Borussia Dortmund: "The yellow wall is an economic disaster" (Hans-Joachim Watzke)

"The yellow wall is an economic disaster," said Hans-Joachim Watzke, general manager of Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga) about rates of the Signal Iduna Park (80,500 seats) popular stand, on the 07/10/2013 .

"The club could receive an additional € 3.5m per year, if the South Stand seats were sold at higher prices," said the club's general manager. Subscriptions at the lower stand are sold € 190.50 for the 2013/14 season. The cheapest ticket costs € 15.3 in the "Südtribüne" where the entire space is standing, in Bundesliga configuration (25,000 seats).

Borussia Dortmund account 55,000 subscribers for the 2013/14 season. It is the German club that has the largest number of subscribers in 2013/14 ahead of Schalke 04 (43,935 subscribers) and Bayern Munich (39,500). Borussia Dortmund will receive € 20m in revenue from ticketing in 2013/14.