Parkstadion was a multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...

 in Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....

, North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

, Germany

Germany

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, that is no longer used to host any major events. The stadium was built in 1973 and hosted five matches of the 1974 FIFA World Cup

1974 FIFA World Cup

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. It had a capacity of 62,109 with seats for 45,067.

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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 performed at the stadium during his Bad World Tour

Bad World Tour

The Bad World Tour was the first solo concert tour by American megasuperstar Michael Jackson that visited Japan, Australia, the United States and Europe. Sponsored by Pepsi and spanning 16 months, the tour included 123 concerts to 4.4 million fans across 15 countries...

 on September 4, 1988 & during his HIStory World Tour

HIStory World Tour

The HIStory World Tour was the third and final worldwide solo concert tour by American megasuperstar Michael Jackson, covering Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America. The tour included a total of 82 concerts and was attended by approximately 4.5 million fans, beating his previous Bad Tour...

 on June 15, 1997.

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...

 performed at the stadium during their Urban Jungle Tour on August 16, 1990 & during their Bridges To Babylon Tour

Bridges to Babylon Tour

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 on July 27, 1998.

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd

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 performed at the stadium during The Division Bell Tour

The Division Bell tour

The Division Bell Tour was a concert tour by British rock band Pink Floyd in 1994 to support their album The Division Bell. In 1995 the band released the live album Pulse to commemorate the tour, which would turn out to be the final Pink Floyd tour, although members of the band have continued to...

 on August 23, 1994.

It was the home ground of football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club FC Schalke 04

FC Schalke 04

Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...

 until May 2001, before the newly built and adjacent Veltins-Arena

Veltins-Arena

Veltins-Arena is a football stadium in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It opened in 2001, as the new home ground for German Bundesliga club Schalke 04....

 opened in July of the same year.

The stadium also played host to two Euro 88 fixtures (Germany

Germany national football team

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 v Denmark

Denmark

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, and The Netherlands

Netherlands national football team

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 v the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland national football team

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), as well as the first leg of the 1997 UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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 final between Schalke and Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

.

The last competitive football match played in the stadium was a Bundesliga fixture between Schalke and SpVgg Unterhaching

SpVgg Unterhaching

Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich....

 on May 19, 2001. The match was attended by approximately 65,000 people and Schalke became the German vice-champion at the time.

The stadium is now partly demolished and the Jumbotron

Jumbotron

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 that was placed atop of the northern stand was donated to Erzgebirgsstadion

Erzgebirgsstadion

The Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Aue, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Erzgebirge Aue. The stadium is able to hold 15,690 people and was built in 1950.- External links :* Erzgebirgsstadium on Footballmatch....

 in Aue

Aue

Aue is a small town in Germany at the outlet of the river Schwarzwasser into the river Mulde in the Ore Mountains, and has roughly 18,000 inhabitants. Aue was the administrative seat of the former district of Aue-Schwarzenberg in Saxony, and is part of the Erzgebirgskreis since August 2008...

, where it was installed during the renovations of the stadium in 2004.