What is in your opinion the ugliest stadium ever built?

My list of ugliest stadiums:
-New Soilder Field, Chicago
-Red Bull Stadium, New Jersey
-safeco field, seattle
-the cookie cutter baseball stadiums in japan
-all the euro soccer stadiums with roofs and the squared off corners

Candlestick Park, San Fransico

http://football.ballparks.com/NFL/SanFrancisco49ers/interior.jpg

http://i50.************/70gd28.jpg

Ullevi stadium, gothenburg sweden

Råsunda, Stockholm
Maksimir, Zagreb
Stade Velodrome, Marseille

Ataturk
http://imagecache.soccerway.com/venues/600x450/1361.jpg

Maksimir
http://www.balon-foto.com/upload/sites/671/335758/files/sportski_objekti/maksimir-_dinamov_stadion_10_08-10-08.jpg

Color Line Stadion (Aalesund, Norway). The stadium opened in 2005, but it looks horrible. The seats are split up into several tiers with only a few rows, all stands have supporting pillars, tons of exposed concrete, artificial grass, etc...

http://www.stadionsiden.com/stadiums/Color_line/Color/DSCN7031.jpg

http://www.stadionsiden.com/stadiums/Color_line/Color/DSCN7056.jpg

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-all the euro soccer stadiums with roofs and the squared off corners

What?? :nuts:

Those are the best stadiums in the world!!!!

Tropicana Field-

http://www.raysofsummer.com/images/tropicana_field_tampa_bay_rays.jpg

http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/tb/images/ballpark/y2007/panoramic_581x386.jpg

Metrodome-

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2006/0908/travel_mnf_g_metrodome_740.jpg

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0730/metrodome_580.jpg

Superdome-

http://www.riverbendrealty.net/superdome_day.gif

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2387/1867089794_28300b323f.jpg

Oakland Coliseum-

http://twoguysandamap.com/art/mcafee_3.jpg

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0509/OAK_71804370_580.jpg

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0730/mcafee_580.jpg

-all the euro soccer stadiums with roofs and the squared off corners
Why are those so ugly in your opinion? In most european countries you really need a roof to protect you against the rain, and sometimes even the sun. Those squared off corners are there because most of the stadiums are expended a lot off times during a long period. Most stadiums are built on the field the club was founded on. In my opinion it gives a hystorical and unique touch to those stadiums wich gives them a unique vibe, thats what makes a stadium beautifull in my opinion.

A unique stadium which really belongs to one clubs is in my opinion way more beautifull then a stadium which could belong to any club.

Why are those so ugly in your opinion? In most european countries you really need a roof to protect you against the rain, and sometimes even the sun. Those squared off corners are there because most of the stadiums are expended a lot off times during a long period. Most stadiums are built on the field the club was founded on. In my opinion it gives a hystorical and unique touch to those stadiums wich gives them a unique vibe, thats what makes a stadium beautifull in my opinion.


Many US college stadiums have been expanded many times and are just as old as the old euro stadiums and they are architecturally much better looking.

I love the Oakland Coliseum, something about it appeals to me...

@weava: I think College stadiums are mostly disgusting, bleachers and what not.

Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil
http://colunas.globoesporte.com/files/158/2008/04/morumbi.jpg

Anacleto Campanella, São Caetano do Sul, Brazil
http://imagecache.soccerway.com/venues/600x450/2609.jpg

Bezerão, Brasília, Brazil
http://img.estadao.com.br/fotos/6A/90/6B/6A906BAE0FA24495B31064EB3D097D26.jpg

Lots of people like the Superdome but I've always found it particularly awful.

Not sure what the architects of Tropicana Field had in mind.

Oakland Coliseum was nice originally, now it sucks something fierce.

I'm actually fond of Råsunda and the Velodrome.

Many US college stadiums have been expanded many times and are just as old as the old euro stadiums and they are architecturally much better looking.

I know, I wasn't comparing them to US stadiums anyway.
Why are they so much better in your opinion? In most cases both european and US stadiums are architecturally really bad, but the history makes them beautifull. Also there is a big culteral difference in the game it is made for, and the way we approach a sports game, so there are also big differences in what we expect a stadium to look like. What it is that makes you define european soccer stadiums as the most ugly stadiums? And what is so bad about the roofs?

@Dexter Morgan, what's so wrong with roofs and circles? I guess that's what you hated about the ones you posted (all of which I found appealing, by the way). And I'm guessing it's because they go against the American tradition of "no roofs for football" and "triangle stands for baseball". If that's the reason, then it's a matter of tradition, and that's the same reason why Europeans love square, roofed, multi-tiered grounds (I loved that "Color Line" Norwegian stadium, by the way; only bad thing are the supporting columns).

Here's a recently demolished one that was hideous, the Doble Visera belonging to CA Independiente, Argentina:
http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/11/06/thumb/t075dh01.jpg
Note that in Latin America most clubs are happy just to have a stadium and don't focus in design unless it's really necessary (either it's too small or it's too ugly).

Regards.

Behold the mighty Taylor Field, Regina, Saskatchewan

http://www.regina.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=440
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xnZi4wKnMtc/SQTWElEfyKI/AAAAAAAAA7g/A7mcIMXGdj0/s400/MosaicIMG_5021Regina.jpg
http://www.jordoncooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/800pxSaskatchewan_Regina_Mosaic_Stadium_Home_of_the_Roughriders_1581827181.jpg

Behold the mighty Taylor Field, Regina, Saskatchewan

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Wow, it looks like we found the winner!!!! :banana:

And what is so bad about the roofs?

Its because those roofs are huge and ugly. Like that san siro has the ugliest one of them all, those huge trusses are just bulky and make the stadiums look industrial. Stadiums like old trafford are uninviting and depressing looking with all the sun blocked out. A slinder, lightweight looking roof such as soccer city looks good and doesn't make the stadium look dark.

There's some hope for Regina and Saskatchewan, in that they are proposing to build a new 33,000-38,000 retractable roofed stadium, with room to expand to 50,000 for major events.

Its because those roofs are huge and ugly. Like that san siro has the ugliest one of them all, those huge trusses are just bulky and make the stadiums look industrial. Stadiums like old trafford are uninviting and depressing looking with all the sun blocked out. A slinder, lightweight looking roof such as soccer city looks good and doesn't make the stadium look dark.

As a fellow North American I would say I used to agree with you. For a long most Euro stadiums would roofs looked dark and cold and their roofs often aren't things of beauty (though this is beginning to change). However, now I after looking at them more and more I have kind of gotten use to them and even sometime look at stadiums without them as looking somewhat naked.

I think the best middle ground is a perhaps a roof that is elegant and stylistic like many of the new ones are but many of the old roofs are probably worse then having no roof at all from an aesthetic POV.

Nevermind weava, he's the new Ganis. Just look at his other posts, they speak for themselves. He's more or less constantly bitching about Europe or roofs or something.

and "triangle stands for baseball"

Triangle stands?

Kyle Field
Texas A&M University

http://www.prisontalk.com/photoplog/images/1/1_df-kylefield-1b_copy.jpg

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/1293/cs1192427299248476.jpg

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/374/2779386989398cecb01o927.jpg

It's true ugliness is seen up close though. Their fans are always complaining about the concrete that is stained by bat feces.

Behold the mighty Taylor Field, Regina, Saskatchewan

http://www.regina.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=440
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xnZi4wKnMtc/SQTWElEfyKI/AAAAAAAAA7g/A7mcIMXGdj0/s400/MosaicIMG_5021Regina.jpg
http://www.jordoncooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/800pxSaskatchewan_Regina_Mosaic_Stadium_Home_of_the_Roughriders_1581827181.jpg

Careful mate, Rider fans, which I am one of, LOVE this stadium and think it is one of the most beautiful in the WORLD. Our only wish is to see the main stand extended around! Imagine that!

I know its down to a severe lack of space in which to build but I've always thought Bradford's Valley Parade looked awful with the side hacked off the Main Stand

http://tims92.webs.com/Bradford%20City/Valley%20Parade%20Panoramic%202.jpg

the winner
Taylor Field, Regina, Saskatchewan

I don't think so :D

Taylor Field is bad. CanadInns Stadium in Winnipeg is equally wretched.




http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/north_america/canada/manitoba/winnipeg_canad_inns1.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/76/220210775_bacb195990.jpg?v=0

To be fair alot of the stadiums in this list could equally be described as beautiful but that last one (Taylor Field) is a bit of a shocker...

