Sports hall named after Sportacus

Magnús Scheving, the founder and creator of Lazy Town, is in the UK today where he will attend the opening of a new sports hall that is named after Sportacus, the lead character in Lazy Town played by Magnús Scheving himself.

The name is Sportacus Sports Hall and is placed by a secondary school in London, closeby Wembley Stadium. „The kids at the school got to choose the name and they decided on Sportacus,“ said Kjartan Kjartansson, Lazy Town spokesperson.

Besides participating in the opening ceremony Magnús Scheving is scheduled for numerous interviews with the British media, Among them the newspapers; Independent, Sunday Mirror, Financial Times, Sunday Magazine, Sunday Express and the British Hollywood Reporter. He will also go on BBC radio and Paul O‘Grady talk show on Channel 4.

„Lazy Town is very popular in Britain and the media have been waiting to get a hold on Magnús, therefore we decided to use this opportunity,“ said Kjartan.