Providence park is another good one. Formerly Jeld-Wen Field; PGE Park; Civic Stadium; originally Multnomah Stadium; and from 1893 until the stadium was built, Multnomah Field. It used to be the field of the Portland Beavers baseball team until the MLS Timbers took over the stadium. As you can imagine it's changed drastically over the last 100+ years.
The stadium’s history makes it the closest thing the MLS has to an old-school English football ground, with its grandstands being a hodgepodge of architectural styles expanded piece-by-piece over the decades. Even the suites in the corner of the stadium where home plate used to be make sense in context of how many English stadiums have club buildings wedged in the corners between stands.
Interesting vid. It is missing, however, one of the most remarkable stadium transformations of the last 25 years. Constructed as an Olympic Track and Field stadium with the intention to be converted to baseball when the games were over, Turner Field in Atlanta was The Home of the Braves for over 20 years. When the Braves moved to their new stadium in the suburbs, Turner Field was sold to Georgia State University and converted to serve as their home football stadium. Top down views of the site in each of these three configurations are fascinating.
I agree that this stadium should have been included, and it makes me wonder if there has ever been another a full-sized stadium constructed literally to be used for a single event before being basically torn in half for it's long-term function?
It wasn't included because this is about stadiums that were improved by their transformation. Center Park Credit Union Stadium (It's proper name now, it hasn't been called Turner Field in a long time) is one of the ugliest stadiums in the country right now.
Appreciate you putting the Carrier Dome in here. Everybody looks at the obvious upgrades: roof, scoreboard and AC, but I had no idea how bad the lighting used to be until I saw some games with the new ones. They're actually still renovating as we speak. Concourse is getting upgraded and there are talks of getting real seats to replace the current bleachers.
Agreed; I haven't gotten to a game yet but the lighting looks fantastic on television. They're also able to light up the outside of the building, which nobody expected. Putting in real seats might be tough because of how shallow the rows are, but at least they could put in some softer bleachers.
A movie featuring the Angels: filmed at Dodger Stadium The Dodgers: You could not live with your failure, and where did that bring you? *Back to me!* And they didn't add just any old rocks to Angel Stadium, they added freakin' geysers with real trees, a stream cascading down it, and fireworks shooting out of it. And that's on top of changing the view back to the original to pay homage. All thanks to the magic of Disney's Imagineers. Disney is blessed with have such talented people working for the company
I mean, it's not uncommon for other stadia to be used as stand-ins for some teams. Neither of the first two Major League films were filmed at Cleveland Stadium (where the Indians...er, Guardians...er...ah, forget it...were at the time); the first was filmed at Milwaukee County Stadium (Brewers) and the second at Camden Yards (Orioles).
Hard Rock Stadium is by far the most impressive upgrade. It looks like a completely different stadium and is beautiful as well as functional since it provides a lot of shade in the hot Florida sun. The Texas A&M stadium was hugely improved too, looks great.
@@TheMrPeteChannel It's a whole different ballgame, so to speak, to completely cover a stadium that was never intended as a dome. You have to install HVAC and that is impossible in many of them, maybe even all of them.
Beaver Stadium at Penn State underwent a massive transformation over about ten years in the 80's and 9o's. It used to be about 40,000 to 109000. You could see the dairy farms and such outside the seats when on tv.
Fun fact about kyle field’s 2015 renovation. A roof was added at such an angle that the chants from the student section would be at a louder decible at field level to throw off the opponent. I go to school in A&M and every game is amazing. (But bama was special)
@@AceMan-20 my thoughts exactly! What I find crazier is even tho there were more ppl this last sat, bama felt more packed if that makes sense. Nevertheless both games were great and a great demonstration of SEC CFB!
@@elninobritish I was at both of these games as well, the Tennessee OT game i was a fish on the field. Was the best game I saw in person until LSU 2018. - Class of '20
Could’ve looked into other sports as well for amazing examples. Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon and Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut, CA have gone through insane transformations.
It's always cool to hear the humble origins of stadiums. I think you mentioned the origins of it in another video, but aside from pro stadiums as an Oregon fan Autzen Stadium comes to mind. It started as literally a dirt mound with a bowl over a land fill and has been continually built up and renovated every couple decades to include more seats, and the facilities attached to it are some of the most advanced in the country. They're even building a new indoor practice field. And yes I find it very funny we will have an indoor practice field and the Cincinnati Bengals STILL won't have one. 😂
@@IlGreven to be fair, air-supported roofs had been around for a while, and were already getting replaced by the early 2000's, there were already a few accidents as well.
@@frenchfrey65 BC Place in Vancouver comes to mind. Its air-supported roof structure was replaced with a canopy structure following a roof tear and collapse in 2007 - similar to the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
Please do a sequel to this. Wrigley started out as a single deck stadium, and the Rickets family recently spent at least $50 million to ensure it will continue to be the cubs’ home. Do you consider race tracks to be stadiums? Indianapolis Motor Speedway was originally gravel, held in place by tar. After safety concerns forced race organizers to boycott the track, its original management owners had it repaved with brick. That gave it a long lasting nickname, “The Bruckyard.” As time has passed, more and more of the bricks were covered with a smooth coating of asphalt. Today, only a tiny sliver of every lap traverses bricks.
