Ásvellir

64°01′N 21°58′W / 64.02°N 21.97°W / 64.02; -21.97

Ásvellir is a sports venue in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland with a gym, pool, basketball court and football field.

Two decades ago in 1996 a company and the Hafnarfjörður council signed an agreement to subsidize the construction of the complex. Finished in 1999, it started to host tournaments in 2000.[1]

Refurbishment

In 2014, the Ásvellir gym part was refurbished by polishing the gym surface, grinding up the floor and inserting the lines again.[2] Its roof began to leak in October 2016 seeing that there was a storm.[3]

Ólafssalur

In 2018, a new basketball court in the Ásvellir area was opened. It was named Ólafssalur, in memory of Ólafur Rafnsson, former president of FIBA Europe.[4] Ólafssalur has a capacity of 700.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Ásvellir heimsóttir | Fréttir | Hafnarfjörður". www.hafnarfjordur.is. Archived from the original on 2017-03-07.
  2. ^ "Ásvellir í yfirhalningu".
  3. ^ "Myndband: Ásvellir farnir að leka | FimmEinn.is". www2.fimmeinn.is. Archived from the original on 2016-10-21.
  4. ^ "Ólafssalur vígður á Ásvöllum". isi.is. National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Um 10 milljóna króna tap af leiknum í kvöld". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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