it's all well and good having massive new stadia being built,but what about the small ones??? i'm talking anout stadiums with a capacity under 20,000


i found this one a couple of days ago, it's in poland, the Korona Kielce Stadion has a capacity of 15,500 and only cost £9-10 million (48million polish money)

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/poland/swietokrzyskie/kielce_korona1.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/SuperStadion1.jpg/800px-SuperStadion1.jpg

it puts alot of new stadiums to shame imho..

Parkstad Limburg stadion
Roda JC Kerkrade
Holland
Cap +/- 19 500
http://i11.tinypic.com/4dzi5gn.jpg
http://i11.tinypic.com/3zbam8y.jpg
http://i10.tinypic.com/2v3nggg.jpg

In the Netherlands there are alot of nice little stadiums... (nice little country eeey)
Here goes The Euroborg stadium from FC Groningen
cap 20 000
http://i10.tinypic.com/4ccukps.jpg
http://i12.tinypic.com/2upbghz.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/478sw1g.jpg

and a classic in Holland,
S P A R T A (eeh Sparta,) Rotterdam, the Castle/ Het kasteel or preferered by the sponsor Eneco Stadium, but it is 'het Kasteel' you'll see why
cap about 11 500
http://i17.tinypic.com/2jfhymt.jpg
http://i10.tinypic.com/4hbjolc.jpg
http://i17.tinypic.com/2ry0mj6.jpg

Let's see what we got in Germany :)

BayArena Leverkusen - 22.500

http://www.sport.bayer.com/medien/foerderung/450/bayarena_nachts_450.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/3/3a/BayArena_Innenansicht.JPG


Playmobilstadion Fürth - 15.500

http://www.fussball-und-titten.de/damen/600px/tina.jpg
http://www.stadionfuehrer.de/deutschland_stadion_greutherfuerth.jpg
http://www.suedfussball.de/stadien/mittelfranken/playmobilstadion/images/playmobil-stadion14.jpg


Generali Sportpark Unterhaching - 15.000

http://www.spvgg-unterhaching.de/images/stadium/f_stadiumneu3.jpg
http://www.suedfussball.de/stadien/oberbayern/generali_sportpark/images/unterhaching05.JPG
http://www.suedfussball.de/stadien/oberbayern/generali_sportpark/images/unterhaching06.JPG

there are not really beautiful small stadiums here :( most of the smaller ones are old and round and with track lines

I quite like our little stadium here in Herning, DK. A bit ordinary, but still nice. It's called SAS Arena, and it has a capacity of just 11.809 (7.409 seats), but that's okay for a town this size. It's was built in 2003-2004 and the price was some 11,5 million €. A few of my photos:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/sasarena/1.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/sasarena/2.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/sasarena/3.jpg

Other nice little stadia in NL:

DSB Stadion - Alkmaar (16.000 seats)
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/netherlands/alkmaar_dsb1.jpg http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/netherlands/alkmaar_dsb2.jpg

Rat Verlegh Stadion - Breda (17.000 seats)
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/netherlands/breda_verlegh1.jpg http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/netherlands/breda_verlegh2.jpg
it seems ordinary but the corners are beatiful:
http://www.stadiumguide.com/fujifilm1.jpg

Stade de la licorne - Amiens - France (11 875 p.)
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/france/picardie/amiens_licorne1.jpg

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/france/picardie/amiens_licorne2.jpg

Stade de la licorne - Amiens - France (11 875 p.)
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/france/picardie/amiens_licorne1.jpg

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/france/picardie/amiens_licorne2.jpg

Man this is a funny one haha, is it real? Is it located on a place where the wind is always very strong? Yep this is a one time only for sure!

FC Twente in Holland/NL
cap 13 500
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r283/skaP187/fctwente3.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r283/skaP187/fctwente4.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r283/skaP187/fctwente5.jpg

I hope soon it will not fitt this thread anymore because they have planns to expand to 36 000 (the same goes for the AZ Alkmaar stadium by the way...)

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r283/skaP187/fctwente2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/3/3a/BayArena_Innenansicht.JPG

Leverkursen arena is beautiful for sure. :okay:
How about Stade Louis II?

Stade Louis II

Cap 18,000

http://www.footballgroundsofengland.co.uk/images/Monaco-05_small.jpg
http://www.footballgroundsofengland.co.uk/images/Monaco-04_small.jpg
http://www.footballgroundsofengland.co.uk/images/Monaco-03_small.jpg

Stade Louis II - Monaco (18 521 p.)
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/monaco/monte_carlo_louis_2_1.jpg
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/monaco/monte_carlo_louis_2_2.jpg

Yes the Stade de la licorne is real, he was built in 1999. I have never saw it in reality but i am a fan :nuts:

Estadio Victoria in Aguascalientes, Mexico:

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/north_america/mexico/central_mexico/aguascalientes_victoria1.jpg
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/north_america/mexico/central_mexico/aguascalientes_victoria2.jpg

I nominate my very own Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion (17,500) in Vienna, home of SK Rapid Wien.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Hanappi-Stadion_S%C3%BCd.jpg/800px-Hanappi-Stadion_S%C3%BCd.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Hanappi-Stadion_West.jpg/800px-Hanappi-Stadion_West.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Hanappi-Stadion_Ost.jpg/800px-Hanappi-Stadion_Ost.jpg


But I believe the new Vancouver Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium will take the cake...
http://www.whitecapsnewstadium.com/data/upload/renderings_soccer.jpg

http://www.whitecapsnewstadium.com/data/upload/renderings_city.jpg

Wonderful!:)

Man this is a funny one haha, is it real? Is it located on a place where the wind is always very strong? Yep this is a one time only for sure!


Actually de la licorne is getting a younger brother in Grenoble same concept 20000 seats there's aspecific thread on the forum and it's looking really nice

I agree with davidkunz/VIE

if build the waterfront stadium in downtown Vancouver is going to be the absolute bonker. the location is awsome, the design is simple functional and brilliant and the view will be incredible!!!

It's not built yet but the new Artevelde stadium of KAA Gent (Belgium) will be a beauty. It will have a capacity of 20000 seats and it will be finished at the end of 2007.

http://www.ams.be/sitev2/images/0173_BNT_AAG/AMS_0173_BNT_AAG_C_groot.jpg

http://www.ams.be/sitev2/images/0173_BNT_AAG/AMS_0173_BNT_AAG_B_groot.jpg

http://www.ams.be/sitev2/images/0076_BNT_AAG/AMS_BNT_AAG_B11_groot.jpg

http://www.ams.be/sitev2/images/0173_BNT_AAG/AMS_0173_BNT_AAG_H_groot.jpg

My top 5 is:
1. Vancouver Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium
2. Artevelde Stadium
3. DSB Stadium
4. Stade Louis II
5. Bayarena

Estadio Max Austin in Perú (25,000 seats)

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/south_america/peru/iquitos_augustin1.jpg

http://www.fifa.com/photogallery/cms/others/7_RA_BRA_PRK.jpg

http://www.fifa.com/photogallery/cms/actionimages/6_AI_TUR_CHN.jpg

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=422803 - Salford (22,000)
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42358000/jpg/_42358723_salford_reds1_416.jpg


http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=335438 - Melbourne (20,000)
http://www.mvfc.com.au/_content/image/00002848-image.jpg

I agree with davidkunz/VIE

if build the waterfront stadium in downtown Vancouver is going to be the absolute bonker. the location is awsome, the design is simple functional and brilliant and the view will be incredible!!!

eh what makes the stadium so briljant? I only see two real stands and they are very basic... The view will have to be very impressive!:bash:

guys it's about small stadiums, the max was 20 000 cap, so don't sneeky slipp over that (peru and sallford for example)
Nice stadiums though!

Some more from Holland

FC Volendam 6.000 cap
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/bennie_s/P3280005.jpg

De Graafschap Doetinchem 11.000 cap
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/bennie_s/graa01.jpg

FC Eindhoven 5.000 cap
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/bennie_s/PC220181.jpg

WillemII Tilburg 14.000 cap
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/bennie_s/P7120005.jpg

MVV Maastricht 10.000 cap
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/bennie_s/P2100007.jpg

Fortuna Sittard 12.000 cap
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/bennie_s/PC160074.jpg

RBC Roosendaal 5.000
http://img240.echo.cx/img240/6871/p60300029ft.jpg

NEC Nijmegen 12.000
http://runningplace.web-log.nl/photos/uncategorized/nec_2.jpg

FC Den Bosch 7500
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/netherlands/den_bosch_vliert1.jpg

eh what makes the stadium so briljant? I only see two real stands and they are very basic... The view will have to be very impressive!:bash:


Well as you can see on the rendering it will be mosty glass and stainless stell for the exterior. the zones behind the goalpost will be a mix of suites and general admission seatings. The stadium is also a nice piece of engineering with a very severe rule book it will be sureleavated from the ground with railways going below a bit like in Monaco.
I've been to the site many times and I can assure you the view is going to be breathtaking. It's going to be a very nice place to be even if you're not a soccer fan.

Correct me if I'm wrong but is this thread called "the ugliest football stadium in the world"

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/bennie_s/PC220181.jpg

^^ I agree that it's an awful stand (the other two look a lot better, the stadium has only 3 stands). However, it still beats 90% of the Belgian stadiums including some that are a lot bigger.

Dear fellow Dutch forumers. It is not the idea to simply put all the small stadiums in your country here. Just the small, beautiful ones. Not simple concrete things like MVV or F.Sittard stadiums.

I'll add some:

FC Utrecht - Nieuw Galgenwaard (24,000 seats)
http://www.fc-utrecht.nl/images/s/sta.jpg
http://www.derat.nl/picture/stadionfoto/stadion_fcutrecht.jpg
http://www.vriendenvanahoy.nl/foto's/sterke%20verhalen/fcutrecht4.jpg
In the last picture there is a memorial service for David di Tomasso, a FC Utrecht player who died of a heart attack.

^^ err only stadia with under 20,000 cap

oops sorry, I read over the max cap.

http://habana.homepage.dk/ACVB/4_AC.jpg
http://habana.homepage.dk/ACVB/5_AC.jpg
http://habana.homepage.dk/ACVB/6_AC.jpg
http://habana.homepage.dk/ACVB/7_AC.jpg
The new stadium in Horsens (Denmark) is going to be a all-time classic!
10.000 seats

I realy think there are a lot of nice dutch stadiums, but why are there so many with stands that doesn't reach the pitch. It looks ugly and it's impossible to be close to the action. Why don't finish the stands. The stadiums would be much more sociable and beautiful.

For example:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/bennie_s/P2100007.jpg

@ Quintana I realy tried but it's hard to find a stadium as ugly as that.

That must be Craven Cottage (Fulham):

http://www.stadiumguide.com/cravencottage4.jpg

http://www.stadiumguide.com/cravencottage5.jpg

http://www.stadiumguide.com/cravencottage8.jpg

http://www.stadiumguide.com/cravencottage7.jpg

one word: AMAZING!

I've always liked Getafe's stadium, only about 15 000.

http://www.getafeweb.com/getafecf/Estadio_Achivos/estadio_ent.gif

What about BMO Field (20 000) in Toronto! :banana: :banana: :banana:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/crimsonmire/IMG_4192.jpg

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/256/1622rpbvt4.jpg

I realy think there are a lot of nice dutch stadiums, but why are there so many with stands that doesn't reach the pitch. It looks ugly and it's impossible to be close to the action. Why don't finish the stands. The stadiums would be much more sociable and beautiful.

For example:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/bennie_s/P2100007.jpg

@ Quintana I realy tried but it's hard to find a stadium as ugly as that.

They did that for safety... but indeed it is ugly. Clubs who draw enough crouwd are about to change those mistakes

i like the korona stadium in poland

The final phase of the Atlanta Silverbacks park has to be up there somewhere. Only 15k seats, but whoa! :hammer:

http://www.atlantasilverbacks.com/siteadmin/news_images/stadiuminfo.jpg

The old renderings of Saputo were pretty nice, now it looks like crap.