@@FivePointsVids you might be able to find good pics someone took from a plane/ chopper/ hot air balloon. Didn’t Daytona get its banking because the construction workers were asked to dig a big hole on site in order to save money when they were moving the dirt around?
Thanks for featuring Williams Stadium from my Alma Mater, Liberty University!! When I graduated, the stadium looked just like you showed in the before pics. I just recently visited campus for the 1st time in 25 years....I couldn't even recognize the stadium...or the rest of the campus for that matter. GO FLAMES!!
The original Yankee Stadium renoed in the 70s deserves an honorable mention. I know it's not around anymore, but wow, what a transformation. And give a nod to Fenway, too. Both subtle and massive changes have occurred over the decades in order to keep this treasure away from the wrecking ball.
Oklahoma State’s Gallagher-Iba Arena was famed for its seating bowl that put fans right on top of the court, creating a raucous atmosphere; but its capacity of around 6,000 was woefully inadequate for a major basketball program by the end of the 1990s. Instead of constructing a brand-new arena, though, OSU cocooned an expanded seating bowl and roof around the existing Gallagher-Iba Arena, and simply dismantled the old exteriors once it was completed in 2000. Gallagher-Iba now seats 13,000, and still gets just as loud as before.
Gallagher-Iba, formerly Gallagher Hall, is right next to Boone Pickens Stadium, transformed from the old Lewis Field. In my mom's day, Lewis Field had two steel stands and a track, like an overgrown high school stadium. Now Boone Pickens is an intimate horseshoe with a brick exterior, harmonizing with Gallagher-Iba and the OSU campus.
5PV could do another video on just arena renovations. Another good one is Loyola Chicago's Gentile Arena. They turned a generic two-stand gym into a small, pretty sweet looking 5K arena.
You can see the vestiges of the old arena both inside and out. There are canopies on the north and south side of it and the brick facade of the east side is inside the arena lobby.
If you do another video, Boone Pickens Stadium for Oklahoma State University had a huge renovation of over 300 million dollars around 2007. Completely changed how the stadium looked by completing the horseshoe look and adding multiple other facility upgrades such as the new locker room
How do you not include Fenway Park, with all the gradual and radical transformations since 1912, including the addition of the Williamsburg bullpen in the 1940, the raising of the press boxes to include the glass-enclosed 600/.406 club seats in the 1990s and the addition of seating on the Green Monster, right field roof, luxury boxes, roof seating across the entire upper deck, the transformation of the 600/.406 club into open seating and so on since the early 2000s all while maintaining its general shape?
I wonder what my old Tiger Stadium in Detroit could've looked like with major renovations like Fenway Park, instead of a new stadium and tearing down of the old.
I remember the old Anaheim Stadium (the dual purpose Rams/Angels version) very well from my old monster truck tapes. I also remember Carter Finley Stadium as well from a monster truck race.
I caught the documentary released by the Cubs on the renovation of Wrigley Field. They were able to complete a major transformation and modernization of the stadium without looking like they touched a single brick or ivy. A great watch.
I concur! It started as a 32k cap NFL specific stadium when it was built in 1957, slowly expanding over time until finally out capping Milwaukee County Stadium in the 70's (a big reason why the Packers sometimes played there until 1992), prior to that big renovation in 2000, Lambeau was almost 60k seats, then went to 70k, now it's 80k with that upper deck installed!
Surprised to see SJP on this list! Stamford Bridge, Chelsea’s ground, is another good one. Still had the remnants of a greyhound track until the mid 90s. Current stadium is unrecognisable from what it once was.
Bill Snyder Family Stadium absolutely belongs on this list. It started as a bland, 3-sided dugout. Since it's namesake was hired, it's not only been enclosed, but seen vertical additions to all four sides. Not to mention the westside exterior looks like a limestone castle.
Another good one in the same state as the Gaylord Family stadium is Boone Pickens Stadium at OKSTATE. Renovations closed in the west end zone, added a club and suite level, changed the outside to brick to match the campus while still using the old north and south grandstands. The east end zone has the basketball arena that also went through its own renovation that more then doubled capacity
Principality Stadium, Cardiff has seen major changes over the years although nothing since its latest major change in 1999. This change did involve a rotation of the pitch 90 degrees and the only part of the previous stadium retained being one of the behind the goal stands (Originally central part of the side-line Grandstand)
Hi yes as a Liberty student (yes I know shocking right?) I literally cannot believe you included Williams stadium. I can tell you from my years of being at Liberty before and after the 2018 renovation that our stadium has been completely changed. It’s actually going through another round of renovations right now ahead of this season and our entrance into CUSA in 2023
Also Atlanta's Olympic Stadium / Turner Field / Georgia State Stadium is really cool. It had 2 major conversions, track-and-field to baseball to football
Another contender is my local Adelaide Oval, home of cricket and AFL football in South Australia. Until 2011 it had a selection of very differently designed stands placed around three sides of the field, and a nice little hill at the southern end that allowed fans to sit on the grass and also included a big screen and a huge historic scoreboard that's been there as long as anyone can remember. They knocked down all the stands and replaced them with three big, fantastic stands that turned it into a kind of open bowl with a 55,000 capacity, all the while keeping the historic hill and scoreboard as they were.
