St. Jakob-Park
Basel, Switzerland
38,512
recorded capacity
recorded as Football
1 block = 1,000 places
St. Jakob-Park in Basel is the largest and northernmost of the 12 listed stadiums in Switzerland. It opened in 2001.
Its capacity equals 16.1% of the combined capacity of the listed stadiums in Switzerland. The nearest listed stadium is Stadion Brühl, 42.8 km away.
- Listed for
- Football
- Tenants
- FC Basel, Switzerland national football team
- Surface
- Grass
- Position
- 47.54° N, 7.62° E
Where it stands in Switzerland
- St. Jakob-Park38,512
- Stadion Wankdorf6,512 fewer32,000
- Stade de Genève8,428 fewer30,084
- Letzigrund12,407 fewer26,105
- 8 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Construction began
- 1998
- Operator
- Basel United AG
- Architect
- Herzog & de Meuron
- Recorded construction cost
- CHF 220 million
- Opening order in Switzerland
- 4th of 12, earliest first
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2006, more recent than 1 of the other 3 listed stadiums in Switzerland with such a year
- Compared with the median in Switzerland
- 2.4 times the median capacity of 16,250 across its 12 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 2000s in Switzerland
- 6 of the 12 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- MHPArena, 183 km
Chronology
- 2001 Opened
- 2005 Expanded
- 2006 Expanded
Nearest listed stadiums
- Stadion Brühl · south10,964 places, opened 192742.8 km
- Dreisamstadion · north24,000 places, opened 195453.7 km
- Europa-Park Stadion · north34,700 places, opened 202155.6 km
- Stade Auguste-Bonal · west20,025 places, opened 193160.8 km
- Stadion Wankdorf · south32,000 places, opened 200565.4 km
Source: Wikipedia, St. Jakob-Park.