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Schalke's home since 2001A roof that closes in 30 minutes over a pitch that rolls out of the stadium like a drawer.Record attendance
77,803
7 May 2010, opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship
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Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0
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What makes it special
Pick one, or tap a label on the ground.
On matchday
Schalke's fans stand together in the Nordkurve. Before the teams walk out the miners' Steigerlied is sung; then the club song “Blau und Weiß, wie lieb' ich dich” plays, whose “thousand fires in the night” recall Gelsenkirchen's coal and steel.
The ground
- Architect
- Hentrich, Petschnigg und Partner
- Cost
- €191 million
- League
- Bundesliga