Taylor Field looks utterly fantastic when it's full of people; I could imagine a great atmosphere building up in that huge stand. When it's empty though, well...let's just say it's fine in this thread.

Fritz Walter stadion (Kaiserslautern), fantastic atmosphere but such an awful design


http://www.fussballportal.de/images/wm/1662681.jpg

http://www.smart-travel-germany.com/image-files/kaiserslauternstadium_large.jpg

http://www.wallmueller.de/images/FritzWalterStadion6.jpg

http://www.kaeufer.de/images/dachbefahranlagen/kaiserslautern2.jpg

http://data68.sevenload.com/slcom/je/ut/kjkrkc/tjwcoonspmh.jpg~/Der-Betze-Fritz-Walter-Stadion-in-Kaiserslautern.jpg

http://www.ulitesch.de/FCN-Fan/wm-stadien/Fritz-Walter-Stadion(Kaiserslautern).jpg

http://www.wldcup.com/pictures/wld2006/stadium/kaiserslautern-out.jpg

^^
I love that rain gutters system!! So classic.

Kyle Field

It's true ugliness is seen up close though. Their fans are always complaining about the concrete that is stained by bat feces.
leave it to a teasip to bag on the Aggies... :ohno:

I can't believe somebody has put forward the fritz walter, it's an immense stadium.

Agreed.Great stadium.

Taylor Field is bad. CanadInns Stadium in Winnipeg is equally wretched.




http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/north_america/canada/manitoba/winnipeg_canad_inns1.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/76/220210775_bacb195990.jpg?v=0

Every stadium in the CFL could be on this list. Thank god there seems to be a stadium construction boom coming in the next 5 years.

So ugly! They all win!

A lot of Eastern-European stadiums still look like this, so i think they shouldn't be left out of this thread. These stadiums are really competing with some of those nasty U.S. college arenas.:lol:
The one in this photo is Stadion Gradski, Serbia, but i think the name and the location is not so important, as you can find hundreds of such arenas in all Central and Eastern European countries, built practically after the same construction plans: Just dig a big hole, pour a layer of concrete around it, and then leave it to rotten for a few decades, and there you have it...a commie style stadium.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/sr/thumb/8/86/Stadion_Subotica_Spartak.jpg/800px-Stadion_Subotica_Spartak.jpg

My list of ugliest stadiums:
all the euro soccer stadiums with roofs and the squared off corners

I take exception to that. One of the most beautiful and highly spec'd stadia in the world must be Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.
http://www.inthestands.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Arsenal-Emirates-Stadium-London-General_1055266.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Emirates_Stadium_Night_-_East_side_-_Composite.jpg/800px-Emirates_Stadium_Night_-_East_side_-_Composite.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_72ZuFHrJHrE/SfeSlvVdlFI/AAAAAAAABOA/bb5aOxJEiRE/S660/73696200emirates.jpg

Apologies for posting good pictures in this thread.:bash:

Ataturk
http://imagecache.soccerway.com/venues/600x450/1361.jpg

You've got to be fuckin' kidding me, that stadium is beatiful. It's just sucks because it's impractical, but aesthetically its great.

Ataturk stadium is a world class stadium. One of my favorites. It has definitely nothing to do on this thread.:bash:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OvhjHS5EG6U/RuYzdCavO5I/AAAAAAAAAGE/SsmmU1iql-U/s400/Atat%C3%BCrk_Olympic_Stadium.jpg

That stadium looks good and isn't the type of stadium I was refering to.

Thats ok then :lol:

I take exception to that. One of the most beautiful and highly spec'd stadia in the world must be Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.

Apologies for posting good pictures in this thread.:bash:

That stadium looks good and isn't the type of stadium I was refering to.

That stadium looks good and isn't the type of stadium I was refering to.

Apparently I can read your mind:weird:

Apparently I can read your mind:weird:

That is a round stadium, I guess I didn't make it clear I was refering to the squared off stadiums where there are no seats in the corners so you have 4 seperate stands with seperate roofs that make them seem darker.

That is a round stadium, I guess I didn't make it clear I was refering to the squared off stadiums where there are no seats in the corners so you have 4 seperate stands with seperate roofs that make them seem darker.

How does a squared off stand(with no seats in the corners) make a stadium seem darker than a round one???:dunno:
The stadium would get really dark if a few 100 people in front of you would suddenly open their umbrellas. It would be so dark that you wouldn't even see the game anymore.:lol:

http://www.stadiumguide.com/jjb1.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/38761821_b2aa19c8a3.jpg

Its because those roofs are huge and ugly. Like that san siro has the ugliest one of them all, those huge trusses are just bulky and make the stadiums look industrial. Stadiums like old trafford are uninviting and depressing looking with all the sun blocked out. A slinder, lightweight looking roof such as soccer city looks good and doesn't make the stadium look dark.

:nuts: Jesus, you're a moron.

^^

Why should you choose an ugly roof, like on the San Siro,......
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Tifo_San_Siro.jpg/800px-Tifo_San_Siro.jpg

...if you can enjoy a nice football game on an inviting, firendly stadium, with no roof, just sunshine...:lol: :lol:
http://coachesaid.com/Content/ContentImages/Rain-at-Football-Game.jpg

^^

Why should you choose an ugly roof, like on the San Siro,......
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Tifo_San_Siro.jpg/800px-Tifo_San_Siro.jpg

...if you can enjoy a nice football game on an inviting, firendly stadium, with no roof, just sunshine...:lol: :lol:
http://coachesaid.com/Content/ContentImages/Rain-at-Football-Game.jpg

games in the rain or snow are always the most memorable, so yes i would chose the weather over a roof :banana: I've been to an NFL game with -12 F wind chill (-24C) and I would chose that over a dome any day of the week. The Tuck rule game in the snow was by far one of the most popular football games of the last decade and the most memorable high school game I ever went to had heavy fog, you couldn't even see the other side of the field.

Lets please not turn this into a roof conversation

games in the rain or snow are always the most memorable, so yes i would chose the weather over a roof :banana: I've been to an NFL game with -12 F wind chill (-24C) and I would chose that over a dome any day of the week. The Tuck rule game in the snow was by far one of the most popular football games of the last decade and the most memorable high school game I ever went to had heavy fog, you couldn't even see the other side of the field.

U know, most stadiums with roofs actually allow snow and rain to fall to the pitch, its only the spectators who get some protection from the elements.

http://www.german-info.com/images/german_images/Bundesliga-in-snow-large.jpg

If sitting rugged up in a huge puffy jacket and gloves while saturated wet and shivering for 2hrs is your thing, then thats cool, but personally I would find that about as enjoyable as pissing out a big gallstone.

Yanks love watching sporting the elements so they can say they're "real" fans. In reality, three of their sports are either played indoors (bball and ice hockey) or mostly in summer (baseball) and the only sport they brave the cold, (American football) the sport often barely goes for an hour, and they get seats (especially in nfl games) Psh! Try having to stand in the blinding rain and hail for two and a half to three hours.

Anyway staying on topic I don't think grounds where the corners aren't covered and where there are four separate stands are ugly. Europe do some of the best stadiums. IMO, some of the most ugliest stadiums are the indoor blocks in the US for indoor sports and Eastern European stadiums, especially old ones. Blegh, glad that E Europe is getting some tournaments.

^

a football game lasting an hour? lmao..never.

NFL games average 3.30 hours and college 4

IMO in Europe, the award could go to the Stade du Pays de Charleroi (Belgium), especially when it had its ridiculous 3-level grandstand:

http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/4264/fil2624.jpghttp://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8563/119hk.jpghttp://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6772/capturedcran20100309074.jpg
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/2052/4898englandcopiei.jpg

I can't believe somebody has put forward the fritz walter, it's an immense stadium.

Like I wrote, fantastic atmosphere but the overall design is a disaster.

^

a football game lasting an hour? lmao..never.

NFL games average 3.30 hours and college 4

So given that the playing time has to be hour at min two hours max what the hell are they doing for the other 1.5 to 2 hours?

