Auf Schalke Arena
| Location: | Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| Brief description: | New building: Football stadium/multifunction hall |
| Awarding authority: | FC Schalke 04 Stadion-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH |
| Completion: | 2001 |
| Architect: | Hentrich, Petschnigg und Partner (HPP), Düsseldorf |
| Steel Constructor: | Thyssen Krupp Stahlbau GmbH, Donges Stahlbau |
| Cidect member: | V & M DEUTSCHLAND GmbH |
Details:
The roof construction is designed as a sliding roof whose moving part consists of 560 t MSH sections and can be opened/closed in 30 minutes. The mobile south tribune made of circular MSH sections sized 457 x 8 - 16 / 17.5 and 20 mm enables the the entire lawn (79 x 118 m; 11.000 t) to be relocated to the external area of the arena. V & M supplier part: 1,400 t MSH sections for the roof construction and 400 t for the south tribune.