Used to go to Owen Field (Gaylord...ugh) when it only had a second deck on one side. The student section one level baked in the sun, while we sat in the shade drinking smuggled in Crown and giant cups of coke. I guess they sell beer now. Once saw them up on some team, like 73-0 ...at the half. Time to head to O'Connels.
Could definitely do multiple parts on this one! One you should take a look at is the renovations done at Kansas State. Insane renovations that continue to this day!
A stadium/area that you missed is the old Key Arena, which is now climate change Arena, it was a huge renovation. You should also look into Nippert Stadium at the University of Cincinnati, there remodel was very impressive.
Climate Change Arena began as the Washington State Coliseum at the 1962 World's Fair, then was transformed into Seattle Center Coliseum, before becoming KeyArena. All four incarnations used the same roof over an exhibit hall, then three different seating bowls.
Please keep an eye on Rice-Eccles (Olympic) Stadium in Salt Lake City. University of Utah’s rise in College Pac 12 athletics will demand further upgrades to our stadium just to keep up with the Joneses. Perhaps we could even draw the Las Vegas Raiders to Salt Lake City for an occasional exhibition game. Some NFL teams go to Europe to play. SLC isn’t asking that much. And, the Olympics won’t stay away from Salt Lake City forever. Hosting the Summer Olympics would be cool too. The point is, we dream and have plans.
In terms of the opening comments about The Ugly Duckling, it makes you appreciate how Princess Tutu handled its duck and swan motifs. If you know, you know…
Love BMO for football. The Argos didn't so much express interest in leaving Rogers Centre as the Jays were giving them the boot so they make it a baseball only stadium. Also, they didn't quite make BMO big enough, the field is the full 110yds by 65, but each endzone is only 17 or 18yds deep.
Good list, although the overseas stadiums don't do too much for me with so many more US facilities which qualify. To that point, what about Bobby Dodd Stadium at Grant Field? It is the oldest Division I stadium in continuous use - even older than Kyle Field (and it looked similar to Kyle originally with only a set of bleachers on one side. In the 1980s renovation, the stadium was actually reduced in size prior to being built back up again in later renovations. Some of the original concrete bleachers actually remain buried under the structural supports for the lower deck (as well as many utility tunnels from the 1920s) A pretty interesting structure from an historical perspective.
Hayward Field (Oregon). Built in 1919 for football, converted to track 2 years later, roof in 1938, built a new grandstand in 1973, converted the track to metric in the 1980s (and had to move another grandstand to widen the infield), eventually torn down and the brand new one was finished this year.
I appreciate throwing the dome in there. I grew up going to Syracuse football and basketball games. Atmosphere at the basketball games was insane (not these days), and honesty one of the best venues to play college basketball. I was so glad to see it get an upgrade. Now we just don’t know what to call it it’s always been “the dome”
I love the way New Kyle looks but I have two qualms... 1. The student body has only gotten bigger and bigger, and the number of new students seats didn't increase proportionally. The Vaunted 12th man only gets 36,000 seats out of the total. 2. I miss the smell of bat guano in Old Kyle. Made it smell like home. interesting side note. Edwin Jackson Kyle, the man who donated the agricultural land for Kyle Field, has a town named after himself and his parents (Kyle, Texas). He was a notable fixture in Texan agricultural education in his days at A&M. In addition, he was the US Ambassador to Guatemala in the 1940s and was the first American to be given the Order of the Quetzal. One more side note... Nick Saban himself has said he wished Bryant-Denny sounded more like Kyle Field. He said that AFTER we had lost to them by 18 a few years ago. The 12th man goes hard. Either way, glad to see it repped on here, Five! Cheers.
They've just been allotting seats in the south endzone to students when the main decks fill up. Three times in a row I've pulled a student ticket and ended up over there. It was worth it for the Bama game though...
Also, E. King Gill was a former football player, who was watching A&M play the #1 Ranked College team. Centre College out of Danville, KY. They were injured so deep that Coach Dana waved Gill down to the field and Gill took the uniforms of one of the injured aggies. A&M won 22-14 and Gill waited on the sideline the rest of the game, forever becoming "The 12th man"
If you make a part 2 you should definitely include the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, France. Massive changes and improvements and the stadium itself looks unrecognizable in old videos
I’ve heard and believe to be true that if you are in the last row in the middle of Leazes Corner in the top corner of St James Park and the ball is at the Gallowgate corner, you’re over a half mile from the ball.