Anyway considering many nfl games has seating it's not as hard as standing in the driving rain.

How on earth is Fritz Walter ugly? Its awesome venue.

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/2052/4898englandcopiei.jpg

I may be imagining this, but wasn't this stand changed for or after the Euro's (2000?)...where during so it was "complete" as it were?

Yanks love watching sporting the elements so they can say they're "real" fans. In reality, three of their sports are either played indoors (bball and ice hockey) or mostly in summer (baseball) and the only sport they brave the cold, (American football) the sport often barely goes for an hour, and they get seats (especially in nfl games) Psh! Try having to stand in the blinding rain and hail for two and a half to three hours.

Anyway staying on topic I don't think grounds where the corners aren't covered and where there are four separate stands are ugly. Europe do some of the best stadiums. IMO, some of the most ugliest stadiums are the indoor blocks in the US for indoor sports and Eastern European stadiums, especially old ones. Blegh, glad that E Europe is getting some tournaments.

Jesus Christ youre stupid.

I mean come on man. Is that mindless dribble all you got?

^

a football game lasting an hour? lmao..never.

NFL games average 3.30 hours and college 4

Of course it lasts over 3 hours. Just look at those guys, they hold a committee meeting after each tackle.:nuts: It's no wonder that producing commercial spots for the Super Bowl has become more of a sporting competition, than the game itself. It gives at least people something to enjoy during those 3 hours of intense athletic effort.:nuts:

I may be imagining this, but wasn't this stand changed for or after the Euro's (2000?)...where during so it was "complete" as it were?

As far as I know they cut the top tier off the stand in the back ground and dropped the roof

From this:

http://www.footballgroundsofengland.co.uk/images/Charleroi.jpg

To this:

http://euro.stades.ch/Charleroi-17_500x375.JPG

Didn't make it anymore complete due to the lack of space around it to build. Jugding by the supports at each side, it wasn't that difficult to drop the roof (actually quite an impressive solution if I think about it although the stadium is still horrible)

http://www.thisblogrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/google-eart-stadium.jpg
http://www.thisblogrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/southaf-stadium.jpg
http://www.thisblogrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/south-af-stadium-2.jpg

I think we might have a winner :)

South Africa - Mmabatho Stadium

^^
WTF is that???
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::lol::lol::hahaha::hahaha:

Great job in finding the ugliest and weirdest stadium in the world!:okay::laugh:

BTW, what's the capacity of this arena? Looks like 500.000 or something.:lol:

Like I wrote, fantastic atmosphere but the overall design is a disaster.

That's my point, in your pictures you didn't post one that shows what the stadium actually looks like now from the interior. You posted a few exterior shots from odd angles, the roof and some old pictures.

Imho 1 tier stand that goes around three sides, with a two tiered main stand is excellent and it looks excellent, what a football stadium should look like, especially given the steepness of the stands! Aand I love the exterior, the roof could be better but beggars can't be chooser.

Here are some interior shots from the kaiserslautern thread!


[IMG]http://www.stadionwelt.de/sw_stadien/fotos/stadionguides/deutschland/fritz_walter_stadion/blick/blick_01.jpg

http://www.stadionwelt.de/sw_stadien/fotos/stadionguides/deutschland/fritz_walter_stadion/blick/blick_03.jpg

http://www.stadionwelt.de/sw_stadien/fotos/stadionguides/deutschland/fritz_walter_stadion/blick/blick_04.jpg

http://www.stadionwelt.de/sw_stadien/fotos/stadionguides/deutschland/fritz_walter_stadion/blick/blick_09.jpg

What about this one?
Floating stadium in Singapore.

http://domfernando.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/singapore_floating_stadium_01.jpg

Making a sliding tackle on the edges of this pitch could end up in a refreshing bath.:lol:
http://domfernando.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/singapore_floating_stadium_04.jpg

I take exception to that. One of the most beautiful and highly spec'd stadia in the world must be Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.
http://www.inthestands.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Arsenal-Emirates-Stadium-London-General_1055266.jpg

I actually find internal shots of the Emirates quite ugly. I think it's the way the "wave" of the top tier gets chopped off by the roofline. Cape Town Stadium has the same problem.

Not sure if I can get away with this as its no longer there

Civic Stadium (War Memorial Stadium) - Buffalo, New York

http://www.tripletonline.com/stadiums/WarMemorialStadium.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial001.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial003.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial011.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial014.jpg

I actually find internal shots of the Emirates quite ugly. I think it's the way the "wave" of the top tier gets chopped off by the roofline. Cape Town Stadium has the same problem.
Yeah I agree with you on this.

Not sure if I can get away with this as its no longer there

Civic Stadium (War Memorial Stadium) - Buffalo, New York

http://www.tripletonline.com/stadiums/WarMemorialStadium.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial001.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial003.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial011.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial014.jpg

Any stadium that was in The Natural is beautiful!

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^^

Why should you choose an ugly roof, like on the San Siro,......
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Tifo_San_Siro.jpg/800px-Tifo_San_Siro.jpg

...if you can enjoy a nice football game on an inviting, firendly stadium, with no roof, just sunshine...:lol: :lol:
http://coachesaid.com/Content/ContentImages/Rain-at-Football-Game.jpg
http://www.ultimatesportsboards.org/forums/img/smilies/spit.gifDid you really just compare San Siro to a high-school stadium?

Yanks love watching sporting the elements so they can say they're "real" fans. In reality, three of their sports are either played indoors (bball and ice hockey) or mostly in summer (baseball) and the only sport they brave the cold, (American football) the sport often barely goes for an hour, and they get seats (especially in nfl games) Psh! Try having to stand in the blinding rain and hail for two and a half to three hours.
It rains during American football season too, you know...

And most college stadiums have very few seats (mostly benches), and at most of those places fans stand for the entire game.

http://www.ultimatesportsboards.org/forums/img/smilies/spit.gifDid you really just compare San Siro to a high-school stadium?

If you would take 2 minutes to view the other posts, you will see why i did that.:bash:

It rains during American football season too, you know...

And most college stadiums have very few seats (mostly benches), and at most of those places fans stand for the entire game.

Don't bother...any opinion against roofs is obviously wrong and there's nothing anybody can say to prove otherwise. :ohno:

If you would take 2 minutes to view the other posts, you will see why i did that.:bash:

You dont make a lot of sense.

I think your limited knowledge on the subject is to blame.

You dont make a lot of sense.

I think your limited knowledge on the subject is to blame.

???:lol:
Yeah man, spot on!:cheers1:
Comparing the San Siro with that stadium was just a joke!:chill:(i suppose you know what a joke is...) And i did that because one of you guys, who has probably a lot more knowledge, than i have, said that the San Siro has an ugly roof, and that a stadium without a roof is much better, because it lets the sunshine in.:nuts: Are you such a moron, that i have to spell everything out for you?:ohno:

Lots of people like the Superdome but I've always found it particularly awful.

Not sure what the architects of Tropicana Field had in mind.

Oakland Coliseum was nice originally, now it sucks something fierce.

I'm actually fond of Råsunda and the Velodrome.

Same here...I'm not too fond of domes in general. The Silverdome where the Lions used to play is pretty meh.

???:lol:
Yeah man, spot on!:cheers1:
Comparing the San Siro with that stadium was just a joke!:chill:(i suppose you know what a joke is...) And i did that because one of you guys, who has probably a lot more knowledge, than i have, said that the San Siro has an ugly roof, and that a stadium without a roof is much better, because it lets the sunshine in.:nuts: Are you such a moron, that i have to spell everything out for you?:ohno:

You're really bad at this internet stuff. Please dont call me a moron.

Please dont call me a moron.

Sorry for that.:master:

Come to Belgium if you want to see ugly stadiums, heaven awaits you.

^^:lol::lol:

I think Belgium deserves an award for that ! :D

:runaway:

Come to Belgium if you want to see ugly stadiums, heaven awaits you.

