Frölunda is forced to change arena – in the middle of the playoffs of the SM

In April, it is again time for Gothenburg to host the final phase of the World Cup of Obstacle Jumping and Dressage. The prestigious competition will return to the city, which was the last place in 2013 and 2016.

But that has consequences for the Frölundas hockey team.

The competition will take place in Scandinavium from April 3rd to 7th. The final quarter-final of Frölunda will end in the SM final.

Being forced to change arena: "Will crash"

This means that the club will have to place its quarterfinals at Frölundaborg instead of Scandinavium.

– that's true. Now, you should not take it for granted that we will go to the quarterfinals, so humble that we want to be. But in this case, there will be a crash, said Frölunda's president, Mats Grauers.

It remains to be seen how many matches.

It depends on the location in the base series.

There may be two quarterfinals in the "Borgen" – and there may be three.

"We know that the World Cup finals will be here for a long time – we would probably be better off at Scandinavium, but we found it on time and had a good discussion with the Got Event," said Mats Grauers. .

"Hard to have the same comfort"

How does it affect?

"In particular, it will be difficult for the public to obtain the same comfort.We do not think that the Scandinavium is really enough and Frölundaborg will be a little lower with much less seating," he says.

Economically then?

"We have agreements with the Got Event on how to handle such situations, so we do not have to sit down at every opportunity.

Today, Frölunda plays his CHL games in Frölundaborg. In total, "Borgen" has an audience capacity of 7,600 – compared with Scandinavium, which holds 12,044 for hockey games.

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