BORUSSIA DORTMUNDGmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Dortmund Conference, catering and miscellaneous income, which includes the Evonik miscellaneous income Football Academy, rental and lease income and BVB TV, decreased by EUR 9,431 thousand to EUR Conference, catering and miscellaneous income 3,201 thousand. This was due primarily to the lack amounted to EUR 7,745 thousand (previous year: of advance booking fees due to the restrictions on EUR 36,553 thousand) and also included revenue spectators imposed in response to the COVID-19 from advance booking fees, rental and lease income pandemic. As well as the lack of advance booking and release fees for national team players. fees for match day ticket sales, there was a shortfall in advance booking fees for season tickets Conference and catering income, which comprises after Borussia Dortmund decided as in the income generated by the hospitality areas, public previous year that it would initially suspend season catering services and events, decreased by EUR ticket sales at the end of the season given the 12,655 thousand from EUR 13,316 thousand in the inability to predict how the pandemic would previous year to EUR 661 thousand. The lack of develop. Likewise, the Football Academy was spectators at 21 of 24 home matches and fewer prevented from running courses (either national customers at the first three Bundesliga home or international) for months. A further reason for fixtures meant that only limited revenue was the decline in income was the fact that this year's generated, both in public and hospitality catering. DFL Super Cup was held in Munich. Moreover, In addition, most private events outside of match unlike in the previous year, no (four-part) operations such as private celebrations, corporate documentary series about Borussia Dortmund was events or trade fairs were cancelled in the past marketed in the past financial year. financial year. Where permitted, stadium tours were restricted to a small number of visitors. The release fees for national team players declined by EUR 443 thousand from EUR 2,711 In the reporting period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June thousand in the previous year to EUR 2,268 2021, advance booking fees, postage and thousand. DFB cup final 33th match day 13 May 2021 16 May 2021 RB Leipzig - BVB 1:4 1. FC Mainz 05 - BVB 1:3 144 144
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