Yes, but they do for sure have very steep tiers in Belgium, which is something nice.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the impressiveness that is Ottawa's partially demolished and currently nearly unused Frank Clair Stadium:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/mennnc1701/ottawa-090615-lansdowne-arial.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/mennnc1701/2067213100_24688070b8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/mennnc1701/dsc01791.jpg

Not sure if I can get away with this as its no longer there

Civic Stadium (War Memorial Stadium) - Buffalo, New York

http://www.tripletonline.com/stadiums/WarMemorialStadium.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial001.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial003.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial011.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial014.jpg

OHH, MY GOD!!!!:runaway:

Autostade, Montreal, PQ

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2001/2389966502_db0120677d_o.png

its a goog stadium .It's not ugly

^^ :yes: !

Weird indeed, but not ugly at all !!!

:hilarious

http://www.thisblogrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/google-eart-stadium.jpg
http://www.thisblogrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/southaf-stadium.jpg
http://www.thisblogrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/south-af-stadium-2.jpg

I think we might have a winner :)

South Africa - Mmabatho Stadium

Only holds 58,000 apparently, think its the winner thus far tho !

^^To me this seating configuration lookes way more confortable for athletics !

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia - Bergamo - Atalanta B.C. (24.726)

http://webstorage.mediaon.it/media/2006/11/STADIO_medium.jpg

http://www.bergamosera.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ospiti_1.jpg

Stadio Renato Dall'Ara - Bologna - Bologna F.C. (36.532)

http://xoomer.virgilio.it/redboys/stadi%202003/foto/dallara3.jpg

http://www.calcio-giocato.com/immagini/dallara.jpg

Stadio Sant'Elia - Cagliari - Cagliari Calcio (23.486)

http://www.sportlive.it/pictures/20100113/stadio_sant-elia.jpeg

http://unionesarda.ilsole24ore.com/foto/ArticoliFoto/236962.jpg

http://unionesarda.ilsole24ore.com/foto/ArticoliFoto/251608.jpg

Stadio Angelo Massimino - Catania - Calcio Catania (21.530)

http://www.paesietneioggi.net/images/curva%20sud%20stadio%20colorata%20di%20giallo.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/ITA/Angelo_Massimino.jpg

Stadio Artemio Franchi - Firenze - A.C.F. Fiorentina (47.415)

http://rugby1823.blogosfere.it/images/artemio_franchi_1_1024x768.jpg

http://www.mabra.it/4abst/dis/img/Stadio.jpg

Stadio Armando Picchi - Livorno - A.S. Livorno Calcio (19.238)

http://www.calciomercato.it/imagenes/original/NEWS_1238598735_picchi2.jpg

http://www.rockerbus.com/destinazioni/Livorno/Livorno-Stadio-Picchi/Foto/Armando_Picchi_A.jpg

Stadio San Paolo - Napoli - S.S.C. Napoli (60.240)

http://www.calciopro.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/san_paolo03.jpg

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/italy/campania/napoli_san_paolo1.jpg

http://www.riccardocassero.it/immagini/San%20Paolo%20panoramica%20da%20curva.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/i/stadiosanpaolofk5.jpg/

Montepaschi Arena - Siena - A.C. Siena (15.373)

http://www.tuttiallostadio.it/liga/siena%20stadio%205.jpg

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/8306007.jpg

http://www.siena1904.net/stadio/rastrello.jpg

Stadio Friuli - Udine - Udinese Calcio (30.667)

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/uploads/assets/spurs_body_image/away_grounds/udinese420a.jpg

http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Assets/Imgs/00_prometeo/stadio_friuli--400x300.jpg

THIS IS THE SITUATION OF THE STADIUMS OF THE SERIE A!!! :ohno:

That one in South Africa is the winner by far !

once again... not enough cricket stadiums represented...

auckland's eden park... mixed use between cricket and rugby.. and not really suiting either

has grown organically over a period of 30 or so years one stand at a time...

http://www.octa.co.nz/images/store1386/Image/images/Sports-Recreation/Eden-Park-Stands.jpg

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/3743/edenpark0166id.jpg

this is a bit of a eulogy though... as it's under redevelopment... the jury is still out as to how good it will be once finished (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=370041).

The Ultimate Ugly Stadiums : Maksimir and Ataturk Stadium


http://www.weddingmapper.com/photos/4/89/144353_l.jpg

http://borne-fct.nl/Fenerbahce%20-%20FCTwente%20sept09/P1090121b%20copy.jpg

How the hell is Ataturk ugly? Its one of the most beautiful Euro stadiums..

http://www.stadionwelt.de/sw_stadien/index.php?folder=sites&site=fotos&id=1958&page=1

West stand is amazing..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/mennnc1701/dsc01791.jpg

Best stand ever! I'd probably piss myself if I had to sit in the front row...

My list of ugliest stadiums:
-all the euro soccer stadiums with roofs and the squared off corners

Roofs complete a stadium. The reason provide cover to the fans is not the only one, it is deflecting sound and points it back towards the pitch creating a far better roar.

Another point i'm in disagree with you. Squared off corner stadiums are the best. More 'football' is it not going to go. This is Europe at its best. Highbury, Anfield Road, what a gems in history. A shame these stadiums slowly disappear from sights.

Stadio Artemio Franchi - Firenze - A.C.F. Fiorentina (47.415)

(pics)



Build for 'il duce':ohno:. Look at it from above in google maps or something.

Italians don't manage to war and make stadium.

How the hell is Ataturk ugly? Its one of the most beautiful Euro stadiums..

http://www.stadionwelt.de/sw_stadien/index.php?folder=sites&site=fotos&id=1958&page=1

West stand is amazing..

but one beautiful stand doesnt make whole stadium beautiful... I mean it is not ugly, but it isnt in say Euro top 50, for sure

and about those Italian stadiums... I knew those was ugly, but so ugly and old :ohno:

but one beautiful stand doesnt make whole stadium beautiful... I mean it is not ugly, but it isnt in say Euro top 50, for sure

and about those Italian stadiums... I knew those was ugly, but so ugly and old :ohno:

Why?

The Italian stadiums are some of the most beautiful . . .

. . . compared to the French ones, which is often sickening.

The Ultimate Ugly Stadiums : Maksimir and Ataturk Stadium


http://www.weddingmapper.com/photos/4/89/144353_l.jpg

http://borne-fct.nl/Fenerbahce%20-%20FCTwente%20sept09/P1090121b%20copy.jpg

Ataturk
http://imagecache.soccerway.com/venues/600x450/1361.jpg

Maksimir
http://www.balon-foto.com/upload/sites/671/335758/files/sportski_objekti/maksimir-_dinamov_stadion_10_08-10-08.jpg

no need to post same comments in a thread ;)

What's wrong with Ataturk? I think the tiers flow quite nicely and it looks open. My main complaint is that they play football there!

Lets get hideous
former Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh

http://christophergates.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/800px-three_rivers_stadium.jpg

http://www.thedeadballera.com/Stadiums/Stadiums3Rivers_photo4.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Pittsburgh_Stadium.JPG

http://www.carmelproducts.com/images/three%20rivers%20stadium.jpg

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/Districts/Blasting/ThreeRivers/Longrangeext.jpg

As a multipurpose stadium it seems a lot better than Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, although its only a good thing that Steelers moved to Heinz Field and Pirates to PNC park.

http://www.stadionwelt.de/sw_stadien/fotos/stadionguides/deutschland/fritz_walter_stadion/blick/blick_04.jpg

http://i45.************/w7jx91.jpg

The problem with Maksimir stadium is that it had a lower tier (terracing), all the way to the track but they destroyed it when the reconstruction started. The problem is, they newer finished it. The plan vas to add rectangular lower tier to fill the gap but then they had some financial problems, cganged the project etc.
Now no one knows what the project is or are they going to bulid a new stadiom or finish this one. It`s a mess

I don´t understand why everyone finds Ataturk stadium ugly. I´d like to complete the roof consturction but otherwise it´s a great looking stadium.

The Rockpile (War Memorial) (http://rockpile.buffalonet.org/) in Buffalo NY is hands down hideous..It met the wreckers ball some years ago..

I see someone posted pix of historic Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburg PA..Not very attractive but useful never the less.

More multi-purpose madness from the USA...They all kinda look alike don't they?? Except the Kingdome..

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/9513/53898591.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/53898591.jpg/)...

