Folks, since the Magpie is napping and hasn't graced our forum with his usually "Radar O'Reilly" like postings of images of recent stadia projects, here's my attempt to fill his void. What I've done is choose a selection of moderate recent and future stadia projects from the The Stadium Guide. They're are in no particular order, but what I did look for were modest sized designs (no Emirates Stadium here) for mid-level clubs (that is, ones with modest budgets). Please forgive the multiple post nature of this thread, I'm planning to reply to myself here a bit to get this done. Here's the first: Name: Arteveldestadion Scheduled inauguration: Summer 2006 Club: KAA Gent Capacity: 20,000 seats Business seats: 1,000-1,200 Sky boxes: 20 My Comments: Nice looking inside the stadium. Glass facade could be a little excessive for my taste. More to come.
Name: Falmer Stadium Club: Brighton & Hove Albion Capacity: 22,000 seats Costs: £44 million ____________________________________________________
Name: Jaguar Arena Club: Coventry City FC Scheduled inauguration: August 2005 Capacity: 32,000 seats ____________________________________________________
Name: White Rock Stadium Club: Swansea City FC Scheduled inauguration: January 2005 Costs: £25m Capacity: 20,000 seats _______________________________________________
Name: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris II Club: Lille OSC Scheduled inauguration: Early 2006 Capacity: 33,300 seats ______________________________________________________
Name: Nouveau Stade du Ray Scheduled inauguration: Early 2006 Club: OGC Nice Capacity: 32,000 ________________________________________
Name: (Nouveau) Stade Jean Laville Club: FC Gueugnon Scheduled inauguration: Early 2006 Capacity: 17,000 seats _______________________________ Name: Stade d'Agglomeration (before: Stade Charles Berty) Club: GF38 Inauguration: 2004/2005 Capacity: 20,000 seats ________________________________ OK, that's enough for now. That is the extent of planned/new projects in England and France on the stadium guide. There are a lot more throughout Europe on the future page of the site. Let's SEE what we're talking about. Tim
Check out this site as well. They have a terrific collection of photos of just about any stadium you might be interested in seeing. I also posted two interesting newish stadiums in the other stadium thread.
Name: La nouvelle Maladière Club: Xamax Neuchatel (SUI) Scheduled inauguration: 2007 Capacity: 12,000
Name: Stadion Zürich Clubs: Grasshopper Club Zürich, FC Zürich Scheduled inauguration: Between 2008 and 2010 Capacity: 30,000
Slightly off-topic, but how funny is it that the BSC Young Boys (Switzerland) play at "Wankdorf" Stadium?
Just one request: Do NOT make it look like a warped experiement 20 years from now. I want it to be modern but not THAT modern. Needs to be TIMELESS. And American. 20 years from now I want to think this stadium is unique but is a classic and always feels good. With that, I suggest Budweiser signs around the stadium.
I prefer something that looks like a stadium from the outside rather than I.M Pei and Frank Lloyd Wright's sick love child.
I personally love it and can't wait to experience my first game in it. I like the fact that it is unique, and that there is no other stadium in the world like it. The actual stadium is built on top of a shopping center, so the field is basically on the 5th floor. I also think the pentagon shape will provide for a very intense atmosphere... ...because the sound is reflected even more.
Frankly, if we get a pentagon shaped soccer stadium, we'd be laughed off the Anacostia. Back to reality. If you look through any of the designs that had prices listed, you will note that even the most modest designs come in around $50 million. Hence, we should temper our expectations. I'll be happy if it doesn't come out with a Crew or Frisco stadium design. Tim
I wont settle..I mean Ill still go, but be dissapointed, if ours isnt the best stadium for American Soccer in this country. The team is storied enough, the fans are loyal enough, it is the nations capital..it should be the best of the best.
Agreed. It would be nice to imagine that there lurks somewhere in the vicinity an American architect (or architect working in America) would could give us an interior of European flavor with an exterior compatible with the Anacostia riverfront (such as it might become). But as long as we don't get Crew stadium, it should be alright. perc
Here you go...Norway has some very nice new stadia... Viking FK Stavanger: http://www.stadionwelt.de/stadionwe...on&foto_ordner=Norwegen/viking_stadion&id=819 Molde FK: http://www.stadionwelt.de/stadionwe...ion&foto_ordner=Norwegen/molde_stadion&id=821
Here I go where? Great designs. Nicely done. How much did they cost? How about this one: I'd like to be the first person to take a kick off the grass on the roof of this dutch stadium. Tim
To a more modest, affordable design... I don't know how much they cost, but I doubt it was more than 50-60 mio Euro.
Here's a fairly recent ground that holds 24,200: http://www.footballgroundguide.dial.pipex.com/reading.htm I think whatever gets built will probably be around the 25K mark (give or take) but will have to have some ability to expand in future.
I had been tempted to cite Madejski stadium as well. I refrained for fear that it might incite riot seeing as a certain player who shall not be named practices there currently. By the way, the total construction cost of Majetski was 50 million pounds. Roughly $75 million when it was built, climbing towards $100 million in current dollars, as I type (yeah weak dollar!!!). Tim
The molde stadium would be perfect if we could add 8-10k seats to it. I think i saw it in another thread and they said it had 12000 seats. I like it because it is simple, but modern. It's not a pentagon...it's a rectangle like stadiums should be. And i also like the roof. Reading's stadium is also very nice, but i havent seen it from the outside.