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FIFA 2006 World Cup >> Host Cities >> Gelsenkirchen
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Gelsenkirchen World Cup 2006 |
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Overview
| Population | 278,000 |
| Federal State | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Airports | Düsseldorf Airport |
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Gelsenkirchen lives, breathes and sleeps soccer. The best way to bring the people of Gelsenkirchen together is through soccer. The sport enjoys both a tradition as well as passionate supporters. The Aufschalke Arena is regularly sold out at home games. This year the people of Gelsenkirchen city is eagerly looking forward to the FIFA 2006 World Cup. |
During the industrial revolution, the coal industry gave an economic boost to Gelsenkirchen. Today, Gelsenkirchen boasts of national business and research center for solar technology.
Over the years the city has hosted 1974 FIFA World Cup finals, the 1988 European Championship and the 2004 Champions League Final.
This city is complete in every sense for a FIFA World Cup Host City.
Dortmund is just 30 minutes away by motorway, while the stadiums in Cologne can be reached in an hour. Some 6.4 million people live within a 50-kilometer radius of Gelsenkirchen.
With enough luxurious as well as cheap hotels in Gelsenkirchen, a sound network of services such as flights to Gelsenkirchen, accomodations in Gelsenkirchen, restaurants in Gelsenkirchen and Gelsenkirchen car hire, this host city of FIFA World Cup is sure to draw crowd from all over the world.
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Gelsenkirchen Stadium
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| Stadium | FIFA World Cup Stadium Gelsenkirchen |
| Gross Capacity | 53,804 |
| Total Seating Capacity | 48,426 |
The new Arena/Stadium opened in August 2001.
Four 'group stage' matches and a quarter-final match of the forthcoming 2006 FIFA World Cup finals shall be played here. |
The stadiums was officially opened on 13 and 14 August 2001. The UEFA has assigned the multifunctional arena to the highest possible five-star category. 191 million Euro was invested in making the stadiums and the entire project was financed by private capital.
The stadiums was the venue for the Champions League Final on 27 May 2004. The ceremonial unveiling of the Official Emblem took place in 2002. FIFA went on an official visit to that place. One of the highlights of the ceremonial unveiling was when the "Celebrating faces of Football" were projected on a fifteen-foot high wall of water. The stadium was referred to as "football's crowning glory" by former minister-president Wolfgang Clement. The stadium has been referred to as "football's crowning glory" by former minister-president Wolfgang Clement. It is unarguably one of the modern stadiums of Europe. It has state-of-the-art facilities such as removable playing surface, giant video cube, a retractable roof and electronic admission controls. The stadium has a gross seating capacity of 53,804 and a total seating capacity of 48,426.
The stadium has hosted more than 150 events and has attracted over eight million spectators. This FIFA season it is going to be jam-packed with soccer fans from across the globe.
- Home of Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04 with 1997 UEFA Cup Final against Inter Mailand
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