About €4.2 million of the construction costs were financed by bonds mainly targeted at supporters of Alemannia Aachen.

[1] The first match in the new stadium was against the Belgian team Lierse SK, but it was closed for the public.

[3] The first international match was on 4 September 2009 when the Germany national under-21 football team played their first match of the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification against San Marino, which they won 6–0.

FC Düren would not have been granted a license for the Regionalliga West and would thus inevitably have been relegated.

The Düren stadium is being made suitable for Regionallia West play in the meantime.