Not a traditional Sports Stadium, but Bristol motor speedway had massive Renovations over a decade. in 1996, the capacity was 71K, which was massive, but by 2006, they upgraded to at least 160k seats. while its down to 153k seats, its still one of the biggest enclosed stadiums in the world
Appreciate the coverage of Williams Stadium at Liberty. I go there (and no I’m not political) but the rise of the sports programs recently has been downright incredible from starting FBS to ranked 17 within 3 seasons
stanford stadium is another good one in reverse! (stanford in california). went from a massive 80 thousand bowl stadium with a running track to a nice 40 thousand stadium surrounded by trees
I attended Stanford football games in the early 1970s; the stadium at the time was (ahem!) "rustic" in nature and long-in-the-tooth with its restrooms. But, Hey! When you are young and enthused about attending the games, such aspects are easily tolerated.
Damn near every power 5 college football program could be on a transformation video. That being said count me as a vote for Bill Snyder Family Stadium, it's a remarkable transformation.
30 years ago I worked for a construction crew remodeling the dressing rooms at Gaylord Family Field. We used to get the key from some grad assistants who lived in an apartment under the east stands.
On the same site BMO stadium sits on use to be the very weird looking Exhibition Stadium that hosted the expansion Bluejays in I think 1978, and The Toronto Argonots
I thought you might cover Arizona Stadium at the U. of Arizona. It started as a humble stadium built in 1929 to host student athletes competing in collegiate football on their way to the career world... And has been expanded to a monstrosity to try and put guys into the NFL; many whom would never have even gotten into college otherwise and, even if they do make it, last a few years at most in the mind-scrambling, soul-killing, body-destroying NFL... It's a perfect metaphor for what college football once was and now is. 🏟
Ah, a rebuild born out of tragedy, the gradual rebuild of Ibrox, the home of Rangers FC, after the Stairway 13 crush killed 66 in 1971, is an interesting one, as it involved going from a bowl configuration - which is a style often used to day - to a much more traditional four separate stand layout. More changes have been made since, but I think it's worth a mention.
You ought to look at Bryant/Denny at Tuscaloosa, Alabama. When my dad went there in the '30s and up to the mid 60's it was a quant on-campus structure. Alabama played almost all its games at Legion Field in Birmingham.
How about Farout (Faurot) Field at Missouri? Many add-ons over the years. It's questionable as to why they demolished 10,000 good seats in the south endzone and replaced it with 6,000 fewer seats and a football facility. There was a time when we'd regularly fill the stadium (72,000+ people), but I guess they aren't planning on winning anymore and won't need the seats.
The metrodome went under a traumatic transformation in about 3 seconds
LOL
As a vikings fan i am both offended and amused.
It became the perfect stadium to host a Snow Bowl.
BRUH! LOL!
Dam Son
Providence park is another good one. Formerly Jeld-Wen Field; PGE Park; Civic Stadium; originally Multnomah Stadium; and from 1893 until the stadium was built, Multnomah Field. It used to be the field of the Portland Beavers baseball team until the MLS Timbers took over the stadium. As you can imagine it's changed drastically over the last 100+ years.
That team is also one of the best supported MLS teams as well.
The stadium’s history makes it the closest thing the MLS has to an old-school English football ground, with its grandstands being a hodgepodge of architectural styles expanded piece-by-piece over the decades.
Even the suites in the corner of the stadium where home plate used to be make sense in context of how many English stadiums have club buildings wedged in the corners between stands.
So true
RCTID! Now if we can just convince the rich people that the MAC needs to move, so we can enclose the south end....
Interesting vid. It is missing, however, one of the most remarkable stadium transformations of the last 25 years. Constructed as an Olympic Track and Field stadium with the intention to be converted to baseball when the games were over, Turner Field in Atlanta was The Home of the Braves for over 20 years. When the Braves moved to their new stadium in the suburbs, Turner Field was sold to Georgia State University and converted to serve as their home football stadium. Top down views of the site in each of these three configurations are fascinating.
I honestly didn't know they converted Turner Field to a football stadium! How fascinating!
I agree that this stadium should have been included, and it makes me wonder if there has ever been another a full-sized stadium constructed literally to be used for a single event before being basically torn in half for it's long-term function?
a baseball stadium converted to football
It wasn't included because this is about stadiums that were improved by their transformation. Center Park Credit Union Stadium (It's proper name now, it hasn't been called Turner Field in a long time) is one of the ugliest stadiums in the country right now.
@@BiggestLessonILearned new lease on life instead of tearing down a 19 year old stadium.
Who doesn't love hearing about the Los Angeles Angels of Anahiem California Angels
Just call em the California Angels
@@malcolmcox18 nah
I love hearing about The Los Angels Angels of Anaheim, Orange County, California, United States of America
As opposed to the Los Angeles Angels of Cincinnati. Or the Los Angeles Angels of Barstow. The Los Angeles Angels of Outer Mongolia. I can go forever
Orange County: We're not part of LA!
Also Orange County: Our team is the Los Angeles Angels!
Appreciate you putting the Carrier Dome in here. Everybody looks at the obvious upgrades: roof, scoreboard and AC, but I had no idea how bad the lighting used to be until I saw some games with the new ones.
They're actually still renovating as we speak. Concourse is getting upgraded and there are talks of getting real seats to replace the current bleachers.
