweden (Elitserien), use it as its home ground. The ice can be artificially frozen since 1986.[3] It is also used as the home ground for association football team Reymersholms IK and American football team Stockholm Mean Machines. Matches were played at the 1997 European Lacrosse Championships.

References

  1. ^ KulturNav: Paul Hedqvist retrieved 7 March 2014
  2. ^ Björn Persson (2012). "Idrottsanläggningar i Stockholm - en historisk exposé" (PDF). City of Stockholm. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  3. ^ VSK Forum retrieved 7 March 2014

59°18′56″N 18°03′00″E / 59.31556°N 18.05000°E / 59.31556; 18.05000