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AFCA
03 Sep 2002, 07:10 AM
Two things about this list...
The Arena is a little bit bigger than the feijenoord stadium is. I believe the difference is about 300 seats as the Ajax board insisted that the Arena capacity would be bigger than the Kuip's.
'De Kuip' is not the official name of the stadium. The name is 'Feijenoord Stadion' with ij instead of y. This is the old name of 'SC Feijenoord' which changed to 'Feyenoord Rotterdam'. It's all scum in the end anyway.
olafgb
03 Sep 2002, 07:39 AM
Originally posted by AFCA
The Arena is a little bit bigger than the feijenoord stadium is. I believe the difference is about 300 seats as the Ajax board insisted that the Arena capacity would be bigger than the Kuip's.
'De Kuip' is not the official name of the stadium. The name is 'Feijenoord Stadion' with ij instead of y. This is the old name of 'SC Feijenoord' which changed to 'Feyenoord Rotterdam'. It's all scum in the end anyway.
Sorry, didn't know about the official name (though Feijenoord stadium sounds boring), all glory goes back to UEFA :). Then maybe Nou Camp also is not official?
The capacity just means the seats that are allowed for UEFA competitions.
n00bie deluxe
03 Sep 2002, 10:41 PM
Wow, thanks for the list. And yeah, that sure is quite arbitrary!!
Khansingh
03 Sep 2002, 11:11 PM
Originally posted by olafgb
Sorry, didn't know about the official name (though Feijenoord stadium sounds boring), all glory goes back to UEFA :). Then maybe Nou Camp also is not official?
In fact I think you're right. I believe the official name is something like the Stadium of the Barcelona Football Club, someone check me on that. I think Camp Nou might simply mean 'Our Ground.' However my Catalan is a little non-existent. As an aside, is the official name of Highbury actually Arsenal Stadium? I saw a photo with those words on the edifice.
AFCA
04 Sep 2002, 03:22 AM
Camp Nou or Nou Camp means 'New Ground'.
Rabon
04 Sep 2002, 08:04 AM
Originally posted by jotadia
What about Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid?
Good question. We had got till this year a 4 stars Stadium. Thats the reasson why we didn´t play the final of the Champ. leag. in our stadium.
But Super Floren have invest a lot of money in a 5 stars stadium. We are now a 5*****. We had to built news elevators, all the stadium have heatings.
You got a link but only in spanish http://www.realmadrid.es/web_realmadrid/templates/especiales/especiales.jsp?idcomponente=2423
The other two stadiums with 5 ***** are Nou Camp and Vicente Calderón inside Spain.
AFCA
04 Sep 2002, 09:37 AM
Real supporters don't need heating, a soft cushion under their ass or any seating whatsoever! Just the smell of piss leeking down the stairs, a team on the pitch and fireworks and beer on the stands.
VIVE LA VIE!
Wide Boy
04 Sep 2002, 12:59 PM
Originally posted by Khansingh
As an aside, is the official name of Highbury actually Arsenal Stadium? I saw a photo with those words on the edifice.
I am afraid so. Highbury is the part of London where the ground is situated.
"Celtic Park" is also a prosaic disappointment in comparison with "Parkhead".
AFCA
04 Sep 2002, 01:03 PM
Doesn't necessarily mean it can't be the name of the stadium. The old Ajax ground was also named after the neighbourhood it was situated in (Watergraafsmeer).