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{{Infobox venue
| name = Prioritet Serneke Arena
| former names = Göteborgs Nya Arena (2014–2015)<br />Änglagården (–2014)
| image = Prioritet Serneke Arena.jpg
| image_alt = Prioritet Serneke Arena exterior
| caption = The exterior of Prioritet Serneke Arena
| location = [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|57.738318|12.035002}}
| type = Multi-sport complex
| broke_ground = 1 August 2012
| built = 2012–2015
| opened = {{Start date|2015|07|10|df=y}}
| owner = [[Prioritet Finans]] and [[Serneke]]
| operator = [[Prioritet Finans]] and [[Serneke]]
| cost = [[Swedish krona|SEK]] 800 million
| architect = [[OkiDoki! Arkitekter]]
| general_contractor = [[Serneke]]
| capacity = 3,300 ([[Association football|football]])
| acreage = 45,300 m²
| tenants = [[IFK Göteborg Academy]] 2015–<br />[[IFK Göteborg (women)]] 2020-2021
| website = {{URL|http://www.prioritetsernekearena.se/}}
}}
'''Prioritet Serneke Arena''' is a [[Sports complex|multi-sport complex]] in the district of [[Kviberg]] in [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]].
The arena, located in Kviberg Park in eastern Gothenburg, is the largest multi-sport complex in the [[Nordic countries]].{{sfn|Domellöf-Wik|2015}} It has a total area of 45,300 m² spread out on seven floors, and houses amongst other things a 1.2 km long indoor all-season [[Cross-country skiing trail|skiing trail]] and a full-size [[football pitch]] with a spectator capacity of 3,300.{{sfn|Prioritet Serneke Arena – Om Arenan}}{{sfn|Serneke – Prioritet Serneke Arena}} There are also two sports other halls (for [[handball]], etc.), a restaurant, a hotel, conference areas, a fitness centre, and a sports injury clinic.{{sfn|Prioritet Serneke Arena – Om Arenan}}{{sfn|Piauger|2015}} The complex is also used by the [[elementary school]] [[Änglagårdsskolan]] connected to [[IFK Göteborg]], the sports [[gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]] [[Aspero Idrottsgymnasium]] and the [[IFK Göteborg Academy|football academy of IFK Göteborg]].{{sfn|Löfgren|2014}}
The plans to build Prioritet Serneke Arena were conceived in the mid-2000s by the contracting company [[Serneke]], the head of the IFK Göteborg Academy [[Roger Gustafsson]] and the "Änglagårdsskolan".{{sfn|Prioritet Serneke Arena – Om Arenan}}{{sfn|Lindqvist|2014}}{{sfn|Piauger|2015}} The first names of the project were "Änglagården" (an informal nickname of the Academy) and later on "Göteborgs Nya Arena".{{sfn|Lindqvist|2014}}{{sfn|Fransson|2015}} The first plans were to build an indoor arena and school premises with a total area of 23,000 m². In 2010, discussions with other parties started and a skiing trail, fitness centre, hotel, restaurant, and conference areas were added to the plans.{{sfn|Serneke – Prioritet Serneke Arena}} The project broke ground on 1 August 2012 and after three years of construction, the facilities were opened to the public on 10 July 2015.{{sfn|Serneke – Prioritet Serneke Arena}} The current name was unveiled in connection to the opening.{{sfn|Serneke – Prioritet Serneke Arena}}
It is owned and operated by Serneke and the financial institution [[Prioritet Finans]].{{sfn|Lindqvist|2014}}{{sfn|Serneke – Prioritet Serneke Arena}} The complex was designed by architects Fredrik Hansson and Rickard Stark from [[OkiDoki! Arkitekter]] and the building cost was [[Swedish krona|SEK]] 800 million.{{sfn|Domellöf-Wik|2015}}
== Citations ==
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== References ==
*{{cite news |last=Domellöf-Wik |first=Maria |title=Nu öppnar nya multiarenan |newspaper=[[Göteborgs-Posten]] |date=2015-07-09 |url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/goteborg/1.2771986-nu-oppnar-nya-multiarenan |access-date=2015-09-05 |location=Göteborg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710204210/http://www.gp.se/nyheter/goteborg/1.2771986-nu-oppnar-nya-multiarenan |archive-date=2015-07-10 |url-status=dead }}
*{{cite news |last=Fransson |first=Dag |title=Nu öppnar nya multiarenan |newspaper=[[Göteborgs-Posten]] |date=2015-07-10 |url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/goteborg/1.2772619-sa-heter-den-nya-arenan |access-date=2015-09-05 |location=Göteborg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711103151/https://www.gp.se/nyheter/goteborg/1.2772619-sa-heter-den-nya-arenan |archive-date=2015-07-11 |url-status=dead }}
*{{cite news |last=Lindqvist |first=Johan |title=Här byggs Göteborgs nya arena |newspaper=[[Göteborgs-Posten]] |date=2014-06-10 |url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/goteborg/1.2397616-har-byggs-goteborgs-nya-arena |access-date=2015-09-05 |location=Göteborg }}
*{{cite news |last=Löfgren |first=Ingalill  |title=Så ska Kvibergs nya arena heta |newspaper=[[Göteborgs-Posten]] |date=2014-03-20 |url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/goteborg/1.2317364-sa-ska-kvibergs-nya-arena-heta |access-date=2015-09-05 |location=Göteborg }}
*{{cite news |last=Piauger |first=Alexander |title=Här är Göteborgs nya inomhusarena |newspaper=[[Expressen#GT|GT]] |date=2015-09-04 |url=http://www.expressen.se/gt/sport/har-ar-goteborgs-nya-inomhusarena/ |access-date=2015-09-05 |location=Göteborg }}
*{{cite web |title=Prioritet Serneke Arena – Om Arenan |url=http://www.prioritetsernekearena.se/om-arenan/ |access-date=2015-09-05 |publisher=Prioritet Serneke Arena |ref={{sfnref|Prioritet Serneke Arena – Om Arenan}}}}
*{{cite web |title=Serneke – Prioritet Serneke Arena |url=http://www.serneke.se/projekt/prioritet-serneke-arena/ |access-date=2015-09-05 |publisher=Serneke |ref={{sfnref|Serneke – Prioritet Serneke Arena}}}}
== External links ==
*[http://www.prioritetsernekearena.se/ Official website]
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