alright guys....

i'm looking for stadia with canopy/tent like roofs..

like the king fahd in saudi arabia
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/middle_east/saudi_arabia/riyadh_king_fahd1.jpg

or even a stand @ a stadium with a canopy roof like the south stand @ lords
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Lords_south_stands.jpg/290px-Lords_south_stands.jpg

or the don valley stadium
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/united_kingdom/england/yorkshire_humber/sheffield_don_valley1.jpg


does anyone else have any examples???

Munich Olympic Stadium

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5854/aerialjs4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/1184/munichstadium5zxoc4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The baseball stadium planned for St. Petersburg, Florida

http://majorleaguedowntown.com/userfiles/image/57_BallPark4.jpg

Most of those types of roofs are made by a company right here in Buffalo, NY, Birdair. Here is a link to their stadium projects.

http://www.birdair.com/projectGallery/browse.aspx?id=stadiums

Some of those are really cool.

i'm sure all of us on here have dreams of designing our own stadium....well mine has a canopy roof.....thats why i've asked for example...cheers guys, keep em' coming

infact that incheon stadium is exactly what it "my stadium" would look like..

You know that University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale Arizona is a dome but its a canvas material that they use to cover it with. I remember seeing it on Build it Bigger when they walked across it.

Georgia Dome

http://www.kinesiology.msstate.edu/Georgia%20Dome.jpg
http://www.gunbyconstruction.com/images/georgia2_dome_1.jpg

Olympic Stadium, Montreal:

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsapp/BT/DOMES/TIMELN/montreal/mont-ext.jpg

AOL Arena

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/245699967_7b979520fd_b.jpg

The O2/ the dome in London also Wimbildons new cenntre court roof will be made of a clear fabric I think.

Dunedin:

http://i17.tinypic.com/2hmcxzs.jpg

http://i16.tinypic.com/44ui5aq.jpg

Where are the images of the new Dunedin stadium from? All I've ever seen are vague statements that Carisbrook might possibly be replaced, maybe.

I am surprised that nobody mentioned Key Arena over in Seattle, which is home to both the Seattle Supersonics and Seattle Storm.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2382/2207059432_b1aa713ef6_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2113/2206853590_253a0185f5_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2411/2201101002_d47dc853a6_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/2168214648_f8f30043f1_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2375/2055896061_f12d4cdeeb_b.jpg

^^Thats a canopy roof? Looks like metal to me

Yeah i think fabric, pobably with a wire support system was the intension here. Absolutely love Key Arena though.

^^Thats a canopy roof? Looks like metal to me

This thead says sports facitilities with tent-like roofs, and Key Arena tends to resemble a tent. I was never told that it had to litterally be one with an airfilled roof like the ones that are shown. However, the design that Key Arena has is pretty rare, and not too many arenas are like this.

I think its called Tent roofs, like Fabric that can easily be torn.

This thead says sports facitilities with tent-like roofs, and Key Arena tends to resemble a tent. I was never told that it had to litterally be one with an airfilled roof like the ones that are shown. However, the design that Key Arena has is pretty rare, and not too many arenas are like this.

big boy version of key arena
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/85518906_0e2a0695cc_o.jpg

heres a better illustration of what i'm after

http://www.australianportraits.com/gallery/adelaide/images/Adelaide%20Oval%2002a(M).jpg

Ah the Adelaide Oval. The worlds most picturesque test cricket ground.

Quite a few of the newer German stadia have fabric roofs. I've been trying to find the acoustic properties. Do they absorb the noise or reflect it. I know acoustic curtains are used in some arenas to absorb unwanted noise and reduce echos. A football stadium probably wants the opposite effect with the sound reflected back to keep the atmosphere/chanting/singing inside the stadium and projected out onto the pitch. Anyone any experience/data on this?

Adelaide Oval in 1974. No stands on the outer of the ground & no seating on the fence line, just concrete terraces. Also, no lights & the John Creswell Stand is still there.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5129/adelaideoval113sx2.jpg

Compare this to Adelaide Oval in 2008. The old John Creswel Stand at the southern end is gone, replaced by the Sir Donald Bradman Stand (1990). The Chappell Stands (2003) are now on the outer (eastern) wing and a new undercover area is in place on the south-eastern hill. Also, lights have been installed (1997).
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2075/adelaideoval174rn2.jpg

And through it all, the scoreboard has remained the same as it has for over a century. Hand operated.

The 2010 Soccer World Cup Moses Madiba stadium in Durban will have a tent/canopy roof suspended from its arch. The stadium is under construction and will be completed in mid 2009.

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff177/jetjunky/ds1.jpg

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff177/jetjunky/ds2.jpg

This one is my favorite

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/archiholic/architecture/NewPicture.jpg
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee11/SDurro/1284116-King_Khalid_International_F.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2171/2215247938_f7bbea3f22.jpg?v=0

The retractable roof of the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt which folds up into the videocube might probably also be of interest:

open:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Comm.jpg/800px-Comm.jpg

closed:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Coba-arena-ffm001.jpg/800px-Coba-arena-ffm001.jpg

source: wikipedia.de

Interesting about this retractable roof is, that it's not allowed to be closed in winter time (I believe it was from November util april) because it can't hold up heavy loads of snow which are possible in wintertime here.

Municipal de Braga

http://www.portugalemgrande.com/files/images/EstSBraga.preview.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/377800952_62495c31c0.jpg
http://www.floornature.com/worldaround/img_magazine/SoutoDeMoura_3_popup.jpg

Well, Olympiakos FC stadium, Stadium Karaiskaki has such a roof:

Seen U/C back in 2004:

http://www.stadia.gr/karaiskaki/karaiskaki24.jpg
now:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/3044403518_accbbfc6bf_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2808655382_f73913c7b4_b.jpg
http://www.stadia.gr/karaiskaki/karaiskaki6.jpg
http://www.stadia.gr/karaiskaki/karaiskaki1.jpg
http://www.stadia.gr/karaiskaki/karaiskaki4.jpg
http://www.stadia.gr/karaiskaki/karaiskaki7.jpg

Briskeby Gressbane, home of the Norwegian club HamKam.

http://www.stadionsiden.com/stadiums/briskeby/nybriskeby/DSCN3618.jpg

More pictures http://www.stadionsiden.com/stadiums_details.asp?stadium_id=196&method=showphotos

I think you might be searching for something like this:

http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/24176618.jpg
picture by me


Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade
Home of Roda JC Kerkrade, Netherlands

Quite a few of the newer German stadia have fabric roofs. I've been trying to find the acoustic properties. Do they absorb the noise or reflect it. I know acoustic curtains are used in some arenas to absorb unwanted noise and reduce echos. A football stadium probably wants the opposite effect with the sound reflected back to keep the atmosphere/chanting/singing inside the stadium and projected out onto the pitch. Anyone any experience/data on this?

They absorb because of concerts, reflective surfaces would kill any sound mix and turn it into a muddy mess. A lot of those stadiums are probably designed for large concerts and the money in that. The difference on crowd noise would be pretty small, so I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they use sound dampeners.