Empty / Abandoned Stadiums [Archive]

Scba

January 16th, 2010, 05:02 AM

Sadly, we have lonely stadiums in the world, that for whatever reason, have no friends to play in it.

This is thread is for stadiums and arenas that are still standing, but have no permanent tenants. And preferably not ones that just became empty a year ago when a team moved to a new place, I mean, a place that's REALLY been empty.

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One of the saddest cases has to be Homestead Baseball Stadium - if that's really its name. Built in Homestead, FL, it was supposed to be a spring training or minor league stadium. But just after construction wrapped in 1992, Hurricane Andrew tore through South Florida, heavily damaging the stadium. The team lined up to play there in the coming years left for another deal.

The stadium was rebuilt, but has remained empty for 15 years, rotting. Absolutely empty. The occasional game, but home to no teams or clubs. It's been used more as a filming location for movies and TV shows.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/Chevy114/Homestead.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q97/samcba2/Misc/homestead1.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q97/samcba2/Misc/homestead2.jpg

Being unused and locked up, pictures are very, very rare. Gorgeous looking place, at least in the exterior.

JYDA

January 16th, 2010, 05:16 AM

Great facade!

chapin908

January 16th, 2010, 06:03 AM

wow, what a waste. looks like a great stadium

Bobby3

January 16th, 2010, 06:12 AM

Memphis Pyramid has been empty for awhile hasn't it? I know Master Grizzly doesn't like when people use/used it. They have a contact that means the Mid-South Coliseum can't be used on the same day as FedEx, anyway.

They really need to do something with that Homestead stadium. Maybe move Miami FC in and play soccer there or something. It's a sin to waste a stadium that nice.

I'll just give a link rather than post pictures, http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/hinchlif.htm

That's Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey. It's gone to hell.

FrankCostello

January 16th, 2010, 06:15 AM

Now that's a nice-looking stadium... what a shame is all abandoned!

ryebreadraz

January 16th, 2010, 06:52 AM

Where is that stadium and what's the land around it like? If Miami were to ever pursue a MLS team again, could it be added on to and renovated to be a viable MLS venue?

MrYoung

January 16th, 2010, 12:04 PM

aus16

January 16th, 2010, 01:02 PM

White City Tennis Club

Was the home of Australian tennis for many years and used to host many Davis Cups and 17 Australian Opens however when sydney won the right to host the Olympics a new tennis centre was built at Olympic Park, it was then sold to John Alexander who had issues with permission for redevelopment and with members who wanted to use the club so as a result it has been sitting vacant for 3 years now.

http://www.whitecitytennis.info/images/pics/White%20city%20world%20record%20crowd%20at%20Davis%20Cup.jpg

Record crowd for davis cup tie

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_k46GHyJlkXw/Rx3Sf3fjYRI/AAAAAAAAAJM/O5Q1EZ9hmOs/IMG_0282.JPG

The centre court now

Scba

January 16th, 2010, 04:02 PM

Where is that stadium and what's the land around it like? If Miami were to ever pursue a MLS team again, could it be added on to and renovated to be a viable MLS venue?

It's in a sports complex in Homestead, near the NASCAR track, which is basically the southernmost area before the Keys.

There's rumors that the Marlins might move Spring Training there once their new stadium is done, but the problem now is that there aren't any other teams in the Miami metro. Everyone's either moving up the coast or to Arizona.

Walbanger

January 16th, 2010, 05:42 PM

My God, there arew gum trees sprouting in the roof gutter of White city. How long till that collapses?

Was Homestead Baseball Stadium used in the Film "Any Given Sunday" as the training home of the fictional Miami Sharks?

Qaabus

January 16th, 2010, 06:57 PM

FC Wageningen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Wageningen) went bust in 1992.
Stadion de Wageningse Berg has been empty ever since.

Apparently the municipality uses people sentenced to community service to do some basic maintenance. There are some vague plans to convert it for use as a health centre.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/2081780944_8a7c200e0e.jpg
http://www.stadiondewageningseberg.nl/images/P1010028ax2.jpg
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/doingthe116/Wageningen%20Achterkant.jpg
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/doingthe116/Wageningen%20Hoofdtribune%20II.jpg
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/doingthe116/Wageningen%20Omroepkabine.jpg
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/doingthe116/Wageningen%20Terrace%20II.jpg

more (http://www.doingthe116.com/wageningen.htm)

Jim856796

January 16th, 2010, 11:51 PM

If there's an empty or abandoned stadium I can think of, it's the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It has been closed since around 2006.

Scba

January 17th, 2010, 01:50 AM

kennerado

January 17th, 2010, 09:14 AM

The Silverdome was sold recently and will be used again for MLS soccer games. It went very cheap as well, it was a bargain for whoever bought it.

jean1991

January 17th, 2010, 07:21 PM

Yeah, only 500,000 for a stadium that size.

Bobby3

January 17th, 2010, 07:56 PM

Costs $1.2m a year in upkeep though.

Chadoh25

January 18th, 2010, 04:46 AM

Here in Columbus, we have Cooper Stadium and in Cleveland it's League Park. Cooper is goona be torn down at some point and League Park is suppose to be returned to active use, although I'm not sure when that's going to happen.

I-275westcoastfl

January 18th, 2010, 05:35 AM

Miami Marine Stadium - Hurricane Andrew damaged the stadium in 1992. Engineering reports have since proven that the structure was sound, but need repairs, yet the structure has remained closed since then.

http://www.archicentral.com/wp-content/images/1199.jpg

http://urbanparadise.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/335978680_e84871e458.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/2247338334_f246ab6d0b.jpg

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/gallery/1209913465/gallery_1_86_224713.jpg

JYDA

January 18th, 2010, 06:28 AM

jandeczentar

January 18th, 2010, 12:41 PM

This guy has a couple from England. These grounds are no longer standing, but I still think its worth posting.

Feethams, Darlington: http://tims92.webs.com/og027darlingtonfeethams.htm
Boothferry Park, Hull City: http://tims92.webs.com/og028hullboothferrypark.htm

Feethams may have been decrepit but at least it was a reasonable size for Darlington. Their current stadium has 24,500 seat but the average attendance is only 2,000-3,000. I've never seen a match in Darlington but I imagine that it feels very empty

Lost Cosmonaut

January 18th, 2010, 01:04 PM

Pinheirão Stadium in Curitiba. Closed since 2006

* Sorry for the size

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/15433014.jpg
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/11063155.jpg

Bobby3

January 18th, 2010, 08:06 PM

Feethams may have been decrepit but at least it was a reasonable size for Darlington. Their current stadium has 24,500 seat but the average attendance is only 2,000-3,000. I've never seen a match in Darlington but I imagine that it feels very empty

Futhermore, Darlington Arena is capped at 10,000 capacity due to small access roads.

Scoots71

January 19th, 2010, 03:43 AM

Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama is a good one.

Former partial home of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team, and host to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Soccer Preliminary rounds. Once sat 83,091. Now down to 71,594 after an upper deck had to be torn down due to neglect and disrepair.

http://media.thestate.com/smedia/2009/12/29/23/papalead.lead_art_horizontal.prod_affiliate.74.jpg
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/north_america/united_states/alabama/birmingham_legion2.jpg
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/north_america/united_states/alabama/birmingham_legion1.jpg

Dexter Morgan

January 19th, 2010, 04:27 AM

Bobby3

January 19th, 2010, 08:01 AM

It hosts high school events, too.

Scoots71

January 20th, 2010, 02:05 AM

University of Alabama at Birmingham play there.

As I said, no one plays there anymore... on a serious note though, UAB averages very little per game there. Usually lucky to get to 30,000 for a game. The stadium is a far cry from what it once was.

1772

January 20th, 2010, 08:33 AM

Sadly, we have lonely stadiums in the world, that for whatever reason, have no friends to play in it.

This is thread is for stadiums and arenas that are still standing, but have no permanent tenants. And preferably not ones that just became empty a year ago when a team moved to a new place, I mean, a place that's REALLY been empty.

---

One of the saddest cases has to be Homestead Baseball Stadium - if that's really its name. Built in Homestead, FL, it was supposed to be a spring training or minor league stadium. But just after construction wrapped in 1992, Hurricane Andrew tore through South Florida, heavily damaging the stadium. The team lined up to play there in the coming years left for another deal.

The stadium was rebuilt, but has remained empty for 15 years, rotting. Absolutely empty. The occasional game, but home to no teams or clubs. It's been used more as a filming location for movies and TV shows.

Being unused and locked up, pictures are very, very rare. Gorgeous looking place, at least in the exterior.

It's wierd that no MLB-club buys it and uses it as spring practice? Seem's cheaper than building a new one.

1772

January 20th, 2010, 08:38 AM

...There's rumors that the Marlins might move Spring Training there once their new stadium is done, but the problem now is that there aren't any other teams in the Miami metro. Everyone's either moving up the coast or to Arizona.

Why is that? It seams wierd that they're not in the Miami metro area with proximity to airports, hotels and such. Instead they go to rather small places in central FL.
Any idea why?

Alien x

January 20th, 2010, 09:56 AM

It's weird that no MLB-club buys it and uses it as spring practice? Seems cheaper than building a new one.

Why buy when it's cheaper to have a county/city pay you (and build you a new facility free of charge) to come and play for discounted rent.
Second Homestead lost its value even more when spring training was shut down in Miami an Ft. Lauderdale leaving Homestead isolated. It looks strange to say that but according to Mlb it is not economically viable because of transportation costs.
:dunno:

1772

January 20th, 2010, 12:22 PM

Why buy when it's cheaper to have a county/city pay you (and build you a new facility free of charge) to come and play for discounted rent.
Second Homestead lost its value even more when spring training was shut down in Miami an Ft. Lauderdale leaving Homestead isolated. It looks strange to say that but according to Mlb it is not economically viable because of transportation costs.
:dunno:

Hmm, true true.

It's actully quite disgusting that counties/states pay for private companies to have stadiums.
Sure, it brings revenue and all, but the idea is still repulsing.

Patrick

January 20th, 2010, 07:46 PM

this stadium in Ludwigshafen, RP, Germany, is currently also not in use. former 4th league team FSV Lugwigshafen-Oggersheim played there 2 years ago, but they went bankrupt. The capacity is 41,383.
In 1952, this stadium was packed with 83,000 spectators, when the final of the german championship was played there. This stadium has not seen any professional football since 1989, that was the last year that Waldhof Mannheim played Bundesliga there.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Panorama_S%C3%BCdweststadion.jpg

Jim856796

January 21st, 2010, 03:55 AM

Legion Field used to be a great stadium, but now few tenants hardly play there. There is a proposal for a new stadium for Birmingham, and when it becomes a reality and gets built, Legion Field would be demo'd.

Bobby3

January 21st, 2010, 05:16 AM

Isn't Birmingham swimming in red ink? I don't see how they can build a new stadium unless it's privately funded.

Legion Field is fine for what Birmingham requires.

isaidso

January 21st, 2010, 06:52 AM

Canada is producing more good players than ever before but fan interest has been going in the opposite direction.

In some Canadian markets. Other places, baseball is going from strength to strength.

TEBC

January 22nd, 2010, 03:32 AM

Pinheirão Stadium in Curitiba. Closed since 2006

* Sorry for the size

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/15433014.jpg
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/11063155.jpg

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Scba

January 22nd, 2010, 05:07 AM

Speak of the devil; Marine Stadium was just featured on tonight's episode of Burn Notice.

