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	Nya Gamla Ullevi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The stadium's temporary name means ''New Old Ullevi'' and is a play on the name of the two current main stadiums of the city, Gamla Ullevi]] and UlleviNya Ullevi]].
		The stadium is to replace Gamla Ullevi which was originally planned to be demolished starting 1 October]] 2006]], but paperwork has postponed the start and it is uncertain when the demolishing of the old stadium is to be commenced.
		The construction was originally planned to be finished for the start of the 2008 in Swedish football2008 season]] which starts in April, but it is probable that the new stadium will not be finished until later that season.
	www.iskenderiye.com /wp_encyclopedia/?p=9641 (161 words)

	Ullevi
		Ullevi is the name of two stadiums in Gothenburg, Sweden.
		Nya Ullevi ("New Ullevi") or Ullevi Stadium was built in 1958; its original use was as a venue for the 1958 World Cup.
		Ullevi was used for several matches in EURO 92, including the final.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/u/ul/ullevi.html (162 words)

	Göteborgs Stad - Ullevi Stadium
		Ullevi Stadium is Göteborg's largest sports arena where world class events dominate.
		Ullevi was opened in 1958, but has been modernised in the last few years and now has restaurants and a conference centre as well.
		Ullevi Stadium has a crowd capacity of 43,200 seats, of which 20,000 are roofed in.
	www.goteborg.se /prod/sk/goteborg.nsf/1/press,mediaservice_(english),about_goteborg,sports__a_selection,ullevi_stadium?OpenDocument (123 words)

	New Ullevi Stadium- Göteborg, Sweden - VirtualTourist.com
		Ullevi has also been the venue for the Uefa cup-final three times (twice for IFK Göteborg, and also last seasons final between Valencia-Marseille) and the Cupwinners Cup once (Sampdoria won against Anderlecht), plus some games, including the final in the Euro1992.
		Ullevi, as the stadium is known in Göteborg, takes 40 000 spectators, and has been the venue for huge football matches, big concerts and the World Cup in atletics.
		The Ullevi is the largest stadium in the country with 43,200 seats of which 20,000 under a roof.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Sweden/Vaestra_Goetalands_laen/Goeteborg-195978/Things_To_Do-Goeteborg-New_Ullevi_Stadium-BR-1.html (841 words)

	CNN.com - Kluft triumph thrills Swedish fans - Aug 8, 2006
		Her beaming smile soon returned, however, and the bubbly 23-year-old, appearing at major championships in her country for the first time, confidently marched on after the only woman capable of giving her a hard time had departed.
		Cheered on from the partisan crowd packing the Ullevi stadium, Kluft destroyed the opposition to retain her crown.
		Evergreen Merlene Ottey qualified for the semifinals of the 100 meters at the European Championship in Gothenburg at the ripe old age of 46.
	www.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/08/08/athletics.ottey/index.html (572 words)

	Got Event - Basic Athletics Ullevi
		This was the beginning of a fantastic chain of events of all different kinds, with football, boxing, speedway racing, ice-skating, athletics, skiing and music, among others, keeping spectators and audiences alike, entertained to the highest standards.
		The history of the Ullevi Stadium since 1958 can be divided into four different periods, where each period has its own special identity.
		Pink Floyd reopened Ullevi with their concert in 1994 and, since then, there have been world-leading artists performing in the arena every year.
	www.gotevent.se /English/ullevi_athletics_english.asp (685 words)

	STUDENT HOLIDAYS - THE GUIDE TO GREAT HOLIDAYS IN GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
		The largest sporting event to be organised at Ullevi was the 1995 World Athletics Championships which was a fantastic public success for the City of Gothenburg.
		For one week the old town of Visby on the island of Gotland goes back in time to the Middle Ages.
		Locals dress up in historic costumes, knights demonstrate their strength in jousting tournaments and a maiden is locked in a tower.
	www.studentholidays.com /sweden/gothenburg.htm (811 words)

