Arena City - a new part of Stockholm
Stockholm is growing rapidly and the Globe Arena, situated south of Stockholm, will be complemented by a large national arena north of Stockholm.. The former industrial area close to the lake Råstasjön in Solna north of the city centre will turn into an attractive living and entertainmentarea. The new entertainment and nationalarena, Swedbank Arena, will be able to entertain 50-67 000 people. A residential area for 2 000 families will be built, a large shoppingcentre, 10-12000 square meters of offices, 160 000 sqm of different types of premisses will be bult. In connection with the arena a hotel with 3-400 rooms will be built. SL will also invest a lot in Solna station. The station will be moved closer to Arena City and the "Tvärbanan" train will be extended from Alvik to Solna City.
The whole area is named Arenastaden (Arena city) The construction start is planned to late autumn 2008 and will be inaugurated in 2012.
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