1772

January 22nd, 2010, 12:58 PM

Lg2jJxckdp8

Dude! Did you really have to quote that entire picture?

Suburbanist

January 22nd, 2010, 05:38 PM

Cities are usually eager to build you a brand new facility if you sign a contract to remain in the city for a given period. Then, team owners can demand the city to make improvement or they threat to move. Moving franchises is something that can cost political careers if people feel that a mayor or a council were against their loved teams.

I only hoped that soccer clubs here in Europe had greater mobility so we would have far more luxurious venues in place, because cities would be at risk of losing their soccer teams. Imagine Barcelona moving to Zaragoza, for instance.

JYDA

January 22nd, 2010, 06:28 PM

In some Canadian markets. Other places, baseball is going from strength to strength.

like where?

Calvin W

January 23rd, 2010, 03:12 AM

like where?

Smaller cities outside of Toronto actually have quite good support for baseball. Look at what Winnipeg does for example.

koolio

January 23rd, 2010, 04:27 AM

like where?

Since most of new crop of Canadian baseball players seem to hail from BC, I suppose the sport has gained popularity there.

Although aside from that, the professional game is indeed in shambles. In the 90's, there used to be about 10 professional teams I believe (Toronto, Montreal + 8 Triple-A/Double-A/Single-A teams). However, with the relatively recent demise of Baltimore's AAA affiliate in Ottawa, there is a grand total of 1 baseball team in Canada (Toronto) ... and that team too is just coming off one of its worst seasons ever in terms of average attendance.

Commandant

January 26th, 2010, 12:06 AM

Although aside from that, the professional game is indeed in shambles. In the 90's, there used to be about 10 professional teams I believe (Toronto, Montreal + 8 Triple-A/Double-A/Single-A teams). However, with the relatively recent demise of Baltimore's AAA affiliate in Ottawa, there is a grand total of 1 baseball team in Canada (Toronto) ... and that team too is just coming off one of its worst seasons ever in terms of average attendance.

Yes "affiliated" minor league baseball is almost dead (except the Short-Season A, Northwest League, Vancouver Canadians) but what about these teams?

Calgary (Alberta) Vipers (founded 2004, Independent, North American League) www.calgaryvipers.com
Edmonton (Alberta) Capitals (founded 2005, Independent, North American League) www.capsbaseball.ca
Québec (Québec) Capitales (founded 1999, Independent, Can-Am Association) www.capitalesdequebec.com
Winnipeg (Manitoba) Goldeyes (founded 1994, Independent, American Association) www.goldeyes.com
Can-Am Association has tried/is trying to resurrect baseball in Ottawa, ON and Trois-Rivières, QC

Pro baseball is not what it once was in Canada. You can thank affiliated baseball for that. However, these indy teams are somewhat successful which proves fan interest is still there (especially outside of BC and Ontario).

Kazurro

January 26th, 2010, 10:36 PM

Estadio Lluis Sitjar (Palma de Mallorca)

Built in 1945 was used by RCD Mallorca until 1999. Has capacity for 18.000 people.
Then RCD Mallorca began to play in the "ONO Estadi" (Son Moix) an athletics stadium for 23.000, . Lluis Sitjar was used by the reserve team until 2006.

http://www.diariosdefutbol.com/images/2007/04/luis-sitjar-1.jpg

Nowadays is abandoned and used by okupas (Squatters)

http://static2.elmallorca.com/data/articles/000/035/004/normal.jpg?1258541671

http://xs.to/image-F258_4B5F5FD7.jpg

It's said to be sold for building appartments but that isn't so lucrative as some years ago...

JYDA

January 26th, 2010, 11:14 PM

why did Mallorca leave? I have a hatred for track stadiums

aaronaugi1

January 27th, 2010, 04:31 AM

The host of the Perth Commonwealth Games in 1962

Perry Lakes Stadium (32,000 seated capacity) is about to be demolished.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2388/2085842635_28c73eaebe.jpg

The exterior isn't all that bad really but the old media boxes and facilities are horrible as well as athletes rooms and fan amenities such as toilets and former food outlets.

Walbanger

January 27th, 2010, 07:36 AM

The Perth Entertainment Centre. Abandoned since 2002 when the owners (Channel 7) closed it because of lack of profitibily and failing to sell it to the State Government of Western Australia.
http://www.james.rcpt.to/perth/images/entertainment-center.jpg
Opened in 1974, it was a multiuse arena used mostly for concerts and events though it did host tennis early on and Basketball. It seated 8200 for Basketball and was the home of the Perth Wildcats of Australia's National Basketball League from 1990 to 2002. It was a popular venue in spite of it being rather plain or down right ugly on the outside mostly because of its central CBD location but it was comfortable inside. The Wildcats would play infront of full houses even when the popularity of the NBL began to fall in other cities.
http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/federation/images/photos_large/001001d.jpg
The interior design was of a horseshoe single tier with and arena floor roughly 30m/30m and one end was a proper and perminent stage. It was the first of this kind of arena in Australia, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide would build their own "Entertainment Centres" in the 80's and early 90's. Melbourne was served by the Glasshouse (1956 olympic pool converted to arena like the Wembley Arena) and later Rod Laver Arena. Interior pics are hard to find but it has a similar shape and look to single teir arenas in the USA like Nassau Coliseum or the Philly Spectrum if one was to cut it in half.
http://watvhistory.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bh02.jpg
http://www.lumitech.com.au/galleryimages/EntCentresteplightsConcours.jpg
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The new Perth Arena is currrently being built next door in the former carpark. Channel 7 still owns the venue and land, it will be demolished in the near future and the land developed for business and apartments as apart of the Northbridge Link.

aaronaugi1

January 29th, 2010, 03:29 AM

More of Perry Lakes. Credit to Nate from the WA forums.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RpEBpNI4jrY/S2GfY-rHrnI/AAAAAAAABT4/Rbrmy0Q6eKs/s400/4.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RpEBpNI4jrY/S2GgKGvWLiI/AAAAAAAABUw/Gov3Oneuy78/s400/12.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RpEBpNI4jrY/S2Gf3_mHitI/AAAAAAAABUQ/YVRayzWmmZA/s400/7.jpg

NATES PICTURE BLOG (http://www.6000times.com/2010/01/abandoned-stadium-perry-lakes-stadium.html#more)

Kazurro

February 5th, 2010, 11:50 AM

why did Mallorca leave? I have a hatred for track stadiums

I've heard Lluis Sitjar was an old stadium so as Palma de Mallorca city build the athletic's stadium for the Universiade of 1999, they decided to use it.

parcdesprinces

February 5th, 2010, 01:15 PM

Lille, Stade Grimonprez Jooris (former cap. 21,128 including standing areas)

It's abandoned since 2004, Lille OSC plays now at the Stadium-Nord pending the opening of their new 50K stadium.

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1175/capturedcran20100205121.jpg http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1807/citadelledelille2.jpg

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5914/capturedcran20100126015.jpg http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8545/losc296copie.jpg

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/6496/lillecopie.jpg http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9800/72stadegrimonprezjooris.jpg

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6264/lillegrimomprezjooris45.jpg http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6163/lillegrimomprezjooris43.jpg

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2097/lillegrimomprezjooris11.jpg http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6844/lillegrimomprezjooris15.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2899/lillegrimomprezjooris71.jpg http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4715/lillegrimomprezjooris41.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6204/lillegrimomprezjooris24.jpg http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8148/lillegrimomprezjooris31.jpg

www.sercan.de

February 5th, 2010, 01:57 PM

why?
its a nice satdium

1772

February 5th, 2010, 04:12 PM

^^They should tear it down and leave the castle alone on the island.

skaP187

February 5th, 2010, 07:41 PM

Estadio Lluis Sitjar (Palma de Mallorca)

Built in 1945 was used by RCD Mallorca until 1999. Has capacity for 18.000 people.
Then RCD Mallorca began to play in the "ONO Estadi" (Son Moix) an athletics stadium for 23.000, . Lluis Sitjar was used by the reserve team until 2006.

http://www.diariosdefutbol.com/images/2007/04/luis-sitjar-1.jpg

Nowadays is abandoned and used by okupas (Squatters)

http://static2.elmallorca.com/data/articles/000/035/004/normal.jpg?1258541671

Hey I thought Atl. Baleares played there (that´s not the reserve team is it?)
Seen as in your last picture I gues not...
Then I won´t be going groundhopping in Mallorca for sure.

skaP187

February 5th, 2010, 07:52 PM

I was at the last game of Ciudad Murcia in La Condomina June 2007 against Las Palmas.
Real Murcia allready played in La nueva/new Condomina by then.
The owner of Ciudad Murcia (founded in 1999... and allready in segunda A) sold his license to Granada 74 and bought Cadiz back. Leaving this stadium with all of it´s history behind. Actualy it died allready when it´s real owner Real Murcia moved to there new stadium.

http://i47.tinypic.com/250jeib.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/xfu4r7.jpg

http://i49.tinypic.com/vrvsb6.jpg

I also made a rapport of it, but it´s in Dutch...and on another forum
http://www.soccerquest.nl/forum/showthread.php?t=12573

parcdesprinces

February 5th, 2010, 10:20 PM

why?
its a nice satdium

An "attempt" to answer ;):
^^They should tear it down and leave the castle alone on the island.

I have to agree !!!

And that's why (among others) they left the stadium.....The Vauban Fortress is a "Monument Historique" : French protected heritage ....

That stadium will be demolished this year.... or next year :?.

Sonrise

February 8th, 2010, 05:09 AM

Gosh, if this was in the CFL, it would be one of the top 5 stadiums.

Lille, Stade Grimonprez Jooris (former cap. 21,128 including standing areas)

It's abandoned since 2004, Lille OSC plays now at the Stadium-Nord pending the opening of their new 50K stadium.

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1175/capturedcran20100205121.jpg http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1807/citadelledelille2.jpg

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5914/capturedcran20100126015.jpg http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8545/losc296copie.jpg

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/6496/lillecopie.jpg http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9800/72stadegrimonprezjooris.jpg

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6264/lillegrimomprezjooris45.jpg http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6163/lillegrimomprezjooris43.jpg

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2097/lillegrimomprezjooris11.jpg http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6844/lillegrimomprezjooris15.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2899/lillegrimomprezjooris71.jpg http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4715/lillegrimomprezjooris41.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6204/lillegrimomprezjooris24.jpg http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8148/lillegrimomprezjooris31.jpg

Commandant

February 12th, 2010, 08:30 AM

Owen J. Bush Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana:
http://www.mcflash.4000loavesanhour.com/BushBlog/BushStadium_Blog_0001.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/ph/indbush3.jpg

Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario:
http://media.canada.com/fae0b6fd-d281-4d23-840e-569bef1c674c/mlgman.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Maple_Leaf_Gardens_3.jpg/800px-Maple_Leaf_Gardens_3.jpg

Negishi Racecourse Grandstand, Yokohama, Kanagawa http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2008/06/negishi-racecourse-ruins/:
http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/negishi-1-grandstand-widecrop2.jpg
http://inlinethumb55.webshots.com/45622/1039650247029935421S600x600Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1039650247029935421cqQFkv)

Bobby3

February 13th, 2010, 08:19 PM

Great picture of Maple Leaf Gardens.

There was a renovation proposed for Bush Stadium which would've seen a soccer team move in (strange considering Kuntz Stadium -- yea, I know -- the old PanAmerican Games soccer stadium is just across the road). Not sure what came of that plan. It became a dirt race track for a short time as well, but that venture when bust.

