Veltins Arena
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| Full name | Veltins-Arena |
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| 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 | |
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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