The new football stadium that was going to be built in Melbourne was cool. (Except for the light towers) But i don't think that stadium will see the light od day, seeing as though they are now looking to make it 30,000+ capacity. Can't wait to see the new design though!

http://habana.homepage.dk/ACVB/7_AC.jpg
The new stadium in Horsens (Denmark) is going to be a all-time classic!
10.000 seats

Looks very nice, very clean... Needs some decent stands behind the goals though.

It's cheating, but can I throw in a vote for the Adidas Arena, the little temporary stadium they put up with scaffolding for Germany 06...

http://www.protosom.de/mambo/images/zoom/YCVIBE/Adidas-Arena_NED-ARG_20.jpg

Patroeski, I found Belgium has alot stadiums worst than FC Eindhoven
check this one from Dessel Sport., nr 8 in 2nd league
http://www.kfcdesselsport.be/SimpleViewer_v17/galerij.html


More Belgium ones

Westerlo
http://www.groundhopping.ch/spielberichte/westerlo.htm
http://www.groundhopping.ch/spielberichte/westerlo.htm

Lierse
http://www.stadiumguide.com/hermanvanderpoorten3.jpg
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/doingthe116/Lierse%20Sfeervak.jpg

Waregem
http://blogimages.seniorennet.be/wareber/565-520be4afac08eae1d9a74f42212e7def.jpg

FC Brussels
http://www.fc-brussels.be/FR/Club/StadionFotos/scorebord.jpg
http://www.fc-brussels.be/FR/Club/StadionFotos/businessseats.jpg

KV Mechelen
http://www.kvmechelen.be/kvmsite/pictures/stadion/tribune2.jpg

Eupen (5th place 2nd league)
http://www.geocities.com/stadionfreund2/fotos/eupen-kehrweg-200302.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/stadionfreund2/fotos/eupen-kehrweg-200305.jpg

Hamme
http://www.vwhamme.be/stadion/4.jpg
http://www.vwhamme.be/stadion/1.jpg

Heverlee-Leuven
http://www.ohl.be/gallery/albums/album01/016_zittribune15u46.sized.jpg
http://www.ohl.be/gallery/albums/album01/001_tribune12u45.sized.jpg

Tienen
http://www.procms.be/kvktienen/upload/Bergestadion6.jpg
http://www.procms.be/kvktienen/upload/Bergestadion25.jpg
http://www.procms.be/kvktienen/upload/Bergestadion19.jpg

Lommel
http://www.kvsk.be/clubinfo/stadion.gif

Waasland
http://www.rswaasland.be/images/puyenbeke_stadion/3g.jpg
http://www.rswaasland.be/images/puyenbeke_stadion/13g.jpg
http://www.rswaasland.be/images/puyenbeke_stadion/10g.jpg

Deinze
http://www.kmskdeinze.be/club/fotosstadion/18%2017-09-2005/tribune%20vanuit%
http://www.kmskdeinze.be/club/fotosstadion/18%2017-09-2005/zicht%20op%20tribune%20van%20in%20VAK%20O.JPG

Quite a few people note the title - the best small football stadiums. So, please, do not post all of them in a post, but try to stick to the best ones only.

To me, smaller grounds have much more atmosphere. They are not so commercial as the new giants, which look like malls where, occasionally, there could be some football played.

I personally like the Dutch ones - neat and having character. The new ground lack character, they're so similar.

Here are mine less known favourites:

Saturn, Russia - 18500
http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/RUS/Saturn_A.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/RUS/Saturn2.jpg

Salzburg, Austria - 18682
http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/AUT/Stadion_Salzburg3.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/AUT/Stadion_Salzburg4.jpg

Talinn - 8700
http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/EST/Lillekula.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/EST/Lillekula2.jpg

Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest - 13501
http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/HUN/UTE4.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/HUN/UTE3.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/HUN/UTE.jpg

Stadion Miejski, Kielce - 14600
http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/POL/Miejski_Kielce3.jpeg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/POL/Miejski_Kielce_A.jpeg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/POL/Miejski_Kielce2.jpeg

@ Doveling

I didn't say it' impossible to find stadiums as ugly as FC Eindhoven. Certainly not if you go searching in the lower ligues. Just don't post them in this forum!

A nice football stadium in my region (Rostock / Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania in East-Germany); 20'000 seats :)

http://www.hbmbau.de/_HBM/Album/1a5722c1-ddc7-4af2-a6be-0885f0e5d361.jpg

Next to it: The old stadium
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/thumb/2/2/22595.gif


http://www.fc-hansa.de/cp/themes/hansa/custom/vip-service/stadion_g.jpg

http://home19.inet.tele.dk/hsvfans/images/stadion1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Ostseestadion.JPG/800px-Ostseestadion.JPG

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/germany/mecklenburg_vorpommern/rostock_ostseestadion2.jpg

http://www.olympicsky.de/images/flug02_small.jpg

http://www.losbremos.de/images/stadien/rostock2.jpg

http://www.losbremos.de/images/stadien/rostock4.jpg

http://www.smclubkassel.de/auswarts/photos/35-rostock-04.JPG

http://www.smclubkassel.de/auswarts/photos/35-rostock-05.jpg

http://www.smclubkassel.de/auswarts/photos/35-rostock-09.jpg

http://www.smclubkassel.de/auswarts/photos/35-rostock-08.jpg

http://www.globalstadia.com/campo_rostock2.jpg


So, I think that were enough pics, weren't they? :lol:

Personally, one of my favourite small stadiums is De Koel, the stadium of VVV-Venlo. It has 6,000 seats.

http://www.duesselhopper.de/vvv%209.jpg
Over here, it seems ordinary small, right?

But check this:
http://www.duesselhopper.de/VVV%206.jpg http://www.duesselhopper.de/VVV%207.jpg

A bit extraordinary but certainly beautiful!

Future stadium of DC United ( 24.000 ), I know it's more than 20k, but not by much :)
http://web.mlsnet.com/t103/imgs/stadium/2006/rendering_bowl_sw.jpg

Here is another picture of the Stade Luis II. Especially the outside of the stadium is nice I think.

http://www.asm-foot.mc/images/stade/0.jpg

Hindmarsh Stadium. Adelaide, Australia. 16,000 All seater.

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/oceania/australia/south_australia/adelaide_hindmarsh1.jpg
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/oceania/australia/south_australia/adelaide_hindmarsh2.jpg

Estadio Sanchez Menor
UD Puertollano (Spain)
6.500 aprox.

At May 2007, starts de construction of "Nuevo Cerrú" Stadium, with 10.000 seats. The next month, it's show the renders of new stadium. UD Puertollano plays in spanish 2ª Division "B", group I, and actually is 2nd classified.

http://www.udpuertollano.com/images/imagen.php?ac=escalar&sub=clientes&w=400&h=400&imagen=01.JPG

http://www.udpuertollano.com/images/imagen.php?ac=escalar&sub=clientes&w=400&h=400&imagen=ESTADIO-SANCHEZ-MENOR.jpg

http://www.udpuertollano.com/images/imagen.php?ac=escalar&sub=clientes&w=400&h=400&imagen=02.JPG

http://www.udpuertollano.com/images/imagen.php?ac=escalar&sub=clientes&w=400&h=400&imagen=03.JPG

http://www.udpuertollano.com/images/imagen.php?ac=escalar&sub=clientes&w=400&h=400&imagen=04.JPG

http://www.udpuertollano.com/images/imagen.php?ac=escalar&sub=clientes&w=400&h=400&imagen=05.JPG

http://www.udpuertollano.com/images/imagen.php?ac=escalar&sub=clientes&w=400&h=400&imagen=06.JPG

http://www.udpuertollano.com/images/imagen.php?ac=escalar&sub=clientes&w=400&h=400&imagen=af01.JPG

http://www.udpuertollano.com/images/imagen.php?ac=escalar&sub=clientes&w=400&h=400&imagen=af03.JPG

I quite like our little stadium here in Herning, DK. A bit ordinary, but still nice. It's called SAS Arena, and it has a capacity of just 11.809 (7.409 seats), but that's okay for a town this size. It's was built in 2003-2004 and the price was some 11,5 million €. A few of my photos:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/sasarena/1.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/sasarena/2.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/sasarena/3.jpg

You got any pictures from the stadiums main entrance?
Let's hope FCM (or OB) will win the danish championsship this year;)

That Vancouver looks great !

Here is another picture of the Stade Luis II. Especially the outside of the stadium is nice I think.

http://www.asm-foot.mc/images/stade/0.jpg

love this stadium !!

A nice football stadium in my region (Rostock / Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania in East-Germany); 20'000 seats :)


http://www.losbremos.de/images/stadien/rostock2.jpg

http://www.globalstadia.com/campo_rostock2.jpg


So, I think that were enough pics, weren't they? :lol:

Did they re-use the lighting setup? They look eerily similar.'

Also, for the love of god, stop posting all those crap Dutch and Belgian 2nd league stadiums. They're shit.

You got any pictures from the stadiums main entrance?Haven't got any of my own, but there are few few at the beginning of this site: Gallery (http://www.black-wolves.com/billedgalleri/221006fcm-ob/galleri.htm) :)

Well I'm maybe a bit biased seeing as this is my club, but it fits the criteria (just)...

The Den, London - Capacity 20,000
Home of Millwall F.C. (currently sitting 19th in England's third tier :ohno: ):

http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/newden2.jpg
http://www.footballgroundsofengland.co.uk/images/millwall-03.jpg


Also some of the smaller MLS stadiums in the states are looking quite smart, such as Toyota Park (20,000) in Chicago:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4e/Toyotapark.jpg


Bit if I'm honest, Monaco's Stade Louis II is probably still the best sub-20,000 stadium that I know of, even with the athletics track:

http://www.footballgroundsofengland.co.uk/images/Monaco-02.jpg

Haven't got any of my own, but there are few few at the beginning of this site: Gallery (http://www.black-wolves.com/billedgalleri/221006fcm-ob/galleri.htm) :)

Thank you very much - really love this stadium!

Well I'm maybe a bit biased seeing as this is my club, but it fits the criteria (just)...

The Den, London - Capacity 20,000
Home of Millwall F.C. (currently sitting 19th in England's third tier :ohno: ):

http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/newden2.jpg

I remember Danny Baker complaining once that the New Den had started to fall apart after 3 or 4 years because the builders had used cheap materials... Is that true?

Nice little ground. Back in the heady days of Championship Manager (version 2 I think), I had a lovely picture of the ground that I had amended to fill in the corners. Looked very nice. At that point I had a bit of a soft spot for Millwall (took them to 2nd in the Premiership too). I've grown out of it now though, and hate them like the rest of the world. I think Denis Wise had something to do with it, and Mark McGhee.

Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan – Ivory Coast


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/322214060_6996c2c1da_m.jpg

http://www.abidjanlumieres.com/defile/4.jpg


http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m212/thedaddysounders/Ghana%20Part%201%20-%20The%20Ivory%20Coast%20Footie%20Adventure/09.jpg


http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m212/thedaddysounders/Ghana%20Part%201%20-%20The%20Ivory%20Coast%20Footie%20Adventure/06.jpg


http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m212/thedaddysounders/Ghana%20Part%201%20-%20The%20Ivory%20Coast%20Footie%20Adventure/05.jpg

There aint many major stadiums in Australia that are sub 20k but here's a few around the mark...

Parramatta Stadium - (western) Sydney - 20,000

http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/photos/parramatta1.jpg
http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/photos/parramatta2.jpg

Central Coast Stadium - Gosford - 20,000

http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/photos/centralcoast3.jpg
http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/photos/centralcoast.jpg

Hindmarsh Stadium - Adelaide - 16,500

http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/photos/hindmarsh1.jpg
http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/photos/hindmarsh3.jpg

Don't hotlink from austadiums, use an imagehost.

Well I'm maybe a bit biased seeing as this is my club, but it fits the criteria (just)...

The Den, London - Capacity 20,000
Home of Millwall F.C. (currently sitting 19th in England's third tier :ohno: ):

http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/newden2.jpg

I always thought that something like The Den is what the IFA should have tried / be trying to do with Windsor Park. It's a simple design, doesn't require a lot of space and is about the right capacity.

I've always liked The Den for some reason. Just seems devoid of the superfluity of many other stadia, while still looking reasonably modern.

I remember Danny Baker complaining once that the New Den had started to fall apart after 3 or 4 years because the builders had used cheap materials... Is that true?

Nice little ground. Back in the heady days of Championship Manager (version 2 I think), I had a lovely picture of the ground that I had amended to fill in the corners. Looked very nice. At that point I had a bit of a soft spot for Millwall (took them to 2nd in the Premiership too). I've grown out of it now though, and hate them like the rest of the world. I think Denis Wise had something to do with it, and Mark McGhee.

Well I've been going to the ground since it opened in '93 and it did go through a dodgy patch after about 5 years because the club seemed to assume that as it was new they didn't need to spend any money on maintainance... luckily this is no longer the case, and the ground is arguably looking largely better than when it opened, with less exposed breeze blocks and a bit more soul..

The stadium was also designed to have the corners filled in without the need to demolish anything else, as well as for the West stand being built strong enough to handle a third tier if needed, though with our current form this seems unlikely for now..

Glad you no longer have a soft spot for Millwall - wouldn't sit well with our 'no-one likes us' mentality! This happened when we played Man Utd in the FA Cup final a few years ago and everyone wanted Millwall to win - felt so wrong!


I always thought that something like The Den is what the IFA should have tried / be trying to do with Windsor Park. It's a simple design, doesn't require a lot of space and is about the right capacity.

Agreed - from what I remember one of Windsor Park's stands looks remarkably similar to those at The Den anyway, so it would have worked well. Are there any plans to mirror the 2 newer stands on the other sides of the ground for a bit of uniformity?

Glad you no longer have a soft spot for Millwall - wouldn't sit well with our 'no-one likes us' mentality!

I still think that the "no one likes us, we don't care, we are Millwall..." etc., is the best football chant to come out of the South of England.

Agreed - from what I remember one of Windsor Park's stands looks remarkably similar to those at The Den anyway, so it would have worked well. Are there any plans to mirror the 2 newer stands on the other sides of the ground for a bit of uniformity?

The North Stand at Windsor Park is almost a replica of the stands at The Den and the new Alex Russel stand is very similiar, only it is a one tier stand, with an upper and lower section divided by a wall, rather than by a tier split.

The IFA is current discussing two main options for the future of international football in Northern Ireland, niether of which involve Windsor Park;

The first is the proposed stadium at the Maze, but with a proposed capacity of 42,000 and with a lower deck with filled corners, it seems utterly useless as a national stadium for the IFA - capacity is too large and segregation, due to the problems in Northern Irish football, would be incredibly difficult.

The other more logical option is another proposed stadium in the Ormeau Park, just across the river from central Belfast - with a proposed capacity of between 20,000 and 25,000 and four main stands, this seems a much more realistic prospect and would like bring Ulster Rugby on board, as they are slowly outgrowing the limitations of their ground, Ravenhill, which only has a capacity of 12,500, but routinely has much greater demand for tickets.

However, given the fact that The Maze stadium seems to be floundering and losing considerable support, especially given a recent comparative study between it and other white elephants (mostly, Del Alpi), and the relative uncertainty about whether or not the Belfast City stadium will go ahead, I think the IFA should be looking at replacing the two remaining stands at Winsdor, given increasingly stringent UEFA controls reducing the capacity all the time. With appropriate plans, this could easily be completed with no real drop (about 200 seats and no more) in capacity - with three developed ends, Windsor would have a capacity of about 17,000 (as opposed to 14,000 now) allowing the south stand to be demolished and corporate hospitality built into it.

Stadium at Ormeau Park

http://static.flickr.com/47/175689389_46ffe311b1_m.jpg
http://www.cityofbelfaststadium.com/images/banner.jpg

If the 20,000 capacity option is followed, the Ormeau Stadium would surely have to be added to the best small stadia in the world.

^^ ^^ ^^

Seems to make sense that rugby and football share a ground in Northern Ireland seeing as they both seem to need it as much as each other - great opportunity.:cheers:

Hadn't considered the segregation issue in NI in relation to stadium design - shame that it has to be like that, but I suppose it's only similar to what most teams face in league football around the world, just worse. To use The Den as an example since it's been discussed here; one of the main reasons it was made four seperate stands rather than a single bowl was due to the fact that Millwall has that well-publicised hooligan element that don't seem to take too well to sitting or even walking alongside their opposite numbers...

It certainly makes more sense than the Maze development; the one big beef is that the city council are proposing a dog track around the pitch - but there are rumours of retractable stands at each end (the main reason for 4 seperate stands on the bottom tiers) to compensate for this. For all three sports proposed to be played at the Maze, the City of Belfast is a better option - it allowed the GAA to expand the facilities and increase profits from Casement Park and it would enable Ulster Rugby and Northern Ireland to play in front of larger crowds, as per demand, when expansion of their own homes is difficult or impossible.

somebody bung a picture of Tynecastle in edinburgh up. its a great wee stadium. three sides are very nice and modern although the old main stand needs attention to say the least, although it was designed by Archibald Leitch who built among others, Highbury, Villa Park, Ibrox and Goodison.

somebody bung a picture of Tynecastle in edinburgh up. its a great wee stadium. three sides are very nice and modern although the old main stand needs attention to say the least, although it was designed by Archibald Leitch who built among others, Highbury, Villa Park, Ibrox and Goodison.

Och aye, ahl dee it for yee ya lazy wee bairn...

Great wee (18008 capacity) stadium...
http://www.rainbowhearts.co.uk/Images/Tynecastle.jpg

Very nice and modern...
http://www.apwj49.dsl.pipex.com/hearts31.jpg

In need of attention...
http://www.apwj49.dsl.pipex.com/hearts30.jpg

Leitch did a lovely job on the main stand at Roker Park too - they kept some of the lattice work and still have it in the car park at the Stadium of Light.

My vote goes to Craven Cottage. Saw a game there about a year ago, and it is just a special place!

Och aye, ahl dee it for yee ya lazy wee bairn...


Leitch did a lovely job on the main stand at Roker Park too - they kept some of the lattice work and still have it in the car park at the Stadium of Light.

Cheers, thanks for putting those up. I really need to learn how to use photobucket...

I've been reading a great book called 'Heartfelt' about a Hibs fan who decides to see if he can become a hearts fan for a year. His descriptions of the Tynecastle atmosphere are what made me think of it for the best small stadium thread. He also did a bit of research about the Archibald Leith stand, saying that its not a classic by his mighty standards as he was too busy building Goodison at the time.

My vote goes to Craven Cottage. Saw a game there about a year ago, and it is just a special place!

It got style written all over it:

http://home.skysports.com/images/stadia/54.jpg

Craven Cottage has got a certain charm to it alright! :)

He also did a bit of research about the Archibald Leith stand, saying that its not a classic by his mighty standards as he was too busy building Goodison at the time.

Good on Archie. His stands were built to last. With a few alterations (new roof, floodlights and seating) his Bullens Road and Gwladys Street stands are still in use.
http://images.nsno.co.uk/albums/goodison/unsworthpenalty.sized.jpg

eh 20 000 limit? looks bigger!

I didn't post it as a 'small stadium' pic, just an example of Archibald Leitch engineering. :cheers:

Leitch was a legend - surely one of the busiest stadium architects of all time - designed part or all of over 20 major stadiums, including:

Ibrox, Glasgow
Anfield, Liverpool
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Craven Cottage, London
The Den, London
The Dell, Southampton
Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Goodison Park, Liverpool
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Highbury, London
Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
Leeds Road, Huddersfield
Maine Road, Manchester
Molineux,Wolverhampton
Old Trafford, Manchester
Roker Park, Sunderland
Selhurst Park, London
Stamford Bridge, London
Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Villa Park, Birmingham
White Hart Lane, London

Any club that covers up his old lattice work with advertising (as my beloved Sunderland did for years at Roker Park) deserves a good hard kick in the teeth.

The North Stand at Windsor Park is almost a replica of the stands at The Den and the new Alex Russel stand is very similiar, only it is a one tier stand, with an upper and lower section divided by a wall, rather than by a tier split.

The IFA is current discussing two main options for the future of international football in Northern Ireland, niether of which involve Windsor Park;

The first is the proposed stadium at the Maze, but with a proposed capacity of 42,000 and with a lower deck with filled corners, it seems utterly useless as a national stadium for the IFA - capacity is too large and segregation, due to the problems in Northern Irish football, would be incredibly difficult.

The other more logical option is another proposed stadium in the Ormeau Park, just across the river from central Belfast - with a proposed capacity of between 20,000 and 25,000 and four main stands, this seems a much more realistic prospect and would like bring Ulster Rugby on board, as they are slowly outgrowing the limitations of their ground, Ravenhill, which only has a capacity of 12,500, but routinely has much greater demand for tickets.

However, given the fact that The Maze stadium seems to be floundering and losing considerable support, especially given a recent comparative study between it and other white elephants (mostly, Del Alpi), and the relative uncertainty about whether or not the Belfast City stadium will go ahead, I think the IFA should be looking at replacing the two remaining stands at Winsdor, given increasingly stringent UEFA controls reducing the capacity all the time. With appropriate plans, this could easily be completed with no real drop (about 200 seats and no more) in capacity - with three developed ends, Windsor would have a capacity of about 17,000 (as opposed to 14,000 now) allowing the south stand to be demolished and corporate hospitality built into it.

Stadium at Ormeau Park

http://static.flickr.com/47/175689389_46ffe311b1_m.jpg
http://www.cityofbelfaststadium.com/images/banner.jpg

If the 20,000 capacity option is followed, the Ormeau Stadium would surely have to be added to the best small stadia in the world.

I hope that blue roof portion has some sort of exhibition/convention space beneath it...otherwise its a complete waste of material

I hope that blue roof portion has some sort of exhibition/convention space beneath it...otherwise its a complete waste of material

It will provide much needed shelter from the blistering Belfast sun.

^^ Geez, it looks like european and latinamerican make many good small stadium. Love it all. It's quite comfy to look btw. love it preety damn much ...

I hope that blue roof portion has some sort of exhibition/convention space beneath it...otherwise its a complete waste of material

The original plan was to use the blue area as a means of segregating fans leaving the ground - as mentioned before, Northern Irish football, especially domestically, has certain problems and fans need to be divided. Initially, I think it was a lavish way of doing that, rather than the usual metal cages around grounds in Belfast.

I'm not sure what it's current usage or purpose is planned to be, but apparently, the city council weren't too pleased about building such an OTT segregation device outside of the ground.

UPC Arena Graz,Austria
15.400 seats

http://www.prilucik.at/medias/stadiongraz.jpghttp://www.team-a-graz.at/im/proj_485_ab_01_o.jpg

Toyota Arena, Prague
18.800 seats
http://im.encyklopedie.seznam.cz/wiki_cz/image/68/14968-300px-toyota_arena.jpg http://cptz.cz/marek/images/Toyota%20Arena.jpg

Jules Deschaseaux, Le Havre
16.400
http://clubdoyen.free.fr/stade/mini3.jpg http://www.groundhopping.de/havreg3.jpg

Molde, Norway
11.200
http://www.mfkweb.org/images/stadda-fra-ferge.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Molde_Stadion-inne-dscn9893.jpg/300px-Molde_Stadion-inne-dscn9893.jpg

Sheriff stadium in Moldova
13.000 seats
http://img.nrk.no/img/392792.gif
http://www.eurocups.vel.pl/stadion/sheriff.jpg

No offence, but most of these stadiums are between crap and OK. Not one stadium here that you'd say "yeah that's nice". But there's gotta be one. I can't think of any 20k< ones but something like this is a quality stadium although it's 25k or so:

http://www.fullflow.com/images/casestudies/Bolton%20Reebok%20Stadium.jpg

Sorry but it has to be said, these stadiums are crap. :ohno:

Sorry about the size, hope you like using your scroll button. :lol:

I think a mod should give you a yellow card for busting the law, you gangster!!!
But I think you should look better there are defuantly some good stadiums in the list, even better then the one you put in (ugly roof...) but that's a matter of taste I guess

I think a mod should give you a yellow card for busting the law, you gangster!!!
But I think you should look better there are defuantly some good stadiums in the list, even better then the one you put in (ugly roof...) but that's a matter of taste I guess

Well no, I really think all these stadiums are OK at best and most are crap.... Mind you I only like a few grounds: Bernabeu (this is A+++++ love this one), Ibrox, Nou Camp, New Wembley, San Siro, Dragao in Porto, the Munich ground and that's about it. Don't care for Emirates or most of the new stadiums in Germany. Old Trafford looks like crap with those corners. I'm fussy, so sue me!

As for the Reebok, the roof is great! That's what makes the ground.
:cheers:

^^
Pity the inside lets Reebok Stadium down though!

I always thought that something like The Den is what the IFA should have tried / be trying to do with Windsor Park. It's a simple design, doesn't require a lot of space and is about the right capacity.

I've always liked The Den for some reason. Just seems devoid of the superfluity of many other stadia, while still looking reasonably modern.
Almost sounds like you are talking about this Den...

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4512/theden1co2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Joking of course. Would have been something to see a game in something like this back in the day.

uncle ben is right...theres a hell of alot of shyte being posted up:ohno: but i'll have to pull uncle ben up on the reebok........it's well over the 20,000 capacity limit

forgot about the Old Den,was there ever a more frightening place to visit?

Euroborg Stadium , Groningen NL
20.000

http://uplink.space.com/attachments/395150-euroborg.jpg

http://www.uefa-archiv.de/Stadien/groningen1.jpg

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/netherlands/groningen_euroborg1.jpg

thats more like it:banana:

This one's a bit big:

Estadio Jose Zorrilla

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/spain/castile_and_leon/valladolid_jose_zorrilla1.jpg

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/spain/castile_and_leon/valladolid_jose_zorrilla2.jpg

A nice football stadium in my region (Rostock / Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania in East-Germany); 20'000 seats :)
Rostock, dear Erbsenzähler, is a tricky cheat. Yes, it has 20.000 seats (21.000 to be precise), but in addition some 8.000 standing places, what makes it unsuitable to our ranking. Good try anyway!

Next to it: The old stadium
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/thumb/2/2/22595.gif

What is not correct, the old stadium was replaced by the new one (that's why the flood light could be used again). The football ground with the athletic tracks is just a training site.


Quite a few people note the title - the best small football stadiums. So, please, do not post all of them in a post, but try to stick to the best ones only.

Talinn - 8700
http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/EST/Lillekula2.jpg

Stadion Miejski, Kielce - 14600
http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/POL/Miejski_Kielce_A.jpeg


Good answer (much shit indeed in this thread), some excellent choices!



Vancouver: IMHO not steep enough, especially smaller people sitting in one of the lower seats should have problems to look over their foremans head and therefore have a quite poor view onto the pitch (the same problem with the Emirates, btw.)

Molde, Norway
11.200
http://www.mfkweb.org/images/stadda-fra-ferge.jpg

One of my absolute favourites, too!

Beautiful situation just between fjord and mountains:
http://www.stadiumguide.com/molde1.jpg

Nice also the inside, two tiers for 11.200 spectators...
http://www.stadionsiden.com/stadiums/moldenye/molde04.jpg


Dutch Stadia: Some are great, like Kerkrade or Alkmaar, but most of the older ones look quite poor and would be outscored by most more actual stadia of their size, like

Stavanger
http://www.stadionsiden.com/stadiums/Viking/viking05.jpg

or
Viborg
http://www.viborg.dk/db/Kommune.nsf/Billeder/044EEFE6744F3A98C1256EB400348100/$File/forside_stadion.jpg

http:www.stadiumguide.com/mkdonsnew2.jpghttp://www.stadiumguide.com/mkdonsnew3.jpg
The new MK dons stadium

Mk Dons = 30000 :nono:

Mk Dons = 30000 :nono:

Sorry, I didnt know that

the MK Dons stadium is only going to be 23,000 not 30,000. It has the ability to expand to 30,000 and become a UEFA 4* stadium

Dutch Stadia: Some are great, like Kerkrade or Alkmaar, but most of the older ones look quite poor and would be outscored by most more actual stadia of their size

I am sure you don't know too much about Dutch stadiums
All stadiums here are not much older than 10 years.or at least rebuild in the last 10 years, excpet The Hague,which has a stadium U/C right now.

Stade de la licorne - Amiens - France (11 875 p.)
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/france/picardie/amiens_licorne1.jpg

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/france/picardie/amiens_licorne2.jpg

Future stadium of Grenoble (20,000) by the same designers...
http://la-metro.org/fr/images/actualite/stade/stade1.jpg

http://la-metro.org/fr/images/actualite/stade/stade3.jpg

http://la-metro.org/fr/images/actualite/stade/stade5.jpg

http://la-metro.org/fr/images/actualite/stade/stade4.jpg

http://www.la-metro.org/fr/images/stade/stade_p2_p3.jpg


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=392406

Stade Charlety (20,000) in Paris
http://www.judobramstrik.nl/images/EJOF/charlety.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/stade/charlety1.jpg


The new stadium Auguste Delaune (22,000) under construction in Reims:
http://stade-de-reims.com/supporters/imgs/fonds/fond1024x768-4.jpg
http://stade-de-reims.com/competitions/imgs/guingamp/public.jpg


Stade Bonal (20,000) in Sochaux:
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/1014/4bb6.jpg
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5003/2jo9.jpg
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/3086/1kt0.jpg


Stade Marcel Picot (20,000) in Nancy:
http://perso.orange.fr/afc-site/Images/club-picot.jpg
http://ducdeguise.free.fr/marcel_picot_nancy.jpg

Well I'm maybe a bit biased seeing as this is my club, but it fits the criteria (just)...

The Den, London - Capacity 20,000
Home of Millwall F.C. (currently sitting 19th in England's third tier :ohno: ):

http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/newden2.jpg



Bit if I'm honest, Monaco's Stade Louis II is probably still the best sub-20,000 stadium that I know of, even with the athletics track:

http://www.footballgroundsofengland.co.uk/images/Monaco-02.jpg

No one like us we don't care, we are Millwall, super Millwall, we are Millwall from the DEN :cheers:
I like the New Den,but I loved the (old) DEN!

I like the Louis II,but I hate the athletic rings in a football stadium

Almost sounds like you are talking about this Den...

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4512/theden1co2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Joking of course. Would have been something to see a game in something like this back in the day.


this is FOOTBALL :cheers:

Love Monaco, walked around that little seaside township a few years back and was stunned to stumble across the football stadium on the western flank of the pink palace. Interestingly the whole town/nation is probably smaller than my suburb here in Oz. Very sleepy place.

Anyway the stadium has an indoor swimming pool up the eastern end of the ground, gym etc.. A real "community" ediface for the millionaires who lurk in the principality. "A sunny place for shady people." is an old description of the town.

Also love the "boats" that are penned in the little marinas there. More like frigates or destroyers to us mere peasants.

Smalls stadiums in spainunder 20.000

Lasesarre in Barakaldo 8.000

http://archivum.epiteszforum.hu/mitholmikor/arroyo/12.jpg
http://archivum.epiteszforum.hu/mitholmikor/arroyo/9.jpg
http://archivum.epiteszforum.hu/mitholmikor/arroyo/7.jpg

La Balestera in Palencia 8.100
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3656/estadiopalencia005ky0.jpg

http://www.muymoraos97.com/secciones/Temporada%2006-07/Palencia%20-%20Athletic%20B.Partido/images/Foto09.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/91/264041595_e33507a38e.jpg?v=0

Mini Estadi in Barcelona 16.500 Fc Barcelona B

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/spain/catalonia/barcelona_mini_estadi.jpg

Estadio Mediterraneo in almeria 20.000, Mediterranean Games 2005

http://www.stadiumguide.com/mediterraneo1.jpghttp://www.stadiumguide.com/mediterraneo2.jpg

Le Stade de la Maladière in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Opened last sunday. Cap 12'000.

http://www.xamax.ch/d2wfiles/image/68/5034/0/gfdf.jpg

Pics from Groundhopping.de
http://www.groundhopping.de/neuchag5.jpg

http://www.groundhopping.de/neuchag6.jpg

FK Teplice in Czechia, cap 18 221

http://vitejte.cz/velke/1061_69_07.jpg.
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/czech_republic/teplice_na_stinadlach1.jpg.
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/czech_republic/teplice_na_stinadlach2.jpg.
http://www.soke2.de/spiele/060415teplice_slovacko/soke2_060415teplice_slovacko002.jpg

FC Slovan Liberec, cap 9900

http://www.fcslovanliberec.cz/img/stadion/stadion-1-big.jpg.
http://www.fcslovanliberec.cz/img/stadion/stadion-3-big.jpg

1. FC Slovácko, cap 8,121

http://www.fcslovacko.cz/fotogalerie/stadion9.jpg.
http://www.fcslovacko.cz/fotogalerie/stadion14.jpg

New Slavia Stadium in Prague, cap. 21,000, currently u/c
http://www.stadioneden.cz/webmagazine/pictures.asp?idk=286

http://www.hochtief-vsb.cz/zdroje/download/reference/2/194/ref194_1134.jpg.
http://www.hochtief-vsb.cz/zdroje/download/reference/2/194/ref194_1135.jpg

http://www.skbrann.org/img/stadionbilder/nystadion_sbbl.jpg

The plans for the expantion of brann stadion in bergen
Capacity: 20 000 or 23 000( not decided yet)

I'd hate to be under these floodlights!!

http://static.flickr.com/91/264041595_e33507a38e.jpg?v=0

Here are some more of my favorite stadiums
Paragon arena( 15 000) finished 2007
http://www.stadiumguide.com/paragon1.jpg

Liberty stadium (20 300)
http://www.stadiumguide.com/libertystadium1.jpg

And Sør arena (14 000) is to be finnished mars/ april 2007
http://ikstart.no/arena-corner_915_991934.jpg.img

didn't realise Neuchatel's stadium has been completed

Willem II stadion Tilburg, Cap. 14.700 (a blue print for many other dutch stadiums.
http://stadiony.net/pictures/ned/willem_ii_stadion/willem_ii_stadion14.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/ned/willem_ii_stadion/willem_ii_stadion10.jpg

Rat Verlegh Stadion
Home of NAC Breda
16.607

http://stijn.linearecta.be/images/stadions/Breda_00.jpg
http://www.nac.nl/files/createthumb.php?image_file=stadionbreed2.jpg
http://angel.bndestem.nl/bndestem/gallery/NAC/2007-02-28-NAC-PSV_beker/32.jpg
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/netherlands/breda_verlegh2.jpg
My Favorite:master:

ghgfhfgh

Smalls stadiums in spainunder 20.000

Lasesarre in Barakaldo 8.000

http://archivum.epiteszforum.hu/mitholmikor/arroyo/12.jpg
http://archivum.epiteszforum.hu/mitholmikor/arroyo/9.jpg
http://archivum.epiteszforum.hu/mitholmikor/arroyo/7.jpg


Is this one real??? I get a LEGO feeling of it! Like it though truely original!

For me,

DSB Stadium, AZ Alkmaar(Netherlands) - 16,000

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/netherlands/alkmaar_dsb1.jpg

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/netherlands/alkmaar_dsb2.jpg

:cheers:

Im not sure this belongs here...

^^
Why not?

It didnt belong in the Completed section

Norway has some fantastic small stadiums. My favorite has to be Molde's stadium. Great for only 11,000 seats.

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/Nor/Nye_Molde.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/Nor/Nye_Molde2.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/Nor/Nye_Molde3.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/Nor/Nye_Molde4.jpg

Hindmarsh Stadium here in my hometown of Adelaide. Capacity of 16,500

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7800/hindmarshstadium0226ek.jpg

Lazur Stadium(18 037) in Burgas, Bulgaria.

Home of FC "Chernomorets" Burgas


http://clubs.bul-foot.org/stadium/large/Lazur-Burgas/0001.jpg

http://clubs.bul-foot.org/stadium/large/Lazur-Burgas/0002.jpg

http://clubs.bul-foot.org/stadium/large/Lazur-Burgas/0003.jpg

http://clubs.bul-foot.org/stadium/large/Lazur-Burgas/0004.jpg

http://clubs.bul-foot.org/stadium/large/Lazur-Burgas/0005.jpg

http://clubs.bul-foot.org/stadium/large/Lazur-Burgas/0006.jpg

http://clubs.bul-foot.org/stadium/large/Lazur-Burgas/0007.jpg

http://www.naftata.com/e107_plugins/content/images/image/89_002966998-big.jpg


:cheers:

Finnair stadium in Helsinki Finland, capacity 10 770
http://www.hjk92.com/Pics/fs.jpg

Plaster Field: 16,600(springfield, MO)
http://www.missouristatetix.com/VenuesSeatingCharts/images/Plaster.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Football_Stadium.jpg

Hammons Field 7,500 seats plus 2,000 general admission (springfield, MO)
http://www.alumni.missouristate.edu/assets/Alumni/HammonsBaseballField.jpg
http://www.ballparkreviews.com/springmo/springmo3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/farissen/newone/jalan_besar_stadiumPar0002Fullsize.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/farissen/newone/jalan_besar_stadiumPar0003Fullsize.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/farissen/newone/stadium1.jpg

Jalan Besar Stadium. Singapore. 6000 cap.

I wonder what the cut of point is when a sports field becomes a sports ground and a sports ground then becomes a stadium? A small stadium becomes a big stadium and a big stadium becomes a legend?

how about this one? carved into the rock :nuts:

Kantrida stadium, Rijeka, Croatia
capacity ~10.000

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6570/rikantridamg2ri4.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7913/rikantridakh3.jpg

http://www.fanatik.ro/mediaLibrary/2008/11/12292-stadion-dinamo-stire.jpg

http://www1.pmb.ro/pmb/bucuresti/poze_bucuresti/foto%20de%20sus/stadionul%20dinamo_L.JPG

Dinamo Bucharest stadium: ~15.000 even though it sucks it's by far my favorite >20.000 the place I like to go each time to support my team :).

The stadium is also the oldest here in Bucharest ( that still exists ) built in the 50's during the communist regime.
Here is a picture from the communist years.

http://www.orasul.ro/expozitii/2009expo/trecut-au_anii/galerie/slides/stadionul%20dinamo.jpg

C.D.Tenerife, Stadium; Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Tenerife, Canary Islands.
22.000 aprox.
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5895/43231235.th.jpg (http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?image=43231235.jpg)
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4454/41094213.th.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=41094213.jpg)
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4519/64463173.jpg (http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?image=64463173.jpg)
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7197/90423955.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=90423955.jpg)
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7883/10160979.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10160979.jpg)

:cheers:

Name: Izo Arena
Club: ZKS Izolator Boguchwała
Cap: 1 000

http://www.zksizolator.eu/zksizolator/2/images/izoarena/1.jpg

http://www.zksizolator.eu/zksizolator/2/images/izoarena//2.jpg

http://www.zksizolator.eu/zksizolator/2/images/izoarena/4.jpg

http://www.zksizolator.eu/zksizolator/2/images/izoarena/5.jpg

http://www.zksizolator.eu/zksizolator/2/images/izoarena/7.jpg

http://www.zksizolator.eu/zksizolator/2/images/izoarena/8.jpg

photo: www.zksizolator.eu

I love those small stadiums..they always a special atmosphere, much more cosy than those big stadiums, although they are also nice...

How much smaller capacities will it get? I say we make a 25k to 35k stadium thread, where we can truly see many interesting and beautiful designs.

Stadium Unia Swarzędz, Poland

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_swarzedz/stadion_swarzedz01.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_swarzedz/stadion_swarzedz02.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_swarzedz/stadion_swarzedz04.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_swarzedz/stadion_swarzedz05.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_swarzedz/stadion_swarzedz07.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_swarzedz/stadion_swarzedz09.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_swarzedz/stadion_swarzedz11.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_swarzedz/stadion_swarzedz12.jpg

Stadium in Słupsk, Poland

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_650lecia_slupsk/stadion_650lecia_slupsk01.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_650lecia_slupsk/stadion_650lecia_slupsk03.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_650lecia_slupsk/stadion_650lecia_slupsk04.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_650lecia_slupsk/stadion_650lecia_slupsk06.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_650lecia_slupsk/stadion_650lecia_slupsk08.jpg

Stadium Znicz Pruszków, Poland

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_znicza/stadion_znicza01.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_znicza/stadion_znicza02.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_znicza/stadion_znicza03.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_znicza/stadion_znicza04.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_znicza/stadion_znicza05.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_znicza/stadion_znicza06.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_znicza/stadion_znicza07.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_znicza/stadion_znicza10.jpg

Stadium: Fosshaugane Campus
Place: Sogndal, Norway
Club: Sogndal (Second level)
Capacity: 4000

http://www.stadionsiden.com/stadiums/sogndal/sogndal1.jpg

http://www.stadionsiden.com/stadiums/sogndal/sogndal3.jpg

http://www.sogndal.vgs.no/cms/sogndal/mm.nsf/lupgraphics/Oversiktsbilete_lite.jpg/$file/Oversiktsbilete_lite.jpg

http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00255/KUN_TIL_NTF_sogndal_255324s.jpg

Stadium in Toruń, Poland

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_miejski_w_toruniu/stadion_miejski_w_toruniu01.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_miejski_w_toruniu/stadion_miejski_w_toruniu02.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_miejski_w_toruniu/stadion_miejski_w_toruniu03.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_miejski_w_toruniu/stadion_miejski_w_toruniu05.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_miejski_w_toruniu/stadion_miejski_w_toruniu07.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_miejski_w_toruniu/stadion_miejski_w_toruniu08.jpg

Mistake, didn't saw limitation of 5ooo :nuts:

I like the Norwegian one there.

How much smaller capacities will it get? I say we make a 25k to 35k stadium thread, where we can truly see many interesting and beautiful designs.

Yes, we have got already this one
Favorite Small Stadium (- 20,000) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=834888)

Bt its your decision if i should merge them

Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium Montgomery, Alabama Capacity 7000-7500
http://www.vaughanrmc.com/pics/life/arts/28.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/126774979_0b88bf1ee1.jpg
http://www.ballparkreviews.com/montgom/riverw2.jpg
http://www.ballparkreviews.com/montgom/riverw4.jpg
The outside is an old train shed. Without the signage and lighting, no one would know the difference between before or after the stadium was built.
http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/ph/mgmrvr1.jpg
The shed down the 1st Base line has a few suites in it.
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2007/0618/travel_riverwalk_800.jpg

Famous for the Trains creeping above the left field wall during games. Some have even been hit by home run balls.
http://www.baseballparks.com/Images/Montgomery/Mont-4.jpg

Stadium in Kielce, Poland (15 500)

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_korony_kielce/stadion_korony_kielce27.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_korony_kielce/stadion_korony_kielce28.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_korony_kielce/stadion_korony_kielce30.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_korony_kielce/stadion_korony_kielce19.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_korony_kielce/stadion_korony_kielce23.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_korony_kielce/stadion_korony_kielce01.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_korony_kielce/stadion_korony_kielce02.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_korony_kielce/stadion_korony_kielce05.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_korony_kielce/stadion_korony_kielce15.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_korony_kielce/stadion_korony_kielce33.jpg

Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium Montgomery, Alabama Capacity 7000-7500
The shed down the 1st Base line was has a few suites in it.
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2007/0618/travel_riverwalk_800.jpg



Thats one of the coolest uses of an existing building into a new stadium I've ever seen.

Varsity Stadium, home of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues football team, founded in 1877.
Football's roots are only a stone's throw away from here. The first documented gridiron football match was played at University College, University of Toronto in 1861. The original Varsity Stadium was built in 1898. It was renovated in 1924 and again in 1950 when it reached its peak capacity of 20,000. It was a classic 'U' shaped college football stadium, but it was demolished to build this new structure in 2007. The new structure seats 5,000. The redevelopment greatly enhances the quality and scope of athletics facilities at Varsity due to the inclusion of an athletics track. Varsity looks great today, but sometimes I wonder if the destruction of Canada's sporting heritage was too great a price to pay.

http://www.polytan-usa.com/projects/canada/University%20of%20Toronto_BIG.jpg
http://www.polytan-usa.com/projects/canada/University%20of%20Toronto_BIG.jpg

The mid field crest, 55 yard line
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2329/1765846107_9bf89d0b33.jpg?v=0
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2329/1765846107_9bf89d0b33.jpg?v=0

Under construction
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/266018386_b63e22133d.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/266018386_b63e22133d.jpg?v=0

Yorkville in the distance
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2264/1527058289_90657c0b7b.jpg?v=0
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2264/1527058289_90657c0b7b.jpg?v=0

The end of the stands next to Bloor Street
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/3008823921_0fd63196d1.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/3008823921_0fd63196d1.jpg?v=0

Close up: stairs to the bleachers
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/160/372909365_6ea583ca60.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/160/372909365_6ea583ca60.jpg?v=0

End zone. Go Varsity!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2091/1766660708_1851202ff9.jpg?v=0
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2091/1766660708_1851202ff9.jpg?v=0

Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_zdzislawa_krzyszkowiaka/stadion_zdzislawa_krzyszkowiaka01.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_zdzislawa_krzyszkowiaka/stadion_zdzislawa_krzyszkowiaka02.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_zdzislawa_krzyszkowiaka/stadion_zdzislawa_krzyszkowiaka03.jpg

http://stadiony.net/pictures/pol/stadion_zdzislawa_krzyszkowiaka/stadion_zdzislawa_krzyszkowiaka06.jpg

New Meadow - Prostar Stadium (Capacity: 9,875)
Shrewsbury Town F.C.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9739/stfcnewmeadowaerial.jpg

Stadium: Sør Arena
Place: Kristiansand, Norway
Club: Start
Capacity: 14563

http://www.toppfotball.no/aimages/soer_arena_1207257300_485x323.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1235/1093817521_23c634212a.jpg

http://www.stadionsiden.com/stadiums/sorarena/sorarena08.jpg

Can West Global Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Home of the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the Northern League; opened in 1999, seats 7000.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9744/untitled1am4.jpg

http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/ph/canwest2.jpg

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/5339/ball4rv9.jpg

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1124/downtown69cn1.jpg

I don't know why but I have always liked Nagai Ball Gall Field in Japan (capacity: 20000). Used for rugby, american football etc.

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/asia/japan/kinki/osaka_nagai_ball.jpg

Anyone can design a cool enormous stadium, but what stadiums are there in the smaller region that look good?
Here are my bids:


DSB Stadion (Alkmaar, Netherlands):
http://www.nieuwslog.nl/data/subdomain/149/article/20060927122017_luchtfoto8.jpg

Energi Nord Arena (Aalborg, Denmark):
http://i44.tinypic.com/2lbg65e.jpg

Red Bull Arena (New Jersey, NJ, USA):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/RedBull-Aerial-People_copyright_SM.jpg

Molde Stadium (Molde, Norway)
http://www.icopal.com/upload/icopalcom/global%20references/molde369.jpg

Finnair Stadium (Helsingfors, Finland)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/211/518906102_7ded8760fb.jpg?v=0

sorry, mate but this thread has already been here before
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=834888

Don't know much about this ground (Sercan does though!) but it's in Turkey somewhere. The Mardan Stadium:

http://i43.tinypic.com/2dl87xv.jpg

CHILE, CHILLAN | Estadio Nelson Oyarzún
Capacity: 12.000

Arquitectos: Judson & Olivos Arquitectos - Ricardo Judson Bilbao , Roberto Olivos Marchant, Javier Ávila Burrows , Isabel Perelló Roses
Ubicación: Pedro Aguirre Cerda 297 , Chillán
Mandante: Ilustre Municipalidad de Chillán
Constructora: BCF S.A.
Superficie Terreno: 36.347 m2
Superficie Construida: 14.176 m2
Año construcción: 2008


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de René Robles Moreno (http://www.panoramio.com/user/294179)

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CHILE, TEMUCO | Estadio German Becker
Capacity: 18.125

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CHILE, Coquimbo | Estadio Sanchez Rumorozo
Capacity: 18.750

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parramatta stadium, sydney
cap. - 20,000

http://www.mercurehotelparramatta.com.au/ParramattaStadium.jpg

Greats stadiums in Chile, litle but development country. :D

The shrewsbury town stadium shows just how far behind the times we are in the UK when it comes to building small stadiums (and large ones for that matter)!

Wenos estadios chilenos:)

Chilean stadiums are incredible! lately the government is refurbishing the most of the sport building.I like specially the Becker Stadium of Temuco, cause I live in there:D

Estadio German Becker ~18,000
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/3444/cautin2agp6.jpg


Estadio Nelson Oyarzun Arenas ~12,000
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Estadio_Nelson_Oyarz%C3%BAn_2.jpg

Estadio Francisco Sanchez Rumuroso ~ 18,000
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/EstadioFranciscoS%C3%A1nchezRumoroso.jpg

Estadio La Florida ~12,000
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YOc-gDZpXS8/SXnvghlm6SI/AAAAAAAAB0U/FZL-WsxeLho/s400/Inauguraci%C3%B3n+004+AGUA.jpg

NK Varteks, Varaždin [Croatia] ~ 10.000

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/croatia/varazdin_varteksa.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Stade_Varteks.JPG/250px-Stade_Varteks.JPG

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/images/one?id=515175&size=f

Stadium Aldo Drosina - Pula, Croatia

~1o.ooo

The stadium is not yet finished but in few months it's going to look like this:

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1288/stadionaldodrosina.jpg

now, it looks like this:

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5596/dsc04697.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3777/dsc04687.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5108/dsc04665.jpg

Looks like a bit more than few months to me my friend...

Looks like a bit more than few months to me my friend...

Oh no, they have to finish it in few months due to terms of the contract. Btw, the stadium is in reconstruction, only this tribune is new, others are old.
The first phase should be done until the end of september. And the whole project (first and second phase) untill the end of this year.

The North Stand at Windsor Park is almost a replica of the stands at The Den and the new Alex Russel stand is very similiar, only it is a one tier stand, with an upper and lower section divided by a wall, rather than by a tier split.

The IFA is current discussing two main options for the future of international football in Northern Ireland, niether of which involve Windsor Park;

The first is the proposed stadium at the Maze, but with a proposed capacity of 42,000 and with a lower deck with filled corners, it seems utterly useless as a national stadium for the IFA - capacity is too large and segregation, due to the problems in Northern Irish football, would be incredibly difficult.

The other more logical option is another proposed stadium in the Ormeau Park, just across the river from central Belfast - with a proposed capacity of between 20,000 and 25,000 and four main stands, this seems a much more realistic prospect and would like bring Ulster Rugby on board, as they are slowly outgrowing the limitations of their ground, Ravenhill, which only has a capacity of 12,500, but routinely has much greater demand for tickets.

However, given the fact that The Maze stadium seems to be floundering and losing considerable support, especially given a recent comparative study between it and other white elephants (mostly, Del Alpi), and the relative uncertainty about whether or not the Belfast City stadium will go ahead, I think the IFA should be looking at replacing the two remaining stands at Winsdor, given increasingly stringent UEFA controls reducing the capacity all the time. With appropriate plans, this could easily be completed with no real drop (about 200 seats and no more) in capacity - with three developed ends, Windsor would have a capacity of about 17,000 (as opposed to 14,000 now) allowing the south stand to be demolished and corporate hospitality built into it.

Stadium at Ormeau Park

http://static.flickr.com/47/175689389_46ffe311b1_m.jpg
http://www.cityofbelfaststadium.com/images/banner.jpg

If the 20,000 capacity option is followed, the Ormeau Stadium would surely have to be added to the best small stadia in the world.

this design has the same design with the new stadium in taiwan. it will be used in the world games

Keskuskenttä - Rovaniemi, Finland

Capacity 3400

http://i40.tinypic.com/alj11k.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/v6k755.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/2q37seq.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/51u1kw.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/2dr6xxi.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/9k9se8.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/2hoxnbl.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/2s00g1w.jpg

Susivouti - Rovaniemi, Finland

Capacity ~2000

http://www.rops.fi/images/stories/uutiskuvat_2009/6279160.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/2uz8o5i.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/2evc036.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/20qauld.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/ndn05d.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/2nsq26h.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/2zyyjnl.jpg



Both stadiums are home of Finnish premier league football club RoPS (Rovaniemen Palloseura). RoPS is currently playing in Susivouti because of the city is installing artificial turf to Keskuskenttä.

Dynamo Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine (Capacity 16,888)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00979/dynamo_kiev_stadium_979755c.jpg

Parc Y Scarlets (14,870)
Home to the Llanelli Scarlets of the Magners League (Rugby Union) and also plays host to the odd Welsh National Football Team game.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/chwaraeon/safle/rygbi_rhanbarthol/images/parc_y_scarlets203.jpg

http://www3.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Parc+Y+Scarlets+Feature+Scarlets+New+Ground+uT5GBZ5Y3KTl.jpg

http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Parc+Y+Scarlets+Feature+Scarlets+New+Ground+CJP-HcMKqMEl.jpg

http://www.stonesupplies.net/images/parc_y_scarlets.jpg

http://www3.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Parc+Y+Scarlets+Feature+Scarlets+New+Ground+omp3TZjsaMol.jpg

Parc Y Scarlets (14,870)


http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Parc+Y+Scarlets+Feature+Scarlets+New+Ground+CJP-HcMKqMEl.jpg


:lol::lol::lol:

Stadium in Maribor with capacity 12,435

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/SLO/Ljudski_vrt_new_A.jpg

http://0.static.zurnal24.si/images/158000/article_main_wide.jpg

My favorite small stadium out there, OFIS Architects have been doing some really wonderful stuff lately.

I like it too :):cheers:

http://static.urbarama.com/photos/original/1237.jpg

http://www.trajekt.org/pictures/102.jpg

^^
Ljudski vrt

http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/ofis_ring_07.jpg

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/9836/opfljudskfp0.jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/19-2.jpg

http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/ofis_ring_04.jpg

http://www.ofis-a.si/pic/galerija/080515134905_12.jpg

http://www.nzs.si/resources/files/pic/staticne_strani/srce_bije_za_slo.jpg

http://www.nzs.si/resources/files/pic/ozadja/1024x768/Ozadje_14-1024x768.jpg

My favourite in Poland so far:

Cap: 15.500
Stadium: Arena Kielce
Location: Kielce, Poland

http://i4.tinypic.com/52y064n.jpg
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9664/stadiong.jpg
http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/0/5840/z5840270X.jpg
http://www.korona-kielce.pl/fotki/258.jpg
http://i9.tinypic.com/4t59a35.jpg

Some Costa Rican stadiums:
Capacity: 17.895
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Location: Alajuela, Costa Rica

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/13089551.jpg

http://bp3.blogger.com/_CdrV-_S6nx0/SH95BGue13I/AAAAAAAAAbs/bbFWhNe68eA/s400/morera2.jpg

Capacity: 13.500
Stadium: Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich
Location: Cartago, Costa Rica

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6412/imgp0093eh6.jpg

Cracovia stadium in Poland.Cap.16000

http://foto.terazpasy.pl/d/24819-1/2010-05-08-stadion-17.jpg

http://www.wikipasy.pl/images/a/af/Przebudowa_stadionu_-_wizualizacja_stycze%C5%84_2009_4.jpg

^^
Ljudski vrt

http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/ofis_ring_07.jpg

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http://www.nzs.si/resources/files/pic/ozadja/1024x768/Ozadje_14-1024x768.jpg


this stadium looks ugly to me. It is to small and to short at the corners. Only 4-5 rows I think. :)

this stadium looks ugly to me. It is to small and to short at the corners. Only 4-5 rows I think. :)

That's because nobody wants to sit in the corners. the tier rises and falls depending on the demand for seats.

DSB stadium Alkmaar Holland (17.000). This stadium, close to perfection, stands head and shoulders above the rest of it's contenders.

http://www.azfanpage.nl/images/kooimeerplaza/1.jpg

http://www.azfanpage.nl/images/kooimeerplaza/2.jpg

http://www.azfanpage.nl/images/kooimeerplaza/3.jpg

http://www.azfanpage.nl/images/kooimeerplaza/4.jpg

http://www.azfanpage.nl/images/kooimeerplaza/5.jpg

http://www.azfanpage.nl/images/kooimeerplaza/6.jpg

http://www.azfanpage.nl/images/kooimeerplaza/7.jpg

http://www.parool.nl/static/FOTO/pe/14/4/7/media_xl_182737.jpg

http://www.aerolux.nl/IMAGES/stadionAZ.jpg

http://www.4building.nl/images/content/DSB%20Stadion.jpg

http://www.aerolux.com/IMAGES/DSB_Stadion_IMG_6504.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/NED/DSB3.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/NED/DSB4.jpg

My favorite? This one, spent a lot of time in section 207...

http://www.buffalorising.com/assets_c/2009/04/Pilot-Field-Buffalo-NY-thumb-505xauto-2244.jpg

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

http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/ph/pilot1.jpg

Estadio Max Augustin in Perú (25,000 seats)

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/south_america/peru/iquitos_augustin1.jpg


≈17,000

Do not misspell this stadium's name; it pisses me off.

http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/1726268.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/5644491.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm280/ahivalabalatajala/iquitosmaxaugustin31tb.jpg

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2971/iquitosmaxaugustin91ms.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EiuLLdouZq8/SpbMsVwuPFI/AAAAAAAAFs0/qEpJAlxVD80/s400/una.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_w8QWVqPkgSA/RowNu4-PauI/AAAAAAAABHM/3iqaecNOoxg/P1000417.JPG

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2213/iquitos217pk0vu.jpg

yes i'm slightly patriotic... but i think there's been one too many football stadiums in here...

i have a soft spot for wellington's basin reserve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basin_reserve)... with a capacity of 11,000... grassy banks... well within walking distance of a couple of excellent alcohol stores if you dont like stadium prices... (remember test cricket goes on all day for 5 days) has hosted test cricket for more than 80 years. this is a classic cricket ground in the old english county sense.

cricket grounds tend to grow organically over decades... given the nature of the game which until recently was played at a sedate pace over days on end, many of the best stadiums are designed as places to take the family for a picnic as much as for watching the sport itself. of course this is changing - and 20 twenty cricket has turned the sport into a 3 hour bash for cash... and new cricket arenas are purpose built and cater to huge crowds (see the MCG or eden gardens).. but the classic grounds have their own charm which can't be matched by the bigger stadiums.

on those rare wellington days where it gets into the high 20s... you dont want to be anywhere else but sitting on the grass bank, watching new zealand lose to any of the host of better teams around.. drinking your sorrows away while cheering at that rare breed of streaker who clears security.. and the field.. and runs up the road...

http://www.biocrawler.com/w/images/a/aa/BasinReserve.jpg

http://images.travelpod.com/users/dazzla/bigtrip_2003-04.1205418600.on-the-grass-bank.jpg

http://static.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101300/101351.jpg

http://images.travelpod.com/users/dazzla/bigtrip_2003-04.1205418600.1-the-basin-reserve.jpg

http://www.hotel-wellington.co.nz/photo-gallery/6.jpg

Cidade de Barcelos Stadium, Barcelos, Portugal - 12 504 :)

http://www.futebolemportugal.info/Fotos/cd_barcelos_2.jpg

http://www.futebolemportugal.info/Fotos/cd_barcelos_1.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/POR/Barcelos2.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/POR/Barcelos3.jpg

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/POR/Barcelos5.jpg

Cidade de Barcelos Stadium, Barcelos, Portugal - 12 504 :)

(Pics)


COOL! I wish we had that instead of those stadiums like De Goffert, Willem II stadion, Polman stadion, Ado stadion or Het Kasteel.

another cool one:

De Vijverberg in Doetinchem, cap 12.000

http://www.stanbos.nl/images/vijverbergbinnen.jpg

http://www.psv.nl/upload/184562ae-0b1a-4df9-a0a8-e49e16230545_1196351630318-DeVijverberg468.jpg

http://www.stadiumguide.com/vijverberg3.jpg

http://www.fanzovoort.nl/spawupload/2005-09-29_vijverberg.jpg

A new one from Denmark that is worth mentioning:

Blue Water Arena (Esbjerg) - 18.000 (11.451 seats)

http://stadiums.football.co.uk/Images/Photos/Large/600-0.jpg

The football stadium in Stožice will accommodate 16.038 spectators. stadium should be open in july 2010.

http://www.sadarvuga.com/common/picture.php?pid=1830&width=630

http://www.ljubljana.si/file/717020/fmpgtmp_9e6gqt.jpeg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=702030

Scotland has a lot of fairly modern football stadium under 20,000. Absolutely none of them are architecturally pleasing but hears some of them anyway...

