What's so bad about it?

Theres just no reason to build it. Awkward sightlines and such. Trying to be creative but failing miserably. It may be nice, but its stupid.

What's so bad about it?

The awkward shape of the stands leads to some pretty bad views for fans, as seats near the centre face one end, if the action is at the other end, they need to turn a lot to see.

yeah, i don't why everybody hates that stadium... it's actually one of the finest venues in the country.

It is one of the more modern stadiums in the country, opened officially in 2003, though construction was completed in 1998? Anyone have a reason for that?

Despite the bizarre 8-shape (that kind of breaks up the stadium in two Greek theaters) it looks like the seats have a normal orientation. I wonder what the metal construction is for though? A future roof?

Sincil Bank. Lincoln FC, England.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3400971153_057a349b05_b.jpg

The awkward shape of the stands leads to some pretty bad views for fans, as seats near the centre face one end, if the action is at the other end, they need to turn a lot to see.

Theres just no reason to build it. Awkward sightlines and such. Trying to be creative but failing miserably. It may be nice, but its stupid.

You're both wrong. The sightline are ok, beacuse the bowl is actually a normal oval-shaped with an 8 shape outline. Look at this picture, if it had an 8 shape, the first rows would be all at the same height, which it's not the case. The rows that are further away from the field on a satellite view, are also up high. Also, note that the orientation of the seats at the midfield is normal.

http://i43.tinypic.com/mrqo8k.jpg


it is one of the more modern stadiums in the country, opened officially in 2003, though construction was completed in 1998? Anyone have a reason for that?

Classic argentine incompentence.


Despite the bizarre 8-shape (that kind of breaks up the stadium in two Greek theaters) it looks like the seats have a normal orientation. I wonder what the metal construction is for though? A future roof?

Yep, the roof should have been added with the original construction, but it wasn't because of some problem with the argentine customs.
Last year it was announced that roof would be completed in the next years. This would be the final result.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8631/estadiociudaddelaplataco9.jpg

It indeed is a very creative an unique way of "cutting" an 8 shape stadium out of a tree dimensional bowl shape.
That really is very neat.
I love that idea, even though it still isn't exactly optimal in my opinion. but only because of the greater distances between the stands and the pitch that this 8 shape produces.
It sure looks really nice and a little crazy, so I like it. A perfect proof of how very unique a modern stadium can be.

I was gonna ask if it was really an optical illusion based on how the walls are setup. I think that's why most think its crazy. They think of it as two bowls put together when its really just 1 bowl with the walls setup like an 8.

Cocodrilos Stadium of Caracas FC

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Vista_ParcialCocodrilos_Stadium.jpg

Away stand at Pruszków, Poland

http://leniarski.blox.pl/resource/znicz2.jpg



haha :lol: great Stands :nuts::lol:

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7412/2181345673c9ed9347d5.jpg (http://img41.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2181345673c9ed9347d5.jpg)

Town of "Bellavista" Quindio, Colombia.

Saprissa stadium in Costa Rica, looks like an abandoned cold-war era concrete structure from the outside

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/117509261_9b4c64fd65_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/117509259_abccb8fcb7_b.jpg

also has stands that were all built during different time periods so they're all completely different frmo each other
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/130349433_b639a38f98_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/2820340576_e026f5f26a.jpg?v=0

Rommel Fernandez stadium in Panama is undergoing a huge renovation right now, except they chose to make all the new stands at different heights, and chose to leave gaps in between them for some reason

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/7476/dsc02587y.jpg

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/5237/dsc02590.jpg

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/4740/dsc02592m.jpg

Mira qué bien y qué lindos comentarios tuyos me vengo a encontrar acá......

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If that is "funny" then you might want to have a look at this one here where Worldcup matches have been held in 2006.

The Zentralstadion in Leipzig:
http://picnicb.ciao.com/de/73978987.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/4324135.jpg

http://www.fussballportal.de/images/wm/1662316.jpg

It was simply just build inside the old stadium. and now it has more than twice the capacity. :lol: even though all the fans on the cheap seats outside on the old stands in the second row sadly don't really get see much, which is probably why it hardly ever is really sold out.

Well technically speaking the old Zentralstaion had a capacity of 120,000. The largest stadium in the GDR, Germany as a whole and perhaps even Europe.

But they decided to build a new stadium inside the old one as opposed to an attempt to fully demolish and build anew or to do any form of extensive renovation.

http://www.stadionsiden.com/stadiums/Dalenenga/p8310028.jpg

A small stand near a house, on top of that a floodlight just in front of it :lol:

CD MENSAJERO. Isla de la Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
http://www.cdmensajerolapalma.com/fotos%20general/silvestre%20carrillo%202.jpg

http://www.cdmensajerolapalma.com/construccion/construcci%F3n_nuevo_silvestre_carrillo_11.jpg

Landhof - Basel (CH) , former home of FC Basel

http://www.landhof.ch/cms/upload/bilder/Bildlandhof-1.jpg

Fantastic name regarding the location of the stadium, btw. :lol:

http://www.stadionsiden.com/stadiums/Dalenenga/p8310028.jpg

A small stand near a house, on top of that a floodlight just in front of it :lol:

Its the Club House. Changing rooms, board room etc.

Fantastic name regarding the location of the stadium, btw. :lol:

Former time, when the Landhof was build, the field was at the frontier of the town close to the green area around Basel. In the last century, Basel growth around the field and therefore also the old home of FC Basel was embraced.:)

Landhof, some decades ago
http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2008/03/26/66/fe7df786cc647bb06e8ab3a62bbaaadb_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg

OMG LOL THESE PHOTOS ARE HILARIOUS XD

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you must be happy now.

^^

No stands, no stadium, why bring it to this thread, it has nothing to do here, just because its sooooo special in Mexico to have a field with illuminations??