Cinergy Field(Riverfront Stadium) Cincinnati OH..1970-2002 Demolished December 29, 2002 by implosion

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/5351/38607978.jpg (http://img688.imageshack.us/i/38607978.jpg/)

The VET.Philadelphia PA 1971-2002..demolished in 2002

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7800/62441328.jpg (http://img684.imageshack.us/i/62441328.jpg/)

Atlanta Fulton County Stadium 1966-1996 demolished 1997

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5724/28031387.jpg (http://img208.imageshack.us/i/28031387.jpg/)

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3627/55540554.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/i/55540554.jpg/)

Sorry DC United fan..the mis-shaped and 49 year old Robert F Kennedy Stadium in Washington DC..she's still standing! What is up with that roofline???

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/3638/79932234.jpg (http://img688.imageshack.us/i/79932234.jpg/)

The Kingdome(1976-2000) in Seattle WA in the final stages of construction in 1976. At one time she played host to the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL), the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB), and the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The stadium was also the home stadium of the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League (NASL) . The stadium was imploded in 2000

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1836/53333101.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/i/53333101.jpg/)

Date: August 5, 2005 4:36 PM Photographer: David K. Staub Camera: Olympus C-5500 Subject: Busch Stadium. 1966-2005. Taken from the top of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO, looking West. Construction in progress on the new stadium can be seen on the left (south) side of the photograph. The old Busch Memorial Stadium was demolished in late 2005 & early 2006.

Dinamo Bucharest stadium.

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9976/ddid4.jpg

http://bucharest-guide.ro/poze/stadionul-dinamo0.jpg

http://dinamovista.ro/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/stadion2.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1836/53333101.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/i/53333101.jpg/)
Date: August 5, 2005 4:36 PM Photographer: David K. Staub Camera: Olympus C-5500 Subject: Busch Stadium. 1966-2005. Taken from the top of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO, looking West. Construction in progress on the new stadium can be seen on the left (south) side of the photograph. The old Busch Memorial Stadium was demolished in late 2005 & early 2006.

I thought Busch was pretty nice with the improvements made to it.

By the time it was demolished you could actually consider it more unique than the park into which they moved.

It would've been cool to see what it would've looked like with a brick façade added.

At that point it was definitely more unique than the Camden Yards one off that they got (certainly more amenities in the new one, but its kelly green seats away from the most banal thing in the majors). I for one really liked it from the inside.

The old one definitely could have used some facade work, but brick would have been a terrible choice in my opinion. A cleaner more modern look in line with its original construction would have been good, perhaps a mondrian metal panel and glass look.

I still think a renovation would have done it fine, but whats done is done.

Any with a track around it.

My top 5 ugliest stadiums in the U.S. (in no particular order):

Oakland Coliseum (Oakland, California)

Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Candlestick Park (San Francisco, California)

Autzen Stadium (Eugene, Oregon)

Ryan Field (Evanston, IL)

Autzen, really?

I'd put in the top ten for college stadiums, but I guess thats just my opinion.

There's a lot of beautiful stadium here... i don't know what antartuk is doing here either.

http://www.thisblogrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/google-eart-stadium.jpg
http://www.thisblogrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/southaf-stadium.jpg
http://www.thisblogrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/south-af-stadium-2.jpg

I think we might have a winner :)

South Africa - Mmabatho Stadium


Why did SA bother building Soccer City, if they already had this beauty?

:crazy:

I like Soccer City, though I just wish they converted that uniquely-designed stadium into an all-seater.

Cuauhtemoc stadium . 42 000 C.
Puebla Mexico

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/7711/img0412jc.jpg (http://img704.imageshack.us/i/img0412jc.jpg/)[/

Estadio Pachencho Encarnacion Romero (Maracaibo - Venezuela)

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/south_america/venezuela/maracaibo_romero1.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s150/carlos_conciencia/Estadio%20Maracaibo/11_jun_07/portada.jpg

I don´t understand why everyone finds Ataturk stadium ugly. I´d like to complete the roof consturction but otherwise it´s a great looking stadium.
Me too. There are at least 1000 uglier stadiums in the world. Maybe they don't like the fact that tiers look a bit cut off?
In my opinion, one of the ugliest 25k+ stadium in Europe is Maksimir from Zagreb. And many european teams that played against Dinamo in last 10 - 15 years were stunned about the condition of Maksimir. But, it's the problem that all former Yugoslav republics share. Poor infrastructure, low quality football, early elimination from european competitions.. The same is in Serbia. Partizan' stadium, often called JNA is older than 60 years, and UEFA's demands for each season are growing, Red Star's marakana is also in pretty bad shape, with many columns on stadium's facade damaged, and other football field in Serbia are just pure horror. Some of the stadiums look like they are demolished.. But ball must roll on:ohno:

Maksimir isn't really a stadium so its out of competition.

When this thread will be called "ugly/funny unfinished barns", then we can talk about it ;)

I've always thought the away stand (on the right) at Fir Park (Motherwell) looks hideous - especially since it is so blatantly build for 2-4 games per season (the upper deck is only ever opened for visits of the Old Firm. (Hearts had it opened for 1 game several years ago)

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:utm2yBi-003G4M:http://www.musicpro.co.uk/sites/google_earth/images/photos/GE_00007.jpg&t=1
http://www.afc.co.uk/javaImages/0/69/0,,10284~3107072,00.jpg

The main stand aint up to much either, mind.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/mennnc1701/dsc01791.jpg

This one is funny :lol:

What is in your opinion the ugliest stadium ever built?
The new Yankee Mallpark looks terrible. What a blown opportunity.

The new Yankee Mallpark looks terrible. What a blown opportunity.

If you actually think the new Yankee Stadium is the ugliest stadium ever built, then I question your knowledge of stadiums and wonder why you're even on this forum.

This one is funny :lol:

The stands closer to the field were torn down a few years back. Plans are in place to rebuild and renovate the stadium. Stay tuned for a much better looking stadium.

This one is funny :lol:

This one is almost art! Beautifull if it wasn´t a stadium of some kind.

If you actually think the new Yankee Stadium is the ugliest stadium ever built, then I question your knowledge of stadiums and wonder why you're even on this forum.

Yankee Mallpark does a good job paying homage to the Federal Reserve Building.

http://gothamist.com/attachments/jen/2009_04_yankfed.jpg

Other than that it's sterile, bland, colorless, uninviting and cold.

Here a brand new, very modern stadium I find extremely ugly.
The Energieteam Arena in Paderborn, Germany. (capacity 15000)

http://www.sportland.nrw.de/typo3temp/pics/176ef47d4a.jpg
(source: http://www.sportland.nrw.de/typo3temp/pics/176ef47d4a.jpg)

http://www.tsv1860.de/media/images/6_loewenfans/news/2009/stadion_paderborn_622.jpg
(source: http://www.tsv1860.de/media/images/6_loewenfans/news/2009/stadion_paderborn_622.jpg)

http://www.nw-news.de/_em_daten/_nw/2009/06/26/090626_1805_arena.jpg
(source: http://www.nw-news.de/_em_daten/_nw/2009/06/26/090626_1805_arena.jpg)

http://www.nw-news.de/_em_daten/_nw/2009/07/13/090713_2233_pb4.jpg
(source: http://www.nw-news.de/_em_daten/_nw/2009/07/13/090713_2233_pb4.jpg)

http://www.carsten-linnemann.de/medien/108/original/42/161-Paderborn-paragon-arena.jpg
(source: http://www.carsten-linnemann.de/medien/108/original/42/161-Paderborn-paragon-arena.jpg)

http://fotos.pader.de/319609/IMG_4953.jpg
(source: http://fotos.pader.de/319609/IMG_4953.jpg)

http://www.nexo-sa.com/user/images/news/hi-res/763.jpg
(source: http://www.nexo-sa.com/user/images/news/hi-res/763.jpg)

http://www.baedw.de/paderbornarena.jpg
(source: http://www.baedw.de/paderbornarena.jpg)

With this stadium whatever they did, they basically consequently chose the poorest possible solution in any case.
The elevated stands with the stairway entrances at the front, the high, steep roof, the overall cheap shoebox design. The awful exterior.
The one and only thing that is good about it this stadium is, that it's still new and not all deteriorated.

I must agree with you that this stadium is ugly considering that it is a new stadium...

