Borussia-Park
Borussia-Park is the home stadium of Borussia Mönchengladbach. It has a capacity of 54,047, of which 16,146 standing places.
Borussia-Park replaced Borussia’s previous home, the Bökelbergstadion, which by the 1990s had become severely outdated. Construction of the new stadium began in November 2002 and finished in 2004. Total costs of construction amounted to €86.9 million.
The official opening of the stadium was on the 30th of July 2004. Two weeks later the first match was played at the stadium, a Bundesliga match, which ended in a 3-2 victory for guests Borussia Dortmund.
Borussia-Park counts with a total of 1,758 business seats, and a further 684 seats in VIP lodges. The stadium has the option of converting the South Stand into standing places, hereby increasing the capacity to 59,771. Vice versa, at international matches the standing places at the North Stand are converted into seats, which reduces the capacity to 46,287 seats.
Getting there
Borussia-Park lies on the south-western edge of the city of Mönchengladbach, slightly more than 4 kilometres from the city centre, and about one kilometre more from the city’s main railway station.
The stadium lies very close to the A61, which runs west of the city. Take the exit Holt, turn onto the Aachener Straße (away from the city), and a few hundred metres later right onto the Straße Am Borussia Park. Following the Aachener Straße in the other direction brings you to the city centre of Mönchengladbach.
On matchdays take exit Nordpark instead, and follow the B230 in the direction of Nordpark. Signs will guide you to Borussia-Park.
By public transport one can take bus 17 from Mönchengladbach’s main railway station (Hauptbahnhof). Take the bus in the direction of Mönchengladbach Südwall. Buses run every ten minutes and the journey takes about 15 minutes.
On matchdays extra buses run. Alternatively shuttle buses go from train station Rheydt Hauptbahnhof (to which regular trains run from Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof).
Address: Hennes-Weisweiler-Allee 1, 41179 Mönchengladbach
Tickets
Tickets for Borussia matches can be bought online, by phone +49 (0) 1805 18 1900, at the Fan-Shop at the stadium, at the Fan-Shop at the Wallstraße 16 (in Mönchengladbach’s city centre), or at the Fan-Shop in Shopping-Galerie Rheydt at the Stresemannstraße 1-7.
If tickets remain available, these can be bought at the stadium’s ticket counters on the day of the match. Borussia typically attracts average attendances of 45,000, but in successful seasons this can be closer to 50,000.
A ticket for a standing place costs €13.00. Prices for a seat range from €19.90 to €40.50. For the match against Bayern a €20.00 surcharge applies (€5.00 for a standing place). For the matches against FC Köln and Schalke 04 this surcharge amounts to €10.00 (€5.00).
For more information email info@borussia.de.
Stadium tours
Borussia Mönchengladbach offers guided behind-the-scenes stadium tours, that last about 90 minutes.
Tours run on Fridays at 3:00 pm, on Saturdays at 11:00 am, and on Sundays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 3:00 pm. There are no tours on home matchdays.
Reservations are required, and can be made by phone +49 (0) 2161 9293 1525 or +49 (0) 1805 181900, or email stadionfuehrung@borussia.de. For the weekend tours reservations need to be made before Friday noon.
The tour costs €8.00.
Relevant Internet links:
Borussia.de – Official website of Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Moenchengladbach.de – Tourism information for Mönchengladbach.
NVV-ag.de – Mönchengladbach public transport information.
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