Veltins-Arena
Veltins-Arena is a stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany that opened in 2001. Its recorded capacity is 62,271.
Key facts
Veltins-Arena is a stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany that opened in 2001. Its recorded capacity is 62,271. It is owned by City of Gelsenkirchen. It is operated by Schalke 04. The current name Veltins-Arena comes from a naming-rights deal with Brauerei C. & A. Veltins that began in 2005. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Arena AufSchalke. Current tenants are Schalke 04.
- Location
- Gelsenkirchen, Germany
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 62,271
- Opened
- 2001
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- City of Gelsenkirchen
- Naming rights
- Brauerei C. & A. Veltins
- Name changes
- 1
Veltins-Arena is at latitude 51.5556, longitude 7.0669, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 51.5556 |
| Longitude | 7.0669 |
| City | Gelsenkirchen |
| Region | Not recorded |
| Country | Germany |
| OpenStreetMap object | way/500000038 |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
Veltins-Arena has carried 2 recorded names. Arena AufSchalke (no sponsor) ran 2001 to 2005. Veltins-Arena (sponsor: Brauerei C. & A. Veltins) ran 2005 to present. The average tenure of a name here is 4 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena AufSchalke | None | 2001 to 2005 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Veltins-Arena | Brauerei C. & A. Veltins | 2005 to present | 5.0 million EUR (about 6.2 million USD) | 15 years | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | City of Gelsenkirchen | 2001 to present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Schalke 04 | 2001 to present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 2001 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
No changes to this venue have been recorded yet. Changes are written by each monthly pipeline run and listed on the change log.
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The dataset as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Manual correction: N/A. Corrected by site editors from a cited primary source.
Row-level sources used for this venue: