Laugardalshöll
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| Location | Reykjavík, Iceland |
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| Capacity | 5,500 |
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| Iceland national handball team | |
Laugardalshöll is an indoor sporting arena located in Reykjavík, Iceland. The capacity of the arena is 5,500 people.
It hosts various sporting events, such as handball, basketball, volleyball and athletics, as well as for other events. Aside from sporting events, it is to day the largest concert venue in Iceland, with capacity of 11,000 people in one hall. Aside from sports and music events, it serves as a general purpose hall for all manner of events.
Events
Perhaps the most prominent event to be held at Laugardalshöll was the World Chess Championship 1972, often dubbed the "Match of the Century", in which American challenger Bobby Fischer defeated the Russia champion Boris Spassky.
On November 6, 2010, the "National Assembly", the first step of a constitutional reform process, was held here. It gathered 1000 citizens, randomly picked in the national register. It produced a document listing the main principles of the island nation.
From 2007 to 2011, it also hosted CCP Games' EVE Online annual 'Fanfest'.
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Coordinates: 64°08′25″N 21°52′41″W / 64.140305°N 21.877985°W