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| | uefa.com - Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | This week awarded the right to host the 2004 UEFA Champions League final at the new Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, set between Essen and Dortmund in the Ruhr, is one of the most modest cities to host the showpiece fixture. |
 | | Nearly 40 years on, with the World Cup returning to Germany, the multi-functional Arena AufSchalke was built alongside it, opening in 2001. |
 | | Built at a cost of €192 million, the Arena was inaugurated in August 2001 and has a capacity of 60,000, including 16,000 standing places to maintain the legendary atmosphere, becoming a 52,000-seater for international matches. |
| www.uefa.com /magazine/News/Kind=64/newsId=62034.html (910 words) |
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