TimrÃÂ¥ Isstadion, currently known as SCA Arena and formerly known as NHC Arena, NHK Arena, E.ON Arena, Sydkraft Arena for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor sporting arena located in TimrÃÂ¥, Västernorrland County, Sweden. Construction began in 1964 and was inaugurated on 4 September 1966. Since then the venue has undergone several renovations and expansions. It is home arena of the SHL ice hockey team TimrÃÂ¥ IK. Current capacity is 6,000.
The current building was constructed in 2003 on the grounds of, and re-using the roof from the old TimrÃÂ¥ Isstadion. This predecessor dates back to 1966 and was inaugurated 4 September, the same year, as the eighth ice hockey venue in Sweden. The old arena underwent a heavy refresh for the 1994/1995 season, resulting in a capacity of 5,500. When TimrÃÂ¥ IKàwas promoted to Elitserien (now SHL) in the year 2000, the old TimrÃÂ¥ Isstadion was time-worn and didn't meet the requirement for a modern ice hockey venue. Therefore, a second major reconstruction was made prior to the 2003/2004 season, resulting in today's capacity of 6,000. This is, however, still far from the all-time high arena audience record from 20 January 1972 of 11,695 paying spectators when TimrÃÂ¥ IK played against Brynäs IF.
In October 2018, a new video cube was installed in the arena with a screen size of 170 square meters, among Europe's largest. It replaced the earlier one which was installed in 2005. The venture was jointly financed by TimrÃÂ¥ IK and Northern Hall and Cover (NHC). The new video cube was inaugurated 18 Oktober 2018 in a SHL game against Rögle BK.
In the early 1990s, the need for a new ice hockeyrink grew. The youth teams often had late training sessions in NHC Arena or had to play on the field. With the help of TimrÃÂ¥ Municipality and many non-profit forces, construction started of Lill-Strimmahallen, adjacent to NHC Arena. The hall was ready for the 1991/1992 season and was then Sweden's 251st ice rink.
The inauguration had to wait until Lill-Strimma's 50th birthday (if he lived on) on 16 December 1994. The name became the logical "Lill-Strimmahallen". In total, the hall cost SEK 16 million. Lill-Strimmahallen has a capacity of 300 spectators.