Commandant

February 20th, 2010, 09:44 AM

Ray Winder Field, Little Rock, Arkansas during better years from www.digitalballparks.com:

http://www.digitalballparks.com/Texas/Winder_-_Behind_The_Net_V2T.jpghttp://www.digitalballparks.com/Texas/Winder_-_Exterior_Front_V2T.jpghttp://www.digitalballparks.com/Texas/Winder_-_From_3rd_Upper_V2T.jpg

MicroX

February 24th, 2010, 11:30 PM

Blue Lou

March 18th, 2010, 03:35 PM

Deva Stadium may be abandoned now.. the home club was wound up.

http://www.conferencegrounds.co.uk/chester31.jpg

Bobby3

March 19th, 2010, 04:19 AM

For now. The plan is for the Chester City supporters trust to form a team and take up residence at Deva.

Jan Del Castillo

March 19th, 2010, 11:14 AM

Very sad to see the Miami Marine Stadium. Regards.

1772

March 19th, 2010, 03:00 PM

Isn't this in Key Biscayne?

Actully it's Virginia Key, a mostly park island just before Key Biscayne.

Evil78

March 20th, 2010, 12:34 AM

"1st May" Stadium, in Scornicesti, Romania.
Scornicesti was the home town of communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu. He wanted to make a "model-town" out of Scornicesti, which was actually more like a village, with a population of aprox. 10.000. So he built new flats, tearing down the old houses along the main road, and he also built a large stadium(for a small town), with a seating capacity of 30.000. It was one of the most modern stadiums in the country, at that time. He also created a team, recruiting some of the best Romanian players of that moment, some of them having to play there, against their own will. Of course, after the fall of his regime, in '89, the team was dissolved, and the stadium abandoned. The main stand is home now for a few homeless people.

http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/clubs_2/olt_fc/stadium_01.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii8/Jackridersbox/DSC01358.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii8/Jackridersbox/DSC01328.jpg

http://img.lazy.ro/comunitate/photos/5/5/8/58551.jpg

http://www.gdo.ro/poze-gdo/88065maxim.jpg

http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/clubs_2/olt_fc/stadium_03.jpg

krudmonk

March 20th, 2010, 02:26 AM

http://graneyandthepig.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/marlinsattendance.jpg

Evil78

March 20th, 2010, 02:49 AM

Stadium in the ghost town of Pripyat:), abandoned in 1986, after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

http://www.opuszczone.com/galerie/pripyat/stadion/05_pripyat_65_34A_ht.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6541570-md.jpg

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4984/22379977.jpg

Bobby3

March 20th, 2010, 04:07 AM

That stadium has always intrigued me. It was featured in a documentary I watched about the meltdown.

If you look at the Dolphin Stadium picture above, that was an actual Marlins game. You can tell because the players, umpires and coaches are in position.

bd popeye

September 17th, 2010, 09:46 PM

I've noticed that in this thread many of the old stadiums that have been demolished in the US are missing. So I'll post photos of the Polo Grounds in New York City.

I shall refer to the 4th stadium built in Harlem know as the Polo Grounds.

Behold ..the Polo Grounds(in it's final configuration) on the upper northern reaches of Manhattan in Harlem..155th street to be exact.

http://i51.tinypic.com/14o3tsp.jpg

Tenants: New York Giants (NL 1911-57);
New York Yankees (AL 1913-22);
New York football Giants (NFL 1925-55);
New York Mets (NL 1962-63);
New York Titans/Jets (AFL 1960-63);
New York Cubans (Negro American/National
Leagues 1940-48)

The link below offers the best information about the Polo Grounds.

Polo Grounds (http://www.ballparktour.com/Former_New_York.html)

The Stadium was demolished starting in April 1964.

http://i51.tinypic.com/245fqbk.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/2945leg.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/rmliqd.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/20za1ag.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2ltk281.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/iwm16w.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/14mb5vd.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/10xsttx.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/w99wzl.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/14mamn9.jpg

Note all photos in my post are hosted by tinypic and not hotlinked from any website.

-james-

September 17th, 2010, 10:54 PM

http://graneyandthepig.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/marlinsattendance.jpg
The Marlins still play there.

Benn

September 18th, 2010, 01:29 AM

Thats a joke, notice there is a Marlins game in progress, they've been known to have attendance drop in to three figures (looks like maybe 200 people) in a very large stadium.

lwa

September 18th, 2010, 07:11 PM

(New) Cathkin Park (also known as Hampden park from 1884-1903), Glasgow.

The former home of Queens Park FC (from 1884-1903) and Third Lanark FC (1903-1967, when the club went bust), The ground is now owned by Glasgow City Council, who operate it as a public park.

Third Lanark have recent reformed as a junior side, and play there home games here. The ground also has a claim to fame, having hosted the first ever all-ticket football match, a game between Scotland and England in 1884.

In it's heyday (capacity ~50,000):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Escafeld/vintage%20grounds/th_cathkin.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Escafeld/vintage%20grounds/th_cathkin2.jpg

A picture of Hampden Park (the current one), with Cathkin Park visible at the top of the picture:
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/polopoly_fs/8618322-1.1017613!

Some time in-between then and now:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39546000/jpg/_39546396_cathkinstate203.jpg

As it stands now:
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m207/ITFCJez/DSC00584.jpg
http://www.nothingtoseehere.net/images/cathkin-park-pitch.jpg
http://www.freewebs.com/tims92/Third%20Lanark/Cathkin%20Park%204.jpg

Aeriel picture from google maps. Hampden Park (as it is now) is obviously the big ground at the bottom, with the field to the left (behind the East stand, or Rangers end) being lesser Hampden. Cathkin Park is located to the north, and marked by the yellow pin. If you head North West from here (almost directly following the line of the pitch) to the other side of the road and railway lines, you can also see Hampden Bowling club. This was the site of the original Hampden Park (although there is nothing there now to suggest that).
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m207/ITFCJez/football/non-Town/ThirdLanarkHampden.jpg

Although I have never actually visited the ground (I walk past it regularly mind, on the way to Hampden), I am told it is a strange experience - apart from the stands being removed, the council have deliberatly tried to leave the ground as it was.

canadiancreed

November 11th, 2010, 05:24 AM

The Ottawa Baseball stadium is much like the Homestead stadium in that it's fairly new and tenantless. Here is the full history courtesy of Wikipedia

The stadium was built to house the Ottawa Lynx of the International League and opened prior to the 1993 season. In its first season, the Lynx sold out 43 games and set an International League attendance record by averaging 9,772 fans per game. However, annual attendance steadily declined from there, except for a modest increase in 2001. By 2006, Ottawa had the lowest average attendance in the league.[2] The Lynx relocated after the 2007 season.

After the departure of the Lynx, the City of Ottawa considered other proposals for the site but kept the stadium as a baseball facility for the following season. A new team, the Ottawa Rapidz of the Can-Am League, was established in December 2007 and began to play in 2008. Despite attracting higher attendance than the Lynx, the Rapidz declared bankruptcy on 29 September 2009.[3] A new team, the Voyageurs, was announced by the Can-Am league for the 2009 season. However, the league was faced with a lack of prospective owners for the team and with declining economic conditions and disbanded the Voyageurs in March 2009.[4]

The stadium remained unused in 2009 except for a late-August series of community baseball games sponsored by Ottawa city councillor Bob Monette.[5] Earlier, following the demise of the Voyageurs, Monette had suggested that the stadium be dismantled and the land sold to generate funds which could be applied to a new sports venue.

This stadium sums up the state of baseball interest in Canada in recent times. The Expos left Montreal and numerous minor league teams across Canada have gone bust or relocated. Blue Jays attendance in Toronto is nowhere near what it once was. Canada is producing more good players than ever before but fan interest has been going in the opposite direction.

I miss that place. Used to go there for games when I lived in the west end of Ottawa. Nothing beat spending less then 20$ for a ticket, beer and snacks and catching a game, and having no traffic to and from. Too bad the combination of the strike and Ottawa being lukewarm for any sport that isn't hockey was a 1-2 punch, because it's a good park.
However, these indy teams are somewhat successful which proves fan interest is still there (especially outside of BC and Ontario).

Indeed. If it doesnt' have a tie-in to the ******* that are the MLB, it seems to work. I know they've got a five team league out in the maritimes as well that is doing wellish (they just put an expansion team in Charlottetown this year). Maybe that's what is really needed. It's not like we'll ever see another pro expansion team come to Canada again.

As for the post about the Gardens (Maple Leaf), I'd bet money they could put another NHL team in Toronto, give them that gardens, and it'd be packed every game. A waste of an awesome landmark and a piece of hockey history. At least they did something with the Forum.

And speaking of abandoned stadiums and Montreal, how could this be missed?

http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/nl/Olympi2.jpg

http://www.pleasedancewithme.com/ClipArtOlympicStadiumMontreal.jpg

carnifex2005

November 11th, 2010, 06:25 AM

And speaking of abandoned stadiums and Montreal, how could this be missed?

http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/nl/Olympi2.jpg

http://www.pleasedancewithme.com/ClipArtOlympicStadiumMontreal.jpg

Because it is still being used occasionally by the Montreal Impact and Montreal Alouettes. In fact, the province are going to be replacing the roof with a new $300 million dollar version (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/06/29/olympic-stadium-roof.html?ref=rss).

canadiancreed

November 11th, 2010, 02:49 PM

Because it is still being used occasionally by the Montreal Impact and Montreal Alouettes. In fact, the province are going to be replacing the roof with a new $300 million dollar version (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/06/29/olympic-stadium-roof.html?ref=rss).

Ah. That's mildly embarrassing, thought the Alouettes gave up on teh big O years ago. And they're still sinking money into that thing? Geeze.

MoreOrLess

November 12th, 2010, 06:41 AM

chrisbramley85

November 12th, 2010, 10:10 AM

i cant believe nobody has put this up yet...

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42477000/jpg/_42477058_colosseum_ap_416.jpg

Rome's colluseum... surkey the ORIGINAL abandoned stadium haha!!

hack404

December 1st, 2010, 03:31 AM

Stadio Filadelfia, Torino

Home of the Grande Torino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torino_F.C.#Il_Grande_Torino)

http://torino.blogosfere.it/images/fila2.jpg
Source: torino.blogosfere.it

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/349580453_eaf16cded8.jpg
Source: Hooman79 on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hooman79/)

http://www.alexpiccini.it/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/100_09201.JPG
Source: www.alexpiccini.it

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4493439300_bc9d1e5028.jpg
Source: Avi Tattenbaum on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/footballtravel/)

isaidso

December 1st, 2010, 11:21 AM

Ah. That's mildly embarrassing, thought the Alouettes gave up on teh big O years ago. And they're still sinking money into that thing? Geeze.

I heard they're thinking of restoring the full bowl to bring capacity up to about 76,000-80,000. That place is great when it's full and Montreal seems to have little trouble filling it for big events like the Grey Cup.

OnceBittenTwiceShy

December 1st, 2010, 12:23 PM

Qatar is a haven for empty and abandoned stadiums whilst still in use:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/MohamedAchmed/Miscellaneous/IMG_3423.jpg

bd popeye

December 1st, 2010, 10:54 PM

^^ Oh no! According to SSC member "love-qatar".. Qatar is a football mad land! Worthy of hosting the WC in 2018! Waht happened?? :|

Greece

December 4th, 2010, 05:44 AM

W.Y.B.A.