	IORR - Gothenburg review
		I saw my first one here i Gothenburgs Ullevi stadium, back in 1982, but for some of my friends this concert tonight should be their first.
		I sat down a little bit from the fence and relaxed and then I saw an old friend of mine - Tord Nordin - sitting there with his back to the fence so I just moved over to his place and then my spot for the night was secured.
		My wife and my 6 years old daughter was there to but they had got seat tickets so I didn't see them until the day after.
	www.iorr.org /rew98/gotenb.htm (2040 words)

	Crump extends World Championship lead
		After a two-month break from world championship hostilities, Crump was straight back into his intimidating stride at the 43,000-seat Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, with his 20pt haul for finishing second behind Dane Hans Andersen taking his 2004 tally to 114 - the only rider to have hit the three-figure mark.
		While Andersen was celebrating his maiden GP win, 29-year-old Crump’s unnerving 2004 consistency continued, with Ullevi counting for his fifth appearance in six finals, with Rickardsson the next ‘best’ on four.
		Despite the positive end result, Crump’s journey to snare a place in the four-man Ullevi final had its share of tense moments, especially after the Aussie was excluded from heat 19 after a crash at Turn One.
	www.mcnews.com.au /MotorcycleRacing2004/Speedway/crump_leads_aug21.htm (587 words)

	uefa.com
		The 27-year old was tipped for a bright future with the Swedish national team after being named the rookie of the year in 1998, but a groin injury sustained the following year kept him out for the majority of the subsequent three years.
		Blomqvist returned in the second half of the 2002 season and immediately proved that he had lost little of his old magic, if a touch of pace.
		His signing signals that the veteran former Denmark coach Johansson is determined to bring inventive football back to the Gamla Ullevi stadium.
	www.uefa.com /news/newsId=47271,printer.htmx (173 words)

	BBC SPORT \| FOOTBALL \| Old Trafford in final bid
		Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium is among the eight venues bidding to stage the 2002 Champions League final.
		Rotterdam's Feyenoord Stadium, the venue of this season's Uefa Cup final, is hoping to graduate to the Champions League stage next term.
		Seville's Olimpico in Spain and the Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden are also in contention.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/1625990.stm (386 words)

	uefa.com - Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The impressive Nya Ullevi stadium, built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup next to the old Gamla Ullevi right in the city centre, staged the EURO 92 final between Denmark and Germany and has just been rewarded with the hosting of the UEFA Cup final of 2004.
		Gothenburg's two main grounds, the Gamla Ullevi and Nya Ullevi, are adjacent to each other and a short walk from the city centre.
		The Nya Ullevi next door was built for the 1958 World Cup and was inaugurated a week before the tournament with a friendly between Sweden and a Gothenburg XI.
	www.uefacup.com /magazine/news/Kind=64/newsId=62730.html (814 words)

	Göteborg Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Gamla Ullevi wasn’t used for almost anything for more than 30 years, but when the bigger stadium got too big for the three clubs, they started to rebuild the old stadium, and when Allsvenskan started 1992 all three clubs were back there again.
		Gamla Ullevi has a capacity of 17 000 spectators, but then it’s really really full The big tribune has 5000 seats, while the opposite tribune only is for standing spectators, which also the two curves are.
		Problem now for the three clubs is that Gamla Ullevi, who in 1992 was a fantastic arena with a very genuine atmosphere, now is totally un-modern.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Sweden/Vaestra_Goetalands_laen/Goeteborg-195978/Things_To_Do-Goeteborg-R-13.html (2487 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Marseille goalkeeper Fabien Barthez was sent off for a two-footed lunge in first-half injury time and after Vicente converted the resulting penalty the Spanish champions eased to their second major trophy of the season.
		Spain winger Vicente turned provider for Mista to fire the second goal past substitute ’keeper Jeremy Gavanon in the 58th minute, effectively killing off the French side as one half of the Nya Ullevi Stadium vibrated in a sea of orange.
		However, Valencia hung on comfortably to add the UEFA Cup to their 1962 and 1963 triumphs in the old Fairs Cup.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040521/asp/sports/story_3273711.asp (721 words)

