WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Ericsson Globe (Sweden): World's largest hemispherical building

17-06-2020

(Worldkings.org) Ericsson Globe, Sweden is the world's largest hemispherical building.

Ericsson Globe, originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena and commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen; "the Globe", is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockholm, Sweden.

 

The Ericsson Globe is the largest hemispherical building on Earth and took two and a half years to build. Shaped like a large white ball, it has a diameter of 110 meters (361 feet) and an inner height of 85 meters (279 feet). The volume of the building is 605,000 cubic meters (21,188,800 cubic feet).

 

It has a seating capacity of 16,000 spectators for shows and concerts, and 13,850 for ice hockey. It represents the Sun in the Sweden Solar System, the world's largest scale model of the Solar System.  The Globe is primarily used for ice hockey, and is the former home arena of AIK, Djurgårdens IF, and Hammarby IF.

 

It opened in 1989 and seats 13,850 for ice hockey games, but is also used for musical performances as well as other sports than ice hockey, for example futsal (indoor football). 

According to en.wikipedia


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