Yankee Mallpark does a good job paying homage to the Federal Reserve Building.

http://gothamist.com/attachments/jen/2009_04_yankfed.jpg

Other than that it's sterile, bland, colorless, uninviting and cold.

Doesn't mean its ugly.

Doesn't mean its ugly.IMO, it is. The new Yankee Mallpark could have been something majestic instead it's bland, dull and ugly. Quite the letdown.
http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/mets/files/2009/05/gate.jpg

This is just lazy and unimaginative.

This one is funny :lol:

haha that looks gash but also interesting to see what it will look like before a new stand gets built

potential

IMO, it is. The new Yankee Mallpark could have been something majestic instead it's bland, dull and ugly. Quite the letdown.


This is just lazy and unimaginative.

Your act grew old a long time ago. Give it up.

(source: http://www.baedw.de/paderbornarena.jpg)

With this stadium whatever they did, they basically consequently chose the poorest possible solution in any case.
The elevated stands with the stairway entrances at the front, the high, steep roof, the overall cheap shoebox design. The awful exterior.
The one and only thing that is good about it this stadium is, that it's still new and not all deteriorated.

and I think this stadium has excellent acoustics given the fact that the wall in between roof and stands is (way too) high and the roof angle is exaggerated.
But ugly indeed, very ugly...

Any ugly arenas (I mean an object designed for indoor sports like basketball, not a big football stadium with a retractable roof)?

Your act grew old a long time ago. Give it up.

That's it, when things aren't going your way, take your ball and go home. I'm not going to echo your sentiments. Accept that reality. Way to discuss things in a civil manner. :stupid: :weirdo:

That one from Germany...:bash:

IMO, it is. The new Yankee Mallpark could have been something majestic instead it's bland, dull and ugly. Quite the letdown.
http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/mets/files/2009/05/gate.jpg

This is just lazy and unimaginative.

It looks just like pre-renovation Yankee Stadium on the outside, which is exacty what they were trying to do.

most will probably disagree but i think this is ugly
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSewzYgDL9XKaVK-2fyd5gNsYFJVL6tKiyJpuOj08I7x1_DXw0&t=1&usg=__A1h_1BqQvTylB4KOM8taGYirIg4=
WEMBLEY LONDON

That's it, when things aren't going your way, take your ball and go home. I'm not going to echo your sentiments. Accept that reality. Way to discuss things in a civil manner. :stupid: :weirdo:

Discussing things in a "civil manner" would involve you not whining and bitching about how much any stadium except Safeco sucks.

Clearly you know nothing about stadiums. I really don't know why you're on this thread.

It looks just like pre-renovation Yankee Stadium on the outside, which is exacty what they were trying to do.

I disagree. The old pre-renovation Yankee Stadium and even the post-renovation Yankee Stadium (1976-2008) looked better, the escalator pods notwithstanding, and were not similar to Yankee Mallpark. I loved the cathedral style windows that Yankee Stadium had on the loge level. Yankee Stadium had so much more detail in its facade than the current building.
Yankee Mallpark, to me, is not attractive. I hate how the limestone abruptly stops as the stadium curves revealing just a blank gray wall. The entire setup of the OF is gross. The ugly CF restaurant, the high billboard style scoreboard that does its best in hiding the fact that it's located in a less visually appealing Bronx neighborhood. I didn't say it's the ugliest stadium ever, but I do find it to be ugly.
Let's be mindful that this forum is about discussing stadiums and arenas and nothing else.

Looks the same. Of course its going to be a modern take.

Looks the same. Of course its going to be a modern take.

I'll admit, there's some similarity, but the old one, including after the '70's renovation was more ornate and was blessed with detail the new one only wish it possessed, IMO.

VFL/Waverley Park

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/past_future/pictures/past_stadiums/melbourne_waverley1.jpg

Victoria Park

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Bob_rose_stand.jpg/300px-Bob_rose_stand.jpg

This thread is depressing.

most will probably disagree but i think this is ugly
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSewzYgDL9XKaVK-2fyd5gNsYFJVL6tKiyJpuOj08I7x1_DXw0&t=1&usg=__A1h_1BqQvTylB4KOM8taGYirIg4=
WEMBLEY LONDON

This is futile, I know, but yeah, I disagree. Coming from a country whose largest stadium seats less than 20,000, the Wembley Stadium is already a Cathedral ( by our standards). Hehe. The British are lucky.

This thread is depressing.

Yankee Mallpark's tapered stands make me depressed. Monument Park has the same dreary ambience as a dark alley. So much to dislike about the place. What a missed opportunity by the firm formerly known as HOK.

I was going to put a pic of Marvin Lee Stadium in Trinidad after seeing it in the CONCACAF Champions League but I see it was already done in this thread. What a horrible little stadium. It literally makes no sense.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Marvin_Lee_Stadium.jpg

Edit. Hell, I'll put in another pic.

That three tiers stand is sooo good :rofl:

Oh god thats so bad its not even funny, what possessed them?

I said thread, not site. Big difference.

And why do I come here? To learn things about stadiums, not to see people say the same things over and over about them.Well, technically you said forum, as stated below.

If you actually think the new Yankee Stadium is the ugliest stadium ever built, then I question your knowledge of stadiums and wonder why you're even on this forum.

Some ugly Dutch stadiums:

Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion - Almere City F.C.
http://www.stadiumguide.com/omniworld3.jpg
http://www.stadiumguide.com/omniworld2.jpg
http://www.stadiumguide.com/omniworld1.jpg

Haarlem Stadion - H.F.C. Haarlem (bankrupt)
http://www.jupilerleague.nl/img-nieuws/big/20090112101751-HFC_Haarlem_Stadion_25_9_08.jpg

GN Bouw Stadion - FC Dordrecht
http://members.lycos.nl/sct0304/foto0304/16/dordt2.JPG
http://img218.echo.cx/img218/5867/p50600031qg.jpg

De Geusselt - MVV Maastricht
http://www.jupilerleague.nl/img-nieuws/big/20090415175602-MVV_stadion.jpg
http://www.soccernews.nl/uploads/de%20geusselt%20(mvv%20stadion)%20(1).jpg

Trendwork Arena - Fortuna Sittard
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/3889184.jpg

I wouldn't call the Dutch ones ugly, just modest.

Id' echo that most stadiums in the CFL could use a real retrofit, although I never realized that the stadiums in Regina and Ottawa were that bad. Yikes. Hopefully the new ones will be better then their predecessors' (especially Ottawa...nothing says "dont' drink!" like that much of a plunge to ground level.)

That being said, the stadium that the Alouettes play at seems pretty classy, even if it's lone competition is the Big Owe.

http://www.afc.co.uk/javaImages/0/69/0,,10284~3107072,00.jpg

i like the way the away stand is called 'the untouchables'

maybe they should rename it to 'the un-usable'

Haha, that's an old pic. They put the shirt sponsor up there. That's the stand they give to the Glasgow teams fans when they play them.

It does look extremely weird though, the pitch there is awful and I suspect that massive stand has something to do with it. You could argue that the state of the pitch was one (of many) reasons Gretna went bust.

You could argue that the state of the pitch was one (of many) reasons Gretna went bust.
I'm not sure how. Even if the Gretna team had done better at home, they were still doomed once the owner's family decided they'd rather inherit his money than spend it on a loss-making fotball club.

Wembley Stadium is already a Cathedral ( by our standards). Hehe. The British are lucky.

Wembley is the national stadium for England

I'm not sure how. Even if the Gretna team had done better at home, they were still doomed once the owner's family decided they'd rather inherit his money than spend it on a loss-making fotball club.

Continually having to postpone and eventually relocate matches because of the pitch when you're already on a barebones budget couldn't help matters.

Not sure if I can get away with this as its no longer there

Civic Stadium (War Memorial Stadium) - Buffalo, New York

http://www.tripletonline.com/stadiums/WarMemorialStadium.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial001.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial003.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial011.jpg

http://www.tripletonline.com/warmemorial-civic/WarMemorial014.jpg

The old Rockpile! We still mourn the loss.

