Veltins-Arena (Gelsenkirchen)
Germany /
Nordrhein-Westfalen /
Gelsenkirchen /
Arenaring, 1
World
/ Germany
/ Nordrhein-Westfalen
/ Gelsenkirchen
World / Germany / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Munster
football / soccer stadium, football second league
Veltins-Arena (originally Arena AufSchalke) 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 61,482 (standing and seated) and an international capacity of 53,951 (seated only). The stadium has a retractable roof and a retractable pitch. The naming rights to the stadium were sold on July 1, 2005 to the German brewery Veltins.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_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 61,482 (standing and seated) and an international capacity of 53,951 (seated only). The stadium has a retractable roof and a retractable pitch. The naming rights to the stadium were sold on July 1, 2005 to the German brewery Veltins.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Schalke_04
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veltins-Arena
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°33'16"N 7°4'3"E
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- The Saffrons 482 km
- Charlton Athletic Training Ground 485 km
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- Medicus auf Schalke 0.4 km
- City district of Graf Bismarck - as planned 2.5 km
- Port at the Rhein-Herne-Kanal in Gelsenkirchen 2.6 km
- Arsol-Aromatics 3 km
- Soccer field 3 km
- ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen 3.3 km
- Hans-Sachs-Haus 5.2 km
- Ev. Altstadtfriedhof 5.5 km
- Kath. Altstadtfriedhof 5.7 km