Stadium · Germany · Still standing
Arena AufSchalke
Arena AufSchalke, currently branded Veltins-Arena, is a retractable-roof football stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, opened in 2001 as the home ground of FC Schalke 04. The multi-purpose two-tier arena seats about 62,271 for domestic matches and features a Teflon-coated fiberglass retractable roof, a slide-out pitch and a centrally suspended scoreboard, and has hosted major football finals and large concerts.
First raised
2001
Its prime
2004
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 2004
The shape it held in its prime.
Low frontal view across a clipped hedgerow toward a wide two-tiered concrete bowl topped by a white, slightly domed Teflon-coated fiberglass roof marked with the large 'VELTINS ARENA' sign. The main elevation is a multi-storey glass curtain wall with blue horizontal trim and a central vertical service shaft; the seating bowl rests on concrete piers leaving a dark undercroft. Steel pylons and a rectangular roof truss rise above the roofline; the green playing field sits inside on a slide-out platform.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 2004.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Arena AufSchalke — including 8 interiors: center of the playing pitch, north stand standing terraces, western main grandstand and vip level and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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