Agreed; I haven't gotten to a game yet but the lighting looks fantastic on television. They're also able to light up the outside of the building, which nobody expected.
Putting in real seats might be tough because of how shallow the rows are, but at least they could put in some softer bleachers.
Now if they can find a way to get the bell ringing after a score to not pound inside the head so much.
The intro screen,
Liberty liberty liberty. Liberty
A movie featuring the Angels: filmed at Dodger Stadium
The Dodgers: You could not live with your failure, and where did that bring you? *Back to me!*
And they didn't add just any old rocks to Angel Stadium, they added freakin' geysers with real trees, a stream cascading down it, and fireworks shooting out of it. And that's on top of changing the view back to the original to pay homage. All thanks to the magic of Disney's Imagineers. Disney is blessed with have such talented people working for the company
I mean, it's not uncommon for other stadia to be used as stand-ins for some teams. Neither of the first two Major League films were filmed at Cleveland Stadium (where the Indians...er, Guardians...er...ah, forget it...were at the time); the first was filmed at Milwaukee County Stadium (Brewers) and the second at Camden Yards (Orioles).
Hard Rock Stadium is by far the most impressive upgrade. It looks like a completely different stadium and is beautiful as well as functional since it provides a lot of shade in the hot Florida sun. The Texas A&M stadium was hugely improved too, looks great.
If you're going to make a canopy that big just completely cover it.
@@TheMrPeteChannel It's a whole different ballgame, so to speak, to completely cover a stadium that was never intended as a dome. You have to install HVAC and that is impossible in many of them, maybe even all of them.
Beaver Stadium at Penn State underwent a massive transformation over about ten years in the 80's and 9o's. It used to be about 40,000 to 109000. You could see the dairy farms and such outside the seats when on tv.
I hear Penn may like gut 75% of the upper level and make the upper level more uniform. Make it "less lego" looking so 2 say.
Love how the Carrier Dome was included
Fun fact about kyle field’s 2015 renovation. A roof was added at such an angle that the chants from the student section would be at a louder decible at field level to throw off the opponent. I go to school in A&M and every game is amazing. (But bama was special)
bro that game went so hard🙌🏻
Aggie here as well. Its even crazier to think Kyle Field had more people during the Auburn game than the bama game. A staggering 109.8k people.
@@AceMan-20 my thoughts exactly! What I find crazier is even tho there were more ppl this last sat, bama felt more packed if that makes sense. Nevertheless both games were great and a great demonstration of SEC CFB!
I was at Tenn in 2016 and Auburn 2021 this weekend. Both had moments where my ears hurt… imagine being an away player. Gig ‘Em BTHOeveryone - ‘19
@@elninobritish I was at both of these games as well, the Tennessee OT game i was a fish on the field. Was the best game I saw in person until LSU 2018. - Class of '20
Could’ve looked into other sports as well for amazing examples. Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon and Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut, CA have gone through insane transformations.
It's always cool to hear the humble origins of stadiums. I think you mentioned the origins of it in another video, but aside from pro stadiums as an Oregon fan Autzen Stadium comes to mind. It started as literally a dirt mound with a bowl over a land fill and has been continually built up and renovated every couple decades to include more seats, and the facilities attached to it are some of the most advanced in the country. They're even building a new indoor practice field. And yes I find it very funny we will have an indoor practice field and the Cincinnati Bengals STILL won't have one. 😂
Always nice to meet a fellow quack addict!
Omg! I didn't know Carrier Dome finally got renovated! That means only the Tokyo Dome remains as the only air supported roof structured dome!
Amazing what one collapse will do to a once-popular design...
@@IlGreven to be fair, air-supported roofs had been around for a while, and were already getting replaced by the early 2000's, there were already a few accidents as well.
@@frenchfrey65 BC Place in Vancouver comes to mind. Its air-supported roof structure was replaced with a canopy structure following a roof tear and collapse in 2007 - similar to the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
Pontiac Silverdome had its roof collapse a few times back in the day. Glad that place is gone now....
Please do a sequel to this. Wrigley started out as a single deck stadium, and the Rickets family recently spent at least $50 million to ensure it will continue to be the cubs’ home.
Do you consider race tracks to be stadiums? Indianapolis Motor Speedway was originally gravel, held in place by tar. After safety concerns forced race organizers to boycott the track, its original management owners had it repaved with brick. That gave it a long lasting nickname, “The Bruckyard.” As time has passed, more and more of the bricks were covered with a smooth coating of asphalt. Today, only a tiny sliver of every lap traverses bricks.
I had bristol and daytona on here but the satellite pictures weren’t good
@@FivePointsVids you might be able to find good pics someone took from a plane/ chopper/ hot air balloon.
Didn’t Daytona get its banking because the construction workers were asked to dig a big hole on site in order to save money when they were moving the dirt around?
@@FivePointsVids Bristol's transformation was insane
@@FivePointsVids Perhaps you should do one about Silverstone because that's gone thru a lot of iterations.