December 4th, 2010, 10:38 AM

sturman

December 4th, 2010, 11:28 AM

^^ Nice lawn :)

BTW, Dynamo Moscow awaiting for the reconstruction:

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1940/49302697912c96a40665b.jpg (http://img72.imageshack.us/i/49302697912c96a40665b.jpg/)

http://community.livejournal.com/moya_moskva/2539796.html?style=mine

Стадион "Динамо", октябрь:

http://englishrussia.com/images/dinamo_stadium/1.jpg

http://media.englishrussia.com/dinamo_stadium/2.jpg

http://media.englishrussia.com/dinamo_stadium/3.jpg

http://media.englishrussia.com/dinamo_stadium/4.jpg

Rev Stickleback

December 4th, 2010, 12:49 PM

http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/webimage/104231b_mccain_stadium_b_ns_1_2287317!image/2057582455.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_595/2057582455.jpg

That last one reminds me of The Valley, in Charlton.

http://bp0.blogger.com/_dEcZSkQCIuk/RcHZXYlUE5I/AAAAAAAAAzc/ctKLmRu7PdU/s1600-h/Charlton7645Gallery.jpg
(no idea why that pic won't work as an )

At least that had a happy ending, with Chatlton moving back several years after it got abandoned.

Another was this one in Warsaw

http://stereogram.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/euro-2012-poland-national-stadium-warsaw-site_1267086.jpg?w=426&h=319

...which has thankfully been completely rebuilt and in the main Polish stadium for 2012.

OnceBittenTwiceShy

December 4th, 2010, 02:50 PM

That last one reminds me of The Valley, in Charlton.

From my blog:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/MohamedAchmed/EnglishGrounds/CharltonAthletic/073CharltonAthleticMainStandCopyRig.jpg

matthemod

December 4th, 2010, 03:15 PM

The McCain Stadium Scarborough.

Think it's going to be knocked down soon.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2602523090_17292978d5.jpg

http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/webimage/104231b_mccain_stadium_b_ns_1_2287317!image/2057582455.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_595/2057582455.jpg

I'm pretty certain, though not absolutely, that the ground has an ordinance that prevents it from being used for any other reason than a sporting one by the council who actually own it, hence why it hasn't already been turned into swanky new flats. Scarborough Athletic were formed out of the ruins of Scarborough FC and currently play at "home" in Bridlington, but effectively if they were to get some success and rise up the leagues, Scarborough council could lease it back to them. It would be an immense amount of work to bring it up to standard of course.

Rev Stickleback

December 4th, 2010, 03:58 PM

It's strange seeing how quickly nature reclaims these old grounds.

This is Bradford Park Avenue in its prime

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/timwwfc2/BradfordPA2.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/timwwfc2/BradfordPA2.jpg

...and this is how it looks now, with the terraces now overgrown as areas of woodland.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i194/pompeytheriddle/ParkAvenue02.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i194/pompeytheriddle/ParkAvenue02.jpg

Surprisingly that's around 20 year's growth. These photos from 1987 show that it was still recognisable as a football ground at the time.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w54/brianhtfc/Bradford20PA.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w54/brianhtfc/Bradford20PA.jpg

Hia-leah JDM

December 5th, 2010, 02:36 AM

http://graneyandthepig.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/marlinsattendance.jpg

Ya' know the Dolphins are still in town. Also hosts more Super Bowls than any other stadium in the country, concerts and international matches come to town every now and then too. Not to mention the University of Miami, the Orange Bowl and the BCS Championship on occasion. Sun Life Stadium is no where near abandoned. The franchise that plays baseball might as well be abandoned, but the city/county is helping them build a brand new stadium as we speak.

Bobby3

December 30th, 2010, 04:56 AM

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=p3m6jt7143rz&lvl=18&dir=180&sty=o

Can anyone explain this monster? It's huge and falling to pieces.

It's connected to a prison!

Edit: Found some stuff. Here's a guy's flickr gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhwells/sets/72157605137236768/with/2478022449/

It's at Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville and was home to the prison rodeo until 1986. Since then the stadium itself hasn't been used and the field is apparently a parking lot for state automobiles.

Lord David

December 30th, 2010, 07:51 AM

Everyone thinks all the Athens Olympic venues are abandoned, but they are all in use except for the ones that were just temportary stadiums and these three:

Helliniko Softball Stadium (8,000)
http://www.stadia.gr/2004/softball-helliniko.jpg

Helliniko Hockey Stadium (8,000 for main stadium and 2,000 for the second stadium)
http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/olympics2004/images/venues/hockey.jpg

Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre (10,000)
http://image18.webshots.com/18/6/94/77/202669477wvTeWX_fs.jpg
*Basically it was just the foreign countries trying to make us look bad...They even were bitching about SEF and the OAKA Indoor Hall and how they were abandoned, meanwhile they were both built way before the Olympics in 2004 and they are used all the time...

Perhaps those three should have been temporary as well.

The Beach Volleyball Centre should have definitely been temporary for sure, the other venues such as that for Baseball and Field Hockey, could have been downsized post Olympics to serve the national teams as training venues.

Anubis2051

December 31st, 2010, 01:06 AM

Bush Stadium, Indianapolis:
The Field is now being used to store cars from the "Cash for Clunkers" program.

http://www.baseball-fever.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=92688&stc=1&d=1292359205
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4954378073_d59d76b4ca_b.jpg
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http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5097150070_508114fe15_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5096119901_f529483a9f_b.jpg

Anubis2051

December 31st, 2010, 01:28 AM

Bernie Robbins Stadium, Atlantic City, N.J. (5,500)

Originally known as "The Sandcastle", the stadium was built in 1998. The former tenants, the Atlantic City Surf of the Can-Am baseball Association, folded for the 2009 season because of the collapse of the proposed sale of the team and the lack of ownership to continue for the 2009 season.

Bernie Robbins Stadium has played host to the Atlantic League All-Star Game in 1998 and 2005 as well as to various amateur baseball events and concerts. In October 2006, it was the venue for Atlantic regional qualifying for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

In May 2008, WCAU-TV sports director and former NFL player Vai Sikahema accepted an open challenge from former MLB player Jose Canseco to fight him in a celebrity boxing match for $5,000. Canseco claims to have earned black belts in Kung Fu, Taekwondo, and Muay Thai, while Sikahema, who grew up wanting to be a professional boxer, had once fought in a National Golden Gloves Championship that was eventually won by Sugar Ray Leonard. The fight (dubbed the War At The Shore) took place on July 12, 2008, and was hosted by Philadelphia-native adult film personality Steven Sheaffer. Sikahema won by knockout in the first round.

An August 2009 report in the Press of Atlantic City reported on the stadium's deteriorating condition due to lack of maintenance and vandalism.

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pressofatlanticcity.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/4/47/31c/44731c00-92aa-11de-85f5-001cc4c03286.image.jpg
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pressofatlanticcity.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/7/b8/e9a/7b8e9ab2-9236-11de-af0e-001cc4c03286.image.jpg
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pressofatlanticcity.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/9/5a/c3b/95ac3bde-9236-11de-b130-001cc4c03286.image.jpg
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pressofatlanticcity.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/a/d8/1f9/ad81f9ce-9236-11de-af5b-001cc4c03286.image.jpg
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pressofatlanticcity.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/5/f4/33d/5f433dcc-924f-11de-b98c-001cc4c002e0.image.jpg

Greece

December 31st, 2010, 02:01 AM

Perhaps those three should have been temporary as well.

The Beach Volleyball Centre should have definitely been temporary for sure, the other venues such as that for Baseball and Field Hockey, could have been downsized post Olympics to serve the national teams as training venues.

The Beach volleyball venue was used a few years ago for a FIVB event and for the Euro Beach handball championships and there are plans to convert it to an outdoor theatre, but right now it is just sitting there. The baseball stadium is used for a football team in the second division. It's the softball stadium that I was talking about. The softball and field hockey ones are tough, because neither sport is popular in Greece, but the women's softball team is actually really good and finished 2nd in the Euro Championships a few years ago and 6th out of 8th in Athens 2004 and they almost qualified for Beijing, but softball and baseball are still not popular in Greece as the national teams are mostly Greek-Americans and Greek-Canadians.

But yeah, they are abandoned :ohno:

Darloeye

January 1st, 2011, 10:13 PM

Feethams may have been decrepit but at least it was a reasonable size for Darlington. Their current stadium has 24,500 seat but the average attendance is only 2,000-3,000. I've never seen a match in Darlington but I imagine that it feels very empty

Feethams has been knocked down few years ago. They are trying to built homes on the land now. but with the low house prices its going to take some time. The new stadium is always haft empty it is weird watching the team play :ohno:

Darloeye

February 9th, 2011, 09:57 PM

http://images.teamtalk.com/07/12/800x600/feethams_east_stand_604400.jpg
http://www.englishheritageprints.com/image/feethams-darlington-afl03_aerofilms_615726_3650135.jpg
http://www.premierfootballbooks.co.uk/images/darlington_feethams2.jpg

machii

February 10th, 2011, 05:27 AM

before
http://www.nobcoloso.com.ar/grandes/29.jpg
http://www.nobcoloso.com.ar/grandes/15.jpg
http://www.nobcoloso.com.ar/grandes/16.jpg
http://www.nobcoloso.com.ar/grandes/17.jpg
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http://www.nobcoloso.com.ar/grandes/27.jpg
http://www.nobcoloso.com.ar/grandes/13.jpg
http://www.nobcoloso.com.ar/grandes/11.jpg
http://www.nobcoloso.com.ar/grandes/10.jpg
after
http://www.nobcoloso.com.ar/img_varias/_AP09/Coloso%20OCT%202009/G/03.jpg
http://www.nobcoloso.com.ar/img_varias/_AP09/Coloso%20OCT%202009/G/01.jpg
http://www.nobcoloso.com.ar/img_varias/_AP09/Coloso%20OCT%202009/G/09.jpg

Ampelio

February 10th, 2011, 07:35 AM

empty stadiums = insane :bash:

Anubis2051

March 28th, 2011, 08:06 PM

Compadre Stadium, Former Spring Training Home of the Milwaukee Brewers, 1986-1997. Chandler, AZ. (5,000)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5055/5566462934_3bc7777ff0_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5101/5566255522_1b314c530d_b.jpg
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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5025/5566460280_3547ffff65_b.jpg

Bobby3

March 30th, 2011, 06:11 AM

Crazy. Could they use it for school sports, or is it a private venue and totally out of the public's hands?

25-years-old. SMH.

TEBC

March 31st, 2011, 03:13 AM

love this thread

will101

April 1st, 2011, 08:00 PM

Crazy. Could they use it for school sports, or is it a private venue and totally out of the public's hands?

25-years-old. SMH.
It was a private venue, owned by resort developers. The stadium was supposed to be the centerpiece of a new resort, but the idea never took off. The city was able to procure some of the outlying practice fields and turned them into a park. Here's the wiki link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compadre_Stadium

Commandant

June 11th, 2011, 06:16 PM

One of the saddest cases has to be Homestead Baseball Stadium - if that's really its name. Built in Homestead, FL, it was supposed to be a spring training or minor league stadium. But just after construction wrapped in 1992, Hurricane Andrew tore through South Florida, heavily damaging the stadium. The team lined up to play there in the coming years left for another deal.

