Best new stadium you've been to?

[coaxingstar71]

I liked Molineux when I went there, although I have to admit this was partly due to the incredibly efficient system of leaving the ground where the Police blocked off all the roundabouts to other traffic and we were home in an hour.

 

[The Crab]

For a one off purpose built stadium, its this one;
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people were saying how much they hated concrete bowls in the thread " Why isn't Bramall Lane a listed Building"

well here is a concrete bowl....ugly isn't it?

Looks like Leeds were the last visitors there.

 

[South London Blade]

The Colosseum originally had a retractable roof

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not cantilevered in the strict sense of the word but there was nothing to obstruct the plebs' view of the Lions v God Botherers. Perhaps they found the original drawings South Essex?

What that needs is a big advertising wrap for Zebra loans.

 

[jt64]

Köln's probably, in that it's a new build that actually has four stands rather than just being a bowl. Hannover's was a bit different than the regular bowl as well

 

[Ivanhoe]

New York Stadium for me, good views as has already been said.

 

[Boxer Blade]

new york stadium I don't mind,not a fan of new-builds tbh

The thing about the new York stadium for me is from the outside ( front) it
looks impressive, but inside not so, it always seems to me that they had a budget say of 10 million and they spent 8 million on the front before realising they only had 2 left and it was to late to do anything other than just fill the sides in giving the effect of Emirates from the front and a non league team (toy town) from the other 3 sides. About right the ;-)

 

[awblade]

Really not a fan of new builds. But to pick one, I'll go with stadium of light. Are Walsall and Scunthorpe still classed as new builds? Meant to be first stadiums built of the 'new' stadium era (I think)

Wembley is awful
Pride park = riverside stadium

 

[awblade]

I liked Molineux when I went there, although I have to admit this was partly due to the incredibly efficient system of leaving the ground where the Police blocked off all the roundabouts to other traffic and we were home in an hour.

I liked how efficient it was least time I went there. Had arranged to meet some family who were wolves fans at corner of stadium to our left as we walked out, got shepherded to right and had to walk all way around the ground to get to that corner

 

[BushBlade]

Really not a fan of new builds. But to pick one, I'll go with stadium of light. Are Walsall and Scunthorpe still classed as new builds? Meant to be first stadiums built of the 'new' stadium era (I think)

Wembley is awful
Pride park = riverside stadium

I remember being told by a Derby fan that Pride Park was the same design as the Riverside.

 

[blade too long]

benficas stadium of light beautiful architecturally and a good acoustically too


love red seats
and good rake of seats so you arent too far away

camp nou for me loses out as the sound drifts over the tops and away and you need binoculars from some seats , so the Bernabau wins in Spain
well only Atleticos new ground opens next season

http://sportingtribune.com/atletico...pic-new-stadium-will-see-compete-city-rivals/

 

[DanOundogg]

Millennium Stadium

 

[larkymasher]

Soccer City in Johannesburg

 

[TONY_TONY_AGANA]

In the UK it would have to be the Emirates. Atmosphere & looks wise, Estadio Da Luz - Benfica.

 

[blade too long]

how nice to read this about a stadium
“The club has decided to prioritize the spaciousness, the comfort and the safety of the supporters before the option of a having a larger capacity.

“In order to access and enjoy the seats in the most satisfactory way, the distance between the rows has been increased.”

 

[ourbob]

One of the "old" new ones.

Meadow lane.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Emirates for the seats. White Hart Lane upper tier (not new but redeveloped umpteen times) for the view and Newcastle for the nose bleed/fact that we won there in the PL.

 

[ourbob]

International stadium.

Yankee stadium.
Home of New York City,rebuilt on a different site about ten years ago but my god,the place has everything,marble toilets with toilet paper!!
Food to die for and beer whilst watching the game.

 

[Isar]

Amsterdam Arena is incredible. Looks like a bloody spacecraft from outside.

Pride Park is okay.

Can't think of any other nice ones I've been in.

This spaceship has landed and this was the view yesterday at 06:30 in the morning.

 

[BushBlade]

This spaceship has landed and this was the view yesterday at 06:30 in the morning.

I've been there. For the England friendly. I've forgot it looked like that. Bloody Dutch lager and skunk.

 

[Canterbury Blade]

This spaceship has landed and this was the view yesterday at 06:30 in the morning.

Weirdest thing about The Allianz was the Audi showroom on the middle tier, just round the corner from the 4000 seater restaurant and the mega fan shop. It put a whole new perspective on what to do at half time, when you can sit in a car in a footie ground!

Mind you it was minus 10, so being in an indoor shopping centre had its advantages. Thank The Lord for Gluwhwein as it was seriously too cold for lager..

 

[BushBlade]

I've been there. For the England friendly. I've forgot it looked like that. Bloody Dutch lager and skunk.

Oh right, it's the Allianz. That's why I don't remember the Amsterdam Arena looking like that.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Stadium MK has got most comfy seats. Shame I never got to sit in it, as all the Blades around us stood up.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

The Millennium Stadium hands down for me. I'm a fan of rugby and have been on several occasions (which has helped take the smear off of my first experience as a teenager - we all know the Blades match I'm referring to).

