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Parkstadion

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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2. Veltins-Arena – Parkstadion loop from Erle

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3. Schloss Berge and Berger See – Lake in NSG Im Deipen Gatt loop from Gelsenkirchen-Buer Süd

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Ben Oer 🌲

December 27, 2020

Initially, the Parkstadion should be called Ruhrstadion. The city council decided not to name it that way. The Park Stadium was built on the site of the former airfield and was the venue for the home games of FC Schalke 04 from 1973 onwards. The German national soccer team played a total of eight games in the Park Stadium between 1973 and 1998. In addition, the deciding game of the relegation in 1991 between the Stuttgarter Kickers and FC St. Pauli, three semi-finals in the DFB Cup and two final games of the competition, three German athletics championships, concerts (including Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Wolfgang Petry, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, Genesis or the Rolling Stones), and a papal mass (1987) took place. The stadium also gained international fame as the venue for the 1974 World Cup with one qualifying game, five games in the tournament and the 1988 European Football Championship with two games.

Originally, the main stand was to have a tent roof similar to that of the Munich Olympic Stadium. However, this was rejected for reasons of cost. The system initially had a display panel in the north curve. A video screen was later installed in the south curve. The fans of FC Schalke 04 stood in the north curve, especially in Block 5. However, Block I in the upper tier of the main stand was also known for its good atmosphere in later years. Although the stadium was often reviled for its spaciousness, a cult developed around the Schalke home games in the UEFA Cup in the 1996/97 season. All six games, including the final first leg against Inter Milan, remained clean, which was considered a basis for Schalke's European Cup success.

In its final years, the home of S04 showed signs of aging, particularly due to mountain damage.

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rupenburg

December 5, 2021

Still in the process of renovation, and for those who did not know it no longer recognizable as such. But you can watch the commercialization of football nicely (training areas, rehabilitation center) ...

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Matze on Tour/ Schlumpf74

July 28, 2024

Many great football matches were played here.
Former home of Schalke 04

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Stephan aus GE🚶‍♂️🌳⚒🚲⛰🥾

April 21, 2024

The venue from the 70s, 80s and 90s has been completed again. Memories are coming true...I was able to experience the first games here as a child and could feel the myth. Games in the Parkstadion were always something very special. The last floodlight mast is a dream. It is really nice that it has been preserved and will shine again in the near future. The mast can also be seen from the A2, Buer exit, and shows thousands of traveling people the location of our club grounds

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Oliver Grolla

February 12, 2025

Unfortunately, all that remains of the good old Parkstadion is the opposite straight and one floodlight mast.

My first game was in 1987 with my father against Homburg.

Great years followed in the mid and late 90s.

It wasn't great in the rain or snow, but it was still a great time.

You didn't see many people and today you go to the fancy arena

Tradition is not to keep the ashes but to pass on the flame.

Good luck

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1. Berger Lake – View of Berger See loop from Erle

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