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FUN FACTS ON THE STADIUM
FUN FACTS ON THE STADIUM
Born: In 1974 as the Westfalenstadion
(Westphalia Stadium) for the 1974 World Cup,
capacity: 54,000
Construction cost: 31.7 million Deutschmarks
First match: 2 April 1974, a ladies’ match
between TBV Mengede 08 against VfB Waltrop
(1:2).
First goal: Margarete Schäferhoff
at 6.18 pm
First mens’ match: BVB against FC Schalke
04 (0:3)
First official match: 7 April 1974, BVB vs. Bayer
Uerdingen 0:0
First Bundesliga match: VfL Bochum vs.
Schalke 04 1:4 (VfL moved here as its own
Ruhr Stadium was being rebuilt, BVB was still
playing in the 2nd Bundesliga division north))
European Cup Final: 16 May 2001, UEFA CUP
2000/2001 FC Liverpool – Deportivo Alaves 5:4
after Golden Goal.
Boxing World Championship: Heavyweight
Championship fight, 22 June 1996, Axel Schulz
(Germany) against Michael Moorer (USA).
Moorer won in front of 21,000 spectators by a
2:1 judge’s decision, becoming IBF World Champion.
Fight transmitted live to 40 countries.
1st new name: On 2 December 2003, the
Westfalenstadion was renamed ‘Ali-Sami-Yen-Stadion’,
after the home stadium of
Galatasaray Istanbul at the time. This team’s
match versus Juventus Turin in the UEFA Champions
League 2003/04 was relocated here due
to a risk of terrorism. Galatasaray won 2:0.
2nd new name: 1 December 2005 as Signal
Iduna Park (the contract runs until 2026)
3rd new name: For Champions League
games, the official stadium name is BVB
Stadion Dortmund.
LED video screens: 4 x 41 square metres,
16:9 format.
Electricity consumption: Roughly 10,000
kilowatt hours per match. The current draw for
a floodlit match is 3.5 megawatts
WiFi: 900 access points, 20,000 visitors log
in and produce roughly 35,000 Facebook and
Instagram posts.
Solar power: Photovoltaic system in the form
of the BVB logo with an output of 924 kW
Turf: Most recently modernised in 2012, turf
heating, artificial grass outside the pitch.
Theoretically, the grass on the pitch grows by
0.1875 millimetres in 90 minutes.
Current capacity: 81,360 spectators, Europe’s
fourth-largest stadium. 65,829 seats.
Wall: The standing terrace, with a capacity
of 25,000, is the largest in the world. It is also
known as the ‘Yellow Wall’.
Beer: One litre of Brinkhoff’s No.1 here
costs just € 7.80. That is the lowest price in
Bundesliga. Per-capita estimate: 0.4 to 0.5
litres. During a home game, an estimated 36,611
litres are served. However, not all of it reaches
fans’ mouths: quite a lot is lost during goal
celebrations.
Bratwurst: € 2.80, the second cheapest in
the league. An estimated 18,000 are eaten per
home game.
Photos: Roughly 150,000 smartphone photos
are taken at home games. More than 35,000
are allegedly selfies.
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