Candlestick Park, San Fransico

http://football.ballparks.com/NFL/SanFrancisco49ers/interior.jpg

Candlestick was once a great ballpark before football came along:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t246/loughtog/candle2.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t246/loughtog/candle.jpg

Exhibition Stadium, Toronto:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/jordomac24/TheEx/10331_1195756188141_1655559341_5227.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/jordomac24/TheEx/oldaerial.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/jordomac24/TheEx/CNEstadium.jpg4
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4691472409_f23e92aae3_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1291/4692096326_57d2fbd80c_b.jpg
http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?98586-Exhibition-Stadium-pictures&highlight=Exhibition
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4692111748_faa0250c11_b.jpg

Yankee Mallpark's tapered stands make me depressed. Monument Park has the same dreary ambience as a dark alley. So much to dislike about the place. What a missed opportunity by the firm formerly known as HOK.

Geez mrakbaseball do you ever stop? Yankee Stadium is incredible and you know it. Or maybe you're just jaded because SAFECO is an inferior ballpark and you're stuck in Seattle where it rains 300 times a year. Just look at this Majesty of a stadium:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1201/4731347862_c92e055836_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2574/4076554801_01573499e8_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4532385993_418b1bb86c_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2479/3686817717_5cd398f43f_b.jpg
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/FootballField3-1024x682.jpg

Compare that to this unfinished looking hulk of metal:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/255114915_429974c6d8_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5019796762_08742c7ca9_b.jpg

Theres no comparison. Yankee Stadium is the most beautiful in Baseball, maybe even all of sports. SAFECO is nice, but it doesn't hold a candle to YS.

^^
How does SAFECO look unfinished. It's also probably one of the better ballparks in the league. IMO. Both are really nice stadiums...

Continually having to postpone and eventually relocate matches because of the pitch when you're already on a barebones budget couldn't help matters.

It wouldn't have helped, but would have been minor considering their other debts.

Their owner was quite happy to pump the money in to keep them going as he had been doing for years (he'd pumped in £8 million over the previous 3 seasons), but once he was hospitalised with a brain condition the cheques stopped being signed, and his family had no interest in spending their inheritence supporting the club. The club quickly folded, although a completely new club, playing back in Gretna at the old ground, has since been formed.

Geez mrakbaseball do you ever stop?
Do you ever stop?

Yankee Stadium is incredible and you know it. Or maybe you're just jaded because SAFECO is an inferior ballpark and you're stuck in Seattle where it rains 300 times a year.
It seldom rains during the summer months in the Pacific Northwest.

The rainy season runs from about mid-fall to mid-spring.
Just look at this Majesty of a stadium:

Theres no comparison. Yankee Stadium is the most beautiful in Baseball, maybe even all of sports. SAFECO is nice, but it doesn't hold a candle to YS.
Neither of those parks belong in the same conversation with the likes of Target, PNC, AT&T, Camden, etc.. Hell, I'd even rank Petco and maybe even Coors or Busch above either one.

NYS is an overpriced, soullessly contrived monstrosity and a slap in the face to the original.

Accept this and move on.

Neither of those parks belong in the same conversation with the likes of Target, PNC, AT&T, Camden, etc.. Hell, I'd even rank Petco and maybe even Coors or Busch above either one.

NYS is an overpriced, soullessly contrived monstrosity and a slap in the face to the original.

Accept this and move on.
To each his own. I should point out that Anubis took a shot at me while Seattle fans are still in mourning. Classy.

I previously stated my MLB top 10.

1. Safeco
2. AT&T
3. PNC
4. Angel
5. OP@CY
6. Fenway
7. Wrigley
8. Coors
9. Kauffman
10. Jacobs/Progressive

I think Target Field is nice, but is overrated. I don't get your infatuation with Busch, that to me a mess. Petco, I would rank higher if it did away with the RF corner, the towers and if the club level was continuous.

Yankee Stadium is incredible and you know it. Or maybe you're just jaded because SAFECO is an inferior ballpark and you're stuck in Seattle where it rains 300 times a year.

Your argument would go further if your opinion wasnt' extremely biased. ;)

back on topic, some great shots of exhibition stadium. If they ever finished the thing it would have probably been a great football stadium for the Argos.

Yankee Mallpark's tapered stands make me depressed. Monument Park has the same dreary ambience as a dark alley. So much to dislike about the place. What a missed opportunity by the firm formerly known as HOK.

Watching a game at Safeco is depressing!!

Exhibition Stadium, Toronto:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/jordomac24/TheEx/10331_1195756188141_1655559341_5227.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/jordomac24/TheEx/oldaerial.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/jordomac24/TheEx/CNEstadium.jpg4
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4691472409_f23e92aae3_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1291/4692096326_57d2fbd80c_b.jpg
http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?98586-Exhibition-Stadium-pictures&highlight=Exhibition
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4692111748_faa0250c11_b.jpg

George Bell and his Gheri Curl used to tear it up in there.

http://www.stadiumzone.weebly.com

has a video of the national stadium of Haiti, also pretty crappy. And what are all those plants doing in the venue? But yes, Exhibition Stadium in Toronto was also awefull, who designed this? Unbelievable this could be realised.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the impressiveness that is Ottawa's partially demolished and currently nearly unused Frank Clair Stadium:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/mennnc1701/dsc01791.jpg

Why don't the seats start at ground level? :nuts:

Why don't the seats start at ground level? :nuts:

The lower level seats were torn down.

most will probably disagree but i think this is ugly
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSewzYgDL9XKaVK-2fyd5gNsYFJVL6tKiyJpuOj08I7x1_DXw0&t=1&usg=__A1h_1BqQvTylB4KOM8taGYirIg4=
WEMBLEY LONDON

I am so grateful that I got to see the old Wembley Stadium. This one just looks like a grain silo that isn't completed yet with that huge hair bow on top. I always expect to see daredevils hanging from that things. Maybe they should make it a thrill ride. The history was much of the old building's mystique.

When I was there I was told that it was "law" that the towers could not be moved. I thought that they would always be a feature integrated into a new structure.

Yes. I like new Wembley, but old towers should have been the ain part of the new design.
Removing them was the worst thing.

[QUOTE=brewerfan386;57146819]Lets get hideous
former Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh

http://christophergates.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/800px-three_rivers_stadium.jpg

There were a slew of stadiums that had this cookie cutter look. To me they looked like big concrete ashtrays. Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Atlanta, Oakland, Washington and San Diego had pretty much the same stadium. The Astrodome, Kingdome and Olympic Stadium were almost the same with a roof on top. They were all more or less ugly but common.

Then they first appeared they were new like a leisure suit. I remember when Three River Stadium opened it was great and modern. Astroturf... what a marvel. By the time the stadium was ten years old it had lost its luster and by twenty there were plans for a new stadium altogether.

The original design for Three Rivers Stadium called for an open end from foul pole to foul pole. The view would have been much like you see from PNC Park (downtown Pittsburgh from across the river). Since the stadium was to be shared with the NFL football Steelers, the design was modified to completely enclose all six levels of the stadium into a perfect circle. The original design would have had stands that slope as they approached the foul poles and only a few seats would have been in foul territoriality.

This would have been more beautiful than Shea Stadium in New York which was a cookie cutter stadium in all but center field where there were ugly scoreboards.

If Three Rivers Stadium was ugly (it did have a certain attractiveness for a while) then a dozen stadiums were also ugly by pretty much the same level of unattractiveness. If you care to dig up the original drawings it could have been a very nice place for baseball and after the football team moved out it could have been scaled back to pretty much the original plans. The city ended up owing more than the original cost to build the thing which speaks more to publicly funded stadiums than the actual stadium itself.

http://www.ballparktour.com/Three_Rivers24.jpg

Why did SA bother building Soccer City, if they already had this beauty?

:crazy:

South Africa is a very poor country so it may have been appropriate to just pancake another section of stands on top of another one. In America we would just destroy it and build something even uglier. Especially if it were a real jewel... that's really something my country would want to tear down.

Autostade, Montreal, PQ

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2001/2389966502_db0120677d_o.png

This was designed to have a non alcohol section? To keep rival football hooligans apart? So you won't sneak over to the good seats without paying? The architect designed the stadium after a blooming onion he had as an appetizer at an American stake house?

This was designed to have a non alcohol section? To keep rival football hooligans apart? So you won't sneak over to the good seats without paying? The architect designed the stadium after a blooming onion he had as an appetizer at an American stake house?

