Trondheim Spektrum

Multi-purpose indoor arena in Norway

For the alternative spektrum in Oslo, see Oslo Spektrum.

Trondheim Spektrum

Trondheim Spektrum in September 2019

Former names| Nidarøhallen (1961–2002)
Location| Øya, Trondheim, Norway
Coordinates| 63°25′38.190″N 10°22′38.107″E﻿ / ﻿63.42727500°N 10.37725194°E﻿ / 63.42727500; 10.37725194
Public transit|  Trondheim Spektrum, AtB route 12
Skansen, AtB route 9
Skansen Station, Trønderbanen
Owner| Trondheim Spektrum AS
Capacity| 8,600 seats (handball)
12,000 (concerts)
Surface| Versatile
Construction
Opened| 1963 (as Nidarøhallen)
4 October 2019
Renovated| 2017–19
Expanded|

* 1971
* 1980
* 1988
* 2000

Architect| Pran & Torgersen (1963–71)
Lien & Risan (1988)
Veidekke (renovation)
Tenants
Kolstad Håndball (EHF Champions League, 2023–)
Nidaros Jets (Basketligaen Norge, 2021–)
Byåsen HE (Eliteserien, 1980's–2020)
Website
https://trondheimspektrum.no/

Trondheim Spektrum (formerly Nidarøhallen) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Trondheim, Norway. It is located on the peninsula of Øya next to the Nidelven river. It is the home arena for men's basketball team Nidaros Jets and the alternate arena for Kolstad Håndball when playing EHF Champions League matches. A new arena was completed in 2019 and replaced the largest multi-use hall in the same location. The eight former halls originally went by the name Nidarøhallen.

Next to the halls is the athletics facility Øya stadion and the Trondhjems Tennis Club (TTK) with four outdoor clay courts and indoor tennis hall.

## History

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### Old building

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Entrance to the arena in April 2009

The original halls were built in three stages. Halls A and B were designed by architects Pran & Torgersen and were opened in 1963. Further halls was added in 1971 (hall C) and 1980 (hall G), this was followed by stage 3 (halls D and E/H) in 1988 which was designed by Lien & Risan architectural office. The eighth (hall F) was added in 2000. The old Trondheim Spectrum had a floor area of 15,000 m2 spread over eight multi-use halls. The main hall had 3,400 seats and space for around 4,500 people standing.[1]

Trondheim Spektrum also had 1,000 square meters of meeting rooms in different sizes from 80 to 480 square meters. The facility had its own press center which consisted of two study rooms, three offices and a meeting room. A tennis club, with four outdoor courts,[2] and a catering company also had premises within the complex.[citation needed]

### New modern building

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Trondheim Spektrum in July 2023

From summer 2017, Trondheim Spektrum underwent a significant renovation and extension. In June 2017, Veidekke Entreprenør won the contract valued at NOK 317 million (excluding VAT) to build the new multi-purpose hall.[3] Construction work started in September 2017 and was completed in the autumn of 2019. The new venue has nine full-size handball courts and six children's mini courts. The main hall has 8,600 seats and concerts can be arranged with up to 12,000 spectators.[4][5]

In June 2019, Eventim Norway was announced as the official ticketing partner.[6] The venue opened on 4 October 2019 with a performance by John Mayer during the European leg of his 2019 concert tour, I Guess I Just Feel Like World Tour.[7]

## Events

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Besides sports and concerts, the halls are regularly used for courses, seminars, congresses and trade fairs;[8] for example, the fish farming fair Aqua Nor [no] and the fishing fair Nor-Fishing [no].[9][10]

### Sport

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Trondheim Spektrum will be one of the arenas where matches will be played in the preliminary rounds of the European Handball Championship in 2020 for both the men and women tournaments. Previously, matches during the IHF World Women's Handball Championship have also been held here in both 1993 and 1999, and during the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship. It was a proposed venue for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship, however in January 2024 negotiations with the city fell through due to financial reasons.[11]

Other sporting events to be held here include the Møbelringen Cup (in 2005 and 2009) and the 2016 Northern European Gymnastics Championships.[12]

On 22 October 2022, Trondheim Spektrum was the arena for the elite series match between Kolstad and Elverum, which had an audience record of 9,083 spectators where Kolstad won 26-24 over arch-rival Elverum.

### Music and concerts

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On 15 February 2020, the final of Melodi Grand Prix 2020 took place. This was the first time that Trondheim hosted a Melodi Grand Prix final, and marked the first time since Melodi Grand Prix 1989 that the final was not arranged in Oslo.[13] The venue then hosted the final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 and Melodi Grand Prix 2024.[14]

## Venues

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The Trondheim Spektrum building is a multi-hall facility, of which five are suited for sports.

### Hall A

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The one used for big events, including handball championship matches (including the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship), Kolstad Håndball's matches in the EHF Champions League, Melodi Grand Prix, and concerts.

Occasionally, the hall has also been used for less high-profile events where expectations for spectators have been much lower, including, but not limited to, the above-mentioned trade fairs, the Norwegian International Taekwon-Do Federation championships,[15] and late 2022 upper secondary school exams.[16]

The stand configurations available include two-tier U-shaped main stands, and a single-tier stand on one of the short ends that can be extended for big matches, and retracted for concerts and ice rink events. Less commonly, the lower tier of the main stands can be also retracted when hosting trade expos.[17]

The ice rink configuration is virtually never used; however it is scheduled to host Disney on Ice in February 2024,[18] and was the focus of Norway's bid for the 2027 IIHF World Championship before the bid was withdrawn.

### Hall D

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Was initially the primary home of Byåsen HE before they moved to Kolstad Arena in 2020. The hall has seating for 3,000. All four stands can be retracted for the use of various amateur and youth clubs.

The hall was also used for the 2023 World Cheese Awards.[19] It is used as the FanZone during handball championships.

The hall was used for the men's 2021 Gjensidige Cup handball 4-nations tournament,[20] as Hall A had already been booked for the ITF Taekwon-Do Norwegian championships well in advance.

As of December 2023, it is the only hall in Spektrum where futsal at amateur and youth level is permitted.[21]

### Hall F

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Has one sole grandstand with seating for 1,033, and is used by Nidaros Jets in the men's Basketligaen Norge. The stand can be retracted for the use of various amateur and youth clubs.

### Hall G

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Dedicated to tennis, with two indoor hardcourts. Seating is almost non-existent in its default configuration. It is associated with the four nearby outdoor clay courts.

### Hall E

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Used primarily by youth clubs. As the hall is located in the basement, has a low roof, and has various support poles, it is unsuited to host full-size fields for virtually any sport.

## Upcoming events

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Trondheim Spektrum hosts a wide variety of events, very few of whom are listed on Spektrum's own websites.[22] Planned events as of 21 March 2024:

* 23 March 2024: Kolstad - Elverum Håndball, Eliteserien (men's handball)[23]
* 13-14 April 2024: Dodgeball Northern European Championship, Hall A[24]
* 20 April 2024: Women's roller derby, Nidaros Roller Derby - Sundsvall Demolition Rollers, Hall D1[25]
* 21 April 2024: Norwegian Model Railway Association FinnFramFest[26]
* 11 May 2024: Eurovision Fest 2024
* 20-22 August 2024: Nor-Fishing[27]
* 1-3 November 2024: ITF Taekwon-Do Norwegian Championships[28]
* 4 January 2025: Idrettsgallaen 2025, Hall A

## Transport

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### Bus

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A Bus from AtB at the Bus Charging Station Nidarø, beside the main building.

To get to the Arena, AtB Line 12 trafficates the bus stop Nidarø right beside one of the entrances. Other approaches may include taking Metrobus Line 3 or regular lines 11, 75, 21, 28 and 26 to Skansen a bit north of the facility, and walking over the north-south bridge connecting the two parts.

From the southern and eastern suburbs, AtB line 1 and 2, as well as VærnesEkspressen southbound (but not northbound), allow transit to Line 12 at Studentersamfundet or Nidaros Cathedral, or simply walking to Spektrum from Studentersamfundet.

For northbound long-distance regional buses with blue exteriors, the closest stop is Olav Kyrres Gate. The closest southbound with the same bus type is Dronningens gate.

The Møre og Romsdal regional bus company Fram operate their own lines 902 and 905 (both of them known as Mørelinjen) from either Molde, Ålesund, or Sunndalsøra, whose closest stop is St. Olavs Hospital.

Vy route VY710 from Lillehammer has its closest stop at Olav Kyrres gate

The Innlandet regional bus company Innlandstrafikk route 135 from Alvdal Municipality or Tynset Municipality has its closest stop at St. Olavs Hospital.

### Airport

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Trondheim Airport in Stjørdal Municipality is 37 kilometres (23 mi) away. A much less common option is Ørland Airport 105km away.

### Train

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Trondheim Central Station is 1.7km away.[29] For regional trains (Trønderbanen), Skansen Station is approximately 550m away.

The closest tram station (Gråkallbanen) is also at Skansen, approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) away.

### Boats

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Express boats from Vanvikan, Brekstad, and further southwest from Kristiansund, arrive 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) away. The Norwegian Coastal Express arrive approximately 2.9km away.

