stadium threadany sport
>>157353895
best-looking stadium in Brazil (no one wants to play there)
the rose bowl being out of the world cup was a crime, we only lost it because of that
>>157354702Looks like a college football stadium, no wonder it looks good
Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in Pyongyang - North Korea. (2nd*) largest stadium in the worldbuilt in 1986 and only surpassed in 2020 by an indian one
>>157354841now the title belongs to this one, Narendra Modi Stadium.132,000 capacity (the korean one has 113,281 seats) It has never reached its full capacity.
>>157353895Looks interesting, but I don't get why they keep such a distance to the pitch on one side
>post-modern designsew>neo-classical designsyes please
>>157354903I think it's so it can support track and field shit
Stadium 974a "temporary" venue for the Qatar World Cup. Built with repurposed shipping containers and recycled steel, named after the amount of containers used and the Qatari international dialing code (+974)To avoid building a white elephant in such a small country, It was planned to be dismantled and reassembled in a future World Cup host country, at first to be sent to Maldonado - Uruguay for the 2030 World Cup, However the Uruguay–Argentina–Chile–Paraguay bid did not succeed.Later is was planned to be transported to an African nation. 5 years later, it still stands in its original site.
>>157354910That's what I thought as well at first, but it didn't look like it at second glance. It seems too narrow elsewhere, why only have that curve on one side? It's a bit weird, but maybe you are right>>157354907Thoughts on this? It's supposed to fit into Washington DC's common neoclassic aesthetic, and its location is aligned with the National Gallery
>>157353895Bump, I love architecture threads.
>>157354989>picI don't hate it, but it's too bad it bends downwards in the middle. If it had stayed perfectly circular then it would have been pure brutalist kino
Can I post enclosed arenas? Posting anywayMadison Square Garden, in New York City, 1879
>>157355023Madison Square Garden, 1890
Watching Kiel vs. St Pauli today, I saw one of the stands of the Kiel stadium demolished. They are rebuilding their stadium, it's going to be expanded from 15,000 to 25,000This is the supposed final look
>>157355029Madison Square Garden, 1968 - present
>>157353895My towns stadium. Local league plays their semifinals and finals here
>>157355042BELIEVE IT OR NOT THEY DEMOLISHED THIS TO BUILD IT
>>157355029Looks great, preferable to the generic new oneWembley is similar. Couldn't they have spiced these iconic old designs up, modernize a bit? And not just build generic new shit riding on the old legacy's coattail?
>>157355023I took this picture of the Miami Heat arena from the rooftop of the nearby science museum
>>157355033not a fan of the wagie cage look in the corners. Should have been walled up imo.The outside columns look sexy though, this should look great from street level looking up
The national team played a friendly against the local pro team in 2011 before playing the Copa America and it was full to the brim. If you were 12 or under you could get in for free, I was there. Estadio Alberto Suppici
>>157355081peak soul
Always liked how the Genoa CFC stadium looked like
>>157355076I'd also prefer different corners, but the "open glass optic" itself seems cool to me. I just think it would be cooler to have the stands somewhat connected at least, I also think that's better for acoustics. They could still have some glass
obligatory postingEstádio Municipal de Braga - Portugal
This is a college football stadium in the US
A bit to lament. This is Alemannia Aachen's old stadium, the "Tivoli". It was one of the most iconic sites in the country, a temple of football romanticism. 120 years old, a total shitbox, but soulful. Somehow, it also had tremendous acoustics. It was especially famous for being ridiculously narrow in all aspects, very uncomfortable. It had a capacity of 21,300
>>157355125You couldn't pay me to watch your professional leagues, but your college scene is amazing and I envy the college sport programs you guys have. Wish we had something like that here instead of separate academies
>>157355135In 2012, it got torn down and replaced with this stadium. A more modern one, more profitable. Designed for 38,000. By all means a fine stadium, also intended to be as narrow and loud as possible under modern regulations ... but it's still generic in comparisonIt also bankrupted the club and played a significant role in plunging Aachen from the Bundesliga to the 4th tier (they're currently playing their 3rd consecutive season in the 3rd tier again, after 11 years in the 4th). So the stadium was mostly empty for most of its history
>>157355161that's so sad
>>157355161Next to it, there's this stadium here, the Hauptstadion. With 40,000 seats, it's the biggest (non-racing) equestrian stadium in the world, I believe, and the site of the Aachen CHIO, called "world festival of equestrian sports". Right now, the world championships are also held there
>>157355102almost as kino as Chelsea's battersea stadium plan
>>157355179It is a big loss. But the fans have warmed up to the new one in recent years, I believe. It's also filled quite well in the 3rd tier, but it was a total waste in the 4th since that's divided into five regional leagues, so many of the opponents are really unattractive (especially if you believe your club should be at least two tiers higher)
>>157355152If this were even 10 years ago I'd agree that they're kino, but the people running the sport are doing everything they can to kill the best parts of it. Shame.
>Dumps a giant bowl in you're stadium that was originally designed to mimic roman architectureWhat now huh.
