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In 1943, the town council set up the
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The stadium comprises two big stands facing each other. West Stand is the main stand and the larger one. It is the only stand to hold all the facilities needed for the stadium, excluding
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in 2013. The team's success kept going until they went to
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with a capacity of 9,500, or about 28,321 for concerts.
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438:List of football stadiums in Iceland
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