Stadium in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina yes my home town :lol:

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9441/n1538276709301123929940oz5.jpg

and the stand:

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/3989708.jpg

Believe it or not the team that plays on that stadium have promoted to the Premier league of Bosnia and Herzegovina so it now have to build a new stadium that will look like this hopefully:

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/4959/idejnorijesenjestadiona.jpg

^^ I love the wood framework !!! :lol:

Lots of stadiums in Mexico have ilumination ¬¬

Believe it or not the team that plays on that stadium have promoted to the Premier league of Bosnia and Herzegovina so it now have to build a new stadium that will look like this hopefully:

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/4959/idejnorijesenjestadiona.jpg

Are they going to use it for baseball?!? :?

http://lh3.ggpht.com/madhu.mechengg/SC2a7HAVvnI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/krUMZmj5brE/P5082418.JPG?imgmax=512

a football ground in Marseille :)

http://lh5.ggpht.com/sustiss/SGzraXej-iI/AAAAAAAAAj0/g6i-DmjXNt4/Marse%20110.jpg?imgmax=512
I remember that stadium it was from the movie Taxi 4 :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::banana:

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Cause it's ironic that the most modern stadium fot this sport have not stands... is not enough to qualify as ironic and funny?



Thats the reason to spam the Thread? Interesting...

By the way, below you can see a cow field, probably in Switzerland, maybe its interesting for you to posting it in this thread.:lol:

http://www.so.ch/fileadmin/internet/vwd/vlwaa/img/Galerie/Rinder_und_Kuehe/Kuh_Wiese_neu.jpg

Cause it's ironic that the most modern stadium fot this sport have not stands... is not enough to qualify as ironic and funny?



If a playing field has no stands around it, then it doesn't qualify as a stadium; it is just a field, period. Where's the irony or the fun?

Sorry people I had to do this:

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9967/yodawgbaking700stadiumjl6.png

Please Xzibit , PIMP MY STADIUM! hahaahahaha

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http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8682/hockey6.jpg


So now every local sporting ground is going to be posted in this thread? How exactly i that funny?...

I agree with magic_johnson

Como - Stadium Giuseppe Sinigaglia
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/6415/19224983.jpg

It looks like Londons Olympic stadium :o

^^ That looks extremely unsafe, especially if the ultras start jumping on it.

That's just normal temporary seating...

God I hate that one. Whoever decided to build it should be shot.

:lol:

^^ That looks extremely unsafe, especially if the ultras start jumping on it.

Agreed, it remember me Furiani Stadium in Bastia (Corsica, France) and its tragedy in 1992 :cry: :

RIP
xgz0h_furiani-5-mai-1992

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7052/furianidrame.jpg

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8177/furianihz9.jpg

Autostade, Montreal

The Autostade (the English name Automotive Stadium was rarely used) was a Canadian football stadium in the Victoriatown neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec that stood at the north-west corner of the Cité du Havre sector of the Expo 67 site. It was the home of the Montreal Alouettes from 1968-1976, except for a brief period in 1972 when the team returned to its previous home, Molson Stadium.

The Autostade was built in preparation for the 1967 World's Fair (Expo 67) as a venue for several events including the World Music Festival and the Rodeo Show. It was designed by architects Victor Prus and Maurice Desnoyers. With a seating capacity of 33,172, the stadium is best remembered for its odd shape: to allow the stadium to be dismantled and re-erected on a new site if required, the architects employed a segmental structural system comprising 19 independent but linked pre-cast concrete grandstands, each 40 seats wide, arranged around the central field.

The stadium was financed by donations from the five major auto manufacturers in Canada at the time: American Motors, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, and Volvo.

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

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2142/2389135589_9f857c9734_o.png

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6791/000234001.jpg

funny and amazing ... Taormina (Italy)

wow,great :master:

annoying when you have to get the ball..

And that Taormina (Sicily) stadium is on the side of a mountain - a cable car goes right over the pitch ...you can see one of the towers in the bottom left

Pity the poor ballboys! :)

Pomorie, Bulgaria - it's quite cool i think :D

http://bgclubs.eu/images/cache/5/55/55a/55af/phpThumb_cache_bgclubs.eu_src55afc003cd3a6f3c6fe57bbf648dc16c_par10f50eca695f4dd0aab3ed35a197abeb_dat1252853180.jpeg

Just one question: What if someone built a stadium entirely out of luxury boxes?

Just one question: What if someone built a stadium entirely out of luxury boxes?
:bash: SHUT UP! You're giving the owners ideas! :lol:

Just one question: What if someone built a stadium entirely out of luxury boxes?

Maybe Monaco should do that...it could help them getting a little bit more spectators... :lol:

Don't know if it was there
IAXYTjDyY-o
TOP 20 most weird stadiums in the world

http://www.e-stadiony.pl/fn/mielec1.jpg
http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stal_mielec/stal_mielec06.jpg

built ~50 years ago, right now there is no access at those stands

Chapín in Jerez:
http://i36.tinypic.com/w0td7m.jpg

Haven't seen this stand before, I wonder if they put it up just for this game.

That little stand makes me think of what happened in Corsica :(

:bash: SHUT UP! You're giving the owners ideas! :lol:

Come on, dude, that's why I got banned from the Wired New York Forum.

Just one question: What if someone built a stadium entirely out of luxury boxes?

Would actually work well in the middle east.

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

Check out the stadium in that article, that's crazy. A great view though!

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

Check out the stadium in that article, that's crazy. A great view though!

that was the school used in the movie 10 things i hate about you

Yeah, I had a feeling that I had seen it before somewhere.

Check out this great stadium by a young German architecture firm.

more details: www.we-do-architecture.com


http://www.architizer.com/mediadata/projects/452009/project-gallery/0a3766a8.jpg

http://www.architizer.com/mediadata/projects/452009/project-gallery/ab638146.jpg

http://www.architizer.com/mediadata/projects/452009/project-gallery/92130f42.jpg

that's horrible

awful..:(

Haunted too.

My word ... that is horrible. I hope this young German firm never achieves success.

Did anyone else ever stand on the Normid end at Bolton's Burnden Park?

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

Haven't got a photo, but there used to be a helpful line painted on the ground showing where the supermarket built across half of one end obstructed the view.

I think it looks great. These guys have created a truly unique design. It is just different from all the other stadiums they are building all over the world. architecture needs to push bounderies.

