Stadium Porn

Discussion in 'Lot 8' started by QPR Kevin H, Aug 12, 2008.

  1. QPR Kevin H

    QPR Kevin H BigSoccer Supporter

    May 23, 2001
    Silver Spring, MD
    Club:
    Queens Park Rangers FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    I thought I'd burn more cigarettes into my arm by looking at some nice stadiums that we may never see the likes of here in DC.

    Today's entry, MK Dons. A bastard of an English League One club that has this new ground that we'd kill to see in Anacostia...

    http://www.footballgroundguide.com/mk_dons.htm

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    So, what grounds would you love to see replicated in DC, erm, I mean Greenbelt?
     
  2. Troy G

    Troy G New Member

    Apr 18, 2008
    WMATA
    Club:
    DC United
    Somebody said something about porn...I have a better chance of staring in one of those movies than D.C. getting a stadium.
     
  3. QPR Kevin H

    QPR Kevin H BigSoccer Supporter

    May 23, 2001
    Silver Spring, MD
    Club:
    Queens Park Rangers FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
  4. apqjr

    apqjr Member

    Aug 30, 2003
    PB Gardens, FL
    Love this thread...KEEP 'EM COMING, KEEP 'EM COMING!

    I'm sure it'll just be a little while longer till we get one of our own.........
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  5. CrimsonChin00

    CrimsonChin00 New Member

    Aug 8, 2007
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wish we had some stadium porn. RFK is like an old lady with flappy juggs and every STD know to man.
     
  6. suppitty

    suppitty Member

    Mar 15, 2004
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    But you still love her for what's inside.
     
  7. Troy G

    Troy G New Member

    Apr 18, 2008
    WMATA
    Club:
    DC United
    Yeah she keeps me coming back for more...
     
  8. QPR Kevin H

    QPR Kevin H BigSoccer Supporter

    May 23, 2001
    Silver Spring, MD
    Club:
    Queens Park Rangers FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    And another stadium - this one in the works (and boy has it been difficult!) - Brighton and Hove Albion's Falmer Stadium. Construction should start later this year. It's been a NIMBY clusterf*ck that would even amaze the likes of Marc Fisher and David Nakamura...

    http://www.seagulls.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Stadium/0,,10433~1327533,00.html

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    Stadium is being built on the site of the University of Brighton (where I went to graduate school) - also adjacent to the South Downs, an area of "Outstanding National Beauty" in the UK (kind of like National Park status). So there was quite a fight over whether it could and should be built. Most of the obstacles were actually thrown up by the nearby village folk in Falmer. Anyway, interesting story if you're in to this kind of thing...
     
  9. CrimsonChin00

    CrimsonChin00 New Member

    Aug 8, 2007
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    gotta give respect to the fat lady.
     
  10. freekickwiz

    freekickwiz Member+

    Mar 29, 2000
    Under the endless sky
    Club:
    DC United
    hahaha
     
  11. QPR Kevin H

    QPR Kevin H BigSoccer Supporter

    May 23, 2001
    Silver Spring, MD
    Club:
    Queens Park Rangers FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
  12. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I've been a vocal supporter of mountains being in the background of stadiums. I was a leader in that effort for Salt Lake and am on record supporting the building and/or moving of mountains so they can be used for scenery in urban settings. I'm not sure if this would be easier to achieve in Maryland or DC.
     
  13. CrimsonChin00

    CrimsonChin00 New Member

    Aug 8, 2007
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We have the Anacostia.
     
  14. QPR Kevin H

    QPR Kevin H BigSoccer Supporter

    May 23, 2001
    Silver Spring, MD
    Club:
    Queens Park Rangers FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Well, Innsbruck is pretty ideal for mountain settings. It would be like putting a soccer stadium near Jackson Hole here in the US.
     
  15. QPR Kevin H

    QPR Kevin H BigSoccer Supporter

    May 23, 2001
    Silver Spring, MD
    Club:
    Queens Park Rangers FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Moving on to Cologne for another major tournament revamped ground, the superbly symmetric RheinEnergieStadion...

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  16. JB252

    JB252 Member

    Jan 10, 2007
    Arlington
    Holy crap, this is the most aptly titled thread ever.
     
  17. QPR Kevin H

    QPR Kevin H BigSoccer Supporter

    May 23, 2001
    Silver Spring, MD
    Club:
    Queens Park Rangers FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Ha! Thanks?

    Staying in Germany, an example of a classically fan friendly Bundesliga ground: Hamburg's Nordbank Arena. One of Germany's various ground's with convertible terracing. Packed standing room for league matches, seating for internationals and other events. Great example for MLS.

    http://www.hsv-hshnordbank-arena.de/

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    ^ seats
     
  18. Lowecifer

    Lowecifer Member+

    Jan 11, 2000
    Baltimore, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    How about Hull's Kingston Communications Stadium

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  19. Lowecifer

    Lowecifer Member+

    Jan 11, 2000
    Baltimore, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
  20. Lowecifer

    Lowecifer Member+

    Jan 11, 2000
    Baltimore, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    Hull has an appropriately scaled stadium for us, but I am much more enamored of the planned stadium for Real Zaragoza in Spain.

    La Nueva Romareda
    Capacity: 43,000

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  21. Lowecifer

    Lowecifer Member+

    Jan 11, 2000
    Baltimore, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    ...or the planned stadium for Euro 2012 in Warsaw:

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  22. Lowecifer

    Lowecifer Member+

    Jan 11, 2000
    Baltimore, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    More of Warsaw:

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  23. Lowecifer

    Lowecifer Member+

    Jan 11, 2000
    Baltimore, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    Another new design in Poland (Gdansk)

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  24. QPR Kevin H

    QPR Kevin H BigSoccer Supporter

    May 23, 2001
    Silver Spring, MD
    Club:
    Queens Park Rangers FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Holy crap, that's beautiful. Porntastic even!

    I love the steep bank of seats and boxes on the right side of pic 1. Reminiscent of La Bombonera.
     
  25. Lowecifer

    Lowecifer Member+

    Jan 11, 2000
    Baltimore, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    One more of Gdansk[​IMG]
     

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