Thanks for featuring Williams Stadium from my Alma Mater, Liberty University!! When I graduated, the stadium looked just like you showed in the before pics. I just recently visited campus for the 1st time in 25 years....I couldn't even recognize the stadium...or the rest of the campus for that matter. GO FLAMES!!
The original Yankee Stadium renoed in the 70s deserves an honorable mention. I know it's not around anymore, but wow, what a transformation. And give a nod to Fenway, too. Both subtle and massive changes have occurred over the decades in order to keep this treasure away from the wrecking ball.
Oklahoma State’s Gallagher-Iba Arena was famed for its seating bowl that put fans right on top of the court, creating a raucous atmosphere; but its capacity of around 6,000 was woefully inadequate for a major basketball program by the end of the 1990s.
Instead of constructing a brand-new arena, though, OSU cocooned an expanded seating bowl and roof around the existing Gallagher-Iba Arena, and simply dismantled the old exteriors once it was completed in 2000.
Gallagher-Iba now seats 13,000, and still gets just as loud as before.
Gallagher-Iba, formerly Gallagher Hall, is right next to Boone Pickens Stadium, transformed from the old Lewis Field. In my mom's day, Lewis Field had two steel stands and a track, like an overgrown high school stadium. Now Boone Pickens is an intimate horseshoe with a brick exterior, harmonizing with Gallagher-Iba and the OSU campus.
5PV could do another video on just arena renovations.
Another good one is Loyola Chicago's Gentile Arena. They turned a generic two-stand gym into a small, pretty sweet looking 5K arena.
You can see the vestiges of the old arena both inside and out. There are canopies on the north and south side of it and the brick facade of the east side is inside the arena lobby.
"scoreboard and pavilion" as a packers fan I feel attacked
*The Khans Have Left The Chat*
I work a block from St.James and it's still a marvel how it went from a cow patch to that.
If you do another video, Boone Pickens Stadium for Oklahoma State University had a huge renovation of over 300 million dollars around 2007. Completely changed how the stadium looked by completing the horseshoe look and adding multiple other facility upgrades such as the new locker room
There is only one Oklahoma. Okie State is the red headed step child of the Sooner State. Boomer Sooner!
Love Kyle Field. It is wild to see before and after pictures!
Well done!...as a sports architect I am currently working on a couple of college Stadium renovations/expansions myself
Thats awesome!
How do you not include Fenway Park, with all the gradual and radical transformations since 1912, including the addition of the Williamsburg bullpen in the 1940, the raising of the press boxes to include the glass-enclosed 600/.406 club seats in the 1990s and the addition of seating on the Green Monster, right field roof, luxury boxes, roof seating across the entire upper deck, the transformation of the 600/.406 club into open seating and so on since the early 2000s all while maintaining its general shape?
I wonder what my old Tiger Stadium in Detroit could've looked like with major renovations like Fenway Park, instead of a new stadium and tearing down of the old.
I remember the old Anaheim Stadium (the dual purpose Rams/Angels version) very well from my old monster truck tapes. I also remember Carter Finley Stadium as well from a monster truck race.
Chicago in 2001: Do we want to renovate the old stadium or build a brand new stadium?
Yes.
And we'll do it in such a way that it'll be out dated in 5 years.
I caught the documentary released by the Cubs on the renovation of Wrigley Field. They were able to complete a major transformation and modernization of the stadium without looking like they touched a single brick or ivy. A great watch.
None of Gettleman’s draft picks inside? Where do I sign?
Why isn't Lambeau Field on this? The early 2000s renovation alone is worth acknowledging.
I concur! It started as a 32k cap NFL specific stadium when it was built in 1957, slowly expanding over time until finally out capping Milwaukee County Stadium in the 70's (a big reason why the Packers sometimes played there until 1992), prior to that big renovation in 2000, Lambeau was almost 60k seats, then went to 70k, now it's 80k with that upper deck installed!
Liberty has such a nice stadium. Got to play there for a band competition and it was huge!
Surprised to see SJP on this list!
Stamford Bridge, Chelsea’s ground, is another good one. Still had the remnants of a greyhound track until the mid 90s. Current stadium is unrecognisable from what it once was.
Bill Snyder Family Stadium absolutely belongs on this list. It started as a bland, 3-sided dugout. Since it's namesake was hired, it's not only been enclosed, but seen vertical additions to all four sides. Not to mention the westside exterior looks like a limestone castle.
Thought the same thing… Ft. Snyder baby
Couldn't have said it better myself
Snyder made a revolution at K-State. Even if some other coach gives a national title to the program, Snyder will not come down from the top spot
I was going to say the same thing!
@@otaviofrnazario Chris Klieman is the real deal too.
Another good one in the same state as the Gaylord Family stadium is Boone Pickens Stadium at OKSTATE. Renovations closed in the west end zone, added a club and suite level, changed the outside to brick to match the campus while still using the old north and south grandstands. The east end zone has the basketball arena that also went through its own renovation that more then doubled capacity
🙄😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 No.