I think it looks great. These guys have created a truely unique design. It is just different from all the other stdiums they are building all over the world. architecture needs to push bounderies.

It certainly is unique, that doens't mean it's pretty, useful or practical.

It certainly is unique, that doens't mean it's pretty, useful or practical.

Beauty is up to your own taste, but I don't think you can judge if it is useful or practical from just looking at images. I guess we better leave that to the architects.

Saw this very randomly, and it made me chuckle. It's one reason why I love American Football Stadiums!

http://www.stadiumzone.net/1/special38.jpg

Saw this very randomly, and it made me chuckle. It's one reason why I love American Football Stadiums!

http://www.stadiumzone.net/1/special38.jpg

Ah yes, the Linc. One of the worst modern stadiums built in the US.

LFF was designed by someone with a curve phobia.

Well this get my vote for the ugliest stand if you can call it that.

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/park/yfh45/preston23.jpg

http://www.groundhopping.de/prestng4.jpg

The pavilion stand at Preston's Deepdale.

To be fair Preston North End have never had the benefit of PL TV revenue and have done a pretty good job of developing Deepdale on their limited resources. Three sides of the ground are now modern, if unspectacular and I personnaly think the old remaining stand gives the place some character.

I was lucky enough to visit Deepdale before the modern craze for new identikit stands and before the purge on old stands post Bradford and Hillsbrough. It had one of the most aesthetically pleasing old stands in the country and the roofed terraced ends behind each goal created a great atmosphere.

We may have 'progressed' in terms of comfort and safety, and that's obviously not a bad thing, but we have also lost an awful lot in the process.

http://newimages.fotopic.net/?iid=y3iyg6&outx=600&quality=70

To be fair Preston North End have never had the benefit of PL TV revenue and have done a pretty good job of developing Deepdale on their limited resources. Three sides of the ground are now modern, if unspectacular and I personnaly think the old remaining stand gives the place some character.


The old stand actually has been re-developed now, it suits the rest of the ground but is a tad "Identikit" like. I quite like it as it's different to the other stands, but it's hardly awe inspiring. But then it doesn't have to be!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2443/3948821782_b21baecf5c.jpg

¿It was quoted yet?

The Float@Marina Bay at Singapore
http://www.insidesoccer.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/floatingsoccerstadium3.jpg

http://www.insidesoccer.net/waterfront-soccer-beast/

http://www.singapore2010.sg/public/sg2010/en/en_venues/en_compvenues/en_the_float_marina_bay.html

In New York there's one like this, a harbour, right?

There's a soccer field floating on the Hudson River but it doesn't have a stand.

I'd remembered, it's the Pier 40 in Manhattan:
http://avc.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/23/pier_40.jpg
http://www.dusc.net/imgs/home/Pier%2040%20fields.jpg

Estadio Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7210/48805127.jpg
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq241/ego_783/4.jpg
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq241/ego_783/5.jpg
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq241/ego_783/3.jpg

I'd remembered, it's the Pier 40 in Manhattan:
http://avc.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/23/pier_40.jpg
http://www.dusc.net/imgs/home/Pier%2040%20fields.jpg

i have played there

Estadio Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7210/48805127.jpg
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq241/ego_783/4.jpg
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq241/ego_783/5.jpg
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq241/ego_783/3.jpg

This one isnt ugly for me, looks curious... :)

im pretty sure thats in the borough of chealsea and it was renovated because i was staying around there when i was in New York and it was a driving range?

http://imgur.com/tmKeD.jpg

http://imgur.com/URK9Q.jpg

http://imgur.com/Ve0K9.jpg

http://imgur.com/Y6JNe.jpg

http://imgur.com/pJ2eB.jpg

http://imgur.com/NvwzC.jpg

http://imgur.com/4jCnX.jpg

http://imgur.com/NvwzC.jpg

Where is that?

Faroe Island

Heres a couple of local grounds from Norway with some interesting stands.

http://www.stadionsiden.com/stadiums/Beisfjord/frode_Beisfjord2.jpg

Two-sided stand.

http://www.stadionsiden.com/news_photos/julekalender2009/jul09_korsvoll2.jpg

http://www.stadionsiden.com/news_photos/julekalender2009/jul09_manejordet1.jpg

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http://imgur.com/URK9Q.jpg



WTF?

I love this stadium:

Lansdowne Road
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/demeraux.jerome/Cartes/Dublin.jpg
A train passing under the stand
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/d/da/20090425193655!DART_Lansdowne-Road_RFG_-_LV_-_Stn.jpg

One of the moste strangest stadiums in the Netherlands:
Stadion de Koel, VVV Venlo
http://kepek.eufoci.hu/stadionok/ssdk.jpg

The Nest at Nowich City FC, circa 1930ish

http://www.doingthe92.com/images/grounds/Headers/U2P498.gif

Ground was built on the side of an old quarry. The Football League effectively forced the club to move as they considered the place unsafe.

This is the same site more recently, the stand in the first picture would have been on the left.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/127652158_5d2fb27a2d.jpg

why is Qwest Field listed on here as funny?

why is Qwest Field listed on here as funny?

I'm assuming because that end stand is unusual?

isnt that stand meant to act like a drum and amplify sound? Hence the bleachers and not proper seats. Also hence the material that covers it?

A little stadium in Algiers (Algeria)

http://www.mitidjaweb.com/stade%20ASSE,%20de%20nos%20jours..jpg

What about this "beauty" (KV Mechelen - Belgium) :

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_yS_jGF7nfzI/SMOOFRom7zI/AAAAAAAADEc/pgMtL_kJPy4/s720/BILD0161.JPG

http://dickwalraven.web-log.nl/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/19/frankrijk_016a.jpg

http://www.manutd.nl/fm2007/clubs/KVMechelen/KVM_Stadion.jpg

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w352/Hielke_album/mechelen%20II/KVMechelen-Heerenveen073.jpg

I can't understand why American's can't figure to put roofs over at least the stands of their stadiums, especially up north, like Giant Stadium, Soldier Field etc. etc.