>>157355228So what are they doing?It at least seems like college stadiums are filled with actual fans instead of customers
i miss college
>>157355229quintessentially jewish
This is >our stadium, the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg. 57,000 capacity, currently being expanded to 60,500 in a few simple steps. Had a 100% attendance rate for quite a while nowIn its current shape, it is ~30 years old now. Unfortunately, it has some structural weaknesses since it was built on the foundations of the 1950 original. Also, it seems like basically anything built in the 90s wasn't really built to last
>>157355236In search of more money they are gutting traditional rivalries(Border War, Backyard Brawl, Bedlam, Notre Dame vs USC) and doing everything they can, in football at least, to make the regular season pointless. There's 138 football teams and the sport has always been top heavy, but now the top teams are avoiding each other as much as possible every year for the playoffs. Imagine if Borussia Dortmund said "No, we don't want to play Bayer Leverkusen anymore, our games against Bayern and Leipzig are already hard enough, we'll take out Leverkusen and Hoffenheim to play Osnabruck and Dynamo Dresden" and they get fucking rewarded for it.
damn yuro stadiums are sad and pathetic lol
>>157355303So the club plans for a new stadium in 15 to 20 years. They want to avoid having an increasingly costly old stadium, especially as they could have a significantly larger stadium that might also throw off a lot more profit. I think the club would aim for a 75,000 to 80,000 capacity stadium if they could, but they know such a stadium costs like 1.5 billion nowadays. No way they can do that, but even a stadium of the same size as the old one might be unfeasible - despite the club being financially healthy and having many fans
>>157354989>>157355005i really do like how they are developing the area around the stadium to be a more natural park. Apparently there should be some good walking trails/views around the anacosita river.
>>157355054Kino. Here's my small hometowns football "stadium" (can't find a good pic without the stupid header)
>>157355236The dam keeping players from getting paid for their name, image, and likeness (NIL) was finally destroyed by a Supreme Court decision. Now players are jumping from college to college like it's musical chairs in constant search of whoever can secure them the most lucrative NIL deal.This in turn has pushed colleges to chase revenue even more now that they effectively need to pay players out in the open when it used to be a series of under-the-table perks. This is mainly being done by scraping beloved rivalries in favor of realigning conferences for better TV deals. The more and more money they need to send towards football, the more that the minor, low-revenue generating sports get left by the wayside. In other words, the backbone of our competitiveness in the Olympics.The only positive out of all of this is that it seemed to pull the rug from underneath the hated Southeastern Conference (buncha tryhard schools in the Deep South), they seem to have a hard time adjusting to the new normal since they were always the most brazen when it came to the old under-the-table perks system.
>>157355377So it's a high school stadium?
>>157354794but there weren't enough luxury boxes for all the celebrities! ;(
>>157355236its slow corporatization of the "major" leagues of all sports around the world. these next generation of arenas, and even renovations, will quickly accelerate the shift from a sport for the average person to corporatized event when the stadium is basically a library because its filled with white collar suits. they dont build 100k+ seat stadiums anymore because they need 3+ decks of luxury boxes. the average fan is getting systematically squeezed out.
>>157355387It's crazy nowadaysModern yurofootball stadiums of sizeable clubs all aim for 12-15% hospitality share. The way your big franchises chase big money, I imagine it might be even more in the NFL?
>>157355152The one thing Europeans didn't pick up on that I don't understand are bands. You've already got your chants, why not add more power?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpYJukt7ohoEven the Japanese figured this out, and this is an away crowdhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWyo8rRGgpI>>157355325It's the roofs. Their stadiums would look bursting with sovl if they just took out the damn ridiculous roofs, especially the ones that need pylons.
This is the Cleveland Indians stadium, Cleveland Ohios MLB team. They sold the stadium out for 455 consecutive regular season games from June 1995 to April 2001. Drawing over 19 MILLION fans in the timeframe
>>157355385Highschool stadium in a town of just over 5000 people. Always enjoyed the view of the surrounding town
I'll miss football-sized capacity crowds for baseball games
>>157355426What's your issue with roofs? I don't know about Spain or Italy, but here, it rains all the time. Putting roofs over stadiums was reasonable. They don't obstruct the view either
>>157355426>no bandsI guess because people just don't have the time for this sort of thing.I watched a NASCAR event and there was a priest praying, planes flying, the national anthem being sung, bands, all sorts of stuff.That's the kind of thing the average italian skips. The game is all we care about.Funny story: I used to work as a hotel receptionist, and one evening we had like 20 police officers as guests, and they were all wearing armor and rifles strapped to their chest. It looked like they were ready for a raid or some shit.I asked what they were doing to their captain or whatever and he said "there's the Arezzo - Perugia derby tonight"To be clear, that was a Serie C match (third division).
In awe at the size of this foul territory
>>157355471Speaking of NASCAR, here's the Daytona 500 overhead shot. Pretty sovless, but God damn that's a lot of people
Here's Polo Grounds.. probably the most unusual MLB stadium in history
>>157355503there are definitely more soulful NASCAR tracks. Pic related.
>>157355426You guys love making a big show out of everything, people here are very purist about sports for the most part. They want to visit the stadium, sing a few songs before and during the game, maybe eat a sandwich, and then leave. Fans tend to throw fits when the organizers come up with special stuff for big games, finalsThat being said, I think we could still make room for (marching) bands. They are quite cool, and I think that with good planning, they could go nicely with the clubs' already existing pre-game song customs. They'd definitely spice things up and are not soulless commercialization stuff>>157355394>>157355378>>157355311Thanks. A shame ... but it still seems to hold out quite a bit at least
>>157355551Pocano is pretty kino as well
>>157354865>It has never reached its full capacity.Flair sold it out brother, 193,000 WOOOOOOOO
>>157355551I like bristol a lot because they made a legitimate stadium for it
>>157355566i live in NJ, really wish indycar was still racing there.
