After all, they were able to complete a construction site at Eintracht on time.
While sports director Markus Krösche and coach Oliver Glasner were busy setting up and recruiting the team in such a way that it looks better in the Bundesliga business than in the first four weeks of the season, the celebrations took place on a large scale not far from the arena in the city forest: Early on Tuesday evening, the club invited a total of 199 guests from sports, politics, business and culture to the official opening event in the new ProfiCamp.
Marc Heinrich
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In the 11,000 square meter building complex, which was built on the former tennis facility in the past 24 months, the club's office staff and the athletes will each share half the space. Most recently, they were housed across the stadium, but also at Riederwald, in Neu-Isenburg or Dreieich. Axel Hellmann, the board spokesman, spoke of the “new home” of Eintracht, whose postal address reflects the motto of the association and its supporters: The short street that branches off from the Otto-Fleck-Schneise was recently named by the city Awarded “In the Heart of Europe”.
250 employees can be seated in the four-story club headquarters, which is surrounded by neat green spaces and has many glass fronts. In November 2013, Hellmann recalled during a tour of the premises, Eintracht had made the decision to consolidate its branches spread across the city and region in one place. The fifty-year-old allowed himself this swipe in the direction of the municipal administration, but only a fraction of the time it would have taken the authorities to issue the permits. “Small and cramped”, he explained, in the past the conditions were particularly in the offices inside around Block 35 of the arena. Now a “quantum leap forward” has been achieved. The foyer alone covers 400 square meters,in the middle of which there is a mighty eagle, which stonemasons made from a rock weighing five tons; it had to be hoisted through the open roof with a heavy-duty crane.
From now on, the staff and guests will be cooked next door in the restaurant, which bears the designation "59" in reminiscence of the title win 62 years ago; It is operated by a caterer who, among other things, has his people at the stove at Adidas. There is also a video room on the ground floor, which is modeled on a cinema with audience seats sloping upwards and which is used by the trainers for the analytical preparation and follow-up of the games. The fitness area, including the indoor running track, is around 800 square meters, including a cold chamber (in which the tired muscles of the table footballers are supposed to regenerate at minus 85 degrees Celsius), whirlpools and a sauna.
Like the press office, the Sales & Marketing department is located on the first floor; Its own TV studio, in which Eintracht can produce its own audio and video formats for the increasingly important market, is about to be completed. In addition, a total of 19 meeting rooms have been created, all of which bear the illustrious names of teams that the Frankfurters fondly remember as opponents: from Real Madrid to Young Boys Bern to Flora Tallinn. "For various reasons," Hellmann pointed out, "we did without Lazio Rome."
The two-time Italian champion is uncomfortable in the memory of Eintracht on the one hand because of the noisy group of racist fans among his supporters, but also not particularly personable because of the changing theater around Filip Kostic.
Overall, the costs for the future showcase home of the Frankfurters, whose designs, as far as the accommodations of the players are concerned, were partially copied by the German Football Association, which is currently building its headquarters within a stone's throw, amount to 34.1 million euros. The associated property was acquired by the city of Frankfurt on a heritable building lease. A green roof, a photovoltaic and ventilation system, along with appropriate insulation, are among the features that make the property meet the low-energy standard. What is also important to Hellmann: Interest and repayment correspond to "95 percent" of the costs that had to be paid for the rent in the stadium and the branch offices. "This infrastructure measure does not take a cent from the sport," said the lawyer,“And we have created the basic prerequisites for good athletic development opportunities. We have achieved a top position in the Bundesliga in terms of general conditions. "