We've explained this over and over. Many Americans take offense to these repeated comments because they imply that we are either stupid or don't have the money. There are factors that determine this. And even if some don't there are plenty of retractable roofed stadiums (more in the U.S. nation than European continent) and more domed stadiums here as well.

-Culture
Americans by nature love the outdoors and like to be in the elements whether they be cold, snow, rainetc. Especially football(American) fans. Watch Green Bay, Cleveland or New England play during big snow storms. The stands are full and if you ask the fans, that's how they like it. If you ask Minnesota fans, they want to be outdoors too. in Spain seems to have the same feeling as you don't see roofs all over the place there which may also point to something else. There are exceptions though, which point to something else as well.

-Weather
Our weather is more extreme than Europe's for the most part. In the midwest and southeastern U.S. It simply rains harder and there more outright storms with Tornadoes, lightning, thunder and flooding. A roof for the most part will do nothing for this type of weather unless you are going to enclose the place. We already knew this in 1971 from Texas Stadium(which was oringinally planned to be retractable). Also, when its cold, its cold. What the heck is a roof cover going to do when it 20 degrees F? You're either indoors or out. Then you have the swaths of places that have incredibly beautiful weather in the fall during football season. Lots of sunshine, very blue sky, crisp air. Why would you cover up from this? Especially in a place like Miami or Tampa, Florida? Interestingly enough, the U.S. city with the most European like weather is Seattle, and guess what, they have a retractable roof baseball stadium and a European style roof on their football stadium. Makes sense. Compare that too Green Bay, Wisconsin or Boston, Mass. Among the coldest cities in the NFL. You're gonna get snow and cold or good sunshine late in the season. A roof will help you how in this situation? Contrast with Houston, Texas where it rains hard or is sunshiny. They have a retractable roof. Sunshine on the good days. Closed if it rains hard. A roof like those in Europe will do nothing in a Texas thunderstorm but create a place for downbursts to collect and swirl hard rain to every reach of the stadium. Again, we learned this in 1971 from Texas Stadium.

-Type of sport
Then there's the type of sport. Football was explained. Now to baseball. Baseball doesn't play in the rain so it doesnt It makes sense to only cover the fans. Therefore, some places like Houston or Seattle have retractable roofs, some places play in domes(yuck, yuck, yuck) and most are just open air to enjoy the beautiful spring, summer and fall weather in the U.S. It simply wouldn't make sense to have an audience 'awning'

Personally, I do like roofs and the shade. I once attended a soccer game here (http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/3314/elasaguirre30cz.jpg) and the sun was dreadful. The seats (concrete terraces) were scorching and they took forever to cool down (basically my ass is burning throughout most of the game). Although the stand I was in did have a roof, it did not cover the first few rows (where I was at). The other stands don't have roofs so it must be worse for them.

on-topic:
a fruity stand
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Monumentalseats.JPG

the people on the hill
http://www.zonabase.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Alianza-Universidad-Leon-de-Huanuco.jpg

Here's a nice shot of my home town clubs old stadium. The photo was taken around 1970 about 10 years after they were voted out of the football league;

http://www.heedarmy.co.uk/content/Image/stadium/rhp8.jpg

This is the ground in happier times in the 50's;

http://www.heedarmy.co.uk/content/Image/stadium/rhp6.jpg

This ground was demolished in the mid 70's and the club moved to the international stadium show below;

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/mar2009/7/9/gateshead-stadium-895911340.jpg

Things are now looking up though and the club is doing well again and are 1 division below a return to the football league and have a new ground planned shown below;

http://www.gateshead-fc.com/content/Image/stadium/GFC_New_Stadium_1_Med.jpg

From the ridiculous to the sublime.

Polish Ekstraklasa

http://images.google.pl/url?source=imgres&ct=tbn&q=http://www.pogonszczecin.info/catalog/cat_1234534044.JPG&usg=AFQjCNFed27TFP8CtQ-drohYAHeDq_hpeQ

:storm:

http://www.xtratime.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=24492&d=1247824208

Igraliste Batarija, is in the middle of a fortification, in Croatia

http://www.luvoyageurs.com/lacrossem/gallery2007/P1010822.jpg]

Laurentian University Canada

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3743/franceireland.jpg

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2961/170808048ed.jpg

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/8174/170808049ed.jpg

Belgian Premier League - FC Dender vs Standard de Liège (August 2008)

http://www.xtratime.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=24492&d=1247824208

Igraliste Batarija, is in the middle of a fortification, in Croatia

That's pitch where NK Trogir (lower divisions) plays...

http://www.apartmani-marko.com/wp-content/gallery/trogir/trogir2.jpg

It's located on small island... pretty good looking place :)

But they are planning to relocated it because they cannot expand it there... at all :)

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:

I don't see how some of them are funny.... Udine, Napoli and few others you posted are quite good grounds. Some other might be outdated and ugly, but apart from Florence and Siena nothing is really "funny" :)

You should post those in that "ugly stadiums" thread ;)

Not sure if I want to use the word funny, but Ive always though that the small section of seats in the near corner looks quite 'interesting' and it makes me wonder why they built it.

http://www.stadionwelt.de/sw_stadien/fotos/stadionguides/schottland/ibrox_stadium/broomloan/Ibrox_b_01.jpg

I guess if you get bored of the match you could always hit a few golf balls. :lol:

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/7391/fulw1.jpg

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/3484/fulw3.jpg

^^ Look's like an executive terrace. Where is it?

Here's Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago which is home to the wonderfully named Joe Public FC.

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

They have the smallest 3 tiered stand I've seen.

Nobody has mentioned the Vicente Calderón stadium in Madrid? It has a motorway (Well, half of it) running below the seats.

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3743/franceireland.jpg

Obviously a photoshopped one.

Nobody has mentioned the Vicente Calderón stadium in Madrid? It has a motorway (Well, half of it) running below the seats.



Obviously a photoshopped one.

