Borussia-Park
Key facts
Club: Borussia Mönchengladbach | Opening: 2004 | Capacity: 54,010 (16,145 standing)
History and description
Borussia-Park replaced Borussia’s old Bökelbergstadion, which by the 1990s had become severely outdated.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.
Borussia-Park officially opened on the 30th of July 2004. Two weeks later it hosted its first match, a Bundesliga match between Borussia M’Gladbach and Dortmund that ended in a 2-3 defeat for the hosts.
Borussia-Park counts with a total of 1,758 business seats and a further 684 seats in VIP lodges. It has the option of converting parts of the South Stand into standing areas, hereby increasing capacity to 59,771. Vice versa, when the standing areas of the North Stand are converted into seats for international matches, capacity is reduced to 46,287 seats.
Getting there
Borussia-Park is located 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 exit Holt, turn onto the Aachener Straße (away from the city), and a few hundred metres later right onto the Straße Am Borussia Park.
On matchdays take exit Nordpark instead, and follow the B230 in the direction of Nordpark. Signs will guide you to Borussia-Park.
If using 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.
There are extra buses and a shuttle service on matchdays. Alternatively, there are shuttle buses that run from train station Rheydt Hauptbahnhof (to which there are regular trains from Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof).
Address: Hennes-Weisweiler-Allee 1, 41179 Mönchengladbach
Eat, drink, and sleep
Borussia-Park is located just outside the city limits of Mönchengladbach and there is therefore little around in terms of eating and drinking, which is better done in the city centre.
Hotel Palace St George and Hotel Tannenhof are both a few hundred metres away from Borussia-Park. The latter is the cheaper option.
Click here for an overview of the hotels near Borussia-Park, and here for some alternatives in Mönchengladbach city centre. Staying in nearby and more attractive Düsseldorf may be a good alternative to staying in 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 windows on the day of the match. Borussia generally only sell out a few matches per season, but this can be more in a successful season.
A ticket for one of the standing areas costs €14.50. Prices for a seat range from €27.50 for one behind the goal to €44.50 for a central seat at one of the long sides.
Borussia apply a surcharge for a certain number of high-profile matches, which can amount to up to €20.00 for the match against Bayern (€5.00 for the standing areas). The club furthermore offers discounted prices of €19.50 for South Stand tickets for a few lower-profile matches.
For more information email info@borussia.de.
Attendances
Stadium tours
Borussia Mönchengladbach offer guided behind-the-scenes stadium tours that last about 90 minutes.
Tours run on Fridays at 3:00 pm, Saturdays at 11:00 am, and 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.
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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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Match visited: Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Greuther Fürth
Date visited: 6 April 2013
We bought our tickets online through the official website. No e-tickets yet, but they arrived at our home by mail a few days after ordering.
We travelled to Mönchengladbach from Düsseldorf Hbf with the S8 commuter train. There were a good few Gladbach fans getting on the same train so there was no doubt we had the right one.
We got off at Mönchengladbach Hbf where the front square was already packed with drinking Gladbach fans. The shuttle buses were easy to find, and while a small crowd had assembled around the buses, it took us only a few minutes to get on one. It took about 20 minutes to get to the stadium.
Borussia-Park is far from pretty from the outside and it lies in a not very appealing area. The pre-match atmosphere is great though with an abundance of beer, sausages, and friendly fans.
We had some good seats at one of the sides with a nice overview over the north terrace where Gladbach’s more fanatic fans are located. They set us back €29 each.
The stadium was well-filled, but the atmosphere far from great, presumably caused by the insignificance of the match, low-profile opponent, and extremely poor football on display.
After the match, a good queue had built up around the shuttle buses and it took about half an hour to get on one. So you might as well take your time leaving the stadium (or rush off 5 minutes before the end).