Even crazier, that place was considered as the home of the Expos for a time!

There were a slew of stadiums that had this cookie cutter look. To me they looked like big concrete ashtrays. Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Atlanta, Oakland, Washington and San Diego had pretty much the same stadium. The Astrodome, Kingdome and Olympic Stadium were almost the same with a roof on top. They were all more or less ugly but common.

The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Qualcomm Stadium. Looked nothing like Riverfront, Three River, Fulton County and RFK. Nor did the Astrodome, Kingdome & Olympic Stadium look alike. Not to me. Ugly? Maybe.. the same? No. Functional for that time in history? Yes.

By the way when Three Rivers opened it had something called Tartan Turf..not astro-turf.

http://www.steelersfever.com/three_rivers_stadium.html

Being a multipurpose stadium, tartan turf was the playing surface until 1982 when Astroturf was installed.

Yes. I like new Wembley, but old towers should have been the ain part of the new design.
Removing them was the worst thing.

This stadium is at least twice the height of the old Wembley. They would have looked ridiculous if they were kept. They towered over the old stadium, they'd be dwarfed by a modern 90,000 seater:

http://www.wembleystadium.com/images/presspackimages/wembley_crosssection.gif

Some photos of the New Wembley it looks like one of the most beautiful stadiums on earth, others it looks like a big lump of ugliness. The photo MeerkatCity posted belongs to the latter group. :lol:

Something like this would've been fine.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1208/964551426_ed8d539610_o.jpg

What happened to the twin towers anyways? Were they preserved?

If you say so, I think that looks ridiculous! No, they weren't preserved.

^^ Agreed. What would be the purpose?

Obviously it wouldn't be the main entrance, as if it were, it would mean that people would be entering it first, before going to another entrance, just to get inside Wembley.
If it weren't the main entrance, would it just be needless open gates to let people through? People would just try and bypass it.

So the obvious answer would be some sort of needless museum, that showcases the history of Wembley. It just wouldn't work, it would be like a speed hump on a road, effectively forcing people to just pass through or avoid it altogether.

Then you got the overall look, modern architecture just wouldn't match the old towers' facade.

Maybe museum?

Something like this would've been fine.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1208/964551426_ed8d539610_o.jpg

What happened to the twin towers anyways? Were they preserved?

In theory it would have been nice to have preserved them, perhaps as individual towers forming a sort of entrance, but in reality it just wasn't possible. The whole stadium shifted, and as can be seen in RobH's picture, required them to be removed.

I believe they were also not of a construction that would allow them to be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere.

I think that looks ridiculous!

On the contrary, I find it quite elegant :yes:.. and that's exactly what the New Wembley lacks (elegant/classy touches) IMHO.

I don't think it would look bad at all. We have a good example already

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_q5AIAJNvlfI/TEUVPc-ZBSI/AAAAAAAABuo/SS_62yKp5Ss/s1600/2010_0708_OSH_AZO_ChicagoShoreline_SoldierField.jpg

On the contrary, I find it quite elegant :yes:.. and that's exactly what the New Wembley lacks (elegant/classy touches) IMHO.

I agree that the new Wembley is a bit generic in terms of its details and its glassy exterior (though it is undoubtedly very impressive as you approach it from Wembley Park tube, especially at night), but I don't think retaining the twin towers would have added much or helped in that regard. I'd hardly describe them as elegent/classy structures anyway. They have a kind of nostalgic/kitsch quality, and of course for many they encapsulted the history of the old stadium including '66, but I'm not convinced keeping them would have been a good idea. I think they would look rather sad and a little pathetic dwarfed by the New Wembley, and Hia-leah JDM's photoshop only confirms that for me.

Each to their own though I guess. You went to Wembley when France beat us didn't you, so at least you're speaking from experience, even if I do disagree.

Ataturk Stadium Istanbul, hard to believe that it is not even a decade old.
Horrible.

http://www.my-sci.com/foto_Er%C3%B6ffnungs--und-Endspielort-bei-der-Euro-2016-das-Atat%C3%BCrk-Stadion-in-Istanbul_04a6fbb2a70f9121bc97c7030767b970e802321f7a.jpg

Maksimir stadium Zagreb.

http://www.weddingmapper.com/photos/4/89/144353_l.jpg

Ataturk
http://imagecache.soccerway.com/venues/600x450/1361.jpg

Maksimir
http://www.balon-foto.com/upload/sites/671/335758/files/sportski_objekti/maksimir-_dinamov_stadion_10_08-10-08.jpg

You already posted this before :nuts:

club atletico tigre, argentina :ohno:

http://www.google.com.ar/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A3m5WEDaRkU/StJIPny-QvI/AAAAAAAAADI/O6je_l9htEY/s1600/Cancha%252Bde%252Btigre.bmp&sa=X&ei=oP4kTYPPBI-bnwfih_HiDQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNFMYekBR3JIpVznpgB_5QPvTyWmDA
http://www.google.com.ar/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BTOaowNFK6k/S1-TBsroN3I/AAAAAAAAAgw/I26_EuWoC2g/s400/EstadioTigre.jpg&sa=X&ei=pf4kTZraHMapnQfHxOXhDQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc4DQ&usg=AFQjCNHscdjjTul05sll6HOrh2Vda1nG2Q
http://www.google.com.ar/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://www.sanfernando.gov.ar/archivos/Evento/570/CAT.jpg&sa=X&ei=rf4kTa3oEcWYnAeEn4jZDQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc4GQ&usg=AFQjCNEMf5_p8K9jaLU089KxEcF1UzbQ5g

I agree that the new Wembley is a bit generic in terms of its details and its glassy exterior (though it is undoubtedly very impressive as you approach it from Wembley Park tube, especially at night), but I don't think retaining the twin towers would have added much or helped in that regard. I'd hardly describe them as elegent/classy structures anyway. They have a kind of nostalgic/kitsch quality, and of course for many they encapsulted the history of the old stadium including '66, but I'm not convinced keeping them would have been a good idea. I think they would look rather sad and a little pathetic dwarfed by the New Wembley, and Hia-leah JDM's photoshop only confirms that for me.

Each to their own though I guess. You went to Wembley when France beat us didn't you, so at least you're speaking from experience, even if I do disagree.

I agree that keeping the old twin towers wouldn't have been much of a great idea, except integrating them into some sort of museum maybe or entrance gate aside the new Wembley as a memorial.
But implementing new, modern twin towers into the stadium design of the new Wembley would have been far nicer, far better and far more unique than this awkward gigantic steel arch, turning the New Wembley Stadium into some strangely oversized shopping basket kind of structure.

I really like the arch as it's a light and quite elegant structure, and a clever way of holding the roof in position without compromising on aesthetics (in fact, it ADDS to the stadium's aesthetics). That said, I wouldn't have been against a "reimagining" of the twin towers to match the scale of the new stadium as you suggest - though if done poorly that could result in overblown Germania-esque architecture.

The main thing which I'd change about the New Wembley's exterior is the endless glass exterior. It's pretty uninteresting and a bit of a dissapointment when you have the magnificent arch soaring above it.

In theory it would have been nice to have preserved them, perhaps as individual towers forming a sort of entrance, but in reality it just wasn't possible. The whole stadium shifted, and as can be seen in RobH's picture, required them to be removed.

I believe they were also not of a construction that would allow them to be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere.

I took a tour of the old Wembley stadium where the tour guides let you sit in the royal box and visit the locker rooms. I was informed that it was a law that the twin towers could not be moved or destroyed by law. Obviously that can change.

I would love to have seen the towers used in the new stadium. They were so quintessentially British. The new Wembley doesn't look British at all. In fact it looks a lot like Madison Square Garden or the Spectrum in some ways because of the wrap around glass. The large arch makes me think that the building is still under construction. "When are they going to take the scaffolding down".

percival molson stadium is nice, just small, much too small

i can not beleive they actually built a stand under one of the stands at maksmir

i never understood what happned with exhibition

This was designed to have a non alcohol section? To keep rival football hooligans apart? So you won't sneak over to the good seats without paying? The architect designed the stadium after a blooming onion he had as an appetizer at an American stake house?

It doesn't look finished!