This is what the Columbus Crew new stadium will look like. Pretty bleak, but somehow better than the current one. (Ohios MLS team)
>>157355468Maybe I'm just spoiled by America generally seeing more days of sunshine, but I tend to think that if you're not going to go all the way with an outright dome, then you ought to maximize how much sky your getting from your view. Some older English stadiums have a more tasteful restraint to how far their roofs stretch, but then you have other stadiums in Europe that blot out too much of the sky. And since they have so much overhang, you often need architectural eyesores in order to keep them up, like those cables and pylons. My NFL team renovated it's stadium straight out of the European styles (no doubt to attract more tourist-driven friendlies) and I hate it.
The Cleveland Browns NFL stadium. Currently building a new one.
The CFL stadium in Hamilton Ontario. Who thought this through? Either it was someone dumb enough to develop small residential bungalos around a stadium, or someone decided to drop a stadium in the middle of suburbia. Imagine living in that little house across the street and just hearing all the noise until well into the night.Guess those people are lucky the stadium never fills to capacity. No one cares about the cfl in eastern canada :(
>>157355664That is where stadiums belong
>>157355664That legit looks like a high school stadium repurposed for the CFL. Sad.
>>157355533Wasn't there a whole documentary / youtube essay about how weird this stadium was? Or did I dream that shit
>>157355746There probably was, the stadium was pure kino and an abomination at the same time. Very very unique for MLB games that's for sure
>>157355664the ottawa redblacks stadium is also right in the middle of a residential neighborhood. you walk 1 block away from the stadium and its surrounded by houses.
>>157355824Always got a kick out of the condo right at the endzone. Red black fans, if they exist right now, probably dream of living there.
>>157355152college football is a professional league now and many times they are taking a paycut to go to the NFL
my favorite stadium it’s look so kino on the tele special behind the goal
>>157354903i will assume the curved stand is preexisting from when it had a track and the other three are new builds
I MISS THIS SHITHOLE
Never been surpassed
Cal Expo Multi-Use Sports Field Facility, home
My old high school got a video board as part of a renovation of the stadium that included new seating and press box.
>>157360321The field was dedicated to local sports hero Kevin Turner.>Kevin Turner was an American professional football player who was a fullback for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Turner died after suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for several years. The illness had been triggered by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
>>157357365>still can't see the puck
>>157355152Its the closest thing we have to "every town has its own team" like you guys have with football clubs
>>157355337>despite the club being financially healthy and having many fansAre they as annoying as you?
>>157354682Fucking S O V L
>>157354907Looks fantastic. Bath rugby club had plans for something similar but it was decided by the powers that be that it should look generic and boring instead.
>>157361772Atrocious
>>157355063I hate modernity so fucking much
>>157355063Fucking jews
>>157361772Wait wait, hang on, it just needs one more thing to get the 2020s Architecture bingo
>>157355063The destruction of Penn Station is widely considered one of the greatest architectural tragedies in American history. Describing the loss, architectural historian Vincent Scully famously noted: "One entered the city like a god; one scuttles in now like a rat."
>>157358560you madman, what have you done...
What if it's not a stadium, just a pitch with a kino backdrop?
are cute artic circle fields allowed?
Neyland Stadium.
>>157361756No idea what you’re sperging out over, but probably yes. Hope that doesn’t make you cry too hard, nigger
>>157361787>>157361798Ngl a part of me wishes I could design a building so oppressively brutalist that it makes the biggest tankie go "that's a bit soul-destroying, innit?"
>>157361881HSV: Being full of yourself: The club
>>157355081HE CAME FROM URUGUAY HE MADE THE SCOUSERS CRY
>>157354989Looks like capeshit, unironically
>>157362115Well, it's not even real yet, so....
>>157361983Ahhhh, you are just obsessed. Good to knowFeel free to tell me where I am wrong, though
>>157361805Fucking WOKE stadium won’t have it simple as
>>157359641soulful scene very nice
>>157361966KINOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>157353895>Millburn Park, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotlandhome stadium of Vale of Leven FC since 1888. one of the oldest continuous use stadiums in the world. it's seen better days.
There's still a few minutes of IndyCar practice.Practice Session at 14:30 estQualifying at 19:00 estRace tomorrow at 12:00 est
>>157355282Based and fellow Hokiepilled
>>157355503Daytona is the granddaddy of super speedways and it is extremely sovlful. Also, the 500 isn't even the best race there. The primer American sports car race, the 24 Hours of Daytona is. There is a great scene in Ford vs Ferrari there.https://youtu.be/4gmEQpMyVCMThey also have a big motorcycle race there. The Daytona 200.https://youtu.be/qau_Qd5C_Zw>>157355597It's pretty based, but it traps all the exhaust fumes, smoke and dust in a way most other race. The fall Cup race last yeah had a ton of tire deg and the marbles were getting caught in the brake vents and catching on fire. I'm glad I was in the upper deck that night.
>>157362884>Ford v FerrariNever heard of this movie.I don't love Damon and... is that fuckin Bernthal? YikesBut Bale is kino. Is it good?
AA Reds affiliate Chattanooga Lookouts' new ballpark that just opened this season. It was built on an old pipe foundry site and they kept some of the remaining structures to incorporate into the park and further developments later. I think their long term plan is to try to fill in the parking lot parcel by parcel with commercial and residential space. Too bad it's by the fucking interstate again, which was the problem with their previous stadium. The original Engel Stadium was genuine soul from the 20s or 30s but the team left it in the 90s, it's probably going to get torn down in the next 5-10 years.
