It was literally built around and on top of the old arena Rosenlundshallen while HV71 was still playing their regular season games.

Future proprietor and owner of the arena is HV71 Fastighets AB, a subsidiary to HV71.

HV71 played its first Swedish Elite League game inside the arena on 26 September 2000, defeating Luleå HF, 6–4.

[1] To improve HV71's youth programme a training facility connected to Kinnarps Arena was built and stood ready for use in May 2001.

The scoreboard is a Daktronics Prostar Video 10 mm indoor display and resembles the boards used in General Motors Place and Enterprise Center in NHL, and in Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in France.