The stadium was rebuilt, but has remained empty for 15 years, rotting. Absolutely empty. The occasional game, but home to no teams or clubs. It's been used more as a filming location for movies and TV shows.

http://www.digitalballparks.com/Florida/Homestead_-_Exterior_Close_V2T.jpg

Being unused and locked up, pictures are very, very rare. Gorgeous looking place, at least in the exterior.

Abandoned no more:

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/664/stadium01.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/801/stadium01.jpg/)
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/1945/stadium02.jpg

La Ley Enterprises has just invested about $1 million in oft-dormant Homestead Sports Complex to ready it for a Mixed Fighting Alliance match in early May and a June-to-August international youth baseball tournament. La Ley has "pretty much redone all the seating, all the suites, painted the entire outside of the" baseball stadium, said President John H. Ruiz. "We have redone entirely all of the fields that were out in the back as well as the field in the main stadium. We've taken down the scoreboard and are bringing in a jumbo LED screen. We've redone the sound system, the dugouts, the locker rooms, all the interior offices." La Ley has also replaced broken lighting, built a baseball diamond for children 7 to 13 and retrofitted the complex so it can transmit games in high definition. Finally, Mr. Ruiz said, "we're in the works of starting to build an [outdoor] Olympic-sized swimming pool and we're also looking into building a water park." At the outset of negotiations, Mr. Ruiz, an attorney, said he planned to redo much of complex and add up to 20 indoor basketball courts, all to breathe life into the city and pump $60 million to $80 million into its economy. In return, he would pay the complex's upkeep costs, now $300,000 a year, and have the option to buy the whole ballgame for $16 million. The complex's official opening under La Ley is to be June 17, when baseball teams for youths 8 to 18 from across the US as well as Japan, Taiwan, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and even Cuba will jet to Miami to compete until Aug. 12. The crack of bats at the complex may elicit a collective sigh of relief from the surrounding area.

Scba

June 11th, 2011, 07:00 PM

Oh, man, killed the outside of the stadium.

Commandant

June 11th, 2011, 08:32 PM

Oh, man, killed the outside of the stadium.

This was their first choice:

http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/6040/stadiumwoads.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/806/stadiumwoads.jpg/)

Scba

June 11th, 2011, 11:01 PM

oh god why

PAO13

June 14th, 2011, 02:04 AM

Everyone thinks all the Athens Olympic venues are abandoned, but they are all in use except for the ones that were just temportary stadiums and these three:

Helliniko Softball Stadium (8,000)
http://www.stadia.gr/2004/softball-helliniko.jpg

Helliniko Hockey Stadium (8,000 for main stadium and 2,000 for the second stadium)
http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/olympics2004/images/venues/hockey.jpg

Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre (10,000)
http://image18.webshots.com/18/6/94/77/202669477wvTeWX_fs.jpg
*Basically it was just the foreign countries trying to make us look bad...They even were bitching about SEF and the OAKA Indoor Hall and how they were abandoned, meanwhile they were both built way before the Olympics in 2004 and they are used all the time...

Its a shame though. A whole bunch of Athenian football clubs are looking for a new stadiums, and instead of going together with the clubs and plan together how to make softball stadiums, hockey stadiums, etc. they just went ahead and built some stadiums witch is now abandoned. But in the case of the hockey field, I still find it strange that no clubs has shown interest to overtake it. Even for the national team it would be a good fit in my opinion.

As for the beach volley arena, yes its has some events now and then, but I'm still disappointed of the sparse activity. For instance, this weekend Athens hosted the beach football championship, and instead of using the beach volley arena, they set up a venue in Rafina.

PolskiNorsk

June 14th, 2011, 10:23 AM

Dębiec Stadium in Poznań, Poland

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/6559/poznaold.jpg
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3884/mariossskv6.jpg

pasior

June 15th, 2011, 01:12 PM

Dębiec Stadium in Poznań, Poland

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/6559/poznaold.jpg

This is not the Dębiec one but Stadion im. Edmunda Szyca, previously used by Warta Poznan.

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadion_im._Edmunda_Szyca

The one at Dębiec (http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadion_na_D%C4%99bcu) can be seen here:

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4463/debiec.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/683/debiec.jpg/)

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Commandant

June 15th, 2011, 03:07 PM

Roesink Stadium/Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, Michigan:
http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/107211/117039.jpghttp://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/107211/117042.jpg
This is the former home of the Detroit Stars (Negro National League ,1920-1931 & 1933, and the Negro American League, 1937) and the Detroit Wolves (Negro East-West League, 1932). One of only five remaining Negro League home ballparks in the United States.

muck308

June 15th, 2011, 04:31 PM

I'm reminded of an article I read some time last year in Preservation magazine.

http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2009/november-december/field-forgotten-dreams.html

Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, NJ is currently under plans to be restored. More funds are needed.

http://www.hinchliffestadium.org/index.php

I'll try to locate some pics later today.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehauenstein/296168134/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehauenstein/296168134/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehauenstein/296168132/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehauenstein/296168132/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehauenstein/296168131/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehauenstein/296168131/

nqcowboy87

July 26th, 2011, 06:32 AM

The Gazmon

July 26th, 2011, 12:16 PM

i think the most depressing ones are the ones with decent stands and corporate boxes.

heres one from st george area in sydney, was originally going to be redeveloped for the st george illawara rugby league team but they opted to redevelop their home ground instead, i think it might be demolished now im not sure

Last time I was there (I was involved in the NSW Premier League) was a few years back and the northern end of the main grandstand was condemned and the dressing rooms were literally falling apart.

It served it's purpose but once it lost its regular tenant then it was never going to be renovated.

For those that don't know the stadium is literally on the Sydney Airport flight path (east-west runway I think), so much so the guide lights actually are built into the creek adjacent to the stadium.

Alemanniafan

August 10th, 2011, 01:45 PM

Used as a training site and for the clubs younsters for the last two years, the old Tivoli in Aachen (opened June 3rd 1928, it's a very well known traditional stadium here in Germany, which has allways only been built and used for soccer) is now completely abandoned and will very soon be completely demolished and make way for houses and shops.
(The trees on the site have allready all been chopped at the end of winter for ecological reasons, to prevent birds and other animals from nesting there that would loose their homes when the trees were chopped in spring or summertime).

Here are some pictures and a google translation (at least the basic info is halfwhat understandable in english) of a pretty good article on it:
http://translate.google.de/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Flizaswelt.net%2F2011%2F07%2F17%2Ftod-eines-hexenkessels%2F
(The original in german language:http://lizaswelt.net/2011/07/17/tod-eines-hexenkessels/)

Here a couple of pictures from the website linked above:
http://lizaswelt2010.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/im-schatten-des-flutlichtmastes.jpg?w=500&h=373

http://lizaswelt2010.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/alemannia-unkraut.jpg?w=500&h=373

http://lizaswelt2010.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/ein-platz-im-grc3bcnen.jpg?w=500&h=373

http://lizaswelt2010.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/gekommen-um-zu-bleiben.jpg?w=500&h=373

http://lizaswelt2010.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/von-hier-wird-niemand-mehr-eingewechselt.jpg?w=500&h=373

http://lizaswelt2010.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/nc3a4he.jpg?w=500&h=373

here a video with some nice old material (in german):
part 1:
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part2:
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And here a TV report (in german) on the last official match:
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Rev Stickleback

August 10th, 2011, 03:20 PM

Very sad it's being knocked down.

I went there in its last season, and it reminded me of nights at Reading's old Elm Park.

Darloeye

May 17th, 2012, 02:34 AM

http://www.conferencegrounds.co.uk/darlington.htm

Darlington FC have left the Arena to play a season or two in Shildon, Country Durham then try to move back to the town in a new ground with 2,500 seats and that should be able to help the team survive without going into administration for a fourth time in 10 years.

Cubo99

May 18th, 2012, 04:06 PM

what happens with Darlington Arena ?? It looks as very good and new stadium... Why they leave it ?

matthemod

May 18th, 2012, 05:42 PM

what happens with Darlington Arena ?? It looks as very good and new stadium... Why they leave it ?

New-ish, and well it determines what you consider "good". If comparing it to a dilapidated and run down, cramped and ancient ground then yeah it's an improvement, in near enough every other aspect it's perfectly average. First of all it was built far too large for the tenants...now there's ambition and then there's foolishness. Darlo were always a respectable lower league side in the North East, fighting against the likes of Middlesboro, Newcastle and Sunderland for support but were gaining respectable attendances at their old ground for their league position at the time. Instead of moving to say a more realistic 14'000 seater, or similar, no the former Chairman (who himself is a bit of a character) goes for double that. The expected rise up the leagues didn't occur, and the throngs of local support didn't suddenly materialise. You have not experienced a complete lack of atmosphere until you've experienced 3000 people in a 28'000 all-seater stadium. On top of that it's not really "good" so to speak. I found the rows were unbearably narrow, with your knees constantly hitting the seat in front. Now I am 6 foot which may explain it, but I've not experienced that with other new bowls.

As for it's future, well the organisation which now owns Darlington FC have moved in to groundshare with local non-league neighbours in a stadium that is much more suited to their size. As for the stadium, who knows what will happen to it, one thing for certain is Darlington FC will not be moving back. I suspect it will attempt to host a few concerts or similar...but then eventually torn down to be replaced with new housing.

Darloeye

May 18th, 2012, 07:07 PM

Try sitting in the Arena with 800 fans ! for a pre-season game with a scottish premier league team. The Arena was and is a great stadium but it was built by the former safebreaker tax dodging crook george reynolds who had no clue about the game and just wanted a big new stadium to show off with. yeah the rows were a bit to narrow sat next to a guy who was 6,4 and he had loads of problems with the seats (which I liked seeing him in plain LOL)

yeah their is talk about using the white elephine has a concerts venue but with the NIMBY'S of neaham road area never wanting the stadium to be built.

I have heard about the Newcastle Falcons moving down to Darlington became south durham has more rugby fans than newcastle. But that is still up in the air at the minute but with newcastle's new shirt not having the words newcastle on the shirt and a big bright red band on the shirt seems to look of fitted to the arena but at the minute its all still up in the air at the minute But Darlington FC have moved out of the hell hole of a stadium.

-People still going on about how the Arena was still the best place for us! I've copied and pasted Toris post that may get lost amongst posts so thought I'd repost the costing of the Arena. The facts do really make your jaw drop!!!

Utility costs
Rent/Rates/refuse £51,000
Electric/Gas £50,400
Water/Insurance £63,000
Total £164,400

Stadium maintenance costs
Wages/Materials £26,200
Safety/Security expenses. £4,565
Machinery & Pitch Main. £45,600
Stewarding/Matchday
Safety £24,000
Total £100,365

In addition Significant Stadium Maintenance Costs:
• Steel – non galvanised steel used with 10yr guarantee life (rust) - to paint;
• Roof bolts – many thousands & all need tightening to comply with the law;
• PA, CCTV and emergency power systems no preventive maint. for several years;
• Water treatment and frost protection throughout the stadium i.e. all stands.

This breakdown is based on historic fact and as you can see, it was not a viable option to remain at the arena. You will also realise why we couldn't agree on a match day lease as the costs that would have been met by S & S would have been too great.

Tori-

http://www.darlofc.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19753

Thats from the Darlington Fans website.