>>157363150Yeah it's pretty good, Bale is the main character so he carries it. His wife in the movie is also played very well.
>>157363150Yeah, it's really damn good. If you watch a lot of racing, there are some cheesy things to help a movie audience understand what's happening. For instance, for a blown engine, there is a bang and a stream of smoke, whereas in real life, the car usually just quietly costs to a stop. All the acting is great, thete a tons of cool cars, the directing is great and the story is well told, if not 3,000% historically accurate. The opening scene still gives me chills because it reminds me so much of sports car driving at night. Don't watch this on your phone. Put it on a big screen with a good sound system or headphones. https://youtu.be/XmBmXRJjzD0
>>157358556Love Craven Cottage
>>157354907The only stadium where I managed to take a piss, buy some beers and be back at my place within ten minutes during halftime break.
>>157364307Efficiency is paramount when you design a stadium. It doesn't hurt to make it look cool either.
>>157363600>>157363469thanks mates, will watch
>>157355597It's so kino when they had the NASCAR dirt races there
All the footage and photos of Comiskey Park have looked insane.
Southern Miss has a public street under one of its grandstands, does anyone else?
>>157365057You're really going to like it, I hope.Also the best part of the F1 movie os the opening ~5 minutes.https://youtu.be/oi9IX6zKOkI>>157355503See how kino Daytona can be?
>>157367479>best part is the opening 5 minutesreminds me of Saving Private Ryan
>>157355584kek
>>157354865>>157362765>257,000 seats
Grew up a half hour from the track. Most magical place on earth (fuck Disney world)
>>157365270You have good taste fren. Tiger stadium was cool too.
>>157355503Brother that was the most sovlful the track ever looked. They tore down the backstretch grandstands and replaced them with advertising boards that go all the way down to turn 3. Also took out the grass on the backstretch to prevent flips. Looks quite depressing compared to your image taken during the peak of the sport.
>>157353895Here's an underrated one belonging to Pittsburgh Riverhounds, reigning champions of the USA's second tier
Boothferry Park, Hull.What a ground to grow up watching Hull City at. From the ridiculous to the sublime. The North Stand got turned into a Kwik Save supermarket lel
>>157355054>colonia do sacramentokino. wish i had taken a longer tour inside the city instead of staying at historic center
>>157353895this one is from my city.
>>157383684It is a monument to the achievement of "Western Civilization" and it has managed to maintain its relevance for over 100 years.
>>157384225NGL, I hate divegrass and that shit looks really nice.
>>157384522Very nice. Your country is so fucking huge, man.Also, pic related produces some of the best racing in the world. From F1 to WEC to Stockcars Brazil everyone puts on a good show at Interlagos. I watch a lot of your series despite not speaking a word of Portuguese. https://youtu.be/zTbJBnkRkFo
>>157385753>Pic
>>157385649I’m probably biased because I’m a Hoosier but I rly feel like IMS and the Rose Bowl are the last great (historical) venues this country still has. We have great stadiums like SoFi, Jerry World, etc but not too many more places where you get a sort of generational feel.
>>157386998There's also Fenway, Wrigley, and LA Coliseum
Fulton County Stadium in ATL, saw a lot of Braves games here as a kid. Was dated even in the 90s but man, we had some great teams.Good memories.
>>157355618Didn't they build a new stadium just a few years ago? It's pretty nice.
One of Germany's premier grounds, the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund, sponsor name Signal-Iduna-ParkBuilt for the 1974 World Cup, it started out as a typical box stadium with four separate stands. Then it got expanded time and time again, giving it a somewhat old-school vibeIt's quite run-down by now, and it's not particularly pretty from the outside either. But with its main stand and the atmosphere, the aesthetics as a whole are easily accepted as part of the more rustical rust belt Ruhrgebiet vibe that befits Dortmund
>>157388213The Westfalenstadion is actually a detriment to Borussia Dortmund's ambitions nowadays, it has a very small amount of VIP boxes and VIP seats, it's not a very profitable stadium (partially also because of the very high share of season ticket holders) and has very high maintenance costs already due to its age
>>157388213>>157388239For comparison, this was the stadium in 1974It's an interesting stadium to me, primarily because of how purist it is. But it's neither modern nor very profitable nor pretty. It relies on its atmosphere
>>157387609wtf is this lmao
>>157358560SHUT IT DOWN
>>157384348fond memories of three bald men scoring for macclesfield in a 3-0 fa cup win to knock us out. mental how I went to games at boothferry for two years and a shit cup match is my abiding memory
>>157387862Never thought I'd miss Fulton County but in retrospect, the atmosphere at the games in the early 90s was something I've never been around since. I sure don't miss how crowded the concourses were, felt like it too forever to get to your seat & get out again
>>157388469>I sure don't miss how crowded the concourses were, felt like it too forever to get to your seat & get out againWhile this is true, it had the advantage of breaking up the traffic leaving the ballpark
>>157388544What is it about a baseball diamond that gives me such a strong reaction compared to other fields of play? Must be the nostalgia factor of playing and loving the game as a kid. Even a park like the one here looks like paradise to me.
>>157387609I don’t rly like wrigley anymore desu. I hate to be a snob but it lost all its luster to me as soon as they added the scoreboards in left and right.