	Gothia Cup - The World Youth Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The finals at the Ullevi Stadium drew 21,275 spectators, who saw a new star born in the 12-year old boys’ final between Alingsås (a small town near Gothenburg) and Bohemians Prag of Czechoslovakia.
		Benjamin Farfa, with roots in Gambia, was a reserve on the Alingsås bench, with the team trailing by 2-1.
		Because of rebuilding at the Ullevi Stadium, in preparation for the World Athletics Championships, both the 1993 Opening Ceremonies and the Finals had to be moved to the smaller Old Ullevi Stadium, a prospect which made the Gothia Cup organizers rather nervous.
	www.gothiacup.se /eng/sites/facts_year_by_year_1990_1999.asp?res=high (952 words)

	Theo, the exception
		The question is raised by the sudden, surprising choice for the England World Cup squad of 17-year-old Theo Walcott, a hugely expensive transfer who may eventually cost Arsenal £12 million, yet one who since his arrival from Southampton has not played a single first-team game for them.
		I remember being told by a leading Brazilian journalist, as we watched his team's training in the Ullevi Stadij, Gothenburg, where he would make his World Cup debut, that Pele was a phenomenal talent.
		True, the nitwit psychologist who accompanied the team and was contemptuously marginalised by Vicente Feola, the manager, gave his fatuous opinion that Pele was too immature to play.
	www.hindu.com /tss/tss2923/stories/20060610011501000.htm (1075 words)

	UBC - The UBC Bulletin / 1-00
		With its rich 1000 year history, Hanseatic and maritime traditions, cultural activities and surrounded by forests and the sea, Gdansk is one of the most attractive tourist cities, which has been placed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.
		character of the Old Town and elaborately decorated facades of the old buildings encourage to stroll along the streets of the city centre or the Motlawa promenade and stop at one of the numerous cafes, taverns or restaurants.
		Ullevi Stadium is also the home ground for IFK Göteborg’s international cup ties, where teams such as Barcelona, Milan and Manchester United have met their match.
	www.ubc.net /bulletin/bulletin1_00/pages/p5.html (694 words)

	Cycle News Online
		Billy Hamill will be fit to ride in Saturday's Scandinavian Grand Prix at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, despite suffering from a compressed fracture of a lower vertebra.
		Billy hasn't ridden since crashing in the American National Championship round at Auburn on Friday August 16, but doctors are still unsure whether he sustained the back injury on that night, or earlier in the season.
		Hamill made his World Final debut at the Ullevi Stadium in 1991, finishing 12th with six points.
	www.cyclenews.com /ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=3794 (393 words)

	England AFC - The England Football Team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sir Matt Busby Way and Old Trafford are on the left.
		Old Trafford has it's own railway station which is served from Manchester Piccadilly mainline station.
		The Star & Garter, (opposite platform 14 of Old Trafford stadium), The Gorse Hill (on Chester Road) and The Toll Gate (opposite the Trafford Bar tram station) are close to the ground.
	www.england-afc.co.uk /database/venuesearch.aspx?VenueID=136 (365 words)

	Evening Telegraph: Sport: Blether with Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The multi-functional stadium is just two few years old, having been built in 2001 with the impending 2006 World Cup in mind.
		Gelsenkirchen is one of the most modest cities to host the showpiece fixture and, with a population of less than 300,000 people, it is one of Germany’s smaller cities.
		Nya Ullevi is a stadium in the modern sense, with steel cables supporting an undulating roof, topped by huge, bright floodlight towers, and was an impressive sight when hosting six matches for the 1958 World Cup, including a semi-final.
	www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk /output/2003/10/02/blether.shtm (879 words)

	Ullevi Stadium: Pele's debut venue; site of World Cup, European Championships, and an NFL game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		GOTEBORG, Sweden (AP) - Ullevi Stadium, where Valencia and Olympique Marseille meet in Wednesday's sold-out UEFA Cup final, was the site of one of the most memorable championship matches in football history.
		Pele played his first World Cup match at Ullevi in 1958 as eventual champion Brazil, which beat Sweden for the title in Stockholm, beat the Soviet Union.
		Ullevi, a name which roughly can be translated as “The Temple of Ull,” the old Norse god of sport, also hosted the 1995 World Athletics Championships, two UEFA Cup and two Cup Winners' Cup finals; scores of rock and classical concerts, and many other international sports events.
	www.ussoccerplayers.com /latest_soccer_news/428196.html (791 words)