Laurence2011

May 18th, 2012, 10:42 PM

Is the Dębiec stadium still used for something? I just looked at on google earth and there was clearly a game happening or just about to happen.

bigchrisfgb

May 19th, 2012, 01:33 AM

JYDA

May 19th, 2012, 02:19 AM

Utility costs
Rent/Rates/refuse £51,000
Electric/Gas £50,400
Water/Insurance £63,000
Total £164,400

Stadium maintenance costs
Wages/Materials £26,200
Safety/Security expenses. £4,565
Machinery & Pitch Main. £45,600
Stewarding/Matchday
Safety £24,000
Total £100,365

Is this per year? per month?

Darloeye

May 19th, 2012, 09:25 PM

Is this per year? per month?

Per year.

Think a new 10,000 seater stadium would of worked. But we all know the bigger acts want the SOL and the other venue's in the north east would bring in more money. Houses won't be built on it because of the local and its to near a gypsy site. Think a supermarket won't work it would cost to much money to buy the stadium and knock it down to then built a store on it. plus the council want 70% of the profits if it is sold for non-sporting use.

bigchrisfgb

May 20th, 2012, 12:53 AM

How about a leisure centre/complex?

mrakbaseball

May 21st, 2012, 08:26 AM

The Oakland Arena or whatever corporate name it has now. There are rumors that the Golden State Warriors may leave Oakland for San Francisco.

will101

May 21st, 2012, 07:16 PM

The Oakland Arena or whatever corporate name it has now. There are rumors that the Golden State Warriors may leave Oakland for San Francisco.
But the City of San Francisco does not exactly have a good track record for this sort of thing. It took several false starts before AT&T Park happened, and the Niners finally gave up, and are building down here. The reason that the Warriors are in Oakland is San Francisco has been trying to build a new arena for almost 50 years without success. I'm not optimistic about this. The grandstands in Oakland were leveled and rebuilt in 1996, so it's not like the place is outdated.

mrakbaseball

May 24th, 2012, 07:08 PM

But the City of San Francisco does not exactly have a good track record for this sort of thing. It took several false starts before AT&T Park happened, and the Niners finally gave up, and are building down here. The reason that the Warriors are in Oakland is San Francisco has been trying to build a new arena for almost 50 years without success. I'm not optimistic about this. The grandstands in Oakland were leveled and rebuilt in 1996, so it's not like the place is outdated.

Was a permanent move to San Jose never an option for the Warriors?

will101

May 26th, 2012, 09:31 AM

Was a permanent move to San Jose never an option for the Warriors?
Sadly, no. (I say sadly because I lived about 10 minutes from the arena at the time, and saw about 12 games that year. It was great. I was ready to ship out the Sharks to Oakland so the Warriors could stay.) It was a one year lease, and the Warriors had already signed for 20 years at the rebuilt Coliseum Arena (what everybody actually calls the place) before they even started work. And the new lease in Oakland also called for five two-year extensions.

The real kicker here is the Warriors are paying $7.4 million per year in debt service for the rebuilding of the arena, which would total $222 million. If the team ever chooses to leave after the original 20 years (2017), or after any of the extensions, the current owner of the team would be on the hook for all of the remainder of the $222 million still owed.

So if the Warriors try to jump ship in 2017, they would have to make an immediate cash payment of $74 million to the City of Oakland. That amount would drop by $14.8 million after every two year extension.

H.I.A.T.

July 23rd, 2012, 01:24 AM

This thread brought me to the forum. Nice pictures, too bad the thread is dead.

Darloeye

July 23rd, 2012, 09:05 PM

Its not dead just dormant at the minute.

Laurence2011

July 24th, 2012, 12:04 PM

what's happening with darlo's stadium? is that just abandoned?

Darloeye

July 24th, 2012, 04:26 PM

Yeah we left the 25,000 earlier this year and will be playing a few seasons in near by Bishop Aucklands 1,000 ground. We would of lost tens of thousands of pounds paying rent for a stadium we had built for use by a former owner who built the stadium for his own ego. We hoping to got another ground for the team which is more fitting for the club has a whole.

Laurence2011

July 24th, 2012, 09:12 PM

what's the arena gonna be used for then?

Darloeye

July 24th, 2012, 09:42 PM

No one knows the owners Scott & Sizer have not really said what they are going to do with a 25,000 seater stadium with no team to play in it. They move try and turn it into a concert venue but with Sunderlands "stadium of light" just up the run its going to be hard for anyone to use the arena with a great stadium venue already up and running up a few miles away

Laurence2011

July 24th, 2012, 11:18 PM

^^ demolish a few rows, athletics track, darlo olympic bid

Darloeye

July 24th, 2012, 11:31 PM

^^ demolish a few rows, athletics track, darlo olympic bid

Yeah that could work. :lol:

Bobby3

July 25th, 2012, 09:25 AM

What's on the site of Feethams now?

Darloeye

July 25th, 2012, 04:22 PM

Waste land at the mintue but I think housing is going to be built on it in the forward but thats a waiting game.

joezierer

July 28th, 2012, 06:09 PM

http://i.imgur.com/Flmdc.jpg
Marlins Ballpark, Miami

Scba

July 28th, 2012, 07:54 PM

OUCH.

weava

July 28th, 2012, 08:00 PM

http://i.imgur.com/Flmdc.jpg
Marlins Ballpark, Miami

thats clearly pregame going on, show us a picture from the 2-3rd inning when the full crowd has arrived...

joezierer

July 28th, 2012, 11:59 PM

Miami has the worst attendance for a new stadium since 1982. A brand new park is sitting 18th in attendance. I don't think that's a misleading photo.

(it's not mine, for what it's worth)

Lumbergo

July 29th, 2012, 03:32 AM

that's a pregame picture. context matters.

joezierer

July 29th, 2012, 01:01 PM

Indeed it is. It's a picture from the opening pitch, but how many more do you really think are going to show up?

Commandant

July 31st, 2012, 02:17 AM

Found this on detroiturbex.com (http://detroiturbex.com) (images and information thanks to detroiturbex.com (http://detroiturbex.com)):

Kimball Arena, Port Huron, Michigan

Even in a large metropolitan area, the plan would have been considered a long shot: the construction of a $220 million dollar complex including a 10,000 seat hockey arena, additional ice rinks, restaurants, a hotel, and shopping. And yet in 1999, work began on just such a project in the Michigan city of Port Huron, population: 32,000.
The idea was that the arena would be home to Port Huron's minor league hockey team, the Border Cats. The teams owner - Mostafa Afr – had a good track record of taking financially distressed arena properties and turning them around, and hoped the project would draw residents and people from the surrounding area.
Unfortunately, construction was halted only a year after it began when financing for the project dried up. While considerable structural work had been completed on the building housing the additional ice rinks, the arena itself was just a foundation pit with a few concrete uprights, which soon filled with water.
By 2002 the building had been heavily damaged by vandals, and though a new developer for the property would appear every few years, their plans – finish the arena, build a casino, turn it into a convention center – never materialized.
Today the project site has been exposed to the elements for over 10 years. It is far past the salvageable stage, and most discussion about the property focuses on tearing down rather than building up.
In the end though, one city's loss was another city's gain. A construction firm used the plans and building materials created but never used for the Port Huron arena to build the Windsor Family Credit Union Center starting in 2006. The completed project bears a strong resemblance to the skeletal remains rotting outside of Port Huron.

http://detroiturbex.com/content/parksandrec/pha/img/1.jpg
http://detroiturbex.com/content/parksandrec/pha/img/3.jpg
http://detroiturbex.com/content/parksandrec/pha/img/2.jpg

go_leafs_go02

August 4th, 2012, 01:04 AM

What on earth where they thinking? I grew up just over an hour from Port Huron, and never heard about this place. Shocking to be honest...

Lumbergo

August 4th, 2012, 09:12 PM

Miami Marine Stadium.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebaCC3MxcY

fidalgo

August 4th, 2012, 11:43 PM

8 years later, Athens Olympic venues in decay
Eight years after the Athens Games, many of the venues remain abandoned or rarely used, focusing public anger on past governments as the country struggles through a fifth year of recession and a debt crisis that has seen a surge in poverty and unemployment. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

There's still one group that loves the training pool for athletes at the former Olympic village in Athens' northern fringe.

Frogs.

They appear to delight in sitting on debris that floats on the half-filled pool's murky waters.

The athletes village itself has fared somewhat better, turned into housing for workers.

Eight years after the 2004 Athens Games, many of the Olympic venues Greece built at great expense remain abandoned or rarely used. They are the focus of great public anger as the country struggles through a fifth year of recession and nearly three years of a debt crisis that has seen a surge in poverty and unemployment.

At the southern Athens venue for softball — a sport unknown in Greece and already out of the Summer Olympics — the occasional weed is all that remains on the dried-out field.

With no shortage of real beaches in Greece, the purpose-built beach volleyball stadium has seen minimal use in the past eight years, mostly just concerts.

Other Athens venues have fared better. The badminton hall has been converted into a popular theater venue, the former international Olympic broadcast center is a shopping mall and what was the main press center now houses ministry offices.

The old baseball venue has been used for the past two years by a fourth-division local soccer club — although some of the stands could do with a lick of paint.

The hockey venue hosted the Special Olympics last year, but material used in that event still lies abandoned around the rim.

The taekwondo and handball arena is occasionally used for non-sports events.

The main Athens Olympics complex is now mostly open to the public and its sporting venues are used by local teams or to host national championships.

Greek politicians, meanwhile, are still struggling to deal with those years of excess spending, and many economists still question the country's future in the 17-nation common euro currency.

http://binaryapi.ap.org/f8264640588a476f8915fd63d2ec409b/460x.jpg
The Olympic beach volleyball lies abandoned in southern Athens, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. The purpose-built stadium has seen minimal use _ mostly for concerts _ since the Athens 2004 Olympics.

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Weeds sprout in the remains of what was once the playing field at the abandoned Olympic softball venue in southern Athens, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012.

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Frogs inhabit the murky waters of an abandoned training pool for athletes at the Olympic village on the northern fringes of Athens, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. After the Athens 2004 Games, the village was used as a worker housing project.

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urky water and rubbish fill an abandoned training pool for athletes at the Olympic village on the northern fringes of Athens, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. After the Athens 2004 Games, the village was used as a worker housing project.

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Frogs sit on rubbish floating in the murky waters of an abandoned training pool for athletes at the Olympic village on the northern fringes of Athens, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012.

http://binaryapi.ap.org/b1e75b3b67964dbe975c597ced80c5e6/460x.jpg
The open Olympic swimming pool sits empty at the rundown Olympic complex, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 in Athens. After the Athens 2004 Games, the pool has been sporadically used for national championships.

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Two people walk inside the Olympic stadium, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 in Athens. The stadium is one of the very few Olympic venues to have been used for sports after the Athens 2004 Games, hosting soccer matches and athletics.

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Smashed boards left over from last year's Special Olympics litter the abandoned Olympic hockey venue in southern Athens on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012.

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A worker mows the field of the Olympic baseball venue in southern Athens, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. The stadium has been used for the past two years by a fourth-division local soccer club.

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The gate to the Olympic taekwondo and handball arena is locked in southern Athens, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. The purpose-built arena has been occasionally used for non-sporting events since the Athens 2004 Olympics.

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Paralympic athlete Paraskevi Katza practices at the Olympic stadium of Athens on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. The stadium is one of the very few Olympic venues to have been used for sports after the Athens 2004 Games, hosting soccer matches and athletics.

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he Olympic cauldron rises behind the central arch in the Olympic stadium of Athens on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. The stadium is one of the very few Olympic venues to have been used for sports after the Athens 2004 Games, hosting soccer matches and athletics.

