Borussia Dortmund’s managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke has spoken out in favor of a significant number of spectators at the DFB Cup final.
The final on May 13th in Berlin could be a kind of “pilot project” in which viewers vaccinated against Corona who have worked in medical or social care should be “admitted free of charge,” said the 61-year-old football official at the congress “Between the lines of “the” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung “.
“That would be a cool number. There is nothing worth mentioning against it,” said Watzke. For the game on Ascension Day, he has between 10,000 and 15,000 fans in mind.
A return of the spectators to the stadiums would be desirable for the Sauerlander for several reasons: “Firstly it would be a nice gesture, secondly it would be incredibly good for the atmosphere. And thirdly, it would bring society back together again. That’s why we have to talk about such things. “
One must also ask oneself whether, as the vaccination campaign in Germany progresses, “some of their original rights” should not be given back to those who have been vaccinated at some point.
For the next season in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund count on spectators in their own stadium again, said Watzke. He personally hoped that a large part of the population would be vaccinated by August.
In every home game without a spectator, BVB loses around four million euros, Watzke calculated, and across all competitions that makes around 100 million euros in one season. If one could “halfway” believe the delivery commitments for the vaccines, “it would be sick not to plan for the next season with spectators,” said Watzke.
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