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  • The Amsterdam ArenA was opened by Queen Beatrix on 14 August 1996?
  • Since EURO 2000, the stadium has over 52.960 seats?
  • There are 10 founder's lounges, each with 10 seats?
  • The Royal Box has 42 seats?
  • There are 2.229 business seats and 4,109 seats for other certificate bearers?
  • There are 54 skyboxes, 8 skylounges and 12 skyrooms, which together have 820 seats?
  • The press stand has 186 seats, the largest of its kind compared to other Dutch stadiums: 
    94 for print journalists, 40 commentator seats, and 52 seats for observers?
  • There are 144 places for disabled visitors and their guests?
  • There are 18.000 parking spaces in the area?
  • The stadium has more than 102 cameras and its own closed circuit TV network with 300 TVs?
  • The viewing area of each Alfresco screen measures 65 m2? and consists of 1,000,000 LEDs?
  • Every Alfresco screen weighs 13 tonnes and the screens can be dismantled (in other words, they can be set up anywhere)?
  • The Amsterdam ArenA was the first stadium in Europe with a sliding roof? It takes 18 minutes to close the roof, which consists of two moveable panels measuring 37 x 109 metres?
  • The sliding roof weighs about 520 tonnes and each part of it is powered by eight engines?
  • The lawnmower covers 14 km each time it mows the pitch?
  • The stadium has a surface area of 35,000 m2, which is the equivalent of four football pitches?
  • There are 1,650 underground pilings that support the 150,000 tonne ArenA?
  • The top of the Amsterdam ArenA is 78 metres high?
  • Starting 14 August 2006, the Amsterdam ArenA has 15 escalators to carry visitors to the upper level?
  • Out of all the bands that have played at the ArenA, the Rolling Stones hold the record for number of performances, having played a total of eight shows (1998: 5x, 2003: 2x, 2006: 1x)?
  • The Celine Dion concert in June 1999 drew a record number of visitors (61,083)?
  • The 500th event occured in the summer of 2006 (Toppers in Concert)?
  • The millionth visitor took the World of Ajax guided tour in the summer of 2006?
  • In the summer of 2007, a total of 20 million people have visited the ArenA for an event or other gathering?