Principality Stadium, Cardiff has seen major changes over the years although nothing since its latest major change in 1999. This change did involve a rotation of the pitch 90 degrees and the only part of the previous stadium retained being one of the behind the goal stands (Originally central part of the side-line Grandstand)
No other stadium has a legendary name quite like Gaylord
Dear Leader, have you renovated 1st of May Stadium lately?
Hi yes as a Liberty student (yes I know shocking right?) I literally cannot believe you included Williams stadium. I can tell you from my years of being at Liberty before and after the 2018 renovation that our stadium has been completely changed. It’s actually going through another round of renovations right now ahead of this season and our entrance into CUSA in 2023
Also Atlanta's Olympic Stadium / Turner Field / Georgia State Stadium is really cool. It had 2 major conversions, track-and-field to baseball to football
JMU’s stadium would’ve been a good one to add here, capacity increased from 5k to 25k over the years
Was just gonna say that. it was horrible bleachers when I was there. Once all the phases are done, it will be a right and proper stadium.
That and the Dukes are the best team in Virginia.
Another contender is my local Adelaide Oval, home of cricket and AFL football in South Australia. Until 2011 it had a selection of very differently designed stands placed around three sides of the field, and a nice little hill at the southern end that allowed fans to sit on the grass and also included a big screen and a huge historic scoreboard that's been there as long as anyone can remember. They knocked down all the stands and replaced them with three big, fantastic stands that turned it into a kind of open bowl with a 55,000 capacity, all the while keeping the historic hill and scoreboard as they were.
Used to go to Owen Field (Gaylord...ugh) when it only had a second deck on one side.
The student section one level baked in the sun, while we sat in the shade drinking smuggled in Crown and giant cups of coke. I guess they sell beer now.
Once saw them up on some team, like 73-0 ...at the half. Time to head to O'Connels.
Could definitely do multiple parts on this one! One you should take a look at is the renovations done at Kansas State. Insane renovations that continue to this day!
Oklahoma St is a great upgrade since 1940
From all of the suggestions being given here in the comments, looks like you may be making a 2nd video.
I'm here for it! ⚜⚜
A few other stadium transformations could have been BC Place in Vancouver and the Oakland Coliseum. The old Yankee Stadium as well.
All BC Place really did was rip out their roof for that silly "retractable roof" that's just a pop-out hole in a dome. It's mostly the same stadium.
@@workingclassrunner seaats to... the old one had 1980's all over it
A stadium/area that you missed is the old Key Arena, which is now climate change Arena, it was a huge renovation. You should also look into Nippert Stadium at the University of Cincinnati, there remodel was very impressive.
Climate Change Arena began as the Washington State Coliseum at the 1962 World's Fair, then was transformed into Seattle Center Coliseum, before becoming KeyArena. All four incarnations used the same roof over an exhibit hall, then three different seating bowls.
I really enjoy your obsession with stadiums
Please keep an eye on Rice-Eccles (Olympic) Stadium in Salt Lake City. University of Utah’s rise in College Pac 12 athletics will demand further upgrades to our stadium just to keep up with the Joneses.
Perhaps we could even draw the Las Vegas Raiders to Salt Lake City for an occasional exhibition game. Some NFL teams go to Europe to play. SLC isn’t asking that much.
And, the Olympics won’t stay away from Salt Lake City forever. Hosting the Summer Olympics would be cool too.
The point is, we dream and have plans.
Salt lake city needs a NHL Hockey and MLB Baseball team. It would be perfect there.
Love the video. You should make a part two, bc Camp Randall not being on this list is criminal 😂
Baldy! Do a top 10 dual use stadiums that were good at one sport but horrible at the other
4:51 Damn it Five. You just couldn't resist suckerpunching us Niners fans, could you?
All I know is pain
Kyle Field really is a marvel in stadium construction and evolution. Probably the #1 football stadium on my bucket list to go see a game at
In terms of the opening comments about The Ugly Duckling, it makes you appreciate how Princess Tutu handled its duck and swan motifs. If you know, you know…
Love BMO for football. The Argos didn't so much express interest in leaving Rogers Centre as the Jays were giving them the boot so they make it a baseball only stadium. Also, they didn't quite make BMO big enough, the field is the full 110yds by 65, but each endzone is only 17 or 18yds deep.
Good list, although the overseas stadiums don't do too much for me with so many more US facilities which qualify. To that point, what about Bobby Dodd Stadium at Grant Field? It is the oldest Division I stadium in continuous use - even older than Kyle Field (and it looked similar to Kyle originally with only a set of bleachers on one side. In the 1980s renovation, the stadium was actually reduced in size prior to being built back up again in later renovations. Some of the original concrete bleachers actually remain buried under the structural supports for the lower deck (as well as many utility tunnels from the 1920s) A pretty interesting structure from an historical perspective.
Hayward Field (Oregon). Built in 1919 for football, converted to track 2 years later, roof in 1938, built a new grandstand in 1973, converted the track to metric in the 1980s (and had to move another grandstand to widen the infield), eventually torn down and the brand new one was finished this year.