>>157388717Tbh*
>>157388345Exhibition game to celebrate 50 years of the Dodgers in LA, going back to where they first played in the city
>>157354907>post-modern designsWhere?>neo-classical designsCiti field's facade is based on Ebbets Field, which is a Beaux-Arts and Romanesque Revival abomination built in the 1910s, there is nothing "neoclassical" about it you dumbass. Ironically, citi field is a quintessential example of "postmodern" stadium design, the same trend that led to a bunch of "retro" ballpark designs in the 90s and 2000s.Most educated italian
Can’t forget The Paperclip
Best thread on the board rn
>>157387862man those multipurpose stadiums were terrible, but I had good memories at three rivers too
>>157355069I wish this site didn't stop me from uploading pictures. I also like the baseball stadium actually, it's just that the location sucks
>>157388469>the atmosphere at the games in the early 90s was something I've never been around since.What's with 90s baseball being so good? Was i just that innocent?
>>157387609why did they build the media and corporate suites off centre?
>>157355063MERICA in the jew god we dust
It's not much but it's better than nothing.
>>157390598Comfy
Dharamsala, only place in india that doesn't look like a shithole
>>157388756So what's this shit? Post-post-post-post modern?Speaking of posts, you can stop posting any time
Football field where I went for university. I find it nice and simple. The inflated eyesore behind it is the soccer pitch, I have never been inside it.
>First half defending northern hemisphere>Second half defending southern hemisphereThis simple stadium fascinates me.
>>157391951Seems like it's a bit off? Both halves seem to be in the northern hemisphere
>>157391569Football doesn't seem like the kind of sport you play casually with a bunch of your mates. It needs too many players and too much gear.You may not like it but that covered inflated soccer field has more soul
>>157392002How the fuck can you even tell?
>>157392047Astral projection and cosmic energy reception... and Google Maps
>>157391569imagine running up to it with a sewing needle and popping it
>>157392043Of course we play it casually, that’s what two-hand touch is for
>>157392150How many players do you need for touch football?
>>157354794I wish it hosted the world cup final so bad, but at least we're getting the olympic footy finalsinb4 the mens final is a 94 rematch
>>157392244as low as 3, but it doesn't really resemble real football until you get to about 10.
>>157392331huh, 10 sounds reasonable, cool then
>>157392291Question: what do you guys do when your CFB team's players get hired by different NFL teams?
>>157392354Well they get drafted instead of hired lol, but if you're talking about how they add players after players get drafted they just sign/recruit players from high schools across the country
>>157392354CFB is a revolving door. It's expected you won't have the same players longer than 2-3 years(and now even less with the new rules on changing teams), so you get excited for the next batch of guys who are brought in. The average college fan I would say "follows" their guy in the NFL, and gets really excited if he plays for the pro team they follow, but generally it just becomes "I hope he does well against everyone except my team".
>>157392377Right, no, I meant you guys as in the fans.Say you're a fan of a college team, and you like its players and follow their development for a couple years.Then they get drafted to different NFL teams.Do you now follow each player in their own separate NFL team? Do you ignore and keep following the college team? Or what?>>157392409Ah, I wrote my post before seeing this one. Thanks
>>157392421i usually root for my school's players to do well in the league unless they play for a team that i hate. but whenever my favorite team drafts a guy from my school, he sucks for whatever reason
>>157392421we generally would support the guys out of our school, but most Americans go to schools without a college football team so not really
all of these are souless, holy moly
>>157392620post some then fgt
>>157392421I follow them a little bit, hope they have a good career if I really like them, but most NFL players are out of the league for good in under 5 years. Odds are they'll fade into the many "good enough to make pro" category and then get forgotten pretty quickly.If your school has a stud player that takes them far, especially if they played 3 seasons at that university, it's pretty normal for those players to wash out in the NFL. But they'll still be fondly remembered on campus and attend a game or two there each season as well as stay active in the program from the edges (often working in a recruiting capacity). It doesn't phase me that the biggest stars from >my college had short or uneventful NFL careers, the greats are still great to college ball fans.
>>157392421The funny thing is I went through a dilemma sort of like that last season, but not for college and NFL like it typically goes but rather high school and college. The national college championship was a matchup between a quarterback who went to my high school in Miami, going up against none other than the University of Miami. I may not have graduated from there but a few friends did and I always favored it among the big name Florida schools. Plus I did take a summer course there to catch up with switching my major so I'm within my rights to not be a poser when rooting for them. Thus it came down to choosing between high school pride or more city-level pride and my usual solidarity with UM. I went with the latter... "we" lost. But now the quarterback is on the Raiders and I’d like to see him do well as long as it isn’t against the Dolphins.
>>157392692>>157392684Very interesting. I've never watched a college game, but I did play a shitton of Football Coach: College Dynasty so I know things like red-shirting and whatnot
>>157355426There are south american soccer crowds that sound exactly like those Japan crowds, with trumpets blaring and shit
>>157392753If you enjoy handegg enough you should check out a college game. The time will be brutal for you, but if you can find a marquee matchup/rivalry to watch I think you'll have a good time. Underrated viewing is Missouri @ Kansas. Historic rivalry, neither are great teams, but they always put up a fight against each other. Real hatred.
>>157390598Comfy. Here's my school's. Our football team was/is absolute ass.
