In summary, Lillehammer Ice Hockey Club is at risk of bankruptcy after failing to collect NOK 2.5 million. The club is now assessing whether there is a basis for further operation. Lillehammer Ice Hockey Club is not the only club struggling financially. Lørenskog Hockey and Sparta Sarpsborg also have financial problems. This is the second time in two years that Lillehammer Ice Hockey Club is in danger of going bankrupt. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. Just before the turn of the month to December, Lillehammer Ice Hockey Club said that they were struggling financially. They had to collect NOK 2.5 million before Monday evening to avoid going bankrupt. They have so far not succeeded in doing so, they wrote in a press release on Monday afternoon. In the press release, they say that they almost reached the goal, but are now assessing whether there is “a basis for further operation”. – We will use the next few days to conclude on that. There is a lot that needs to be done if we are to close. If we find that there is no basis for further operation in a longer perspective, everyone who has now given support will get the money back, says chairman Knut Rindal on the ice hockey club’s website. news Innlandet has been in contact with chairman Rindal after the press release was sent, but he reports that he has no opportunity to comment further. More serious than expected Fresh chairman Knut Rindal said in a press release before the weekend that “the situation is far more serious than I was informed about” than when he took up the position as chairman at the beginning of November. A private fundraising campaign was set up, permanent sponsors and several companies made additional contributions, and the club was encouraged to give money in social media and to members and others connected to the club. The rescue operation of the ice hockey club will be in three phases: The first phase is to avoid bankruptcy. Then they must have NOK 2.5 million. The second phase is to have enough money to cover other expenses for the rest of the year. It is currently unclear how much money is involved in this phase. The third phase is to set the club up for profitable operation in 2025. It is also currently unknown how much money is involved in this phase. Financial disability in the hockey elite Lillehammer Ice Hockey Club (LIK) is not the only hockey club struggling financially. On the same day that LIK announced its financial problems, Lørenskog Hockey did the same. Two days before that, Sparta Sarpsborg also showed their cards. Thus, three out of ten elite clubs in the Norwegian hockey league are in financial trouble. news’s sports commentator, Jan Petter Saltvedt, says that the three clubs have not taken the necessary and drastic steps required to change the economic development. – Everything the sport of ice hockey here at home has done in recent years to remove itself from the stamp of irresponsibility may seem to be able to come to nothing in a very short time, says Saltvedt. – This is all Norwegian ice hockey does not need, after a certain optimism about the future followed the public support from the end of last season. NOT IMPRESSED: Jan Petter Saltvedt is news’s sports commentator and believes that LIK has not carried out responsible budget work. Photo: Lars Thomas Nordby / news Players worried It is not more than two years since the club last had major financial problems. Then they were also in danger of going bankrupt. Then they managed, but now they are again in danger of going bankrupt. Saltvedt is not impressed with LIK’s financial management since then. – Lillehammer, seen from the outside, has done nothing but continue where they left off during the crisis two years ago. Nothing indicates otherwise, when the debt has risen from four to ten million kroner in 2024 alone, says Saltvedt. Joakim Eidsa Arnestad is a living Lillehammer legend and has over 800 official matches for the club. – It is sad that we have ended up in the same situation as we were in two years ago. It’s not funny, Arnestad told news when the news became known. ON THE GLATTISEN: Joakim Eidsa Arnestad in LIK has seen the club in financial trouble earlier in his time. Photo: Roar Berntsen / news Arnestad had hoped that the club had managed to turn the tide from two years ago when the club was in great financial difficulties. – We should sort of have the economy in order by now, but we don’t. I hope that we will be rescued and cleaned up, Arnestad said last week. Published 02.12.2024, at 16.13 Updated 02.12.2024, at 17.13
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Lillehammer Ice Hockey Club is close to bankruptcy, three elite clubs struggle financially – news Innlandet – Local news, TV and radio
