Blue Water Arena

Infobox Stadium
stadium_name = Blue Water Arena
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fullname = Esbjerg Fodboldstadion
location = Gl. Vardevej 62
6700 Esbjerg
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built = 1955
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expanded = 1999, 2004,
2008-09
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owner = Esbjerg Idrætspark
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tenants = Esbjerg fB
seating_capacity = 18,000 (11,451 seating)
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Blue Water Arena or Esbjerg Idrætspark is a football stadium and the home ground of Esbjerg fB. It has a capacity of 18,000 of which 11,451 is seated. It is currently being modernised.

On account of the 2008 UEFA qualifier fan attack resulting in the forbidding of play of UEFA qualifier matches for Denmark within 250 km of Copenhagen, the Blue Water Arena was mentioned as the only possible venue within Denmark in which Denmark UEFA qualifier home games can be held as it is the biggest stadium in the country more than 250 km from Copenhagen. UEFA later changed the verdict, and on July 9 2007 the Danish Football Association announced that the games against Spain and Liechtenstein would be played in Århus and the games against Latvia and Iceland would be played in Copenhagen.

The stadium consists of two long-side stands:
*The Old Stand
*The New Stand:
**Lower area, The Claus Sørensen Section
**Upper area consist of two sections:
***The Vestfrost Section
***The Viking Section

ee also

* Esbjerg fB
* List of football stadiums in Denmark

External links

* [http://www.eip.dk/Default.asp?ID=429 Official website]
* [http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/denmark/esbjerg_idraetspark.shtml Esbjerg Idrætspark] at WorldStadiums.com
* [http://www.stadiumguide.com/esbjerg.htm Esbjerg Idrætspark] at TheStadiumGuide.com