No shit

http://www.architizer.com/mediadata/projects/452009/project-gallery/0a3766a8.jpg

http://www.architizer.com/mediadata/projects/452009/project-gallery/ab638146.jpg

http://www.architizer.com/mediadata/projects/452009/project-gallery/92130f42.jpg

great, beautiful.:pepper:

Away stand at Pruszków, Poland

http://leniarski.blox.pl/resource/znicz2.jpg

:lol:

Penalty stand???

Both T&T entries in the CONCACAF Champions League actually played their qualifying matches at Marvin Lee Stadium, the giant soccer ball looks funny on TV.

Main stand at Aluminium Safaga's ground, Egypt:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/MohamedAchmed/Egyptian%20Grounds/SafagaMainStand291106.jpg

Danie Craven Stadium (Stellenbosch, near Cape Town)

Stand behind goal fits into the hill

http://www.suspi.co.za/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=73&g2_serialNumber=2
http://www.suspi.co.za/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=40&g2_serialNumber=2

Marina Bay floating stadium

http://sparklette.net/archives/861/fireworks.jpg

Thanks to ReiAyanami: Ballpark turned football ground resulting in the biggest mess of a stadium I have ever seen.


http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/5108/aaaaaaacm6.gif
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1452/dsc0020d.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6779/11402491ic1.png

Well at least its getting used for something, and stands aren't too far from the field, even if the sight lines are off and the biggest stand is in the corner.

Pretty good adaptive reuse, I think. Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel in Bayamon, Puerto Rico is the same way.

Well at least its getting used for something, and stands aren't too far from the field, even if the sight lines are off and the biggest stand is in the corner.

where is that stadium please, the symbols on the back of the stand look hellenic? As does one of the words spelled out on the seating...Greece?

The stadium looks ok but the surroundings look run down and desolated.

That's the baseball stadium for the Olympics in Athens...
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Olympic+Baseball+Centre,+Athens,+Greece&sll=39.774769,17.578125&sspn=24.018649,57.084961&ie=UTF8&hq=Olympic+Baseball+Centre,&hnear=Athens,+Greece&ll=37.897165,23.73019&spn=0.006036,0.013937&t=h&z=17

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

this is weird

^^ Why do you think so ?

for me, this is one of the most interesting stadiums and it is great; it is funny because it is different:

Estádio Municipal de Braga

http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/takebou/img_0215.jpg

Polish Ekstraklasa

http://images.google.pl/url?source=imgres&ct=tbn&q=http://www.pogonszczecin.info/catalog/cat_1234534044.JPG&usg=AFQjCNFed27TFP8CtQ-drohYAHeDq_hpeQ

:storm:

This is not Ekstraklasa, this is 1st League.


Anyway, old stadium of Arka Gdynia with famous hill
http://lechia.gda.pl/foto/f115341.jpg
http://arkowiec.republika.pl/images/na_str_ejsmonda%20(1).jpg

for me, this is one of the most interesting stadiums and it is great; it is funny because it is different:
Estádio Municipal de Braga
...

yea, Municipal de Braga is one of the most interesting stadia for Euro '04

Anyway, old stadium of Arka Gdynia with famous hill
http://arkowiec.republika.pl/images/na_str_ejsmonda%20(1).jpg
Arka rox :banana2:

The stadium looks ok but the surroundings look run down and desolated.

It's an old airport. I guess they use the runway for parking now.

http://www.footballgroundguide.com/hartlepool_united/hartlepool3.jpg


This is an ugly stand. Just look at that goal !

In Hartlepool's defence, that picture was taken during close season, when most teams take their goal posts down. Hartlepool just chose to rest them on the supporting struts.

Does disliking Hartle pool's ground have anything to do with being from Darlington by any chance ;)

Double Post...

I think that this is strange

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/italy/lombardia/brescia_rigamonti1.jpg

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/italy/lombardia/brescia_rigamonti2.jpg

This is so strange: http://www.fcdac1904.com/Foto/stadion/stadion_korkep.jpg

Looks a bit like Botswana's National Stadium.

In Hartlepool's defence, that picture was taken during close season, when most teams take their goal posts down. Hartlepool just chose to rest them on the supporting struts.

Does disliking Hartle pool's ground have anything to do with being from Darlington by any chance ;)

Maybe But it is an ugly stand :bash:

Main stand at Aluminium Safaga's ground, Egypt:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/MohamedAchmed/Egyptian%20Grounds/SafagaMainStand291106.jpg

Which one is a V.I.P. box? :crazy:

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3954/dsc02605py.jpg

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3954/dsc02605py.jpg

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

http://i38.tinypic.com/fasvbp.jpg

woking have a nice (ish) stand behind one goal

http://www.conferencegrounds.co.uk/woking30.jpg

looks a bit out of place when u consider the rest of the ground looks like this...

http://www.conferencegrounds.co.uk/woking31.jpg
http://www.conferencegrounds.co.uk/woking32.jpg
http://www.conferencegrounds.co.uk/woking33.jpg

and hows this for a funny stand... at east thurrock in essex

http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/East_Thurrock_behind_right_hand_goal_copyright.jpg

i was on holiday in albufeira in portugal with my mum and dad when i was about 12/13 and when i went on to the balcony for the first time i saw a tiny little football ground a few hundred meters away so me and my dad caught a game there

http://albufeira.com/forum/uploads/new/20100830_105438_DSCF5073.jpg


Imortal FC i believe the team is...

i think valencia's mestalla is quite a funny ground. the angle of some of the stands is sooo steep its amazing.

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/ESP/Mestalla_UEFA_A.jpeg

i think older football grounds (and stadiums in general) have far more character than newer bowls do nowadays.

mismatching stands that have bits chucked in the corners here and there look so much more unique to each club in my opinion and i dont think there will be half as much of an atmosphere when valencia eventually move into their new stadium...

http://www.stadiumguide.com/valencianew12.jpg

i think valencia's mestalla is quite a funny ground. the angle of some of the stands is sooo steep its amazing.


i think older football grounds (and stadiums in general) have far more character than newer bowls do nowadays.

mismatching stands that have bits chucked in the corners here and there look so much more unique to each club in my opinion and i dont think there will be half as much of an atmosphere when valencia eventually move into their new stadium...


at the current rate of construction, the new stadium will be regarded as a historic old ground too by the time they move in.

http://i38.tinypic.com/fasvbp.jpg

Are those seat selled as obstructed view??? :lol:

Are those seat selled as obstructed view??? :lol:

there are no seats there :lol::lol::lol::lol:

http://www.cukurovaisi.com/images/isitma_foto_galeri/DSC09649.jpg

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3954/dsc02605py.jpg

First example of a trasparent stadia, isn't it? :lol:

First example of a trasparent stadia, isn't it? :lol:

You also have the corners at Phillips Stadion, which were built for ventilation. Makes me wonder if it can be ridicilously cold to sit in those seats with the wind coming through...

http://groundhopping.de/eindgr7.jpg

More pictures.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Ventilating_corner_seats_of_Philips_Stadion.JPG
http://imagene.youropi.com/philips-stadion-bezienswaardigheden-3%28p:location,872%29%28c:0%29.jpg
http://www.wardenaarinfraroodverwarming.nl/Philips%20Stadion%20PSV%203.JPG
http://ajax-bg.com/uploads/71287084.5W48wK4Ofilips%20pedali.jpg

Nottingham Forest, City Ground Nottingham

http://www.groundhopping.de/nottfgr1.jpg

http://www.fullflow.com/images/casestudies/City%20Ground%20-%20Fullflow.jpg

http://www.premierfootballbooks.co.uk/images/nottinghamforest_aerial.jpg

Whats wrong with this stadium? ^^ it's just a stadium with very interesting types of stands form different eras. Notting funny here.

From the excellent footballgroundguide.com: Nottingham Forrest page;

At one end, the Bridgford Stand houses away fans in the lower tier; it is odd because one third of this stand was built lower then the rest, due to a local Council planning requirement to allow sunlight through to the houses in nearby Colwick Road. Opposite, the Trent End, is the most recent addition to the ground.

You also have the corners at Phillips Stadion, which were built for ventilation. Makes me wonder if it can be ridicilously cold to sit in those seats with the wind coming through...

http://groundhopping.de/eindgr7.jpg

More pictures.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Ventilating_corner_seats_of_Philips_Stadion.JPG
http://imagene.youropi.com/philips-stadion-bezienswaardigheden-3%28p:location,872%29%28c:0%29.jpg
http://www.wardenaarinfraroodverwarming.nl/Philips%20Stadion%20PSV%203.JPG
http://ajax-bg.com/uploads/71287084.5W48wK4Ofilips%20pedali.jpg

They can be closed. Wich happens during the match. So it isnt ridicilously cold when supporters are in.

Whats wrong with this stadium? ^^ it's just a stadium with very interesting types of stands form different eras. Notting funny here.

Indeed not funny to see how this stadium was turned into a mess for Euro 96.

Indeed not funny to see how this stadium was turned into a mess for Euro 96.

Any Pics on what it looked like before Football came Home?
I'm always interested in seeing English football grounds pre-Taylor Report:)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5044/5263810052_7059386b0b_b.jpg

That stadium would have looked so cool if the stands were smaller and the seats weren't multi-coloured.

Any Pics on what it looked like before Football came Home?
I'm always interested in seeing English football grounds pre-Taylor Report:)

This has a lot of pictures like that, some for replaced stands, and others for grounds that have gone completely.
http://www.oldgrounds.co.uk/

It doesn't have Forest's ground, sadly. The "strangely shaped" end was just an open terrace with the same footprint, and the other end was a covered terrace about half the size of the stand that's now there, although a bit wider.

http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v198/242/23/530481718/n530481718_792814_4263.jpg
http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v198/242/23/530481718/n530481718_792814_4263.jpg

http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v198/242/23/530481718/n530481718_792815_4645.jpg
http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v198/242/23/530481718/n530481718_792815_4645.jpg


Also, although Dundee and Dundee United are closer in Scotland, Nottingham Forest and Notts County are the closest in England at 400 yards - but does anywhere have three "organically" located (ie not part of a designated sports complex) stadiums as Nottingham, with the cricket ground just 150 yards from Forest's ground?

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/nickh_album/trentgrounds.jpg
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/nickh_album/trentgrounds.jpg

http://a.espncdn.com/i/mag/blog/Service2.jpg
Faroe Islands

Re. Forest's City Ground.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Escafeld/vintage%20grounds/CityGround.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Escafeld/vintage%20grounds/CityGround2.jpg

Also, although Dundee and Dundee United are closer in Scotland, Nottingham Forest and Notts County are the closest in England at 400 yards - but does anywhere have three "organically" located (ie not part of a designated sports complex) stadiums as Nottingham, with the cricket ground just 150 yards from Forest's ground?

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/nickh_album/trentgrounds.jpg
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/nickh_album/trentgrounds.jpg

Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds used to be located within a square mile of eachother:
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o164/emstc/YSneighborhood91924aerialofYSthePoloGroundsandsurroundingarea-2.jpg

Same with Brave's Field and Fenway Park in Boston

Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds used to be located within a square mile of eachother:
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o164/emstc/YSneighborhood91924aerialofYSthePoloGroundsandsurroundingarea-2.jpg

Same with Brave's Field and Fenway Park in Boston

Yep. Here's a screenshot of the two. What is now Nickerson Field was the first base/right field pavilion at Brave's Field.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7738/61942852.jpg

Brave's Field as is used to look.
http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/past/bravesuse.jpg

Eco friendly stadium in Turkey:

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4245/ardamehmetozturk1kasim1.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/i/ardamehmetozturk1kasim1.jpg/)

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This has a lot of pictures like that, some for replaced stands, and others for grounds that have gone completely.
http://www.oldgrounds.co.uk/

It doesn't have Forest's ground, sadly. The "strangely shaped" end was just an open terrace with the same footprint, and the other end was a covered terrace about half the size of the stand that's now there, although a bit wider.

http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v198/242/23/530481718/n530481718_792814_4263.jpg
http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v198/242/23/530481718/n530481718_792814_4263.jpg

http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v198/242/23/530481718/n530481718_792815_4645.jpg
http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v198/242/23/530481718/n530481718_792815_4645.jpg


Also, although Dundee and Dundee United are closer in Scotland, Nottingham Forest and Notts County are the closest in England at 400 yards - but does anywhere have three "organically" located (ie not part of a designated sports complex) stadiums as Nottingham, with the cricket ground just 150 yards from Forest's ground?

