Facilities
The sports complex consists of a track and field venue, a main artificial turf football field with a grandstand, three natural grass football fields, a gravel field and warm-up/practice fields with grass. The track and field venue has eight lanes around the full course, as well as a start allowing 110 meter hurdling.
Kristins Hall consists of two halls, one featuring an ice hockey rink and one with a handball court. The arena also has a curling rink and a running track. The ice hockey rink has place for 3,197 spectators and is the home venue of GET-ligaen side Lillehammer IK. Håkons Hall is a multi-sport arena which is used for international handball and ice hockey matches, as well as conferences, conventions and banquets. The venue has a capacity for 11,500, making it the largest handball and ice hockey venue in the country. It can make use of the main hall for two handball or football field, or six volleyball or badminton courts. In addition, there is a permanent health club, a climbing wall, an aerobics room, a golf center with two golf simulators and a putting green, and two badminton courts. The hall also features a 370 meters (1,210 ft) long sprinting track and the Norwegian Olympic Museum The Olympics ski jumping hill Lysgårdsbakken and Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena are located a few hundred meters from Stampesletta. Collectively, the area is sometimes referred to as the Olympic Park.
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