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A bus passes the remains of a fountain made with Olympic rings and graffiti-defaced marble blocks that were originally dedicated to Greek Olympic medal winners, at the former Olympic village on the northern fringes of Athens, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. After the Athens 2004 Games, the village was used as a worker housing project.

http://summergames.ap.org/article/8-years-later-athens-olympic-venues-decay
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/how-to-become-an-ancient-greek-ruin/
http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/46742/haunting-photos-of-athens-eight-years-after-the-olympics/

JJG

August 6th, 2012, 07:27 PM

thats clearly pregame going on, show us a picture from the 2-3rd inning when the full crowd has arrived...

It was a joke....

ayanamikun

August 7th, 2012, 12:51 AM

The british throw shit as usual. Instead of bothering with the 90% of the infastructure and cost that has benefited the country, they bother with the remaining 10% of both volume and cost, mostly shity small venues anyway. Show some pictures of the press center which costed twice as all those pictures combined, to see how it looks today.
Not that it matters now, British are scatological anyway and they showed it this year.

matthemod

August 7th, 2012, 02:48 AM

....care to run that one by us again? I don't get what you're trying to say. That there were some empty seats at the Olympics?

Phildrik

August 10th, 2012, 12:36 PM

Thats sad about the athens venues, only 8 years later

potiz81

August 10th, 2012, 01:03 PM

Thats sad about the athens venues, only 8 years later

For which venue of Athens exactly do you feel sad? Maybe for the Beach volley one, but, hold on, it will be soon a major attraction in a seaside park designed by Renzo Piano. All the rest venues are already in use.

http://www.snf.org/uploads/photos/zoom/2011/01/4603_3.jpg

http://www.snf.org/index.php?ID=grants_EN&Rec_ID=4603

Status of Athens' olympic venues, 2012

Athens Olympic Stadium: in use by two football teams (AEK and Panathinaikos) and for various events, from athletic championships and concerts to Rally Acropolis.

Olympic Indoor Arena: in use by Panathinaikos basketball team and the Greek national team.

Peace and Friendship Stadium: in use by the Olympiacos basketball team

Karaiskaki Stadium: in use by the Olympiacos football team, also it is the home ground for the Greek national football team.

Hellinikon Basketball Stadium: in use by AEK, for Greek Cup basketball matches, and for concerts.

Taekwondo Stadium in Faliro: Conference and concert hall, hosting Mad Video Music Awards, various performances as Disney on Ice, Madwalk Fashion Events and many more.

Goudi Sports Complex: now in use as the "Badminton Theater".

Olympic Sailing Center: now a marina.

Baseball stadium: in use by Ethnikos FC.

Beach Volleyball Stadium: As fas as I know it hasn't any special use right now, but it is part of the revamped Athenian waterfront project, designed by Renzo Piano and funded by the Niarchos foundation.

Weightlifting Olympuc Arena: University of Piraeus.

Ano Liosia Olympic Hall: in use for various sporting events (gymnastics, ice hockey) and will be converted to the national digital archive.

International Broadcast Center: the "Golden Hall" mall.

Main Broadcast Center: Ministry of Health.

The Olympic velodrome, aquatic center, and tennis center are all fully in use, for competitions, national team events, and by the public.

Panathenaic Stadium: archaeological site, hosting special events and the Athens marathon.

Olympic Rowing Center: part of the Schinias National Park.

Shooting venue: training ground for the Hellenic Police.

Football stadiums outside of Athens that were used during the Olympics, in Crete, Volos, Patra, and Thessaloniki, are all in use by local club teams in those cities, as well as for concerts and track meets, and the occasional Greek national team match.

rodrigorc

August 10th, 2012, 01:09 PM

Fonte Nova Stadium - Salvador, BA, BRA

It was the beginning of the demolition process, you can check how it is now at this link below.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=973400&page=8

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1330/4722460818_08ccf30b3f_b.jpg

Rev Stickleback

August 10th, 2012, 01:51 PM

GEwinnen

August 10th, 2012, 07:47 PM

The former stadium of Bundesliga club Schalke 04, built in 1973 for the WC 1974 in Germany, in use till 2001.

It is almost completely demolished:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8303/7753876352_ae16a4675c_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8428/7753884472_99bfd1b69f_c.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/7753879958_6b662b6736_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8295/7753873366_26a01a7de1_c.jpg

http://www.s04-thomasberg-bennert.de/assets/images/parkstadion_6.jpg

The ground will be converted into 4 training pitches and a small stadium with 10,000 places.

notbugme

August 11th, 2012, 01:43 AM

wow, what a waste. looks like a great stadium

Phildrik

August 13th, 2012, 03:32 PM

So sad to see some of these great ol girls empty. Isn't there a massive old stadium in Prague that doesn't get used anymore

Luigi742

August 13th, 2012, 04:47 PM

So sad to see some of these great ol girls empty. Isn't there a massive old stadium in Prague that doesn't get used anymore

You mean the one with 9 football pitches in it? That one is still used for concerts.

amq55

August 13th, 2012, 09:21 PM

Salgueiros SC was once known as the 3rd best club in Porto, Portugal, behind Boavista and FC Porto.
They had a simple 11000 capacity stadium built in the 1930's, called Vidal Pinheiro Stadium.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7tsmgYAv2ao/StyvCFMDPtI/AAAAAAAAZuk/wkrjNn0oStY/s1600/2000%2B(1).jpg

They then decided to build a new stadium not too far away, near a park named Arca d'Água. The location was great (near a highway and a park) and the terrain was donated by Porto City Hall to the club in 1997. The total capacity was to be of 12.000. In the meantime, the old stadium was demolished.

http://loveporto.com/salgueiros/3.JPG

http://loveporto.com/salgueiros/12.JPG

http://loveporto.com/salgueiros/7.JPG

However, somehow they failed to realize that Arca d'Agua park had a natural lake and when construction started, water started sprouting from the ground. They had made foundation works on top of the water table and even though they spent over a year trying to remove it, it just kept coming and the construction was abandoned.

The club eventually suffered consecutive relegations and folded in 2006. The terrain was sold off to a phantom real estate agency and that's it. Now it's just a massive lake, filled with vegetation. At first, kids would swim and old people would fish, but with time, it just got so full of plants that it had to be fenced and now, nothing happens and there are no plans to refurbish it. The locals now call it Salgueiros Lake.

http://assets.vice.com/content-images/contentimage/no-slug/9dfd617cbb8ddf29baaa59d3fb847d49.jpg

http://assets.vice.com/content-images/contentimage/no-slug/c0d5ea0278721bfe1d83b5666129368f.jpg

http://assets.vice.com/content-images/contentimage/no-slug/ad8a5a48b8244b3cede46dd4f5487fb6.jpg

As for the old stadium, after it was demolished, a part of it was bought by the Porto Metro company and made an underground station next to the field, where some sheds stood for some years. The other part is owned by a real estate company who want to build a residential block, but is in legal problems with City Hall.

All that remains there now is a synthetic pitch, used for training by the newco team, Salgueiros 08, and a stand of the old stadium, marked with a graffiti that says "Modern Football was here."

http://www.jn.pt/Storage/JN/2010/big/ng1398106.jpg

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/8400/fotografia0487.jpg

http://fotos.sapo.pt/velhaguarda/pic/000az6kh/s500x500

http://ipt.olhares.com/data/big/412/4120992.jpg

I live and studied quite close to these two abandoned stadiums, so it touches me.

Phildrik

August 14th, 2012, 09:34 AM

You mean the one with 9 football pitches in it? That one is still used for concerts.

I remember reading it seated like 250k people, but you would be so far from any action to see anything..

Scba

August 14th, 2012, 04:59 PM

Is that an elevator? Where does it go to?

amq55

August 14th, 2012, 06:07 PM

Is that an elevator? Where does it go to?

It goes to the underground subway station that was built some years ago.

Commandant

August 18th, 2012, 04:25 PM

Memorial Field, Mount Vernon, New York (images courtesy of Rob Yasinsac (http://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/hvarch/memorial.html) from Hudson Valley Ruins (http://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/))

http://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/hvarch/memorial12.jpghttp://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/hvarch/memorial01.jpghttp://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/hvarch/memorial14.jpghttp://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/hvarch/memorial02.jpghttp://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/hvarch/memorial04.jpghttp://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/hvarch/memorial05.jpghttp://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/hvarch/memorial08.jpghttp://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/hvarch/memorial06.jpghttp://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/hvarch/memorial07.jpghttp://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/hvarch/memorial11.jpghttp://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/hvarch/memorial13.jpghttp://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/hvarch/memorial09.jpg

Darloeye

August 23rd, 2012, 07:08 PM

http://audioboo.fm/boos/896982-what-is-the-future-for-the-darlington-arena
Bit more information about Darlington Arena.

Its also being used has a Top Gear Test Track.
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9888411._Boy_racers__turned_out_to_be_Top_Gear_stars__says_Darlington_PCSO_called_to_Arena/?ref=ms

RMB2007

October 6th, 2012, 07:46 PM

AMI Stadium

From belted on Flickr:

http://s13.postimage.org/tpiw1drjb/7805188254_90f0580c2c_b.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51025543@N06/7805188254/

Double Duty

October 22nd, 2012, 12:59 PM

Fascinating Photos of Abandoned Olympic Sites Around the World

by Claire Cottrell. Posted on 3:30 pm Monday Aug 13, 2012

The Storefront for Art & Architecture, our favorite Little Italy-adjacent nonprofit organization, has organized a photo exhibition exploring the post-Olympic city. Answering the question, what happens to a city after the Olympics are gone, the show features The Olympic City project, an ongoing collaboration between photographer Jon Pack and indie filmmaker Gary Hustwit of Helvetica design docu fame.

As the show’s catalog states, “some former Olympic sites are retrofitted and used in ways that belie their grand beginnings; turned into prisons, housing, malls, gyms, churches. Others sit unused for decades and become tragic time capsules.” We’re as horrified as we are fascinated by the fact that billions of dollars are spent every two years only to see such a sad — sometimes bizarre — fate. From abandoned Olympic villages to crumbling public art commissions, click through to check out the very best of Olympic ruin porn. Then let us know in the comments what you think about such a temporary extravagance. Should cities re-think the Olympics? Will London’s flashy stadiums look like this one day?

