Overview
- The ban, effective for the club's home game on Sunday, October 11, applies to blocks N2, O, P and Q of the Ostkurve and excludes routine goal celebrations.
- A commissioned engineering report found that coordinated, rhythmic jumping can produce strong vibrations and a so-called trampoline effect that may cause 'Unwohlsein' in especially inexperienced spectators while confirming the terrace's load capacity is sufficient.
- VfL Bochum and the stadium owner were ordered to enforce the restriction and warned that persistent non-compliance could lead the building authority to close the entire Osttribune, which would bar roughly 10,000 fans from attending.
- Ultras Bochum publicly called the measure 'irrsinnig' and 'lächerlich', demanded the building authority publish the factual basis for the order, and criticized the short notice given before the next home match.
- The Sunday game against Arminia Bielefeld will be the first enforcement test and could change matchday atmosphere, heighten tensions between supporters and officials, and influence how the ongoing Ruhrstadion modernization is managed.