Stadium Name: | Avesta Motorstadion |
Location: | Brovallen Motorbana 510, 775 96 Krylbo, Avesta, Sweden |
Coordinates: | 60.0744°N 16.3194°W |
Opened: | 1979 |
Operator: | Masarna motorcycle speedway |
Capacity: | 12,000 |
Length Km: | (315 metres) 0.315 |
Avesta Motorstadion also called the Arena Avesta or Stadion Brovalla is a 12,000 capacity motorcycle speedway track located 10 kilometres south of Krylbo and Avesta. The stadium is on the Swedish national road 70, in a remote area surrounded by Långheden Forest.[1] [2] The stadium hosts the Masarna speedway team that compete in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship[3] and have been champions of Sweden on two occasions.[4]
The track was inaugurated in 1979, with the Masarna speedway team moving there from the Avestavallen.[4]
The stadium's most significant event was the hositng of the World Championship round called the Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden in 2003.[5] It has also hosted the finals of the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship in 2001, 2008 and 2017.[6] [7]