Parkstadion
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Parkstadion in 2024 Parkstadion () is a multi-purpose stadium in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that is no longer used to host any major events. The stadium was built in 1973 and hosted five matches of the 1974 FIFA World Cup. It had a capacity of 62,004 seats.
Key facts
- Venue.name
- Parkstadion
- Venue.image
- Parkstadion_gelsenkirchen_schalke|300px
- Venue.caption
- The Parkstadion during a match between Schalke 04 and 1. FC Nürnberg on 12 September 1998.
- Venue.location
- Gelsenkirchen, Germany
- Venue.broke_ground
- 29 August 1969
- Venue.opened
- 4 August 1973
- Venue.capacity
- 62,004 (league matches)55,877 (international matches)
- Venue.renovated
- 1998
- Venue.closed
- 2008
- Venue.surface
- Grass
- Venue.tenants
- FC Schalke 04 (1973–2001)
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Gelsenkirchen
- Location
- Gelsenkirchen
- Sport
- association football
- Image
- Parkstadion 1998-09-12.jpg
- Significant event
- 1974 FIFA World Cup
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- Commons category
- Parkstadion
- maximum capacity
- 62008
- occupant
- Schalke 04
- date of official closure
- 2008-00-00
- date of official opening
- 1973-08-04
- inception
- 1973-08-04
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|300px|Parkstadion in 2024 Parkstadion () is a multi-purpose stadium in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that is no longer used to host any major events. The stadium was built in 1973 and hosted five matches of the 1974 FIFA World Cup. It had a capacity of 62,004 seats.
During the 1974 FIFA World Cup, Yugoslavia set the record for the biggest ever win at a FIFA World Cup with a 9–0 hammering of Zaire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parkstadion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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