One of the local stadiums. Very comfy in my opinion. Probably not special whatsoever, but I always found it cool there
>>157367188pic related, but it no longer exists
>>157392068Google Earth also shows the equator to be mostly south of the field. Given that the Earth isn't a perfect sphere and that map projections often have errors in them, the equator is really a bit of a fuzzy concept.
>>157354794its so much more soulful than all the modern shit they have
they deleted Gay Meadow
>>157354682>it’s literally nothing
>>157394429Gayfield still exists in Arbroathsome tiny scottish club thats been doing really well this last few years
2 small colleges in Arkansas have their stadiums across the street from each other. When they play, the visitor uses their own locker room and walks over.
>>157394467Here's another view
The Kibbie Dome at the University of Idaho. It is fully enclosed despite only seating 16,000.
Pure American kino
>>157394467the famous one here is in Dundee, Dundee United and Dundee have played across the street from one another for 120+ years.the top stadium was built in the 1880s and the bottom one 1899
>>157394293This really is blueballing. They could and should have built a stadium elsewhere, ~75m more to the south. The concept of a football pitch with halves divided between the hemispheres is cool
App State baseball might take the cake
>>157388554The manicured clay taps the same psyche as a zen gardenThe mound literally stands out as one of the only pieces of raised earth in team sports. It also creates a center stage of sorts for pitchers, already a fascinating position in just how much it bucks conventional wisdom in that it's one lone man on defense that takes control of the game in his hands to attack the offense head-on.
>>157391334Retarded eyetalian looked up "postmodern architecture" and posted the first building that popped up in response to him deriding supposed "postmodern stadium designs" and then posing fucking citi field as an example or "neoclassical design"Wow frank gehry, what's your point exactly?
>>157353895>see this thread>look up my local USL pitch>picrel>it cost literally $15 millionman even the shitter 5K capacity stadiums for rural towns in England have covered and lit stands and stuff, and we get this shit that can't even reliably fill half the seats on the most popular nights
>>157395963USL has at least one perfect stadium though
>>157395999
>>157395963Levitating stadium lights are expensive
>>157396014
>>157395999>>157396014that's some comfy shit t b hit's a shame the joy of going to your local team's sporting event is lost on 99% of burgerstan. Closest you get are towns with a minor league baseball team and even then no one's really supporting them
>>157395999>>157396014>>157396058Hopefully it's dual-use so they can put something worth a shit on the field once in a while like high school football
>>157396063>Closest you get are towns with a minor league baseball team and even then no one's really supporting themIt depends on the city. Some are actually really attached to their team. I would say most really aren't, if their minor league team moved some people would be sad but they'd be over it soon.Minor League teams hold cities hostage for new/modernized facilities almost as much as the big leagues do now.
>>157396063>99% of burgerstanBy land area lol but who cares. The places where people actually live have pro teams. I would be surprised if >50% of the population didn't live within a reasonable drive from the closest team in any sport.
>>157396184People forget how empty the country is west of the Mississippi, and in much of the south.
>>157396216meant to attach this
>>157359641Sacramento. Home.
>>157396971MoooOOOOOOOoooo
>>157395823that is what happened yes, your point?
>>157393706>right next to cementary>red/yellow/brown trees>cozy housesIts basically every 90s (horror)movie location. It looks like a small paradise
>>157388376For me it was the Scarborough game in the Great Escape season, people flooding onto the condemned concrete bowl all for a 1-1 lelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=queSpuHS220
>>157398019>cementary
>>157355131kino
i like the baseball > soccer upgrade portland timbers did
1982 VFL grounds1/3
2/3
3/3of this lot, only Kardinia Park and the MCG are still used today
>>157399040ah, and the SCG i guess. forgot that souths moved to sydney for 82
>tfw you don't understand what makes a stadium look good or bad
>>157399036>ovalHow is this allowed?
I miss this shitbox so much. It was the worst mistake ever of GC to let themselves get scammed out of their own stadium by the state to dwell in the fucking monstrosity that the Letzi is.
>>157355120I was there watching Bodø/Glimt. Lost my mind for a good minute when Villads Nilsen scored the winner with the last kick on the ball. Sidenote: I've been around Europe a lot, and i gotta say the Portuguese are some of the nicest people I've met.
>>157355120in which section of the stadium are located the hooligans?
This monstrosity is currently under construction in my home town. This is what happens when boomers enjoy unprecedented success
>>157355120quarry stadiums are kino
>>157399489do you also watch a movie and don't know if you liked it or not after you finished it?
>>157399807Where do people park?
>>157392354Depends. As others have said, things have really changed for CFB recently.But I grew up in an area with no NFL teams but a die-hard college following. We would later get the Tennessee Titans but it didn't mean shit to us in East TN, we're all about the Vols.When Peyton Manning went to the NFL, most people in my area became Colts fans rather than Titans fans just to continue supporting him.
for me it's a natural arena
>>157399807Where is this?
>>157400300They don't, really.>>157400419Bodø, Norway
>>157399807Kinda looks like a shittier version of League 1 Luton's new stadium (Luton's one wins since they gave it a hat made of lights)
this is williams brice stadium, home of the Cocks
>>157400557>a hat made of lightscorrr
>>157400518Oh, it's for Bodö Glimt? I see it has 10,000 seats? Looked larger to me on your image. I would have guessed it's for 15,000 to 20,000. Seems fairly moderate then, I would have expected the club to go larger after its recent successNot the prettiest design, but I think it's decent still. Modern generic stuff, whatever
>>157400557HAT ON A STADIUM HAT ON A STADIUM
>>157354702> Mercado Livre Arenawat the fuck, it was Pacaembu when I was there, lovely stadium
BEHOLD. THE SHITTIEST LARPY STADIUM EVER
>>157400688That's the kind of design where you can guarantee it'll look 20x shittier than the mock-up if it actually gets built
>>157400688Isn't it also super large for a club that's more of a 2nd tier midfield club?
