Blue Water Arena
Blue Water Arena is a multi purpose in Esbjerg Municipality, Denmark that opened in 1955. Its recorded capacity is 17,442.
Key facts
Blue Water Arena is a multi purpose in Esbjerg Municipality, Denmark that opened in 1955. Its recorded capacity is 17,442. It is owned by Esbjerg Municipality and Esbjerg Municipality. It is operated by Sport & Event Park Esbjerg. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Esbjerg Stadion. Current tenants are Esbjerg fB, Esbjerg fB.
- Location
- Esbjerg Municipality, Denmark
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 17,442
- Opened
- 1955
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Esbjerg Municipality, Esbjerg Municipality
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 1
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Blue Water Arena is at latitude 55.481944, longitude 8.439444, in Esbjerg Municipality, Denmark. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 55.481944 |
| Longitude | 8.439444 |
| City | Esbjerg Municipality |
| Region | Esbjerg Municipality |
| Country | Denmark |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Blue Water Arena has carried 2 recorded names. Esbjerg Idrætspark (no sponsor) ran Present. Esbjerg Stadion (no sponsor) ran 1955 to 2007. The average tenure of a name here is 52 years.
Data table for this chart
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Esbjerg Municipality | 1955 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Esbjerg Municipality | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Sport & Event Park Esbjerg | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esbjerg fB | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Esbjerg fB | Not mapped | 1955 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
11 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 3529 | 2026-10 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Esbjerg Stadion | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Esbjerg Idrætspark | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43743 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43742 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43741 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41183 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41182 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 18000 | 17442 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372086659 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Esbjerg_Stadium | Esbjerg Stadium | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: