Unique stadiums

[BCWWF]

I was just looking through some site filled with all of the worlds major soccer stadiums, and there are some really sweet ones. Sure the big ones are sweet, like San Siro and Amsterdam ArenA, but some of the lesser known ones are pretty sweet. There's like hundreds on this site, but here are a few that I really liked.

http://www.stadiumguide.com/renzobarbera1.jpg
Stadio Renzo Barbara - Palermo

http://www.stadiumguide.com/ataturkolympia4.jpg
Atatürk Olympia Stadi - It's new and in Turkey, not sure who'll play there


http://www.stadiumguide.com/azteca3.jpg
Estadio Azteca - Club America in Mexico

That's all I care to find now, but post others, and those from other sports as well.

[samichna]

They all look the same to me.

[DaveWadding]

the new Cardinals stadium is gonna be pretty kick ass, shame they suck balls.

[loopydate]

Is it Houston's baseball park that has that hill in centerfield? I always thought that was an interesting (meaning "weird") choice. Reminds me of playing ball in the side yard as a kid.

[ct2k]

Can't beat old Fenway and the monster, or that stupid swimming pool at the Diamondbacks' place.

[loopydate]

What about McCovey Cove in San Francisco? I always thought that was a cool feature. Rent canoes to chase home run balls.

[ct2k]

Yeah McCovey cove is cool, isn't there like an open bit down by the walkway so people walking can catch a glimpse too?

[loopydate]

Yeah, I think so.

[ct2k]

Coors field is good for popcorn baseball fans, any half arsed fly ball has a chance to go all the way there

[Rob Ban Fan]

http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00149/Municipal_de_Braga_149554a.jpg

<Font color="#ff6600">Estadio Minicipal de Braga. Built into the side of a mountain.</font>

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Fenway Park is pretty different, built between 4 streets. Fits with Boston though, since there is really no type of grid system at all in the city - one of the streets is a diagonal angle, making the park have different shape.

Shea Stadium also has all that shit going on in the outfield, like the big ass apple and a few other things. I heard that place is a shithole though, haven't been yet but I'll make there at some point (well before they close it)

[McLegend]

I went to Shea once and it was terrible. I grew up in the Vet so I was use to terrible stadiums, but Shea was pretty much the worse stadium I have ever been to.

Also I always liked the waterfalls in the Royals Stadium.

[CNM]

Is it Houston's baseball park that has that hill in centerfield? I always thought that was an interesting (meaning "weird") choice. Reminds me of playing ball in the side yard as a kid.

Not only do they have the hill, there's a huge flagpole right in the middle of it, on the actual field.

[FakeLaser]

Shea Stadium is like the worst place on the planet. What a shithole.

[sadio8]

I know that skydome ( erm rogers-center) has the skydome hotel... do any other stadiums have that at all? I've always wondered this...

[Flair Wooo]

The atmosphere inside anfield on a european night is matched by non!

[RoXer]

Cardinals Stadium

[Gonzo]

The atmosphere inside anfield on a european night is matched by non!

Try about 110K at a PSU, OSU or Michigan college football game on for size.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

'Sea of white' during the Penn State game last year was pretty fucking insane

[Team Sheep]

I went to Shea last Summer, and from your seat it does look like quite a nice ballpark. It's a bit scruffy from the ground though.

[Team Sheep]

http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/redir?urn=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.best-of-munich.com%2Fallianz-arena%2Fimg%2FAllianz-Arena2.jpg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.best-of-munich.com%2Fallianz-arena%2Fimg%2FAllianz-Arena2.jpg&&requestId=7910be63a869e24e&clickedItemRank=2&source=googleImage&searchType=IS&partner=Google&query=bayern%20munich%20stadium

Allianz Arena - Munich.

[YOUR Hero]

Houston should get rid of that center field mound thing. That's an injury waiting to happen

[Skippord]

Yeah someone is gonna kill themselves on that

[Joey Slugs]

http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/redir?urn=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.best-of-munich.com%2Fallianz-arena%2Fimg%2FAllianz-Arena2.jpg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.best-of-munich.com%2Fallianz-arena%2Fimg%2FAllianz-Arena2.jpg&&requestId=7910be63a869e24e&clickedItemRank=2&source=googleImage&searchType=IS&partner=Google&query=bayern%20munich%20stadium

Allianz Arena - Munich.

Cool. A tire. :shifty:

[YOUR Hero]

Donut, silly.

[Joey Slugs]

Donut, silly.

:lol:

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Try about 110K at a PSU, OSU or Michigan college football game on for size.
Michigan fans are so quiet it's pathetic. The other two are good examples though.

[Team Sheep]

At night:

http://www.gridskipper.com/travel/munich-allianzarena.jpg

[BCWWF]

I think Penn State has the coolest stadium in college football

[Supreme Olajuwon]

The new stadiums being built in the UK look pretty cool. Examples:

Emirates Stadium
http://www.valechumbar.com/media/1/20050822-emirates_stadium.jpg

Stanley Park
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/past_future/pictures/future_stadiums/liverpool_stanley1.jpg

Landsdowne Road
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/past_future/pictures/future_stadiums/dublin_lansdowne1.jpg

and of course the most obscene of all of them, the new Wembley Stadium
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/graphics/2005/03/08/sfnwin08.jpg

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Obviously I have to post the Withdean, considering, until next season, they played in the 2nd highest league in English football.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/the_argus/news_extra/in_depth/falmer_stadium/images/challengers-withdean.jpg


http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40129000/jpg/_40129238_withdean_203.jpg

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/park/yfh45/brighton32.jpg

[RoXer]

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/past_future/pictures/future_stadiums/glendale_cardinals1.jpg

http://www.stadiumsofnfl.com/future/cardsstad900.jpg

http://www.aluminum.org/images/AluminumNow/0505/BC_Envelope_article_stadium.jpg

http://www.cmxsportsengineers.com/430x320%20Photos/New%20Cardinals%20Stadium%20rendering.jpg

[Nervous Ferret]

Why the Saturn ring around Wembley

[Cactus Sid]

The Sapporo Dome in Japan

http://www.sportsvenue-technology.com/projects/sapporo/images/sapporo_01.jpg

This site has all the information about it

http://www.sportsvenue-technology.com/projects/sapporo/

Just an amazing piece of modern engineering

[Rob Ban Fan]

Why the Saturn ring around Wembley

<font color="#ff6600">It supports the roof, which will be able to move depending on the position of the sun to block out the sun.

Its ridiculously big and you're meant to be able to see it from absolutely miles away when its lit up.

It's also makes it recognisable and gives it something so you recognise it as a landmark when you're in London. "Oh thers Big Ben, oh theres Buckingham Palace, oh theres the Wembley Arch" etc.</font>

[CSL]

The new stadiums being built in the UK look pretty cool. Examples:

Emirates Stadium
http://www.valechumbar.com/media/1/20050822-emirates_stadium.jpg

Stanley Park
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/past_future/pictures/future_stadiums/liverpool_stanley1.jpg

Landsdowne Road
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/past_future/pictures/future_stadiums/dublin_lansdowne1.jpg

and of course the most obscene of all of them, the new Wembley Stadium
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/graphics/2005/03/08/sfnwin08.jpg

<font color=white>Yeah but only 1 and a half of 'em actually exist</font>

[Ogen]

And Landsdowne isn't in the UK

[toxic rooster]

"I got a cab from the airport, and the cab driver says 'Welcome to Melbourne, where are you from?'. When I tell him I'm Irish, first thing he says is 'Not doing too well in the Commonwealth Games, eh?'

So I replied 'Didn't you hear, the Irish decided not to come. There was a big argument, it's been in all the news, the papers, the radio everywhere. In fact, the argument's been going for about 800 years as to whether we'd be in this year's Commonwealth Games".