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/living10.jpg
ALMONDVALE, LIVINGSTON, SCOTLAND - 10,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/hibernian30.jpg
EASTER ROAD, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - 18,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/hearts31.jpg
TYNECASTLE, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - 18,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/partick51.jpg
FIRHILL, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - 11,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/falkirk30.jpg
FALKIRK STADIUM, FALKIRK, SCOTLAND - 9,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/dunfermline31.jpg
EAST END PARK, DUNFERMLINE, SCOTLAND - 13,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/clyde30.jpg
BROADWOOD, CUMBERNAULD, SCOTLAND - 8,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/stjohn40.jpg
MCDAIRMID PARK, PERTH, SCOTLAND - 10,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/airdrie41.jpg
NEW BROOMFIELD, AIRDRIE, SCOTLAND - 10,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/st_mirren_park2.jpg
ST.MIRREN PARK, PAISLEY, SCOTLAND - 8,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/kilmar10.jpg
RUGBY PARK, KILMARNOCK, SCOTLAND - 18,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/dununited20.jpg
TANNADICE, DUNDEE, SCOTLAND - 17,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/morton30.jpg
CAPPIELOW, GREENOCK, SCOTLAND - 11,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/inverness42.jpg
CALEDONIAN STADIUM, INVERNESS, SCOTLAND - 7,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/motherwell40.jpg
FIR PARK, MOTHERWELL, SCOTLAND - 14,000

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/dumbarton20.jpg
STRATHCLYDE HOMES STADIUM, DUMBARTON, SCOTLAND - 2,000

Like most of the Scottish ones. The location of the one in Dumbaraton looks nice.

Very nice stadiums ! Small but beautiful ones...

Two 15k stadiums from Poland - they're UC, but very advanced works, both will be finished in autumn, this year

Cracovia stadium in Cracow

http://www.wikipasy.pl/images/d/d3/Stadion_estudio_lamela_01.jpg

Wersja Bez hali która powstanie w II etapie
http://www.wikipasy.pl/images/5/59/Przebudowa_stadionu_-_wizualizacja_stycze%C5%84_2009_2.jpg

http://www.wikipasy.pl/images/7/7e/Przebudowa_stadionu_-_wizualizacja_stycze%C5%84_2009_1.jpg

http://www.wikipasy.pl/images/f/fd/Przebudowa_stadionu_-_wizualizacja_stycze%C5%84_2009_3.jpg

http://www.wikipasy.pl/images/a/af/Przebudowa_stadionu_-_wizualizacja_stycze%C5%84_2009_4.jpg

http://www.wikipasy.pl/images/4/4f/Przebudowa_stadionu_-_wizualizacja_stycze%C5%84_2009_5.jpg

http://www.wikipasy.pl/images/8/8d/Przebudowa_stadionu_-_wizualizacja_stycze%C5%84_2009_7.jpg

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/6998/grudzien20075.jpg

And Arka Gdynia stadium in Gdynia

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/9598/43367186.jpg

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8336/51937911.jpg

They'll be quite good looking.

Ukraine. Ivano-Frankivsk. Cap.20 000 .
http://stadion.lviv.ua/upload/img/1271759975.jpg

Cool concept, but how good will it look without all the uh, rainbow lights?

It may look quite similar to Municipal Stadium in Bydgoszcz - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=644256.

Stade des Alpes
20.000 seats
Grenoble
http://www.grenoblecmieux.com/local/cache-vignettes/L520xH347/800px-Stade_des_Alpes_AERO-8b147.jpg
http://blog.nrj.fr/media/blogs/NRJ69/stade%20des%20alpes.jpg
Stade Grimonprez Jorris
18.000 seats
Lille
http://www.sttn.fr/images/grimonprez_jooris_2000_p2.gif
http://dvelille89.free.fr/les%2015%20ans%2017.jpg
Stade de l'epopée
12.000 seats
Calais
For a french club in division 5 :nuts:
http://zonemixte.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/2382742457_small_1.jpg
http://www.calais.fr/IMG/jpg/STADE_cielBleu.jpg

Presidente Vargas Stadium
Fortaleza, Ceará - Brazil
Closed since Feb 2008
Cap. 22,000

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GREXDU-foSI/S1G4M2gyr5I/AAAAAAAABWM/MApE_2XNaYk/s1600/presidente-vargas-edit-011.jpg

after renovation (sep 2010) [Cap. 20,000]:
http://i483.photobucket.com/albums/rr193/acarleial/pv-full.jpg

stade de alpes without a doubt is my favourite

My -20000 favorite in Holland: Parkstad Limburg Stadium 19.000 seats (Kerkrade)

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/NED/Parkstad_Limburg5.jpg
http://www.fototrip.nl/kerkrade/g_kerkrade%2011.jpg
http://www.greenmaker.nl/joomla/images/stories/parkstadlimburg%20stadion.jpg

if any one can help me put a name to this stadium i was looking at a few years back
i think its in england (not sure), its very small, really modern design, i think it had grass on the roof or something

Here are three nice stadiums in Slovenia who have 2 milions inhabitants. The stadiums are mainly used for the First Slovenian Football League - SNL.

Ljudski Vrt, Maribor
12,435
http://www.lafarge.si/galerije/2007%20-%20Reference/11.jpghttp://zelenik.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/stadion.jpg

Stožice, Ljubljana
16,500
http://img.siol.net/10/110/634073737098628730_stozice.jpg

Arena Petrol, Celje
13,400
http://www.nk-celje.si/nkpublikum/stevilke.jpghttp://www.zerozero.pt/img/estadios/313/12313_ori_arena_petrol.jpg

SLOVENIA THE SMALLEST NATION ON WORLD CUP 2010

if any one can help me put a name to this stadium i was looking at a few years back
i think its in england (not sure), its very small, really modern design, i think it had grass on the roof or something

I'm not certain, but I think you may be referring to Dartford F.C. A Non-league team who have just recently been promoted to the Conference south (6th tier) of the English Football pyramid. It got voted the best design for a new ground the year it was built or something.

http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html/dartford.html

http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/assets/images/Dartford_19.jpg

http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/assets/images/Dartford_04.jpg

http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/assets/images/Dartford_13.jpg

After reading through these, I feel like the Netherlands has the best tiny stadiums. When I look through these, I'm looking for stadiums that would be acceptable in MLS, and it seems like the Netherlands is loaded with them.

Since I don't know how to post the pictures on the internet I hope you'll accept the link aswell: http://www.tilbo.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=170

I'm not certain, but I think you may be referring to Dartford F.C. A Non-league team who have just recently been promoted to the Conference south (6th tier) of the English Football pyramid. It got voted the best design for a new ground the year it was built or something.

http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html/dartford.html

http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/assets/images/Dartford_19.jpg

http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/assets/images/Dartford_04.jpg

http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/assets/images/Dartford_13.jpg
yes that's exactly the one
thanks
fantastic design!

Spain

Municipal de Chapin - 20.743 (Xerez C.D.)
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/551/xerez.jpg
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/2219/xerez2.jpg

Estadio Nuevo Colombino - 20.000 (Recreativo de Huelva)
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/36/huelva.jpg
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/5858/huelva2.jpg

Estadio Mediterráneo - 20.000 (U.D. Almeria)
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6545/almeriap.jpg

Estadio El Arcángel - 18.000 (Córdoba C.F.)
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/5714/cordobad.jpg

Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes - 16.200 (Granada C.F.)
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7829/granada.jpg

Estadio Nuevo La Victoria - 12.800 (Real Jaén)
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9979/jaenf.jpg

More from Spain

Estadio El Alcoraz - 5.500 (S.D. Huesca)
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/5783/huesca.jpg

Estadio Balear - 18.000 (C.A. Baleares)
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/1751/baleares.jpg

Estadio Mendizorroza - 19.500 (Deportivo Alavés)
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5118/alaves.jpg
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/6553/alaves2.jpg

Estadio El Helmántico - 17.341 (U.D. Salamanca)
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7439/salamancao.jpg
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/9840/salamanca2.jpg

Estadio El Plantío - 16.000 (Burgos C.F.)
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/9093/burgos.jpg

Estadio Antonio Amilivia - 13.451 (Cultural Leonesa)
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4382/leonht.jpg
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1072/leon2q.jpg

More from Spain

Nuevo Los Pajaritos - 10.000 (C.D. Numancia)
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/5700/numancia.jpg
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/3615/numancia2.jpg

Estadio La Balastera - 8.100 (C.F. Palencia)
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4798/palencia.jpg
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/2944/palencia2.jpg

Boras Arena

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/205/borasarena3.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/borasarena3.jpg/)

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3967/borasarena4.jpg (http://img18.imageshack.us/i/borasarena4.jpg/)

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/500/borasarena5.jpg (http://img18.imageshack.us/i/borasarena5.jpg/)

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8042/borasarena6.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/i/borasarena6.jpg/)

This is one I like. It has no stands, it has no fancy pavilion

Its based at the old mining town in Tasmania called Queenstown

Its hard to tell from the photo, but the "turf" is actually not turf, its gravel

http://www.goldrushmotorinn.com.au/gallery/gallery/photofiles/gravelfootballground.jpg

Capacity is 5000, but how crazy are you to play Aussie Rules on gravel?!?!?

The University of Richmond is close to completing an expansion of their small (3,000 seat) on-campus soccer stadium into a multi-pupose 8,700 seat football, soccer and track & field stadium. The Spiders will be playing football on-campus for the first time in over 80 years.

Original Soccer Stadium
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f204/SarasotaFlorida/RSbefore.jpg

Construction of stadium
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4384578761_1539c5908d_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4384579093_a20903e2a9_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/4384578921_335f294f9a_o.jpg

And now almost completed
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4768957682_f21590c0d9_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4768320749_ac3f353e08_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4768957400_3db8eacc19_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4768320235_ce99c62d60_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4768957222_2ee60d1406_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4787779630_dfc1c3ef9f_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4787148395_0c2128a521_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4787779424_ef8dd5f0d7.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4787147899_a9eb5edcc7_b.jpg

My Favorite? Mercer County Waterfront Park, home of the Trenton Thunder, Official seating capacity is 6,341-

http://www.baseballstadiumreviews.com/Trentonbigphotoofweek.JPG

http://gloucestercitynews.typepad.com/clearysnotebook/images/2008/05/19/waterfront_park_aerial_small.jpg

http://www.swingleprints.com/Site/minor_league_stadiums_files/trenton%20-%2017sm.jpg

http://www.swingleprints.com/Site/minor_league_stadiums_files/trenton%20-%2017sm.jpg


And of course, I have to make mention of Doubleday Field, Capacity 9,791-

http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/outoftown/central-leatherstocking/cooperstown/doubleday/01doubleday.jpg

http://www.freewebs.com/gconstantino/ctown2.jpg

http://s3.amazonaws.com/activerain-image-store/image_store/city-image/new-york/otsego-county/ar116765479474232.jpg

http://supak.com/spencer/baseball/hall-of-fame_Doubleday-Field_plaque_400.jpg

http://www.stevetheump.com/hof_pics/doubleday_field.jpg

^ Was Doubleday Field used in "A League of their own"?

^^

No most of the scenes for A League of Their Own were filmed at different minor league parks in Indiana, with Wrigley Field making a small cameo as well.

^^ Doubleday was in A League of Their Own at the very end when they are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium (cap. 19,000), Taichung, Taiwan:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/2565221512_bf100f5dd1_o.jpghttp://www.hbt.org.tw/upload/20081205164553.bmphttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2072/1966921477_6589d607aa_o.jpg

Huntington Park (cap. 10,000), Columbus, Ohio:
http://www.huntingtonparkcolumbus.com/images/Photos/Huntington133.jpghttp://www.huntingtonparkcolumbus.com/images/Photos/AEP133.jpghttp://www.huntingtonparkcolumbus.com/images/Photos/Third133.jpghttp://www.huntingtonparkcolumbus.com/images/Photos/Lawn133.jpghttp://www.huntingtonparkcolumbus.com/images/Photos/Suite150.jpghttp://www.huntingtonparkcolumbus.com/images/Photos/Club%20View150.jpghttp://www.huntingtonparkcolumbus.com/images/Photos/Patio133.jpg

Dartford is my favorite stadium full stop.