2008 Beach Volleyball Stadium — Beijing, China
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Image credit: David Gray via The Atlantic

2008 Kayaking Venue — Beijing, China
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Image credit: David Gray via The Atlantic

2004 Olympic Sports Complex — Athens, Greece
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Athens-2011-008.jpeg
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Athens-2011-007.jpeg
Image credit: Jamie McGregor Smith via It’s Nice That

2004 Helliniko Olympic Softball Stadium — Athens, Greece
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http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Athens-2011-018.jpeg
Image credit: Jamie McGregor Smith via It’s Nice That

1984 Luge and Bobsleigh Track — Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_5778.jpeg
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_58071.jpeg
Image credit: Karen Barlow via cloudlessness

1984 Olympic Ski Jump Venue — Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_5906.jpeg
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_59021.jpeg
Image credit: Karen Barlow via cloudlessness

1952 Olympics Swimming Stadium — Lake Ahvenisto, Finland
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/5015811108_9f21152dfc_z-600x400.jpg
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/5015203127_04170b7d09_b-600x400.jpg
Image credit: Höök

gigito_13

October 25th, 2012, 08:41 PM

Estadio 1°de Maio in Braga it was the Home stadium of SC Braga betwen 1950 to 2003 wen was abandoned until this year now is the Home stadium of SC Braga B since June

Old foto
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7tsmgYAv2ao/RcN43IJuRhI/AAAAAAAAAbc/7c8XEPs5U-A/s400/Estadio+1%C2%BA+Maio+3.jpg

Actual condition
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7tsmgYAv2ao/RcN3PoJuRZI/AAAAAAAAAac/OQG70dj3z5M/s400/Estadio+1%C2%BA+Maio+5.jpghttp://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/a7367fc4-27bc-476e-987a-9aae3f6f4cb9.jpghttp://c1.quickcachr.fotos.sapo.pt/i/bf10588d7/7636368_fyKzK.jpeg

SWN2011

October 26th, 2012, 01:20 AM

http://www.ultimadivisao.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/USP.jpg

dande

October 26th, 2012, 10:33 AM

Sarajevo olympic venues are not empty nor abandoned by choice, they were distroyed in the war.

dinamo_zagreb

October 26th, 2012, 04:34 PM

a1984 Luge and Bobsleigh Track — Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_5778.jpeg
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_58071.jpeg

1984 Olympic Ski Jump Venue — Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_5906.jpeg
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_59021.jpeg

Those were destroyed during the war (1992-1995) as many other facilities, like Zetra Olympic Hall (main hall) - it was renovated in 1997 I think with huge help from late Mr Juan Antonio Samaranch, whom it is called after.
There are many projects to renovate those facilities above, but my country does not have money, any money I would say, and we have awesome geographical and natural conditions to have great success in winter sports.

P.S. If there was not that damn war in 1990's, these facilities would have been used non-stop and Sarajevo would have been Ski world cup host on yearly basis, as like as bob and sleigh competitions. :(

swifty78

October 27th, 2012, 04:45 AM

PAO13

October 27th, 2012, 08:28 PM

2004 Olympic Sports Complex — Athens, Greece
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Athens-2011-008.jpeg
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Athens-2011-007.jpeg
Image credit: Jamie McGregor Smith via It’s Nice That

Why on earth is this posted here? :nuts:

dinamo_zagreb

October 27th, 2012, 09:25 PM

^^ that was the first thing that came to mind with me. I remembered seeing an article on tv once showing all the highlights from the olympics and how a decade later the war destroyed a lot of facilities.

Yes, almost everything was destroyed... there was a tribute to Sarajevo at winter Olympics in Lillehammer... only Olympic hall was renovated and I would say, based on pics, it looks better than now, but everything else is still untouched... good news is that next season some official skiing competitions will be held in Sarajevo so there are some moves forward. :banana:

netgear67

October 28th, 2012, 03:26 PM

Slovenian ex national and Olimpija Ljubljana stadium BEŽIGRAD LJUBLJANA

PAST:

DBoAIYZEJT0

IiUmeFaGm6s

http://cdn1.siol.net/sn/img/09/096/633746317973565660_stadion1.jpg
source: siol.net

http://www.delo.si/assets/media/picture/iman/2005_09/sz5_stadion_bezigrad_matej_druznik.jpg
source: delo.si

http://www.mladina.si/media/www/slike.old/clanki/200540/stadion_bezigrad_ici_display.jpg
source: mladina.si

http://cdn1.siol.net/sn/img/11/264/634521905024313650_bezigrad01_sportida.jpg
source: siol.net

http://cdn1.siol.net/sn/img/11/264/634521906145818726_bezigrad12_sportida.jpg
source: siol.net

PRESENT:

http://cdn1.siol.net/sn/img/11/264/634521917820087745_bor__bezigrad_centralni_stadion_09.jpg
source: siol.net

http://cdn1.siol.net/sn/img/11/264/634521906634386073_bezigrad18_vp.jpg
source: siol.net

FUTURE:

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source: szlj.si

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soure:szlj.si

http://www.gmp-architekten.com/typo3temp/pics/093a7471b%207.jpg
source: siol.net

bigchrisfgb

October 28th, 2012, 11:10 PM

It goes to the underground subway station that was built some years ago.So could the land not host a proper entrance to the station instead with cafe's, bars etc?

amq55

October 29th, 2012, 12:56 AM

So could the land not host a proper entrance to the station instead with cafe's, bars etc?

The people that own the bit next to the station want to build a residencial building, like the ones in the background, but they can't get permits from City Hall. I assume if you wanted to build something else in that bit, you'd face the same problems.

bd popeye

November 28th, 2012, 03:00 PM

From China...

http://i.imgur.com/dGosI.png (http://imgur.com/dGosI)

RMB2007

December 12th, 2012, 02:03 AM

Nene Park is currently unused. Shame, 'cause it's actually a really good stadium:

http://imageshack.us/a/img221/2784/airwairstandview.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img685/6186/northstand.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img836/2877/southstand.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img401/4793/rdfc.jpg

Lumbergo

December 12th, 2012, 02:52 AM

Why is it abandoned? Looks like a good ground.

RMB2007

December 12th, 2012, 03:11 AM

Why is it abandoned? Looks like a good ground.

It was the home of Rushden & Diamonds F.C., but they went out of business. Kettering Town then played there, however, they've now moved out due to the costs of running Nene Park.

jackass94

December 12th, 2012, 05:58 AM

Saturn stadium, Russia. the home team doesn't exist anymore so it's empty now. Fortunately, it is still kept in good condition and Anzhi were managed to play here one Europa League game (because they are forbidden by UEFA to play in Dagestan)

http://www.montage.ru/projects/sport/1/1.jpg

http://www.saturn-fc.ru/images/stadiumsaturn2006.jpg

http://fratria.ru/downontour/russia/rama/stadium.jpg

http://img0.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/b/3/8/318/8318024_2007_11110112.JPG

RMB2007

February 3rd, 2013, 04:58 AM

Northwich Victoria's former ground:

In 2006 the club moved to play at The Victoria Stadium in Wincham. The stadium was opened by Sir Alex Ferguson. The stadium saw some success, before in January 2012 chairman Jim Rushe failed to purchase the ground. Chemical manufacturer Thor Specialities Ltd, who neighbour the ground bought the premises and subsequently evicted the football club.

The Victoria Stadium now lies redundant and unused, whilst the club groundshare with Stafford Rangers at Marston Road, Stafford.

http://imageshack.us/a/img834/8425/p1050702g.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img259/3880/p1050658.jpg

TEBC

February 3rd, 2013, 08:04 AM

nice

olos88

February 3rd, 2013, 09:30 AM

Wasted stadiums in Slovakia:
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Cubo99

February 3rd, 2013, 04:29 PM

Štadión za Starým mostom (Bratislava, Slovakia)

http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af68/Kubo_Krajcovic/6916895_zps89342820.jpg

http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af68/Kubo_Krajcovic/stadiony3_zpsacc757f2.jpg

Stadium was here more than 100 years....now it is demolished and any fucked bussines center will be there....

Leedsrule

February 3rd, 2013, 05:35 PM

Northwich Victoria's former ground:

http://imageshack.us/a/img834/8425/p1050702g.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img259/3880/p1050658.jpg

What a waste.

1708

February 4th, 2013, 01:31 AM

When Tele2 Arena opens, this beauty will become empty. All "thanks" to UEFA regulations and lots of retrogressive people. Djurgårdens IF is now forced to move south of Stockholm (Origin the only club that doesn't play in the suburbs).

Stockholm Olympic Stadium:

http://www.husarviken.se/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Stockholms_Olympiastadion.jpg

http://www.phillysoccerpage.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Stockholm-Olympic-Stadium-the-first-game.png

Could have been this:
http://dpag.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/stadionombyggd.jpg

dinamo_zagreb

February 6th, 2013, 12:05 AM

Djurgardens played their European games at this stadium?

This Nortwich stadium's destiny is horrible, terryfing. I would eat elephant's shit to have such a stand (no matter this seaed or terraced) at my club's stadium

Nikola10

February 8th, 2013, 08:40 AM

Red85

February 11th, 2013, 10:17 AM

dinamo_zagreb

February 11th, 2013, 12:46 PM

I just asked if Djurgardens played their European games at this stadium.

If not, than = UEFA has nothing to do with Djurgardens move from this historical venue.

And as for my stadium. :lol::lol:

I don't even mention it as I get embarrassed when someone mention it. :ohno:

And, before mentioned organization - UEFA - should ban Dinamo from playing there, that would maybe do something to force City to build new one.

@ nikola
Imagine then what would I do to see my local, second league club, getting stand like this. :nuts:

1772

February 14th, 2013, 04:53 PM

The Stockholms Stadion will not be abandoned, just not a place for professional football. The stadium will be used for other events.

CougarRed

February 18th, 2013, 07:47 PM

The Eighth Wonder of the World sits abondoned, empty and decaying not far from the new Reliant Stadium.

There was a plan to renovate the Astrodome when Houston was bidding for the 2012 Olympic games about a decade ago. Then there were plans to turn it into a hotel which went nowhere.

Harris County is still paying off the 1987 renovations demanded by Houston Oilers owner Bud Adams.

The Astrodome served as the home for the Houston Astros, Houston Oilers, Houston Cougar college football team and the Houston Rodeo for nearly 35 years. The first indoor baseball and football games were played there. Artificial turf was introduced there.

The Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan & Elvis Presley played there, among many others. In 1968, the Game of the Century (#2 Houston vs. #1 UCLA) in college basketball was played there as well as the 1971 Final Four. The Battle of the Sexes (Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King) was played there. Muhammed Ali fought there 4 times, including the famous Ernie Terrell "What's my name?" bout. Evil Kneivel jumped there. It was the site for the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl game. The 1968 and 1986 Major League All-Star games were played there.

It was home to Hall of Famers like Nolan Ryan and Earl Campbell. And Heisman winner Andre Ware.

It was a pitcher's park in baseball with a huge outfield. In football, it sat 50,000 until 1987 when the famous scoreboard was removed and 10,000 seats were added. It was considered such a home field advantage for the University of Houston when it joined the Southwest Conference in 1971 that the University of Texas, Texas A&M and Arkansas demanded that their first SWC road football games at UH (played in 1976-77) would be held at Rice Stadium.

The Astrodome was owned by Harris County, and was a multi-purpose facility. Both of these things conspired against it. The owners of the Astros and Oilers eventually wanted to:

1. Own their own stadiums (i.e., not have to pay rent, make additional money from parking, concessions, suite sales, renting out for concerts, etc.), and

2. Have a stadium dedicated to their sport.

Bud Adams tried to get a downtown stadium built for the Oilers, but his ultimate remedy was to move the team to Nasheville.

The end result is that Houston ended up building Minute Maid Park (formerly Enron Field) in downtown Houston for the Astros in 2000, and Reliant Stadium for the new Houston Texans franchise in 2002. The Rodeo now uses Reliant as its main venue.

The University of Houston moved back to campus in 1999 (to Robertson Stadium), and has recently demolished that stadium to build a brand new campus football stadium. (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=97113639&postcount=79)

http://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/files/2012/01/HI_J0094.jpg

http://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/image_lg/di_04452.jpg

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http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID22079/images/astrodome-scoreboard.jpg

http://ricedesignalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/vfiles21563.jpg

http://thompsonian.info/astros-1st-pitch-in-astrodome-1-small.JPG

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g90/ignacio713/ryan.jpg?t=1214125714

http://www.corbisimages.com/images/Corbis-AX002435.jpg?size=67&uid=3d6c59c0-8613-43d2-b091-8516f462d087

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