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{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name      = Parkstadion
| nickname          = 
| logo_image        = 
| image             = [[Image:Parkstadion gelsenkirchen 2.jpg|300px]]
| caption           = 
| fullname          = Parkstadion
| location          = Ernst-Kuzorra-Weg 1<br />45891 [[Gelsenkirchen]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], Germany
|broke ground       = 29 August 1969
|opened             = 4 August 1973
| renovated         = 1998
| closed            = 2008
| renovated         = 
| owner             = Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGa
| operator          = Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGa{{cn|date=January 2024}}
| construction_cost = [[Deutsche Mark|DM]] 32.7 million (1974)<br />estimated €200 million (2006)
| architect         = Planungsgruppe Drahtler{{cn|date=January 2024}}
| website           = {{URL|https://schalke04.de/knappenschmiede/knappenschmiede/stadien/parkstadion/index.html}}
| tenants           = [[FC Schalke 04]] (1973–2001)<br />[[Germany national football team]] (selected matches) (1973–2001)<br /> [[FC Schalke 04 II]] (2020–present)
| seating_capacity  = |capacity = 62,004 (league matches)<br>55,877 (international matches)
| dimensions        = {{convert|105|by|68|m|abbr=on}}
| mapframe-marker = stadium
}}




{{Infobox venue
|stadium_name = Parkstadion
|image = [[Image:Parkstadion gelsenkirchen 2.jpg|300px]]
|caption = The Parkstadion during a match between [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] and [[1. FC Nürnberg]] on 12 September 1998.
|location = [[Gelsenkirchen]], [[Germany]]

|renovated = 1998
|closed = 2008
|surface = Grass
|tenants = 
}}

The original '''Parkstadion''' ({{IPA|de|ˈpaʁkˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn|-|De-Parkstadion.ogg}}) was a football stadium with an athletics track that existed from 1973 to 2008 in the district of Erle in the [[North Rhine-Westphalia|North Rhine-Westphalian]] city of [[Gelsenkirchen]]. The football club [[FC Schalke 04]] played its home games in the arena from 1973 to 2001. Initially, the facility had a capacity of 70,600 spectators, which was reduced to 62,004 seats after renovations in 1998. In the summer of 2001, FC Schalke 04 moved to the newly built [[Arena AufSchalke]]. Subsequently, the Parkstadion was mostly demolished.

On the site of the old stadium, a new football stadium with approximately 3,000 seats was built, retaining the old name Parkstadion. The U19 youth team and the second team (U23) of Schalke 04 now play their home games there.








During the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]], [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] set the record for the biggest win ever at a [[FIFA World Cup]] with a 9–0 hammering of [[DR Congo national football team|Zaire]].

[[Michael Jackson]] performed at the stadium during his [[Bad World Tour]] on 4 September 1988 and during his [[HIStory World Tour]] on 15 June 1997. He was also scheduled to perform at the stadium on 6 September 1992 on his [[Dangerous World Tour]], but cancelled due to ill health.

[[The Rolling Stones]] performed at the stadium during their [[Urban Jungle Tour]] on 16 August 1990 and during their [[Bridges To Babylon Tour]] on 27 July 1998.

[[Pink Floyd]] performed at the stadium during [[The Division Bell Tour]] on 23 August 1994.

It was the home ground of [[Association football|football]] club [[FC Schalke 04]] until May 2001, before the newly built and adjacent [[Arena AufSchalke]] opened in July of the same year.

The stadium hosted two [[UEFA Euro 1988]] fixtures ([[Germany national football team|West Germany]] v [[Denmark]], and [[Netherlands national football team|The Netherlands]] v the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]), as well as the first leg of the [[1997 UEFA Cup Final]] between Schalke and [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]].<ref>[http://www.stadiumguide.com/parkstadion/ Parkstadion]. The Stadium Guide. Accessed March 5, 2012.</ref>

The last competitive football match played in the stadium was a [[Bundesliga]] fixture between Schalke and [[SpVgg Unterhaching]] on 19 May 2001. The match was attended by approximately 65,000 people. At the end of the match, after a difficult 5–3 win against [[SpVgg Unterhaching]], and thanks to a last minute goal scored by [[Hamburg SV]] against [[Bayern Munich]], the crowd celebrated Schalke's first Bundesliga title before [[Patrik Andersson]] equalized in the additional time for Bayern, made Bayern retain the title and instantly killed the joy of the fans celebrating in Parkstadion.

The stadium is now partly demolished and the [[Jumbotron]] that was placed atop the northern stand was donated to [[Erzgebirgsstadion]] in [[Aue, Saxony|Aue]], where it was installed during the renovations of the stadium in 2004.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003247/http://www.ruhrstadtregion.de/artikel/show?id=2105 Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen]

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