[2] At the time there was a severe lack of pitches in Hamar, so the club was forced to sneak into unused venues and play until they were chased by the groundskeeper.

[3] The club was accepted as a member of the Football Association of Norway (NFF) in 1927, changing its name to Briskebyen FL.

First it needed to secure a lot, and in the late 1920s lied its eyes on a parcel of land owned by Hamar Jernstøperi.

Construction in 1934 consisted of removing 5,600 cubic meters (200,000 cu ft) of earthwork and laying sewer pipes.

The following year, 200 cubic meters (7,100 cu ft) of rock was blasted and the pitch was sown on 3 and 4 September.

The venue was awarded the 1938 Norwegian Football Cup Final, which required additional upgrades, largely conducted through volunteer work.

[3] The venue was confiscated by the German occupation forces during World War II, who built a cold storage facility south of the pitch.

The stadium received a major renovation, including a new pitch and replacing half the wooden terraces with concrete stands.

The boxes and the vestibule became an important informal meeting area for the town's political and business elite.

In addition, interest rates rose quickly, making the club unable to meet its financial obligations.

[18] The transaction took place on 26 January 1994,[19] and included a clause granting Ham-Kam the right to buy back the stadium at a later date.

[23] Parallel with this, a municipal commission made a report that recommended a consolidation in the number of venues in town and the conversion of gravel and grass fields to artificial turf.

[28] In October 2004, Totalprosjekt presented the concept Skibladner Stadion, which would have been located on Tjuvholmen, a peninsula which sticks out into Mjøsa.

Three of them retained the current alignment and would give a capacity of between 8,800 and 10,200 spectators, and two of these again contained commercial and residential properties within the stadium complex.

[35] The residents' association demanded that an impact study be made and that more specific plans be presented before municipal approval.

[36] The municipal council passed a regulation plan on 1 February 2006, which involved building a 10,200 seat venue, but with the smaller of the two possible commercial property sizes.

[38] At the time NFF awarded an annual license to clubs which permitted them to play in the top two divisions.

If an exception was not granted, the club would either be relegated to the Second Division (the third tier), or would have to play their home games at an approved stadium in another town.

Although NCC was NOK 8 million more expensive than the cheapest bid, they offered four months shorter construction time.

[44] Construction was financed through a loan of NOK 218 million from Handelsbanken, which was secured on the revenue which would be generated from the sale of Hamar stadion and Fuglsetmyra.

However, the bank was not willing to lend money secured on the basis of sales price of Hamar stadion being based on the re-regulation of the lot.

The municipality was pressed on time by the possibility of NFF denying Ham-Kam the right to play at Briskeby.

The bank, therefore, required that the entire sales price of Hamar stadion be transferred to BG, even though NOK 50 million was to go to the construction of Børstad Idrettspark (BIP).

[47] In 2007, BG paid NOK 3.4 million in compensation to Ham-Kam for lost ticket sales during the construction time and for the club house, which would be demolished.

[50] In 2008, Ham-Kam tried to sell the naming rights of the stadium for between NOK 5 and 8 million per year, but neither of their main sponsors, Eidsiva Energi and Sparebanken Hedmark, were interested.

[57] In the 2010 season, Ham-Kam played in the Second Division, resulting in the entire VIP area remaining unused.

[60] The report concluded that a large number of illegal action had been taken in the process: HSA had used money reserved for sport for commercial development; irregular executive work in HEH and lack of correction were conducted after errors were discovered in 2007; important instructions from the municipal council were not followed; illegal executive work was undertaken in the holding companies; BE1 did not file for bankruptcy after it had lost its equity; the use of an unnecessarily complex company structure; violation on the laws of public sector procurements; violation on European Economic Area law on public grants; expensive consulting contracts, without tender, which gave the consultants too much influence on the process; and that the board composition in the companies was in violation with good corporate governance practices.

The venue was also used for matches where a mixed Briskebyen and Hamar IL played friendlies against foreign teams.

[67] Ham-Kam remained at lower levels in the league system until the 1960s, when it was promoted to the Second Division (then the second tier) after the 1967 season.

[71] The venue hosted the 1938 Norwegian Football Cup Final on 16 October 1938,[3] where Fredrikstad beat Mjøndalen 3–2.