Signal Iduna Park
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| Full name | Signal Iduna Park |
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| Former names | Westfalenstadion FIFA World Cup Stadium Dortmund (2006 FIFA World Cup) BVB Stadion Dortmund (UEFA Champions League) |
| Location | Strobelallee 50 44139 Dortmund, Germany |
| Owner | Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGa |
| Operator | Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGa |
| Executive suites | 11 |
| Capacity |
53,872 (1974–1992) 42,800 (1992–1996) 54,000 (1996–1999) 68,600 (1999–2003) 83,000 (2003–2005) 81,264 (2005–2006) 80,708 (2006–2008) 80,552 (2008–2010) 80,720 (2010–2011) 80,645 (2012–2013) 80,667 (2014) 81,360 (2015–) (League Matches), 65,829 (International Matches) |
| Record attendance | 83,000 (Dortmund-Schalke, 30 January 2004) (Dortmund-Stuttgart, 6 March 2004) (Dortmund-Bayern, 17 April 2004) (Dortmund-, 1 May 2004) (Dortmund-Bayern, 18 September 2004) (Dortmund-Schalke, 5 December 2004) |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1971–1974 |
| Opened | 2 April 1974 |
| Renovated | 1992, 1995–99, 2002–03, 2006 |
| Construction cost | 32.7 million DM in 1974; estimated 200 million € in 2006 |
| Architect | Planungsgruppe Drahtler |
| Tenants | |
| Borussia Dortmund (1974–present) | |
Westfalenstadion (German pronunciation: [vɛstˈfaːlnˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn]) is an association football stadium in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the home stadium of the Borussia Dortmund football team playing in the Bundesliga. The stadium is officially named Signal Iduna Park [zɪɡˌnaːl ʔiˈduːnaː ˌpaʁk] under a sponsorship arrangement lasting from December 2005 until 2021, giving naming rights to the Signal Iduna Group, an insurance company. The older name Westfalenstadion derives from the former Prussian province of Westphalia, which is part of the German federal state North Rhine-Westphalia.
The stadium is one of the most famous football stadiums in Europe and was elected best football stadium by The Times for its renowned atmosphere. It has a league capacity of 81,360 (standing and seated) and an international capacity of 65,829 (seated only). It is Germany's largest stadium and the seventh-largest stadium in Europe in terms of total capacity, as well as the third-largest stadium home to a top-flight European club in terms of total capacity (behind only Camp Nou and the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium). The stadium established the European record in average fan attendance in 2004–05 with a total of 1,354,000 fans. The stadium broke this record in the 2011–2012 season with almost 1.37 million spectators. Sales of annual season tickets amounts to 55,000 as of 2015. The Südtribüne (South Bank) is the largest extant terrace for standing spectators in European football; it is regularly full to its 24,454 capacity. Famous for the intense atmosphere it breeds, the south terrace has been nicknamed the "Yellow Wall". The Borusseum, the museum of Borussia Dortmund, is located near the stadium.
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