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View of Signal Iduna Park from the Florianturm tower (May 2016).
View of Signal Iduna Park from the Florianturm tower (May 2016). Photo: Zairon / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Zairon / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Current stadium · Borussia DortmundSignal Iduna Park

Popular name
Westfalenstadion
Location
Dortmund
Capacity
81,365 spectators
Opened
1974
The club plays here
Since 1974
Former names
Westfalenstadion (1974-2005)

Signal Iduna Park, the Westfalenstadion of old, has been Borussia Dortmund's home since 1974. It was built next to the old Rote Erde for the 1974 World Cup and opened on 2 April that year, with 54,000 places and a friendly against Schalke 04. The expansions of 1995, 1999 and 2003 turned it into the largest stadium in Germany: today it holds 81,365 spectators for Bundesliga matches. Its Südtribüne, the «Gelbe Wand» (Yellow Wall), is the largest standing terrace in Europe. It hosted matches at the 1974 and 2006 World Cups and at Euro 2024, and since December 2005 it has carried the name of an insurance company.

Stadium photos

  • The Südtribüne, the “Gelbe Wand”, packed for a match against Dynamo Dresden (October 2011).
    The Südtribüne, the “Gelbe Wand”, packed for a match against Dynamo Dresden (October 2011). Photo: Der-wuppertaler / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

    The Südtribüne, the “Gelbe Wand”, packed for a match against Dynamo Dresden (October 2011).

    Photo: Der-wuppertaler / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • Aerial view of Signal Iduna Park (October 2009).
    Aerial view of Signal Iduna Park (October 2009). Photo: Dirk Vorderstraße / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

    Aerial view of Signal Iduna Park (October 2009).

    Photo: Dirk Vorderstraße / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Source

Borussia Dortmund stadiums

Sources

  1. Website. bvb.de View source
  2. Website. stadiumdb.com View source
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  4. Website. Wikipedia (English) View source
  5. Website. signal-iduna-park.de View source
  6. Website. bvb.de View source
  7. Website. signal-iduna-park.de View source