Gelredome

The Gelredome is the home stadium of Vitesse in Arnhem. It was built in 1998, featuring a retractable roof as well as a convertible pitch that can be retracted when unused during concerts or other events held at the stadium although its capacity was rather modest with only 29,600 spectators at most. It was also one of the various venues for the tournament held in the Netherlands and Belgium.

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The stadium regurarly hosts pop-concerts, e.g.:

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• U2
• Rammstein
• Coldplay
• DJ Tiesto
• Britney Spears
• Madonna

Vitesse: Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch football club from Arnhem, which was founded on 14 May 1892. The idea of conceiving a football team stemmed from the club's early roots as a cricket club....

Arnhem: is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, located on the Lower Rhine, and the capital of the Gelderland province....

1998: 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean....