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In 1928, the club built a new stadium, the Glückauf-Kampfbahn, and acknowledged the city's support by renaming themselves FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04.
History. The club come from a small mining town and would become one of the clubs that symbolized the rise of the working-class in German football hierarchy. One of the early versions of the club was called Westfalia Schalke and formed in 1904.
From 1973 to 2001, the Parkstadion was the home stadium of FC Schalke 04. After it was renovated in the summer of 1998, it had a capacity of exactly 62,004 spectators (55,887 for internationals). It could hold 44,962 fans sitting down (49,737 for internationals), with space enough for 17,042 standing spectators (5,603 for internationals).
May 2, 2024 · In the summer of 2001, FC Schalke 04 moved to the newly built Arena AufSchalke. Subsequently, the Parkstadion was mostly demolished. A football stadium with approximately 3,000 seats was built on the site of the old stadium under the same name, Parkstadion.
It was the home ground of football club FC Schalke 04 until May 2001, before the newly built and adjacent Arena AufSchalke opened in July of the same year.
The last competitive match played at the Parkstadion was between Schalke 04 and SpVgg Unterhaching on the 19 th of May 2001. The stadium has been partly demolished since, though large parts still exist today.
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History. Plans to construct a new stadium emerged [vague] in the late 1990s, as fans and managers sought to move out of the outdated Parkstadion, and create a thoroughly [tone] modern multifunctional arena. Following Schalke 04's historic [tone] 1997 victory in the UEFA Cup, and the club's upcoming 100th anniversary in 2004, the contract to ...