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/nickh_album/trentgrounds.jpg
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/nickh_album/trentgrounds.jpg
http://www.howzattravel.co.uk/Images/Ashes1011/photos/MelbourneSportsArenas.jpgI guess...

MCG from the 19th century
Olympic park (athletics) 1956
Tennis centres from 1980's
Aami park soccer from this year

We have some stadiums bunched in, not anything like Nottingham and Dundee, but like New York and Boston. It happened organically.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/584/cltstad.jpg (http://img338.imageshack.us/i/cltstad.jpg/)

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BoA Stadium is the biggest and newest, the Panthers own it. Irwin Belk is tiny compared to the other two, Johnson C. Smith plays there. Memorial is a WPA project from the 30's, holds about 21,000 today.

I believe they're within 2 miles of each other as the crow flies.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5044/5263810052_7059386b0b_b.jpg

This one looks almost unreal. Where is it? Singapore?

^^ That's Singapore's Float at Marina Bay, used as the stadium for the Opening/Closing ceremonies of the 2010 Youth Olympics. More importantly it's used for annual national day events where the idea of integrating water in the marina with ceremonies came about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Float@Marina_Bay

http://webstorage.mediaon.it/media/2010/08/160655_2706310_DSC_1093_1_11712830_medium.jpg

http://webstorage.mediaon.it/media/2010/08/160655_2706310_DSC_1093_1_11712830_medium.jpg

strange stadium :lol:

Would hate to sit behind the goals there.

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

Het Kasteel, Rotterdam:
http://www.ad.nl/static/FOTO/pe/13/6/10/media_xl_140290.jpg?20100517211459

Until a big refurbishement in the late nineties (when basically the whole stadium was torn down) this was actually one of the goal stands:
http://94.100.124.29/1102100001-1102150000/1102136101-1102136200/1102136124_6_y_Xh.jpeg

:lol:

Teversal F.C.

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/6523/022lb.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/840/022lb.jpg/)

:lol:

Teversal F.C.

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/6523/022lb.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/840/022lb.jpg/)

complete with player having a "slash" in the corner

Stade Marcel Garcin (Orléans)

http://www.rcorleans.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Stade.jpg

My vote is for Chicago's Soldier Field. What where they thinking renovating it? Also, what is with the bizarre design, they could have done a more normal design at least!

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/north_america/united_states/illinois/chicago_soldier.jpg

Look at the diagonals everywhere!

What were they thinking renovating solider field? the structure was becoming unsafe the walls and floors in the press box were being eaten away by termites there was no room for concessions or luxury boxes. the outside of the stadium isn't great but the inside and all the luxury amenities and don't forget that the view lines were upgraded

The East Stand at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock.
It doesn't run the whole length of the pitch, and has a large wedge shape cut out of it due to the housing behind the stand.

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/33/100894496_0e4607d5c3_z.jpg

^^Bloody travesty for a Stadium named Rugby Park to have football played on it!!!

This ought to be bloody hilarious.

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/739480/marlins.gif

So it's long gone now, but the old Dell of Southampton had one heck of a stand behind the goal. The road behind ran at such an angle it was the only way build it.

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/ts_magazine_big_picture/1623006.jpg

lol

Two-tiered stand or corporate boxes? You choose :lol:

http://gargles.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/WindowsLiveWriter/Stadium_633A/image%7B0%7D%5B2%5D.png

Since The Dell was mentioned a few posts above, how about an older picture of the same stadium??

http://www.agentsmart.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/The-Dell-1966.jpg

I believed it had the nickname "The Chocolate Box".

This one, it's not pretty, an dingy old stadium with a flashy new roof, neither are in harmony with each other, to coin a phrase 'lipstick on a pig'.

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/6279/11897093.jpg

^^ Boooh! Cry foul! I disagree!

That's Athen's Olympic Stadium for crying out loud! Only having been built in the 80's (i.e not that far back), without weird stands (i.e it's pretty, more so than some recently built stadiums!).

It was renovated for the 2004 Olympics with a flashy new roof (which compliments it btw, so therefore is harmonious with this "old" stadium as you put it), and general cosmetic alterations like new seats, repainting the whole stadium and two video boards.

Heck, look at their 1996 Olympic bid. The stadium was proposed to be as is, with perhaps the addition of a video screen or two.

If the stadium isn't broke, then why demolish it and build a new one?

Lipstick on a pig? It was never a pig to begin with (when it didn't have a roof). It was nicely symetrical.

Anderlecht (future)
http://i39.tinypic.com/do9a4p.jpg

^^
that's not funny... that's horrible! Only in Belgium, an underdeveloped nation when it comes down to stadium construction and renovation.

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that's not funny... that's horrible! Only in Belgium, an underdeveloped nation when it comes down to stadium construction and renovation.

I only can agree with you.
The stadiums in Belgium are horrible. The have to do something about it and quickly.
There are plans to renovate and build net stadiums but all they do is talk. Gent - Brugge - Liège - Brussels - Antwerp - ...

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that's not funny... that's horrible! Only in Belgium, an underdeveloped nation when it comes down to stadium construction and renovation.
Not only in Belgium, by no means! Almost in every country you can find examples of stadiums looking different than desired because of local conditions. Belgian media have informed quite a lot about how they CANNOT move the road that restricts the stadium plot. So why are you so critical about it?
Actually, I think this cut corner is an advantage of this stadium. If it was a closed bowl, it would be nothing to talk about - there are many of these already. Since it's not, it got at least some character. I think the move to leave an open corner was a very fair one and not funny at all.

