Location | Brovallen Motorbana 510, 775 96 Krylbo, Avesta, Sweden |
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Coordinates | 60°04′28″N 16°19′10″E / 60.07444°N 16.31944°E |
Capacity | 12,000 |
Operator | Masarna motorcycle speedway |
Opened | 1979 |
Length | (315 metres) 0.315 km |
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]