MADRID - Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (81,178)

[veronika]

Originally Posted by www.sercan.de

capacity is 80,354 and not 71,569

better tell uefa they got it wrong

[www.sercan.de]

Sorry, if you misunderstood me
I know you just copied the uefa text.

[veronika]

Originally Posted by www.sercan.de

Sorry, if you misunderstood me
I know you just copied the uefa text.

no problem

[lpioe]

Strangely enough the official Real Madrid homepage has the same number:

The Santiago Bernabéu has capacity to hold 71,569 fans during a Champions League game, which seems to indicate these figures will be much larger in Madrid.

http://www.realmadrid.com/articulo/rma48217.htm

[SkyLerm]

Yep indeed it's weird, it says the stadium has a capacity to hold 71k for CL games

[www.sercan.de]

Because of more media seats the capacity at final is less
(For example: 55k stadium-> UEFA capacity, 54.500. final 53k)
But -9,000??

[carlspannoosh]

Originally Posted by veronika

FROM UEFA WEBSITE
The Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid will host the 2010 UEFA Champions League final

Nice to see that UEFA have chosen a football stadium for a change.

[www.sercan.de]

Yeah
After 2004 again a football stadium
2005 Istanbul "shit" stadium
2006 Athens Olympic
2007 Moscow Olympic
2008 Rome Olympic

[lpioe]

Anyone know what year this would be approximately?


Quite ugly back then, now my favourite stadium.

[www.sercan.de]

As i know they added a roof for the WC 1982

[EPA001]

Yes, this is what the stadium looked like after the preparations for the 1982 WC were finished. That was the first major improvement of the stadium in many years. Since then step by step they have developed the stadium to what it is today. For sure one of the best venues for football in the world. And a historical one to add to that!

[Berris]

Originally Posted by www.sercan.de

Yeah
After 2004 again a football stadium
2005 Istanbul "shit" stadium
2006 Athens Olympic
2007 Moscow Olympic
2008 Rome Olympic

2005 Istanbul (Atatürlk)
2006 Paris (Saint Denis)
2007 Athens (Olympic)

2008 Moscow (Olympic)
2009 Rome (Olympic)
2010 Madrid (Santiago Bernabéu)

[www.sercan.de]

oh
Thanks a lot

[www.sercan.de]

http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satelli...o_Bernabeu.htm

Champter 9 -> 2nd pic
"Entrance to a VIP Box
ew stadiums boast 253 private boxes."


But here
http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satelli...VIP_Access.htm
"Welcome to the VIP Area: 207 exclusive and individual boxes distributed throughout the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium where you will find excellent service to honour your guests while attending a match of the Best Club of the 20th Century.
"


So what?
253 or 207 boxes?

[Peshu]

My understanding is that there is just over 80,000 capacity with an extra nearly four thousand V.I.P seats bringing total capacity to just over 84,000 ?
In afootball article interviewing John Aloisi a former footballer in Spain when asked which is the greatest stadium he has ever played in ? He answered the Santiago Bernabeu . Not only that . He also believes it to be the best stadium in the world .

[www.sercan.de]

capacity is 80,345 after the last expansion of the main stand

[EPA001]

Originally Posted by Peshu

He also believes it to be the best stadium in the world .

The title for best stadium in the world is always debateable. How do you measure "the best stadium"? You can put so many criteria in a discussion about that fact alone.

But it sure is one of the very best in my personal opinion and surely also one of the most impressive ones. So I like it very much even though the steepness of the third tier might be a little bit too much for me.

Now I am not afraid of hights, please do not get me wrong. With "a bit too much for me" I mean that from the top of the third tier you are watching on the pitch as if it were a stamp. Also San Siro comes to mind here. Tiers which are (a bit) less steep give a better "depth" in viewing a match. A good example for me is the Emirates Stadium which first tier is pretty flat. That puts the third tier a bit further away from the pitch giving the fans imho a better depth-view of the game on the pitch.

@Sercan: as far I can check your figure about the capacity of Estadio Santagio Bernabeu is absolutely correct! . I also have my big doubts about how UEFA "can loose" so much capacity when they stage the CL-final of 2010 there.

[www.sercan.de]

EPA001
have you seen pics of the mestalle stadium from the 3rd tier
IMO its crazier steep and more "above"

71,569 was maybe the UEFA capacity before the expansion. As i remember the capacity was around 74k at this time.

[EPA001]

Yes, I have. It is also what I dislike about that stadium, although it is a classic one. It is even more on top of the pitch than Bernabeu although in meters Bernabeu is taller when measured from the pitch.

Fortunately the New Mestalla will be a bit less steep. When finished it will be also on of the very best football stadiums in the world. I hope by that time the team will do better then they have done this year!

[skaP187]

I hope they still play primera...