Not only in Belgium, by no means! Almost in every country you can find examples of stadiums looking different than desired because of local conditions. Belgian media have informed quite a lot about how they CANNOT move the road that restricts the stadium plot. So why are you so critical about it?
Actually, I think this cut corner is an advantage of this stadium. If it was a closed bowl, it would be nothing to talk about - there are many of these already. Since it's not, it got at least some character. I think the move to leave an open corner was a very fair one and not funny at all.

Yes only in Belgium. Only in Belgium it is impossible to obtain a building permit for a brand new stadium on a different location.

That is the reason Anderlecht has decided to renovate and expand the old stadium as much as possible. And the result is -as you can see above- not funny at all, it is more like a bad joke.

Apart from some diehard fans who do not want to move along, nobody is happy with the current situation.

Same problem in Club Brugge, Antwerp, Standard de Liège, new Heysel...frustration all over the place.

Yes only in Belgium. Only in Belgium it is impossible to obtain a building permit for a brand new stadium on a different location.
No, that happens everywhere. Take Everton for example.

Newcastle, St James Park, a very odd looking stadium.

http://www.photojunkyard.com/is.php?i=5124&img=St_James_Aerial.jpg

^^ It'll always look odd due to the fact that the buildings behind the one stand are listed. I think Newcastle had plans to redevelop the Gallowgate End, though. Something like this:

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6319/sjp2018.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/515/sjp2018.jpg/)

The problem lies with those houses. They are Grade II listed. To outsiders from England that means they cannot be knocked down without special permission from the government. Basically it means they won't be knocked down. Although Newcastle have these expansion plans it seems very remote given the nature of the road the new stand would need to cross and the money involved to build the new stand. It's very expensive for just a few seats, a shame as Newcastle deserve a 60,000 seater stadium.

What is so special about those houses?

St James and the future Anderlecht stadium looks beautiful. Their stadiums are unique and have character.

The problem lies with those houses. They are Grade II listed. To outsiders from England that means they cannot be knocked down without special permission from the government. Basically it means they won't be knocked down. Although Newcastle have these expansion plans it seems very remote given the nature of the road the new stand would need to cross and the money involved to build the new stand. It's very expensive for just a few seats, a shame as Newcastle deserve a 60,000 seater stadium.

Grade I listed according to this:

http://newcastlephotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/leazes-terrace.html

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1667/56723078.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/207/56723078.jpg/)

They're Georgian (built from 1720-1840) and protected by law so there is nothing the club can do with expansion on that side of the ground. However listings of buildings can be reversed, that is a committee can decide to reverse the protection on a building/buildings. However this is very rare.

Grade I listed according to this:

I knew they were listed to some degree! Thanks for the conformation.

Anderlecht (future)
http://i39.tinypic.com/do9a4p.jpg

Can't they move the stadium some 40-50 metres? There seems to be more than enough room in the park around two sides of the stadium.

Can't they move the stadium some 40-50 metres? There seems to be more than enough room in the park around two sides of the stadium.
They are expanding not rebuilding because its just not cost effective, so no they cant just move it ove 40 or 50 metres

strange stadium :lol:

Como old stadium

I think that this is strange

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/italy/lombardia/brescia_rigamonti1.jpg

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/italy/lombardia/brescia_rigamonti2.jpg:


it is not strange, it's horrible:ohno:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61866143@N08/6779540714/in/pool-50127498@N00/

Concerning Rangers Field:

The stadium reflects the Franchise. Nice looking from the outside, but truly lots of problems that will keep them from being great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YrIj4I7ecg

Quan Khu 7 Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg40/scaled.php?server=40&filename=dsc04551h.jpg&res=medium

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/23825660.jpg

http://davidbeyondborders.com/dbb_blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Crowd-shot.bmp

Concerning Rangers Field:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YrIj4I7ecg

what?

Quan Khu 7 Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

now what's funny about this one?

Sundsvall, Sweden

http://roxetteblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/800px-NorrportenArena.jpg

what?

.... just ..... stupid.

Probably meant to be some kind of joke.

:colgate:

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2169/capture1ybj.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/capture1ybj.jpg/)

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/7960/capturenp.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/39/capturenp.jpg/)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7103/capture2sl.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/197/capture2sl.jpg/)

Who said size matters? ;)

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7477/haverhillrov9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/96/haverhillrov9.jpg/)

look US guys, even the smallest european stadium have got a roof :D

now what's funny about this one?

I think KyleinOKC just wanted to point out the position of those floodlights in that last picture. If not, then I have no idea!

look US guys, even the smallest european stadium have got a roof :D

:applause::rofl:

:colgate:
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7103/capture2sl.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/197/capture2sl.jpg/)Cool! They could move it up and down the side of the pitch during gameplay so as fans you're always right in front of the action!!

^^ can't wait to see it in action at formula1 or indy-car, always right in front of action

Who said size matters? ;)

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7477/haverhillrov9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/96/haverhillrov9.jpg/)

OH MY GOD!!!!!! HAVERHILL! I LIVE HERE! YAY! :banana:

Finally! Haverhill got onto SSC! We're famous! haha goodtimes! :D

This is honestly the happiest day of my life.

I think haverhill's new croft should be part of the next WC bid

So it's long gone now, but the old Dell of Southampton had one heck of a stand behind the goal. The road behind ran at such an angle it was the only way build it.

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/ts_magazine_big_picture/1623006.jpg

Basically the same issue, just mountain instead of road, and I give you the "Mircea Chivu" stadium in Reşiţa, Romania:

http://imagecache.soccerway.com/venues/600x450/5515.jpg

It has been taken care a bit since that pic, there are plastic seats now:

http://www.adevarul.ro/bbtcontent/clipping/ADVIMA20090621_0142/4.jpg

http://www.caon.ro/2011/10/csm-scolar-resita-acs-recas.jpg

http://www.caon.ro/2011/06/cupa-resita.jpg

It still is the commie, poor man's Estádio Municipal de Braga.

But not far away there appears to be another similar stadium which in 2010 still looked... vintage. :lol:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XGhYCblm03E/TPE7Rzf8RqI/AAAAAAAAALM/ymHa8uW-wE4/s1600/P9180050.jpg