### Other

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A west-east bridge allow pedestrian (and to some degree bicycle) access from downtown Trondheim (an area commonly known as Midtbyen), Leüthenhaven, and Kalvskinnet.

## See also

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* List of indoor arenas in Norway
* List of indoor arenas in Nordic countries

## References

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1. ^ "Total kapasitet".
2. ^ "Trondhjems Tennisklub - Info in English". www.gustavus.no.
3. ^ "Veidekke to build Nye Nidarøhallen - Company disclosures - Veidekke ASA, Investor pages". veidekke.com.
4. ^ "Trondheim - Preliminary Round - Men's EHF EURO 2020". men2020.ehf-euro.com.
5. ^ "Hvorfor gjør vi det? – Nye Nidarøhallen".
6. ^ "Trondheim Spektrum arena selects ticketing partner". The Stadium Business. 21 June 2019.
7. ^ "Kommer til Norge". Dagbladet.no. 11 March 2019.
8. ^ "EUR-Lex - E2019C0523(01) - EN - EUR-Lex". eur-lex.europa.eu.
9. ^ "Record numbers at Aqua Nor". thefishsite.com.
10. ^ "Stor økning i antall besøkende på Nor-Fishing". 19 August 2016.
11. ^ "Telenor Arena blir norsk VM-arena i 2025 | handball.no". handball.no - Norges Håndballforbund.
12. ^ Ole Kristian Heien Storsve (22 October 2016). "Nord Europeisk Mesterskap er i gang - Gym og turn". Gymogturn.no. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
13. ^ Thobroe, Grete (12 November 2019). "Melodi Grand Prix-finalen arrangeres i Trondheim Spektrum i 2020". NRK.
14. ^ "Norway's Melodi Grand Prix is heading back to its roots!". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
15. ^ "NM/LM I TRONDHEIM!" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Trondheim Taekwon-Do Klubb. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
16. ^ "Skriftlig privatisteksamen i Trondheim Spektrum" (PDF) (in Norwegian Bokmål). Trøndelag County. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
17. ^ "Aqua Nor 2021" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Artec Aqua. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
18. ^ "Disney On Ice presenterer Mickey and Friends 2024" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
19. ^ "Oste-VM kommer til Trondheim 26.-28.oktober 2023". Matriket Nord. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
20. ^ "Kjøp billetter til Gjensidige Cup nå!" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Norwegian Handball Federation. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
21. ^ "Idrettshaller" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Trondheim Municipality. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
22. ^ "Arrangement" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Trondheim Spektrum. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
23. ^ "Kolstad - Elverum" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Visit Norway. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
24. ^ "Northern European Championship, Cloth" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Bedriftsidretten. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
25. ^ "Roller Derby Tournament: Nidaros Roller Derby vs. Sundsvall Demolition Rollers vs. TBA". Nidaros Roller Derby. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
26. ^ "Hve skjer?" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Norwegian Model Railway Association. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
27. ^ "Nor-Fishing" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Emballasjeforeningen. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
28. ^ "Helgens program" (in Norwegian Bokmål). ITF Norway. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
29. ^ "Information for Trondheim Spektrum in Norway". Trondheim Spektrum.

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Sport in Trondheim

Clubs|

SK Brage • Byåsen IL (football • handball) • Byåsen IL • Charlottenlund SK • SK Falken • SK Freidig • Heimdal IF • Kattem IL • Kolstad IL • FK Kvik • Leinstrand IL • Nardo FK• Nidaros Futsal • Nidelv IL • NTNUI • Ranheim IL (Fotball) • Revolve NTNU • Rosenborg BK • Rosenborg BK Kvinner (formerly Trondheims-Ørn) • Rosenborg IHK • Selsbakk IF • SK Nationalkameratene • Strindheim IL • Sverresborg IF • Tiller IL • Trondheim Black Panthers • Trondheim Friidrett • Trondhjems IF • Trondhjems Skiklubb • Trondhjems Skøiteklub • Trondhjems SL • Trondhjems TF • SK Trygg/Lade • Utleira IL

Venues|

EXTRA Arena • Granåsen Ski Centre (Granåsen Ski Jump) • Lade Anlegget • Leangen Ishall • Leangen Kunstisbane • Leangen Travbane • Lerkendal Stadion • Trondheim Spektrum • Øya stadion

World championships|

Allround speed skating (1907 (men) • 1911 (men) • 1926 (men) • 1933 (men) • 1966 (women)) • Sprint Speed Skating (1984) • Nordic skiing (1997, 2025) • Women's handball (1993 • 1999)

Events|

Norwegian Football Cup Final (1916 • 1924 • 1934) • 2008 European Men's Handball Championship • 2016 UEFA Super Cup • 2018 Winter Olympics bid • 2020 European Men's Handball Championship
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