Zinkensdamms IP

Zinkensdamms idrottsplats, usually Zinkensdamms IP or colloquially Zinken or Zinkens, is a sports ground in Södermalm in central Stockholm, Sweden.

Zinkensdamms idrottsplats

Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Owner	City of Stockholm
Capacity	Bandy: 6,500
Opened	18 May 1937 (1937-05-18)
Tenants
Hammarby IF (bandy) Reymersholms IK (association football) Stockholm Mean Machines (American football)

The ground was designed by architect Paul Hedqvist^[1] and was inaugurated on 18 May 1937 with a football game between Reymersholms IK and Djurgårdens IF.^[2]

Nowadays, it is mainly known for bandy, because Hammarby IF, playing in the highest bandy league in Sweden (Elitserien), use it as its home ground. The ice can be artificially frozen since 1986.^[3] It is also used as the home ground for association football team Reymersholms IK and American football team Stockholm Mean Machines. Matches were played at the 1997 European Lacrosse Championships.

Zinkendamms IP in February 2012

Bandy match between Djurgården and Gustavsberg