February 15, 2020 Arena AufSchalke (Veltins-Arena) is an indoor football stadium in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Arena AufSchalke (currently known as Veltins-Arena) is an indoor football stadium in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It opened on 13 August 2001, as the new home ground for Bundesliga. 2 club FC Schalke 04. It hosted the 2004 UEFA Champions League Final and five matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, including a quarter-final. It has a capacity of 62,271 (standing and seated) for league matches and 54,740 (seated only) for international matches. The stadium has a retractable roof and a retractable pitch. The naming rights to the stadium were sold on 1 July 2005 to German brewery Veltins.

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