	Caribbean Executive TIME- Journal of Business & Technology
		Maria Jose has already set a blistering pace with her performance at the Ullevi Stadium last year.
		She seem to have lost nothing on the rebound as the International Amateur Athletic Federation rated her number one last year, after she won gold in Cologne, clearing the bar at two metres.
		In swimming the focus is on Cerian Gibbs from Trinidad and Tobago and 17 year old Leah Martindale of Barbados.
	www.angelfire.com /journal/executivetime/goldrush.htm (2516 words)

	BLABBERMOUTH.NET - IRON MAIDEN's Manager Comments On Gothenburg's Record-Breaking Concert Sellout
		IRON MAIDEN's 2005 live dates have got off to an amazing start with tickets for their massive show in Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium on July 9 selling out in just two and a half hours.
		All 51,000 tickets were snapped up by Scandinavian fans, excited at the thought of seeing one of the worldâs greatest rock bands revisit their past.
		Iron Maiden are such amazing musicians, I just don't understand why they are so complacent with their setlist.
	www.roadrunnerrecords.com /blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=28552 (935 words)

	Gulf Times â€“ Qatarâ€™s top-selling English daily newspaper - Sport
		She needed two, however, to vault over 4.70, suggesting already that a world record was not on the cards.
		The cheerful Russian grew up admiring Sergey Bubka, the greatest pole vaulter of all time, who won one of his six world titles at this same Ullevi stadium 11 years ago.
		Isinbayeva said she had come a long way since winning silver at the previous European championships four years ago in Munich.
	www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=102333&version=1&template_id=49&parent_id=29 (1219 words)

	High jumper Hellebaut grabs gold - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News
		Unheralded high jumper Tia Hellebaut broke Swedish hearts by beating home favourite Kajsa Bergqvist to the title in the biggest upset of the championships so far.
		Moments later Kim Gevaert added the 200 metres to the 100 crown she won on Wednesday with victory in 22.68 seconds on a damp, chilly evening in the Ullevi stadium.
		Hellebaut was waiting at the finish line to congratulate Gevaert and the ecstatic pair posed for cameras draped in Belgium flags before embarking on a lap of honour together.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Sport/High-jumper-Hellebaut-grabs-gold/2006/08/12/1154803134518.html (680 words)

	BLABBERMOUTH.NET - Newspaper: METALLICA To Play Massive Concert In Sweden
		metallica puts on a fucking awesome show and the best thing is that they play all of their old thrash metal.
		Its funny how the old metallica fan hate them now just cuz they didnt like how thier cd was produced.
		Today, they are old, too rich and have NO CLUE what real metal is. I'm sorry, but that's just fact.
	www.roadrunnerrecords.com /blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=16853 (1417 words)

	Bruce Springsteen lyrics - GROWIN' UP 24
		These lyrics refer to the live 22 Jun 2003 performance at Ullevi, Gothenborg, Sweden.
		The live versions are all pretty similar, and have no important lyrics variations.
		This is for all the old fans out there...
	www.springsteenlyrics.com /lyrics/g/growinup24.php (310 words)

	Göteborg Sports Travel Tips by Henrik_rrb - VirtualTourist.com
		They play at Gamla Ullevi (Old Ullevi), and share the stadium with Gais and Orgryte.
		They too play at Gamla Ullevi, although in 2007 they will be playing at the bigger Ullevi, while they are waiting for the new arena.
		As IFK Gothenburg and Orgryte they are playing at the Gamla Ullevi stadium, these three forming an old alliance.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/75cf2/2fd8a/d (1480 words)

	Athletics-Little princess steals show from ageing king
		Minutes after Gevaert lived up to expectations, Zelezny totally missed his final throw to finish third in the javelin contest, won by Norway's Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen ahead of Finn Tero Pitkamaki.
		Three-times Olympic and world champion Zelezny failed to roll back the years at the same Ullevi stadium where he had won world championship gold 11 years ago.
		The 40-year-old Czech world record holder, who will retire later this year and will be remembered as the greatest javelin thrower in history, has surprisingly never finished higher than third at European championships.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /sports/2006-08/10/content_661448.htm (479 words)

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