One such occasion was the European (Heineken) Cup Final. Northampton vs Leinster. The roof was closed and the atmosphere was electric. Northampton managed to squander a 22-3 half time lead to eventually lose the match 33-20, with all of the points (except for 3) scored at my end of the pitch. You walk out of the ground and the city is completely taken over by whatever event was held inside the Stadium that day, there's pubs everywhere and they're happy to have you. We're spoiled by Bramall Lane's location, in the same way the Newcastle fans are and the Millennium is much the same.

Wembley on the other hand, Zone 4 in the arse end of nowhere in North West London, has no roof and cost 3 times as much to build. Unlike the Millennium you also feel a million miles from the pitch and other fans. Load of shite.

 

[Klanger]

Millennium stadium, or Principality as its now known, not only are the views great, but it's in the best location of any ground I know with a thousand great bars and restaurants surrounding it. I also reckon the period during which the Wembley finals were there, it helped change the behaviour of football fans. Normally treated as pariahs, Cardiff, a city experienced in dealing with vast numbers for the rugby, efficiently welcomed the football fans with open arms and reasonably priced beer, promoting the rugby spirit of pissed bonhomie. Of course, they recognised there was a bob or two in it for them as well.

It's downside was the chaos initially, of 75,000 people trying to leave on the only way out, East on the M4, but this got mitigated when the football fans started to adopt the rugby mentality of making a weekend of it.

Can't bear Wembley wish they'd never built it there.

 

[Isar]

Oh right, it's the Allianz. That's why I don't remember the Amsterdam Arena looking like that.

Yes mate, Allianz Areana. I was stuck in the traffic on the way into work, took nearly an hour to do a 1 km due to a lorry driver embedding his lorry into the barriers on the A9 just after the Allianz. Then 5 lanes into one.

 

[e17blade]

My best "new" stadium is the converted Olympic stadium in Berlin. Went to see Hertha there a few years back on my brothers stag weekend.

From the outside it looks really small - but incredible. I think it might be made of marble? When you go through into the ground though they have dug down miles and it is super modern and MASSIVE. Absolutely incredible.

And you can get beer and bratwurst in your seat!

 

[BushBlade]

The Millennium Stadium hands down for me. I'm a fan of rugby and have been on several occasions (which has helped take the smear off of my first experience as a teenager - we all know the Blades match I'm referring to).

One such occasion was the European (Heineken) Cup Final. Northampton vs Leinster. The roof was closed and the atmosphere was electric. Northampton managed to squander a 22-3 half time lead to eventually lose the match 33-20, with all of the points (except for 3) scored at my end of the pitch. You walk out of the ground and the city is completely taken over by whatever event was held inside the Stadium that day, there's pubs everywhere and they're happy to have you. We're spoiled by Bramall Lane's location, in the same way the Newcastle fans are and the Millennium is much the same.

Wembley on the other hand, Zone 4 in the arse end of nowhere in North West London, has no roof and cost 3 times as much to build. Unlike the Millennium you also feel a million miles from the pitch and other fans. Load of shite.

My seat at the Millenium was shit. Near the front and it felt like it was lower than the pitch. Absolutely horrible journey there and back. Nicely situated in Cardiff though.

 

[Upton_Blade]

Wembley on the other hand, Zone 4 in the arse end of nowhere in North West London, has no roof and cost 3 times as much to build. Unlike the Millennium you also feel a million miles from the pitch and other fans. Load of shite.

I still can't quite believe the gross stupidy and incompetence that was shown when deciding to put the new stadium exactly where the old one was.

They had the perfect opportunity to put the new stadium somewhere in the middle of the country making it far more accessible for everyone, probably at far less cost and giving them the opportunity to sell the old stadium to developers to help cover the astronomical costs of the new stadium.

Disgraceful example of "London-ism"

 

[BushBlade]

I still can't quite believe the gross stupidy and incompetence that was shown when deciding to put the new stadium exactly where the old one was.

They had the perfect opportunity to put the new stadium somewhere in the middle of the country making it far more accessible for everyone, probably at far less cost and giving them the opportunity to sell the old stadium to developers to help cover the astronomical costs of the new stadium.

Disgraceful example of "London-ism"

It wouldn't be far more accessible for those in London and the south though, if it were in Staffordshire.

 

[tomtheblade]

Estadio Da Luz, looks beautiful, great views from everywhere and despite being huge you still feel close to the pitch
Millenium stadium in Cardiff, despite the horrible memories, is great imo wtih an intimidating atmosphere

Wembley is awful, not because of the stadium necessarily, but for the decision to design a middle tier made especially to cater to FIFA delegates, celebrity guests and various other 3rd party rich people. Anyone but proper fans really. Said people don't even turn up, or come in late, resulting in a partially empty stadium and splitting the real fans into two separate sections.
I know it's not like this for every game, but it's still an example of the problems endemic in the modern game. Rant over..

Never been to the Amsterdam Arena but it looks incredible from the pictures