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#bild#Some 100 guests attended the event on the building site opposite Dortmund railway station at the invitation of the DFB Football Museum Foundation, including the presidents of the five DFB regional and twenty-one sub-regional associations. As an expression of their particular support for this unique project, they each placed their association pennant in a Plexiglas box that was sealed along with the cornerstone. The box also contained the pennants of the German Football Association and the German Football League and memorabilia of the city of Dortmund and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Manuel Neukirchner and Michael Kesseler, joint general managers of the DFB Football Museum Foundation, which is acting as the client for the building project, filled a foundation stone time capsule in the traditional manner with the day's newspapers, coins and the construction plans.
According to the master programme, the fitting out of the interior and work on the façade and building services are scheduled to start in October. The exhibition will be installed in the second quarter of 2014. The museum is due to open at the end of 2014. Minister for sport Ute Schäfer said: "In laying the foundation stone we are blowing the opening whistle for the construction of this unique building. The football museum will be a flagship attraction for Dortmund as well as an advert for football and all the other museums in North Rhine-Westphalia. Football is all about passion and identification, especially here in the Ruhr. The exhibition will enable sports fans to dip even deeper into the fascinating world of football."
#bild#DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach said: "In laying the foundation stone we wish to emphasise how much the entire German football community is looking forward to this museum. Not only the pennant of the German Football Association is being buried here today, but also those of the League Association and all 26 regional and sub-regional associations. The unity of the professional and amateur game and the linking of tradition and modernity are the fascinating essentials that we are documenting here in Dortmund."
Dortmund mayor Ullrich Sierau said: "It is wonderful how the building of the football museum enjoys such broad support and inspires so much enthusiasm. The exhibition will attract visitors from far beyond the local and regional area."
League president Reinhard Rauball said: "Football in Germany thrives in part on its great history. This history is a significant part of the game's fascination along with the successes of the modern day. With this in mind, I am certain that in the German Football Museum something is being created that the fans can really look forward to." DFB vice-president amateur football Hermann Korfmacher said: "The emotional showcasing of the professional game and the sporting and voluntary activities of our 26,000 or so amateur clubs are an impressive piece of everyday culture. Together they create a fascinating football story which - told from different perspectives - certainly provides ample material for an amazing museum experience."
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