I'm not certain, but I think you may be referring to Dartford F.C. A Non-league team who have just recently been promoted to the Conference south (6th tier) of the English Football pyramid. It got voted the best design for a new ground the year it was built or something.

ttp://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html/dartford.html

ttp://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/assets/images/Dartford_19.jpg

ttp://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/assets/images/Dartford_04.jpg

ttp://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/assets/images/Dartford_13.jpg

Do you know if the grass has grown on the roof yet? I think it's supposed (or was) going to look like this:
http://stadiony.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/princes-park.jpg

Point Stadium (cap. 7,500), Johnstown, PA:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q101/rj2377/PointStadium.jpg

Suplizio Field (cap. 11,000), Grand Junction, CO:
http://www.ws.edu/athletics/Archived/Baseball/Stadium_JUCO_jpg.jpg

My favorite:

La Playa Stadium (cap. 10,000), Santa Barbara, CA:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C-H2DdR0pYw/RxR3CnLde6I/AAAAAAAABBM/ARjpGuYyxtA/s1600/laplayastadium.jpghttp://www.santabarbaraview.com/wp-content/gallery/user-photos/la-playa-stadium-sunset-pano-by-bill-heller.jpg

More pics of Point Stadium in Johnstown, PA (from http://www.flickr.com/photos/harry_hunt/):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2759231031_529ee86129_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2760070282_5969806d85_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/2760071534_cf4fc4ba57_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/2759226803_a7271f911e_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3260/2759225327_b3c83778d7_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2760066046_0c070a5328_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2759221981_4275716a00_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/2760062500_be295ae5ed_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2759218397_b6bc6ebd11_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2760058654_1aecc3a167_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2759214699_c4b4f17975_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/2757291385_98acc1c3aa_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/2757181671_8ceb703a5c_z.jpg

^what an odd little stadium. I love it.

Morrison Stadium (cap. 6,000), Omaha, NE:
http://image.cdnl3.xosnetwork.com/pics20/800/OV/OVTLSVBOPWQRRCK.20070817212537.jpghttp://image.cdnl3.xosnetwork.com/pics11/800/EH/EHJNRKQYZIUYVCU.20070817212515.jpg

^^

Nice little stadium. When I first saw the picture I assumed it was a lower division Spanish stadium.

Legnica,Poland, cap. 6200
http://www.wfp.pl/artykuly-zdjecia/stadion-legnica-orla-04.jpg

Dugopolje [Croatia/Hrvatska], cap. 5200

source (thnx to SpicyMcHaggis):http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=764618&highlight=stadion+dugopolje&page=14


http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9927/50315096.jpg

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/4944/56101299.jpg

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9814/15128266.jpg

source (thnx to Delmat): http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=764618&highlight=stadion+dugopolje&page=14

http://i30.tinypic.com/14jonr4.jpg

http://i30.tinypic.com/122fb5h.jpg

http://i25.tinypic.com/rmn4mx.jpg


It even has a 360 tour:

http://dugopolje.labs360.com/360/high/start.html

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/4944/56101299.jpg


Reminds me of Cracovia stadium main stand
http://www.wikipasy.pl/images/b/b6/2010-07-26_Stadion_przebudowa_07.jpg

Really nice looking stadium!

Morrison Stadium (cap. 6,000), Omaha, NE:
http://image.cdnl3.xosnetwork.com/pics20/800/OV/OVTLSVBOPWQRRCK.20070817212537.jpghttp://image.cdnl3.xosnetwork.com/pics11/800/EH/EHJNRKQYZIUYVCU.20070817212515.jpg

Simply beautiful. Are those grass stands on the left? That's awesome.

Really nice looking stadium!

It's perfect by my standards and especially by Croatian standards as we lack nice little stadiums like this one.

This stadium is only a part of a larger project which is going to include an indoor olympic size pool with smaller pools, tennis courts (indoor court with 1100 seats and outdoor courts)


Here is are some renders of the compound:

http://i37.tinypic.com/vcrkp.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/1568uxj.jpg

And all of this in a small town with cca 3k people. :cheers:

This looks like a cool little stadium:

Stadio della Vittoria or Campo dei Pini (cap. 2,000), Macerata, Italy:
http://www.comune.macerata.it/Immagini/Stadio_della_Vittoria_450.jpghttp://www.comune.macerata.it/Immagini/Stadio_Pini400.jpg
http://www.acmacerata.it/images/generali/campo-della-vittoria1.jpghttp://www.acmacerata.it/images/generali/campo-della-vittoria2.jpg
http://www.acmacerata.it/stagione-2006-07/22-cleti/campo-della-vittoria-grande.jpg

Does anyone have any info about this place? Or more pics?

More of Legnica stadium

http://www.miedz-legnica.pl/gl/157/04.jpg

http://www.miedz-legnica.pl/gl/157/01.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Kantrida_stadium,_Rijeka,_Croatia_7.1.2007_1.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/1zzi3yq.jpg

Kantrida, Rijeka, Croatia (10500)

Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia (cap. 9300)

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/5779/160tz.jpg (http://img693.imageshack.us/i/160tz.jpg/)

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http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1531/120nbz.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/i/120nbz.jpg/)

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Stadium in Ljubljana with 16.000 seats is the best and most beautiful under 20k seat stadium!!!

You are overrating it a bit.

Darlington Arena. 20,000. But is restricted to 10,000 cos of local planning regulations.
http://www.worldstadia.com/data/images/a/m/amgp040827114732.jpg

http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/photos/grounds/darlington-south-stand2.jpg

Stadium in Ljubljana, Slovenia. 16.000 seats
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=702030

AFC Telford United - Englamd Conference North - 6200
http://www.telfordutd.co.uk/images/newsitems/stadium3.jpg
http://afctelford.biz/images/night.jpg
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/16970635.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKsyrOqAEy4/StDnC5Pa8bI/AAAAAAAAB94/suNQjUDB-aQ/s1600-h/DSCN0051.jpg

Stadion "Pod Dubnom" (cap. 11,200), Zilina, Slovakia
smallest stadion in Champions league 2010/2011

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1458/200901h.jpg
By kubokrajcovic (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/kubokrajcovic) at 2010-11-04

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7734/zt032.jpg
By kubokrajcovic (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/kubokrajcovic) at 2010-11-04

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7241/st342.jpg
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Morrison Stadium (cap. 6,000), Omaha, NE:
http://image.cdnl3.xosnetwork.com/pics20/800/OV/OVTLSVBOPWQRRCK.20070817212537.jpghttp://image.cdnl3.xosnetwork.com/pics11/800/EH/EHJNRKQYZIUYVCU.20070817212515.jpg

You get the impression that if the MLS ever wanted to expand into Nebraska (not that it's a massively obvious market for the sport) they could easily expand that stadium with little to no hassle.

going to have to add dulwich hamlet fc, Champion Hill Stadium to this list.

in the isthmian league (semi professional i think its the 7 or 8th tier of english football)

http://thecabbiescapital.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/champion-hill.jpg

http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/assets/images/Dulwich_Hamlet_1.jpg

http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/assets/images/Dulwich_Hamlet_2.jpg

http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/assets/images/Dulwich_Hamlet_3.jpg
i love the creeping ivy on the perimeter wall behind the goal!!

3,000 capacity (500 seating), their record attendance is 1835 (v Southport -1999)

for those who dont know, Dulwich Hamlet are possibly the most successful amateur football team in Britain.

the stadium was built in 1993 to celebrate the clubs centenary. its made from limestone (i think... looks like limestone anyway...) and has a nice steel fence around the pitch, and the few times ive been there ive noticed how clean the ground is. definately a very pretty, very small stadium

Hearts Fc ( Sco ) stadium , tynecastle with a capacity of 17,420.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t32/Paige-91/185-0.jpg

Stadiums of Costa Rica
Alejandro Morera Soto
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
Capacity: 17895
http:///www.mariosegura.com/multimedia/imagenes/futbol-nacional/alajuela/vs_santos/2010/Estadio_Alejandro_Morera_Soto.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4424200964_048bd2b735.jpg

Rosabal Cordero
Club Sport Herediano
Capacity: 15000
http://www.garraherediana.net/fotos/albums/userpics/10009/normal_DSC02743_00.JPG
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/3939019360_b2a90f6a29_o.jpg

Ricardo Saprissa
Deportivo Saprissa
Capacity: 24000

http://www.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2009/diciembre/12/_Img/2649651_0.jpg
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3505/dsc00039wo6.jpg

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
Capacity 35000
http://www.icoder.go.cr/fileadmin/usuarios/03-047-01-004-1.jpg
http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2008/agosto/06/_Img/2113656_101.jpeg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs478.ash2/75125_1715876981996_1390373225_1838904_660479_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs610.ash2/156222_1716701842617_1390373225_1840744_4106776_n.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=618566&

Ljubljana, Stožice stadium (16.038 seats):)


http://www.shrani.si/f/1Q/cL/3slqjAzC/stozice1.jpg



http://www.shrani.si/f/3L/Dx/1ynVrXjs/stozice2.jpg



http://www.shrani.si/f/2t/a1/23KOLMI1/stozice3.jpg



http://www.shrani.si/f/W/12n/22CGf2RD/stozice4.jpg



http://www.shrani.si/f/2J/ao/1OUW7Zcc/stozice5.jpg

I like it

http://www.muymoraos97.com/secciones/Temporada%2006-07/Palencia%20-%20Athletic%20B.Partido/images/Foto09.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/91/264041595_e33507a38e.jpg?v=0

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LOL that effect looks silly in a stadium as samll as this one lololol

http://www.imagengratis.org/images/3412.jpg

http://www.imagengratis.org/images/4764017228185.jpg

http://www.imagengratis.org/images/ditaireszd4.jpg

El Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüi, es un estadio de fútbol, donde el club Itagüí Ditaires juega sus partidos como local en la Categoría Primera B fútbol colombiano. El estadio fue inaugurado en 1994 y tiene capacidad para 12.000 espectadores.

un estadio colombiano

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1295497

Tynecastle (top of this page) is probably my favourite, but no point posting that again - and their Edinburgh Rivals also have a cracking ground at Easter Road (although that is 400 seats over the limit here, and there are no decent pics since the 'finished' the redevelopment earlier this season)

So instead I shall post a few gems from the french Top 14:

Stade Aime Giral, Perpignan (approx 17,500)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Aimegiral.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/3205110308_87f629ef69.jpg

Stade Marcel Michelin, Clermont Ferrand (approx 16,000)
http://fr.academic.ru/pictures/frwiki/83/Stade_Michelin.jpg
http://www.newsauvergne.com/_fichiers/1261818776_stadeweb.jpg[img]

Stade Yves du Manoir, Montpellier (approx 13,000 - not to be confused with Racing Metro's ground of the same name)
[img] http://www.parlonsrugby.com/images/20070312/stade_yves_du_manoir.jpg
http://www.llaumgui.com/public/images/humeurs/yves_du_manoir.jpg

"Aldo Drosina stadium", Pula, Croatia - app. 9.800

http://www.glasistre.hr/obj/237534
http://www.glasistre.hr/sport/nogomet/vijest/306051

Today, Croatia will host the Czech Republic for the grand opening of the new stadium.


The first stadium, athletic stadium with one stand, was built 1928.

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/1801/dsc04024ca.jpg

1993. started a reconstruction of the old "City Stadium" with building three new stands

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5356/gradnjagradskogstadiona.jpg

2009. the old west stand was torn down and the construction of the new modern stand started.

Today, the stadium is finished and looks like this

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7571/panorama5a.jpg

http://www.glasistre.hr/obj/237676

http://www.glasistre.hr/obj/237534

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7643/dsc03985b.jpg

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5825/dsc03984h.jpg

22.500 seats (expanded)

Euroborg Stadium, Groningen (Netherlands)

http://www.soccernews.nl/uploads/euroborg%20stadion%20fc%20groningen%20%5B1%5D.png

So yes football field. cool!