Finally we get an own trainings ground. We will start with 4 pitches (1 artificial, 3 natural) and will later add another 3. A functional building will be set up. First 4 pitches wil be ready by winter.
About 10 km. http://www.stadtplandienst.de/fastlink.asp?key=1832c143772e1ac61736284b16322aca Link active for 48h only. On the right the circle marks the new training complex. Westfalenstadion is North-West of "54".
First pitch is available for tomorrow's practise session! Finally we got an own trainings complex! At all we will get 3 natural and 1 artificial pitch immediately. Later pitches 5-7 will be build. And it looks like there is space for another 3. 2 of the first 4 pitches will have undersoil heating.
The place is called "Im Rabenloh" and is right next to Westfalenstadion. The pitch (actually it is one and a half pitch) is city owned and crap as there is no undersoil heating. Ther new complex will be one of the best in Bundesliga. After step 2 and 3 have been made it might be the best (only Hertha, Bayern and Schlacke come close). Aerial pic (link active for 48h only): http://www.stadtplandienst.de/fastlink.asp?key=009587561f2c7089fc8c6512b4411653
By the way, this is how BVB's new trainings ground looked like before they started to build: http://www.stadtplandienst.de/fastlink.asp?key=9ca4a97232d4f0fcbbe8b68174e4480a
Right next to a golf course cool...then I can shank one of my trademark shots and hit Philip Degen...maybe then he'll shape up. btw, where the training ground is looks like a potato patch to me
Btw, yesterday there was a test match against Preußen Münster. So to say, the first real match on our new trainings ground. We won 4-0 (Sahin, 2x Smolarek, Saka)
"jonam", did I ever tell you my "Am Rabenloh" Herrlich/Dede story? Not long, but I thought pretty cool.
Drew (from the list) and a friend of his came over to Germany about five or six years ago to visit. One weekend, I picked them up in Frankfurt and drove them up to the Dortmund area for a weekend. BVB played Leverkusen at home that weekend. I believe it was the match that Schneider hit that goal from midfield on Lehmann. Anyhow, the trip worked out for me as I was seeing a girl down in Gevelsberg (20 minutes south of Dortmund). The Friday before the match, I agreed to meet Drew at Am Rabenloh for BVB training. That day, I was wearing my BVB training jacket for cold weather. One of the older Nike ones before we did the "goool.de" thing. Drew, Anne (my ex-girlfriend) and I were standing around talking as Billy Reina did some extra laps. As Reina was coming off, he acknowledged us, and we had a few words. At that time, Heiko Herrlich, (still on his brain tumor break) arrived for what I assume was some treatment or just to hang with the team. He looked our way, moved to come over and then, stopped nodded, and went in. Later, we found out as Reina was leaving that Herrlich thought I was Dede! LOL!! Drew and I still get a laugh out of that one!
Ugh...I still remember that goal...while it was masterful I was still gutted...hadn't we just tied the game up? And he scored off of a stupid giveaway...grrr...still bitter about it!
Imagine how it felt being in the stadium...... Man, was I angry. And I argued profusely with everyone who tried to blame Lehmann. Who lost the ball? Wasn't it Evanilson?
The first step of the complex is nearly ready. But see for yourself: http://mediaschwatzgelbde.sportsandbytes.de/fotos05-06/training/tg_2006-04-06/index.html
BVB will build 3 more pitches (total of 7) and some new training facilities like a sprinting track that is elevated on one side. In addition a medium-sized fanshop will be build (650 square metres).
And even better. BVB plan to give up his Megastore in Dortmund-Hörde (Dortmund's South) by 2008 (when the renting contract expires) and move the whole merchandising to the new trainings complex in Dortmund-Brackel (Dortmund's Northwest). 400 square metres of sale plus some offices and a storehouse. IMHO a very good decision as the actual Megastore is somehow off the actions. The new trainings complex will become even more crowed with attractions like this.