>>157400688>No steam from the chimneys
>>157400656It got renamed last year, " Mercado Livre Arena Pacaembu", but with Pacaembu conveniently written in a thin font so it can't be seen from afar in a compressed picture
>>157400688the tinpottest club of all time
>>157354865can that size stadium hold 130k shits in it?
>>157400688You can tell they have American ownersI guess this could be somewhat cool if the chimneys were able to let off steam. But even then, it might end up looking super plasticIt also seems too large for a club of this size
I miss the Joe Louis every day bros :(
>>157400837Birmingham City have spent 57 seasons in the top-flight (what's now the Premier League), 62 seasons in the second-tier (which they are now in, the Championship) and 5 seasons in the third-tier, from which they were promoted in 2024/25They have won two major honours, both of them League Cups (in 1963 and 2011)
>>157401752Better than expected, but still, they are not a top-flight mainstay by any means. I guess it's still theoretically possible to fill a 62,000 seat stadium then, but it's still a lot. A whole lot. The only clubs here capable of filling such a stadium are Bundesliga mainstays. This new Birmingham stadium seems very ambitious
>>157400688Gotham City FC
>>157401885The thing is, Birmingham has a population of 1.2m but Villa are a far bigger club and clearly the better team. You've also got Wolves and West Brom nearby, both of whom are historically bigger, better-supported clubs.
>>157402397Exactly (though I wouldn't have guessed Biringham City to be less supported than West Brom)So you also think it's too large?
Always liked the view.
>>157386998Also, the Milwaukee mile and the DuQuoin Magic Mile are pretty based. Both opened as horse racing tracks. Milwakee broke ground in 1899 and DuQuoin in 1923.
>>157388416>>157388444You know what. One day, I'm going to see a Super GT race in Japan and I thank you for reminding me that I need to see a baseball game while I'm there.
>>157388739I think people went out and saw things more in the past. The access to home entertainment has been a net negative on people who like to do neat things.
>>157353895This is my local stadium, I don't think it's specially remarkable in any way, fits the team since it's biggest achievement was being runners up in the state championship twice
>>157388761MX-5 races so well there.>>157391569Thise bubble things rule because they have air conditioning (hot or cold).
>>157392244>How many players do you need for touch football?5 and even 3 if you despite. You need 2 guys on each "team" to recieve/run the ball and the guys with the best arm to be "all time quarterback". As the name implies, he's always on the offensive team and the other guys take turns on downs. I don't even like football, but we all just played everything ask kids except baseball because it really needs at least 7 or 8 people all with gloves, and that was pretty rare where I live.Divegrass, squeekyshoe and street hockey were easier to play here.
>>157401443sovl
The Zentralstadion in Leipzig, the main stadium of the GDR. It had a capacity of 100,000. Quite generic in terms of design
>>157403071Today, the Red Bull Arena of RB Leipzig is located in its remains. The ultimate victory of capitalism, basically
>>157402845Those towers are an interesting way of providing lighting. Think I might have passed by there on the night bus to Sao Paulo but I don't recall seeing the stadium.
>>157403071Looks like the same design philosophy as Michigan Stadium.
>>157403166It's pretty close to the highway, I think you can see it by the intersection most buses use to enter the city
>>157402280They play in Red Bull Arena in NJ. They're moving to NYCFC's new stadium in Queens in a couple years though.
>>157403214I bet the view from the back sucks ass
>>157402845lol, every time I went there to watch a match they lost, so I stopped going
>>157403102>The ultimate victory of capitalism, basicallylmao
>>157394546That's pretty fantastic.
>>157403597Not that bad, though having to stand perpendicular to the field with you head looking 90 deg and pressed against random faggots isn't particularly comfortable.We were all drunk/high students so it didn't matter.
SOVL
forgot pic
>build a 46,000 seat crocodile stadium>get relegated to the 4th division within 10 yearsturkish football continues to be a humiliation ritual for everyone involved
>>157406675Why isn't this the University of Florida's stadium?
>>157407673Florida can't do anything right.
>>157406689
>>157407673Because you'd immediately hear about Florida Man jumping up and down on the top of the gator's snout
>>157392354They can only play for 4 or 5 years anyway. Either they get raptured up to the NFL or they are forced to retire (or get sent to Canada's professional league). The really really good players often only play in college for 3 years, then go to the NFL. That's when it hurts but you know it's coming because they can make a lot more money in the NFL.PS: it's a very small number of players that are are good enough to go to the nfl
>>157398019Funny that you mention that because Stephen King lived a few years as a kid like 10 miles away from there
>>157408182What do they do if they had a decent run in college, but don't get drafted in the NFL?Just flip burgers and pay off the student loans?
>>157408249Or, you know, go into the field they majored in... silly goose.
>>157408286soooo..... flip burgers and pay off the student loan?
>>157408115This has to be AI
>>157408315No.
>>157408249If they're playing football, they're on scholarships. Not much need for student loans.
