CASA Arena Horsens

CASA Arena Horsens
Full name CASA Arena Horsens
Former names Forum Horsens Arena and Horsens Idrætspark
Location Langmarksvej 59, 8700 Horsens
Capacity 10,400
Field size 68 x 105
Surface Grass
Construction
Built 1927
Renovated 2009
Tenants
AC Horsens (1994-present)

CASA Arena Horsens (previously Forum Horsens Arena and Horsens Idrætspark) is a Danish football stadium and the home ground of AC Horsens. It has a capacity between 10,400 of which 7,500 is seated. It is located on Langmarksvej 65, Horsens.[1]

The Rolling Stones were the first band to play a concert at the stadium.

Madonna's concert in 2006 became the biggest concert on Horsens, with 85,232 fans in attendance.

Recent concerts at the ground have included AC/DC in 2010 on the Black Ice World Tour, U2 in 2010 on the 360 Tour, and Bon Jovi as part of the 2011 European leg of The Circle Tour.

The company behind the reconstruction of Casa Arena Horsens is 3XN, who is also the company behind The Lighthouse in Århus, amongst many other large projects.

In 2015 the Arena will become the third venue to host the Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark which had been previously held at the Vojens Speedway Center (1995-2002) and the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen (2003-2014). Moreover, the British-Irish boyband One Direction will visit the Arena on 16 June 2015, as a part of their On the Road Again Tour

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Coordinates: 55°52′18″N 9°51′26″E / 55.871555°N 9.857161°E / 55.871555; 9.857161


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