Signal Iduna Park · Stadium Earth

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Borussia Dortmund's home since 1974Europe's largest standing terrace, the Yellow Wall, under a roof hung from eight yellow pylons.

Capacity

81,365

One seat = 1,000 fans

Opened

1974

52 years of football

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Record attendance

83,000

Record–

Standing places

24,454

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What makes it special

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On matchday

Ten minutes before kick-off at every home game the ground sings “You'll Never Walk Alone”. BVB puts the feel down to the closeness to the pitch and the acoustics of a stadium covered all round; Bastian Schweinsteiger once said “It is the Yellow Wall that scares me the most”.

Getting there

TrainDortmund Signal-Iduna-Park6 min
MetroWestfalenhallen10 min
MetroPolizeipräsidium13 min

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Inside Signal Iduna Park

The stadium and its yellow pylons from the Florianturm, May 2016Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons ↗

Signal Iduna Park, September 2016Photo: Marvin Ronsdorf, CC0 · Commons ↗

A Bundesliga match against Hertha, October 2018Photo: Steffen Flor, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons ↗

The ground

Hybrid grass

Architect: Planungsgruppe Drahtler
Cost: DM32.7 million (1974), estimated €200 million (2006)
Rebuilt: 1995–99, 2002–03, 2006
League: Bundesliga

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