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Borussia-Park opened on 30th July 2004 with a small tournament between Die Fohlen (The Foals), Bayern Munich and AS Monaco following on from a two year construction period. Replacing the outdated Bökelbergstadion which first opened in 1919 with a limited capacity of just 34,500, the club has seen the average attendance of the club rocket to 49,168 since the move which is the 4th highest attendance in the Bundesliga. Stadion Im Borussia-Park has a few configurations for spectators based on the requirements of the organising body. UEFA and FIFA sanctioned matches require all spectators to be seated, whereas the Bundesliga permits standing. The default capacity is 54,010 which consists of 34,933 covered seats and 18,883 standing places although the all-seating size is 46 279. The total project which cost a reported 86.9 million euros was for whatever reason not included as part of the 2006 World Cup Bid even though it would have been larger than at least 4 of the nominated stadiums. Still, it did go on to host matches in the 2008 Women’s World Cup including two first round of knock-out matches and one semi-final which sort of makes up for it. Borussia Mönchengladbach stadium has even gone on to host five matches of the German national team, concerts of Bruce Springsteen and Elton John, as well as European Football via the Europa League. The future of the club is certainly bright and it wouldn’t be surprising to anyone if the stadium was to be expanded over the next 20 years.

DRIVING Borussia Park is minutes away from the A61 motorway which runs vertically (North/South) with the A52 running horizontally (East to West) meaning that between those two the city is well connected to the rest of the country in all directions. The address for satnav is as follows: Hennes-Weisweiler-Allee 1, 41179 Mönchengladbach Car Parks There are six official car-parks in total around the stadium with the three north of the stadium the ones for the general public on matchdays. Costing a few euros, the three car parks south of the ground appear to be reserved for VIPs, the press and coach travel. TRAIN Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof is located approximately 2 km North of the city centre within the district of Gladbach and is the largest station, with the most connections nationally although Rheydt Station located towards the south. There is no satellite train station or tram service which can take you to the stadium so the club puts on a match-day bus service instead. BUS The easiest way to get to Borussia Park on matchdays is a shuttle bus service from either the main railway station or Rheydt Hauptbahnhof which run every 20 minutes or so and take around 15 minutes. On Non-matchdays you can take Bus 17 in the direction of Mönchengladbach Südwall from the main railway station with a slightly increased frequency and similar time. AIRPORTS The nearest commercial airport is Düsseldorf International which is approximately 35 km away towards the wast. As the third busiest airport in Germany, serving just under 20 million passengers a year you’re guaranteed to have a quick and easy experience using the airport. Once you have landed you can travel to Mönchengladbach in just over 1 hour via two train journeys. Firstly you get the S11 train from the airport to Düsseldorf and then the S8 from the city centre to Mönchengladbach.