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ATHENS - Sanford Stadium (92,746)

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Georgia Bulldogs

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1x Champions:
1980

opened 1929 and renovated 2004













 
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#48 ·
thats interesting .. cause i think the 100 000 college stadiums really look like 100 000 stadiums , just by the physical size of the seating bowl. but then i heard some people say that bleachers increase capacity, which is one reason alot of college stadiums have so huge capacities, and saying that the huge college stadiums only are big because of bleachers..

but stadiums in europe dont have armrests in general , so that should mean that a 92 000 bleacher seated college bowl = 92 000 european plastic seat stadium = maybe 75-80 000 nfl stadium ?

which means that this stadium really is bigger than san siro and stade the france even with plastic seats, the confusion that this is not the case is reffering to AMERICAN pro stadium seats taking more space compared to bleachers, not european stadiums compared to bleachers?

am i right?
 
#49 ·
Leg room probably comes into it as well. European stadiums will have large sections devoted to press and VIPs but that must be the same for NFL stadiums.

It just doesn't look big enough to be 92,000 when you compare it to Soccer city (91,000+) or Wembley (90,000).
 
#52 ·
I think the size of these college stadiums is far underestimated. They aren't as tall as NFL stadiums because they don't have as many levels of suites. JerryWorld has freakin 5 levels of suites. Still they have to maintain 18" per seat

You don't get 100+ % by cramming more people into the stands. Every stadium has a set capacity and that's how many they seat. But there's also attendance. You get there in 2 ways. 1.) attendance is a measure of everyone at the game including security, guests and media on the field. That can swell the attendance by up to 1,000 sometimes. A big game will have the field surrounded by a swell of media and VIPs. 2.) Non-seated guests in the suites and clubs. The capacity can only count the number of seats in each suite and club area, but if Exxon or Nike is having a party in their suite they will have more than the 12 or so seats in the areas behind the suites.



 
#58 · (Edited)
Exactly. In college you usually see this



or this



Notice that the club seats are usually integrated into stands below the suites

in the NFL you usually see this



or this



in the NFL stadiums, you usually have a seperated club level tier or two as well as suites between the highest seats. Mount Davis and Cowboys Stadium are probably the most extreme examples.


On the other hand, Ford Field and Lambeau Field are college like in execution. Notice how short the stands look in comparison to other NFL venues.






Soldier Field is probably the best compromise between the philosophies


Its like the club and suite situation creates an optical illusion that makes college stadiums seem so much shorter
 
#63 ·
Look, Individual seating in a stadium seat only one person. Benches in stadiums seat more than one person. That is how come stadiums with bench seating suffer capacity overflows in every event. Nobody wants a stadium that has seats that can fit more than one person.
 
#74 ·
Any further expansion is highly unlikely. A east side expansion would require new technology because of East Campus Rd, The railroad track, and Oconee Hills cemetery which are directly behind the eastside. The West stands will never get a 2nd or 3nd deck because of the bridge which connects North and South campus. Plus something about that view is just iconic in UGA lore. And the North and South sides already have the 600 level and Skyboxes.
 
#100 · (Edited)
The West stands will never get a 2nd or 3nd deck because of the bridge which connects North and South campus. Plus something about that view is just iconic in UGA lore.
I'm guessing this was the proposed rendering showing a 3rd deck that would be suspended over the bridge which would've added some 15k. But as you say on how blocking that campus view is kind of a 'NO!-NO!' here!

 
#75 ·
Dear lord, there is a lot of money circulating on USA, now I realize it.
Because only this reason can explain why a city that I never knew that exists in USA have a stadium with more than 90.000 seats.
 
#77 ·
Well the stadium is not for the city, per se. It's for the University of Georgia, which has a deep football tradition in an area of the country that is absolutely crazy about college football. Alumni and fans from all over the state travel to games. Plus, it's only about an hour's drive from Atlanta.

Check out just a few of the other "no name" towns with massive college football stadiums in the South:

GAINESVILLE - Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548) - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=643439

AUBURN - Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451)http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=54614171

KNOXVILLE - Neyland Stadium (102,455)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=32965026

TUSCALOOSA - Bryant-Denny Stadium (101,821)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=576289&page=8

CLEMSON - Memorial Stadium / Frank Howard Field (81,500)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=108053469
 
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1996 Olympic Football Men's tournament matches
July 30, 1996 Portugal 0–2 Argentina Semi-finals 78,212
July 31, 1996 Nigeria 4–3 AET Brazil 78,587
August 2, 1996 Brazil 5–0 Portugal Bronze Medal Match 68,173
August 3, 1996 Argentina 2–3 Nigeria Gold Medal Final Match 86,117

1996 Olympic Football Women's tournament matches
July 28, 1996 China PR 3–2 Brazil Semi-finals 64.196
Norway 1–2 United States 64.196
August 1, 1996 Brazil 0–2 Norway Bronze Medal Match 64.196
China PR 1–2 United States Gold Medal Final Match 76.481
Olympic soccer at Sanford Stadium.
 
#83 ·
August 3, 1996 Argentina 2–3 Nigeria Gold
Medal Final Match 86,117
Olympic soccer at Sanford Stadium.
I was at that game! Quite entertaining and Nigeria the deserved winners.

Was Atlanta the most stretched out Olympic boundaries? I mean they did some events in Athens, some of the water stuff in Tennessee? Is that normal?
Actually Atlanta's event was considered very compact by the standards of the time. Preliminary soccer events are traditionally spread out and used as a means to bring the games to neighboring communities because you don't want to watch the fields degrade from overuse in a short period of time. Meanwhile sailing events are usually removed from the main Olympic area, and back then was only (IIRC) the 2nd time for kayaking events so the concept of completely man-made courses was pretty new, which is why those were held in Tennessee. (There's more to this one but not worth hitting here.) Other than that it was the tennis at Stone Mountain, Equestrian in Conyers and the rowing at Lake Lanier, all distributed to direct fans to area tourist locations. Otherwise the vast majority of events took place within a 3 mile radius of downtown.

After all, it was Atlanta's logistics that won them the bid when everyone else failed to hold their water.
 
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