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Capacity: 52,000
Home to: Schalke 04
Fixtures: (A) Poland v Ecuador, (E) USA v Czech Republic, (C) Argentina v Serbia & Montenegro, (D) Portugal v Mexico, Quarter-final

The stadium which put a city on the map, the AufSchalke Arena was opened for the 2001/02 Bundesliga season and is an architectural masterpiece. Fifa spokesman Markus Siegler claimed “the Arena will be a pearl of the World Cup” following an inspection of its facilities, and it surely will.

A removable pitch, which can be taken ‘outside’, is paired with a retractable roof and there is even a video cube which hangs over the pitch given the appropriate occasion. The venue for the 2004 Champions League final has proved itself as versatile as it is ground-breaking, staging rock concerts by Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi, gridiron matches, and even a biathlon.