Best small stadiums (~under 20,000 seats)

Discussion in 'The Beautiful Game' started by wufc, Aug 26, 2005.

  1. wufc

    wufc Member

    May 1, 2005
    UC Irvine
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What are they doing exactly with Highbury?
     
  2. THOMA GOL

    THOMA GOL BigSoccer Supporter

    Jul 16, 1999
    Frontier
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Turning them into apartments. The South Stand I believe just started taking buyers this month. the pitch will be a garden of walkways, fountains, and other plants native to the area. The "stadium" will have 700 apartments.
     
  3. Cassano

    Cassano Member

    Jul 16, 2004
    Club:
    AC Milan
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Como has a nice 15,000 seat stadium right on Lake Como

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  4. Cassano

    Cassano Member

    Jul 16, 2004
    Club:
    AC Milan
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Perugia's small stadium also provides a nice atmosphere:

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  5. Cassano

    Cassano Member

    Jul 16, 2004
    Club:
    AC Milan
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Messina's San Filippo is probably the newest stadium in Italy. It was built 2 years ago:

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  6. Milos

    Milos Member+

    Sep 6, 2003
    Iacon
    Club:
    Coventry City FC
    I must say, that is a nice stadium. It looks quite neat and does have character and a nice shade of green. I don't know anything about the team that plays there though so I hope they will do it justice.
     
  7. Zenfoo

    Zenfoo New Member

    Jan 1, 2006
    Molde Stadion. Also called rökkelökka:

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    Some background information: Molde is a small city, or should I say village, in Norway. The club, Molde FK, nearly regelated this year and had to play qualificationmatches against Moss to survive in the Norwegian league; Tippeligaen. The stadium, which is called Rökkelökka, was payed by a fan of the team named Kjell Inge Rökke.

    You'll have to excuse my bad english. :D
     
  8. wufc

    wufc Member

    May 1, 2005
    UC Irvine
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  9. wufc

    wufc Member

    May 1, 2005
    UC Irvine
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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    This is absolutely awesome. Warwick Park for Blunsdon United.

    Capacity: 150
     
  10. PsychedelicCeltic

    PsychedelicCeltic New Member

    Dec 10, 2003
    San Francisco/London
    If I was Molde, I might have had a horseshoe shaped ground, because the only thing better than that stadium is the view!
     
  11. kenosha

    kenosha New Member

    Sep 19, 2001
    West Vancouver, BC
    Morrison Stadium Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    http://admissions.creighton.edu/sharedmedia/images/SoccerStadium291X127.jpg

    Saw a game here last Fall. One of the nicest venues I've seen, although pretty small (5-7K). Too bad they have to use Field Turf.
     
  12. The Old Lady Hertha

    The Old Lady Hertha New Member

    Dec 15, 2004
    Boston, MA
    Club:
    Hertha BSC Berlin
    Nat'l Team:
    China PR
    One of the German "cult classics", 1. FC Union Berlin's Stadion Alte der Forsterei

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    Not pretty, but its a great stadium IMO. Capacity 18250
     
  13. The Old Lady Hertha

    The Old Lady Hertha New Member

    Dec 15, 2004
    Boston, MA
    Club:
    Hertha BSC Berlin
    Nat'l Team:
    China PR
    Another great stadium of similar vein: FC St. Pauli's Millerntor:

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    Capacity 20725
     
  14. The Old Lady Hertha

    The Old Lady Hertha New Member

    Dec 15, 2004
    Boston, MA
    Club:
    Hertha BSC Berlin
    Nat'l Team:
    China PR
    The Viking Stadion for Viking Stavanger has a decent view too, like Molde's stadion:

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    Stadiums not bad to boot.
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    Capacity 15300
     
  15. AFCA

    AFCA Member

    Jul 16, 2002
    X X X rated
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Iran
    FC Groningen's new Euroborg stadium (little over 20.000 I believe)...

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  16. Disco Dale

    Disco Dale Member

    Nov 29, 2005
    N8
    The picture they supply would suggest otherwise....

    Like this thread a lot, and that world stadiums website is great, so what if a few creep over the 20,000 mark?

    The one in La Linea says it is spot on, on 20,000:-
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    Yep, that's the UK in the background.

    And the new KC Stadium is 5,000 over the top:-
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    Anyone been there? I had a bit of a soft spot for Boothferry Park.

    Blundell Park is not great, but its next to the sea, and I saw Ade Akinbiyi score a last minute equaliser there once:-
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  17. wufc

    wufc Member

    May 1, 2005
    UC Irvine
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  18. wufc

    wufc Member

    May 1, 2005
    UC Irvine
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  19. footballfreak

    footballfreak Member

    Jun 30, 2003
    Vancouver, BC, Canad
    Club:
    Vancouver Whitecaps
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
  20. Daniel from Montréal

    Aug 4, 2000
    Montréal
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    By the way, for the debate on Camp Nou, the Mini Estadi (cap around 20k, incidently), has fieldtuf.

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  21. jambon-beurre

    jambon-beurre Member

    Mar 12, 2005
    France
    Amiens (French Ligue 2)
    Stade de la Licorne
    Capacity : 11,900

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  22. SuperJville

    SuperJville Member

    May 7, 2004
    Florida
    Club:
    SC Freiburg
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    This is the stadium that Bosnia plays their home games at. In something like 12 or 13 games so far, they have stayed undefeated.. This is the favorite stadium in Bosnia obviously not because of its size, but the unbelievable atmosphere.

    The Spanish players after their 1-1 draw with Bosnia on this very stadium said something along the lines "we have never felt such electricity in a stadium, it will be almost impossible for anyone to take any points away from this place."

    The fans are also known to start cheering in front of the hotel of the visiting team as soon as the other team arrives.. It gets loud, and stays loud.. for days.

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  23. sidis

    sidis Member

    Jun 2, 2006
    Itaguaí-RJ - Brazil
    São Januário Stadium (Vasco da Gama Stadium)
    The capacity for Brazilian Serie A is lowered to 19990 seats.

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  24. AFCA

    AFCA Member

    Jul 16, 2002
    X X X rated
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Iran
  25. red&bluearmy[cpfc]

    red&bluearmy[cpfc] New Member

    Jul 23, 2006

    No artificial grass is used. Different types of grass are often mixed to create a more durable surface but the Nou Camp (or any other top tier European team) definately don't have any fake turf.
     

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