Plans had been made prior to that for a new stadium but neither the city of Dortmund nor the German government were willing to help finance the project.īorussia’s big break, however, came in 1971 when Cologne pulled out of hosting the 1974 FIFA World Cup and the funds were instead given to Dortmund. The stadium had an eventual capacity of 42,000 spectators in the 1960s, but this was deemed insufficient as BVB became the first German team to lift a European trophy (the 1966 Cup Winners’ Cup) and interest spiked. Prior to the construction of the Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund’s home was the Stadion Rote Erde. The bus takes you back a little further up the road from where you get dropped off, but was still great and getting out from the parking lot at the University which was so easy compared to navigating the lots around the stadium would have takes you inside one of Germany’s most fabled football grounds… There were busses there constantly taking people to and from the game, and at only 2 Euros was a great deal. The lot is, called the "Parkplatz TU Dortmund Campus Nord" so search for that on Google and it will take you right there. ![]() The parking shuttle from the University was really well done. You can pick up the tickets at the fan shop which is right out in front of the stadium, you cannot miss it. I was not able to print the ticket at home, but I was able to pick it up at the stadium on the day of the game or right before the game which was fine. I was thrilled to not have to buy one on the stubhub/viagogos of the world and risk being scammed. I kept checking every few hours and finally, there were some seats on the BVB secondary market website available and I picked one up for a very fair price. Tickets were sold out when I checked a week in advance both on the empty seats and secondary market that are sold at list price by other BVB ticket holders on the BVB website. There was definitely a family type atmosphere here which isn't common elsewhere.Īll of those negatives out of the way, it is still an experience that any sports fan needs to do if in the area and was a great time. Seriously, a half is 45 minutes people! On a positive note though, the fans were super friendly and made you feel as you were one of them. I was also shocked by how often people were getting in and out of their seats. Of all the games I have gone to in other countries, they have stopped this, but here at BVB you can easily be surrounded by chain-smoking fans for a few hours which sucks for us non-smokers. The reason for my "only" 4-star review, is due to the fact that they still allow smoking in the stadium, and breathing in smoke for over 2 hours straight isn't something you have to do in most public places anymore thankfully. Why only 4 stars when everyone else has 5 stars? ![]() Maybe because it was a Friday night game against Cologne it didn't have the normal energy, but it was still the 2nd best stadium atmosphere of those I visited (Valencia was #1). Despite being down the entire game, the Cologne were incredible. ![]() The atmosphere was excellent, though I was more impressed by the away Cologne fans. I recently decided to go on a 3 country tour of some of the world's top "football" stadiums and was absolutely ecstatic when I saw BVB had a home game while I was on my trip.
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