St. Jakob-Park

The stadium is divided into four main blocks, A, B, C and D, each block covering one side of the stadium, and block G, consisting of the upper balcony added later. St. Jakob Park is a fairly modern stadium; construction started on 13 December 1998, replacing the former St. Jakob Stadium. The re-opening game took place 15 March 2001.

The "Genossenschaft S.J.P" officially owns the stadium, while the stadium itself is managed by "Basel United". The stadium cost around CHF 220 million to build (US$132 million, €143 million in March 2001{{cite web|url=https://www.oanda.com/|title=Online Trading & FX for Business - OANDA|website=www.oanda.com|access-date=26 March 2019}}).

Within the stadium, there are 32 shops on three different floors, as well as two restaurants (the "Restaurant UNO" and "Hattrick Sports Bar"). It has parking spaces for 680 cars on two different floors.

The stadium can be reached either by bus, tram or train (the stadium has its own train station).

The stadium has been awarded 4 stars by UEFA, which is the highest number of stars that can be awarded to a stadium of that size.

In 2006, there was a riot after a match between FC Basel and FC Zürich. See 2006 Basel Hooligan Incident for more details.

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For UEFA Euro 2008, St. Jakob Park hosted six games – three group games involving Switzerland (including the opening match), two quarter-finals, and one semi-final. Torrential rain during the 11 June match left the pitch in such a poor state that the entire grass surface was re-laid, the first time such a decision was made at a tournament of this size.{{cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-euro-pitch-idUKL1817831020080618|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154646/http://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-euro-pitch-idUKL1817831020080618|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2016|title=Soccer-Euro-Newly-laid Basel pitch ready for use, UEFA says|newspaper=Reuters|date=18 June 2008|access-date=26 March 2019|via=uk.reuters.com|last1=Rogers|first1=Iain}}

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The stadium hosted the 2016 final of the Europa League. Sevilla beat Liverpool 3–1.

This was the first European club final hosted at the stadium, although the previous stadium of the same name, the St. Jakob Stadium, which opened in 1954 for the 1954 FIFA World Cup and closed in 1998, hosted four European Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1969, 1975, 1979 and 1984.

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For UEFA Women's Euro 2025, St. Jakob Park will host five games – three group games (including Switzerland in the opening match), one quarter-final, and the final.

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• AC/DC performed as the first act at the stadium on July 6, 2001, as part of their Stiff Upper Lip tour.
• Metallica also performed at the venue on July 4, 2014, as part of their By Request tour.

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