Funny Stadiums and Stands

[JerseyJoy]

Faroe Island

[MrYoung]

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



Two-sided stand.

[seba93]

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[seba93]

Originally Posted by ensarsever

WTF?

[FCZZ]

I love this stadium:

Lansdowne Road

A train passing under the stand


One of the moste strangest stadiums in the Netherlands:
Stadion de Koel, VVV Venlo

[Blackcatfan]

The Nest at Nowich City FC, circa 1930ish



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

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

image hosted on flickr

[en1044]

why is Qwest Field listed on here as funny?

[trmather]

Originally Posted by en1044

why is Qwest Field listed on here as funny?

I'm assuming because that end stand is unusual?

[canarywondergod]

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

[abdel014]

A little stadium in Algiers (Algeria)

[SkyView]

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

[MicroX]

Originally Posted by rantanamo

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

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

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

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

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

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

on-topic:
a fruity stand


the people on the hill

[Blackcatfan]

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



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



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



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



From the ridiculous to the sublime.

[elHomo]

Polish Ekstraklasa

[fidalgo]

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

[Zeno2]

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Laurentian University Canada

[Zeno2]

[Zeno2]

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

[SpicyMcHaggis]

Originally Posted by fidalgo

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

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



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

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

[groby46]

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia - Bergamo - Atalanta B.C. (24.726)





Stadio Renato Dall'Ara - Bologna - Bologna F.C. (36.532)





Stadio Sant'Elia - Cagliari - Cagliari Calcio (23.486)







Stadio Angelo Massimino - Catania - Calcio Catania (21.530)





Stadio Artemio Franchi - Firenze - A.C.F. Fiorentina (47.415)





Stadio Armando Picchi - Livorno - A.S. Livorno Calcio (19.238)





Stadio San Paolo - Napoli - S.S.C. Napoli (60.240)









Montepaschi Arena - Siena - A.C. Siena (15.373)







Stadio Friuli - Udine - Udinese Calcio (30.667)





THIS IS THE SITUATION OF THE STADIUMS OF THE SERIE A!!!