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Arena AufSchalke

VELTINS-Arena (official name)
2010-06-03 Arena AufSchalke 01.jpg
Full name Veltins-Arena
Former names Arena AufSchalke
FIFA World Cup Stadium, Gelsenkirchen (2006 FIFA World Cup)
Location Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Owner Schalke 04
Operator Schalke 04
Executive suites 90
Capacity 62,271 (League Matches),
54,740 (International Matches)
Record attendance Ice hockey: 77,803
7 May 2010
2010 IIHF World Championship Opening Game
Field size 105 × 68 m
Construction
Built 1998–2001
Opened 2001
Construction cost 191 million
Architect Hentrich, Petschnigg und Partner
Tenants
Schalke 04

UEFA 4/4 stars

Veltins-Arena (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛltɪnsʔaˌʁeːnaː]; originally Arena AufSchalke [ʔaˌʁeːnaː ʔaʊfˈʃalkə]) is a football stadium in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It opened in 2001, as the new home ground for German Bundesliga club Schalke 04.

It hosted the 2004 UEFA Champions League final and 5 matches in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, including a quarter-final. It has a league capacity of 62,271 (standing and seated) and an international capacity of 54,740 (seated only). The stadium has a retractable roof and a retractable pitch. The naming rights to the stadium were sold on 1 July 2005 to the German brewery Veltins.


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