Eintracht Frankfurt’s new first-team campus was inaugurated with an official ceremony and the unveiling of the five-tonne stone eagle in the foyer. Eintracht’s new home, built on 11,000 square metres near Deutsche Bank Park, has been almost exactly two years in the making. On 27 August 2019 the cornerstone was laid, five months after planning permission was granted.
For Eintracht Frankfurt, the €34.1 million construction of the campus has been one of the most important projects of recent years, in order to provide players and staff with a modern infrastructure. “Without this a club or a company won’t have success,” said board spokesman Axel Hellmann. “Alongside the financial basis and the overall sporting concept, it’s one of three pillars needed to be competitive. The building expresses grandeur, pride and the magnitude of the club. It will ensure a new company and club culture.”
The building expresses grandeur, pride and the magnitude of the club. It will ensure a new company and club culture.
Board spokesman Axel Hellmann
Grandeur, pride and magnitude
With an 800-square-metre fitness area, whirlpool, cryotherapy chamber, cinema-style conference room, a sleeping area for first-team players, 19 meeting rooms, a 400-square-metre foyer with a huge stone eagle and space for 280 employees in the office wing, as well as the 120-seater ‘Fifty-Nine’ canteen, the first-team campus meets the most modern demands and unites the Eintracht family under one roof, after many years of being spread in and around Frankfurt. And it does this at the address ‘Im Herzen von Europa 1’ (In the Heart of Europe 1).
