It opened in 2009 and holds up to 10,000 people at music events and 4,000 spectators for bandy.

It was then sold to Sandviken Municipality for a symbolic sum of 1 SEK.

The A Division of the 2017 Bandy World Championship was also played in the arena.

International, multi-platinum pop singer Britney Spears performed to a sold out crowd at the arena as a part of her Piece of Me Tour on August 11, 2018.

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