Now this is Svol
>>157402563why do they keep fixturing pumas vs wallabies tests at this stadium?
>>157408249Alumni love hiring ex players for their companies. If the player actually completes their degree, getting a job typically isn't a problem. The dumber players leave school with nothing and end up back in their hometown with few prospects. Once in a while they get in trouble with the law. Depending on if they were notable or not, it might make the news but most of these guys aren't even worth appearing in the police blotter.
>>157355063Looks like that bank from the Dark Knight intro scene
Loving the American grounds ITT, mad comfy
>>157406675>crocodile stadiumLooks like an alligator to me
>>157409002chat is this real
>>157400561Have you ever felt the upper deck sway? Not a short-lived wobble but a legit sway? I always wondered if that was a meme or not
>>157408115>the guy flipping the bird to that player
>>157400688lads like it but innit
>>157355069That's because both the original Madison tower and that tower in miami were inspired by the "Giralda" a medieval tower in Seville, Spain.
>>157395999>>157396014>>157396058Man, watching a game in there sounds like a great time
>>157355054Why is the water diarrhea color?
>>157416857>What is mud?
>>157410475nah, it shakes a good bit when it's super loud but ive never felt a true sway like they did when they first put them up but before they fixed it
>>157406500I was there for that one
PNC park
>>157418772Man, Pittsburgh would be a great place to live if it wasn't full of people from Pittsburgh.
Petco
camden yards
oracle park (formerly at&t)
>>157418804>Brett lives in an apartment right in front of Petco Park>in every home game, he's waving Padres flags and showing off other Padres paraphernalia>the commentators eventually arrange a meeting with him to be broadcasted live>he is completely frozen with fear, full autism spaghetti-spill mode>he's never seen or heard from againthat was fucking funny
>>157391569Ah, Concordia. Many a great times going there for games when I went to McGill. Pic is Percival Molson stadium. Often touted as beautiful, but it's overrated. By far it looks wonderful, up close it's uncomfortable and honestly nothing special. I used to volunteer in one of the hospitals you can see. Park beside the stadium is nice. No one cares about the nearby soccer field.
>>157418831thats pretty hilariousi dont know how you could be comfortable with being recorded on television waving flags but not with an in person interview
coors fieldalways liked this one, mainly for the trees out in center field
>>157418865I remember they had a full table on his balcony, and they brought out one of those fancy silver trays with the big ass bowl cover (like pic rel).They set it on the table, opened it, and there was some Padres thing like a glove or something, and they all went TA-DAAA And he was a fucking STONE STATUE. I was crying laughing
angels stadiumthis one is cool as well, I like it for the rock and waterfall installation in left center
>>157418857One of my favorites. Go Als.
Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay will be the newest Test cricket venue when it hosts australia vs bangladesh part 2: electric boogaloo starting this saturday
>>157419619Where's the reef?
>>157419980Who do you think's holding the camera, mate?
>>157419980it's just out of shot
>>157418792and smog
MCG
>>157355490It's nice how much better manicured they etched the dimensions later
Leichardt Oval. Spiritual home to my Tigies in the NRL. A.k.a. " The eighth wonder of the world"
sovl
>>157353895parents have a big photo of this old girl in the house since I was a kid.
>>157429811It’s like if the Yale Bowl was taken over by gypsies
>>157429811Wtf, why are the cars up there? How do they can in and out?
>>157430074>How do they can in and out?
how about some nice scoreboardsadelaide oval's is 116 years old, fully manual with signs and dozens of scrolls and cogs and requires 4-6 men to operate it spread over 4 levels inside
>>157430756>Putting all that work into such an inferior sport.
also like the WACA ground's scoreboard. not as beautiful as adelaide's and about 50 years younger. i like this one because it has windows for the operators to watch the game from and you can see them running up and down stairs, flipping panels and replacing batsmen's name plates when they get outthe WACA is cricket only now so a football score on it is rare
>>157430756>>157430884wtf kinojumbotrons are soulless
Central Park, StawellHalf of it was retrofitted with electronic numbers by the local footy club, the rest has remained manual for athletics usage. Hosts the Stawell Gift each year
Soul. They want to mirror the home side and make it look better, but I'll miss it being a funky asymmetrical stadium
>>157432082
>>157432082Based asymmetry liker. Maybe they'll just tear down the old grandstand but do something completely different on the new ride. I enjoy Frankenstadiums that were built piecemeal or have obvious expansions
>>157432215They're being a bit vague on how it'll be. First step is removing Godwin Hall behind the concrete side. Another Health building is getting a $100m expansion to take the classes currently in Godwin. After that, they'll decide if they want to add 5k or 10k new seats. If its 10k, they'll mirror the tall side. If its 5k, they'll tear down the concrete bleachers for a newer style, but still slightly asymmetrical
>>157408115my favorite field storm of all time because the FSU player in the endzone is just left for dead
>>157429761wish I could've seen that one, everybody says fans were just stacked on stop of each other
>>157432082Do they put the visiting fans on the small side? That's pretty funny. I guess it might be kind of intimidating looking across at the tall side.
>>157444271Small side is visitors/student overflow. Unfortunately its the side the TV broadcast sees, so people think we have a poverty stadium
>>157444849>think*know
Pancho Aréna, Felcsút, Hungary
>>157430756>ed cowan and rob fucking quineyfucking kek that was grim
>>157400376love a bit of scenic cricket
>>157444920now that's pretty
