Athletic Stadiums

[tiocesar]

"Heroe de Nacozari" Stadium, Hermosillo, Sonora, México

Named after the Heroe of Nacozari, Jesús García Corona, who died saving the town of Nacozari from the explosio of dinamyte in the wagon of the 501 train. He born in Hermosillo.

Cap.: 22, 000
Tenant: actually, the Buhos de Hermosillo (Hermosillo Owls), a 2th division football (soccer) team.




New surface, opened last may (photos by me):

[Zgembo]

Does anyone know if there are any regulations as to the color of the racetrack? I am asking because ever since Berlin there is an ongoing trend of them being made blue ( from what i know Hertha fans are the ones who urged to make the track match the club colour). Its not that orange is my favourite color but I kind of like things standardized. I mean what is next? Rangers fans having the grass at Ibrox painted blue because its natural color is not to their liking?

[CharlieP]

Originally Posted by Bobby3

Best pic I could find. It's Aggie Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina's biggest athletics stadium. 23,500.

What's the largest athletics stadium in the USA now that Stanford Stadium has been converted to football-only?

[JYDA]

Originally Posted by CharlieP

What's the largest athletics stadium in the USA now that Stanford Stadium has been converted to football-only?

I believe it is 72,500 seat Husky stadium in Seattle.



However, plans are in place to renovate the stadium and remove the track.

[Bobby3]

After that it's Franklin Field, posted earlier in this thread.

[railcity]

Athletics stadiums in Switzerland


Zurich, Letzigrund (26'000)

Many people refer to it as the "Mecca of Athletics".

"Weltklasse Zurich" is organised since more than 80 years, always sold out, and has seen 24 world records. The event is one of the 6 world's top athletics events which form the "IAAF Golden League".

http://www.weltklasse.ch/en/index.html

Starting from 2010 it will be one of the two Finals of the new "IAAF Diamond League" - the enlarged top series including 12 meetings.

Trailer of the 2009 event:


The stadium has been totally rebuilt in 2006/2007. The pitch is now 8m below street level. The main work was done in only one year so the Athletics event did not have to be skipped. The stadium also hosted 3 games of UEFA Euro 2008 (capacity was enlarged to 30'000 with temporary stands over the tracks) and currently hosts for a few years the two Super League teams FC Zurich and Grasshopper-Club Zurich. The stadium is also designed for rock concerts with lots of parking and moving space for big trucks below and within the main stand and towards the pitch. The main stand also includes an inside 100m running track.

The stadium is candidate for Athletics European Championships 2014.











Lausanne, Stade Olympique de la Pontaise (15'800)

"Athletissima" has also always been an international top athletics meeting being part of the IAAF Super Grand Prix series. Starting from 2010 it will be one of the 12 events of the IAAF Diamond League.

http://www.athletissima.ch/index_en.aspx

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise is one of the many stadiums worldwide named "olympic" even though never being an olympic games venue.

In the case of Lausanne, it's because the IOC (International Olympic Committee) is headquartered in Lausanne together with the Olympic Museum - that's why Lausanne is also sometimes called the "Olympic City".

[Quintana]

Originally Posted by JYDA

I believe it is 72,500 seat Husky stadium in Seattle.



However, plans are in place to renovate the stadium and remove the track.

I have no I idea in what kind of shape that place is but by the looks of it I would say that this is the only stadium in the US that could host an Athletics World Championship.

[Benn]

Kansas Memorial Stadium seats 50,000, though Lawrence is a small town for a major event like that, but it does host the Kansas relays every year, which is a fairly large track & field event in it's own right.

[Bobby3]

Originally Posted by Quintana

I have no I idea in what kind of shape that place is but by the looks of it I would say that this is the only stadium in the US that could host an Athletics World Championship.

It isn't in very good shape.

If we hosted the World Championships it'd be Philadelphia.

[Jim856796]

Let's face it: No stadium in the United States of America is suitable to host the World Athletics Championships. The only large stadiums the U.S. has are those built specifically for the sport of American Football. A fraction of the stadiums can fit a soccer field. American Football sucks. If Philadelphia hosted the World Athletics Championships, I hope Franklin Field has a IAAF-regulation 400-metre track. A number of the large College Football stadiums used to have athletics tracks, but recent renovation projects of those stadiums involve the tracks' removal to lower the field and create more seating.

[AdnanPD]

Kosevo Olympic stadium in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (37,500 seats)





New Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg Sweden (43,200 seats)





Poljud stadium in Split, Croatia (34,448 seats)





Crvena Zvezda stadium in Belgrade, Serbia (51,328 seats)

[tiocesar]

Originally Posted by Jim856796

Let's face it: No stadium in the United States of America is suitable to host the World Athletics Championships. The only large stadiums the U.S. has are those built specifically for the sport of American Football. A fraction of the stadiums can fit a soccer field. American Football sucks. If Philadelphia hosted the World Athletics Championships, I hope Franklin Field has a IAAF-regulation 400-metre track. A number of the large College Football stadiums used to have athletics tracks, but recent renovation projects of those stadiums involve the tracks' removal to lower the field and create more seating.

The Home Depot Center have a Athletic Stadium, ¿can´t be used for the WAC?

[Bobby3]

Originally Posted by tiocesar

The Home Depot Center have a Athletic Stadium, ¿can´t be used for the WAC?

No, it only holds 9,000.

[Jim856796]

Plus, most of the track-and-field athletics stadiums in the United States do not have a large enough capacity to host the WACs. They often have seating capacities of no larger than 20,000 (most are under the 10,000s range). And some of the stadiums look like warmup tracks.

[WeimieLvr]

Originally Posted by Jim856796

Plus, most of the track-and-field athletics stadiums in the United States do not have a large enough capacity to host the WACs. They often have seating capacities of no larger than 20,000 (most are under the 10,000s range). And some of the stadiums look like warmup tracks.

Oh please...European "football" is the one that really sucks. American football is infinitely more exciting and fan oriented.

The athletic tracks that you hold so dear are the ones that sit vacant most of the year...so stop bragging. It certainly isn't anything to be proud of.

[parcdesprinces]

The best post of the week...

You have the right to dislike soccer, but about running tracks, tell us how many stadium in USA have hosted an IAFF world championships in athletics while USA is one of the greatest nations for this sport...

Anyway the system of Stade de France (with its retractable stands) is a good compromise between athletic stadium and soccer/rugby stadium....


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[runtings]

Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Capacity: 36,000

Built in 1954, and name was given to honour Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation, also known as "Banga bandhu" or "Friend of Bengal". Up until 2005, there was no athletic track as this stadium was country's main cricket stadium. However, now only used for athletics and the Bangaldesh national football team.

This will be the stadium used for the 2009 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship in December and the main stadium for the 2010 South Asian Federation (SAF) Games (23 sports incuding athletics). This will also be the venue that hosts the opening ceremony of the 2011 Cricket World Cup.










Army Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Capacity: 10,000

Only other stadium in Bangladesh with athletic track.

[magic_johnson]

What is the best non rectangular stadium to watch soccer at?
What is the worst?

EDIT: I'm talking about like oval or baseball stadiums; not SFS. How is SFS non rectangular?

[mvictory]

Maracana

[Quintana]

None