Dortmund Football Club Watches Super Bowl in Cinema – Ruhr Area News

It’s just before midnight and the streets are empty on Sunday evening. Only the large cinema hall CineStar at Dortmund main station is full. At 29 percent capacity or in other words: around 110 Tickets were sold. Here it is Super Bowl live transferred to the big cinema screen.

The Dortmund one Football-Team comes out in full gear: with their shoulder protectors, helmets and gloves, they heat up the atmosphere and throw a few balls back and forth in the lobby in front of the cinema.

Anna Quasdorf, 28 years old, was also enthusiastic herself Football-Player, is there. Since April 2025 she has been playing on the “Cornerback“-position of the”Defense“at Dortmund Giants. She plays in the fourth division in a men’s team. She had known the team since she was at school, but only joined them in April last year.

At that time she did a trial training for her job because she tested “male-dominated sports”. After that she stuck with it.

It Super Bowl Watching with her friends today is cool,”but not uncommon“, says Quasdorf. That footballenthusiastic team meets regularly. “Everyone has their own solid groups of friends to watch the games USA to follow,” she says enthusiastically. The 28-year-old is regularly there from around 9 p.m. on Sunday evenings and watches the games until around 2 a.m. until she falls asleep. On Mondays it is very practical when there is the option Homeoffice close.

“When you think you’ve got it, you quickly realize: it’s not like that“says Quasdorf.”There are so many rules that some are only applied once every five years” the player adds with a laugh.

In the squad of Giants There are currently 65 active players playing, 11 of whom came to the cinema today. Almost everyone else watches the game in other groups, has private meetings or has their own parties. Quasdorf is also moving to the famous one Halftime Showin the Bad Bunny performs even further with most of her teammates. For most of the Giants gilt: Football is equal to family. “90 percent of my friends are just football players” says Quasdorf.

Today at Super-Bowl-But she doesn’t take sides when watching the pack: “I grew up in a family that was very interested in sports, but my dad taught me not to be a fan of one team“, she says. That’s how she can enjoy the game the most.

In general, the Dortmunders are Giants but divided opinion. Some are for them Patriotsothers for the Seahawks. Watching the game together in the cinema makes Quasdorf happy: “You feel like playing yourself.”

The cinema atmosphere is something special

Lorenz, Melih and Linus von den also see it that way Giants. You say: “With other people that Event Watching it here in the cinema is something special, especially with the huge screen – almost as if you were there live included.“And here in the cinema it is of course significantly cheaper, especially because tickets for the stadium can cost over 3,000 euros.

Overall that is Feedback the Footballplayers clearly said during and after the game: “Not that much happened, fewer points fell than expected“, says Lorenz. Besides, “it was [es] “But it’s clear that it will be a very defense-heavy game,” Linus sums up at the end.

Shortly before half past four in the morning the spectacle is over. The Seattle Seahawks were able to win the game after leading the entire time. A look through the cinema hall shows that many people are leaving the hall quickly or have left long ago.

There were only a few murmurs in the crowd during the game, but overall it was a quiet game here in the Dortmund cinema.

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