I appreciate throwing the dome in there. I grew up going to Syracuse football and basketball games. Atmosphere at the basketball games was insane (not these days), and honesty one of the best venues to play college basketball. I was so glad to see it get an upgrade. Now we just don’t know what to call it it’s always been “the dome”
LSU's Tiger Stadium, which was when it was first built, just had over 10000 in capacity and later the capacity went up , through the decades.
I love the way New Kyle looks but I have two qualms...
1. The student body has only gotten bigger and bigger, and the number of new students seats didn't increase proportionally. The Vaunted 12th man only gets 36,000 seats out of the total.
2. I miss the smell of bat guano in Old Kyle. Made it smell like home.
interesting side note. Edwin Jackson Kyle, the man who donated the agricultural land for Kyle Field, has a town named after himself and his parents (Kyle, Texas). He was a notable fixture in Texan agricultural education in his days at A&M. In addition, he was the US Ambassador to Guatemala in the 1940s and was the first American to be given the Order of the Quetzal.
One more side note... Nick Saban himself has said he wished Bryant-Denny sounded more like Kyle Field. He said that AFTER we had lost to them by 18 a few years ago. The 12th man goes hard.
Either way, glad to see it repped on here, Five! Cheers.
They've just been allotting seats in the south endzone to students when the main decks fill up. Three times in a row I've pulled a student ticket and ended up over there. It was worth it for the Bama game though...
Also, E. King Gill was a former football player, who was watching A&M play the #1 Ranked College team. Centre College out of Danville, KY. They were injured so deep that Coach Dana waved Gill down to the field and Gill took the uniforms of one of the injured aggies. A&M won 22-14 and Gill waited on the sideline the rest of the game, forever becoming "The 12th man"
Good list, forgot Doak Campbell Stadium though!
Great series! More please.......✌️
If you make a part 2 you should definitely include the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, France. Massive changes and improvements and the stadium itself looks unrecognizable in old videos
true... drastic ones from 1984 Euro to the 1998 World Cup and 2016 Euro
Yeah let’s go!!!!
Brandon?
We need a part 2, Galleger Iba Arena or Boone Pickens Stadium from Oklahoma State would both be good
Honestly, u can make this a series
Thank you for introducing me to Paper Stadiums as TH-cam never would’ve recommended it.
I’ve heard and believe to be true that if you are in the last row in the middle of Leazes Corner in the top corner of St James Park and the ball is at the Gallowgate corner, you’re over a half mile from the ball.
Not a traditional Sports Stadium, but Bristol motor speedway had massive Renovations over a decade. in 1996, the capacity was 71K, which was massive, but by 2006, they upgraded to at least 160k seats. while its down to 153k seats, its still one of the biggest enclosed stadiums in the world
7:30 the shade at alabama 😹😹. That upset made me happy too even tho im not an aggie fan
Appreciate the coverage of Williams Stadium at Liberty. I go there (and no I’m not political) but the rise of the sports programs recently has been downright incredible from starting FBS to ranked 17 within 3 seasons
I marched on that field back in it's original form (mid 90's)
@@soundguy-1975 it’s crazy ; I went there in ‘14 freshman year of high school and now it’s a night and day different still
stanford stadium is another good one in reverse! (stanford in california). went from a massive 80 thousand bowl stadium with a running track to a nice 40 thousand stadium surrounded by trees
The old stadium is very fond for us brazilians. 3 games of the 94 World Cup
I attended Stanford football games in the early 1970s; the stadium at the time was (ahem!) "rustic" in nature and long-in-the-tooth with its restrooms. But, Hey! When you are young and enthused about attending the games, such aspects are easily tolerated.
Awesome insert of umpire Leslie Nielsen!
You know it
I've lived in Syracuse my whole life and go to SU. I do miss the old dome
FivePoints ruining no nut november by fuelling everyones stadium fetish.
Damn near every power 5 college football program could be on a transformation video. That being said count me as a vote for Bill Snyder Family Stadium, it's a remarkable transformation.
Aye FivePoints, do you do the BenchWarmerBrew in Keurig pods?
I’d love to see a part 2 of this with smaller stadiums, an example being my college UNH revamped their football stadium dramatically a few years ago
Beaver Stadium in University Park, PA, Providence Park in Portland, OR; you can make at least a second video on stadium transformations.
30 years ago I worked for a construction crew remodeling the dressing rooms at Gaylord Family Field. We used to get the key from some grad assistants who lived in an apartment under the east stands.
BMO Field is still undersized, for CFL anyway. The end zones are 2 yards short of regulation. Not to mention the grass/turf mix
If you ever do a part two I’d recommend Estadio Nemesio Díez in Toluca mexico. Was renovated to the point that I thought the stadium was brand new
You forgot to mention that BMO field is undergoing another renovation increasing its capacity to 40k to host the 2026 World Cup
The house that Philip Rivers built? Oh, you mean the maternity ward in San Diego
Hi FivePoins. I like getting extremely high and watching ur vids. Best sport TH-camr imo. Good day
On the same site BMO stadium sits on use to be the very weird looking Exhibition Stadium that hosted the expansion Bluejays in I think 1978, and The Toronto Argonots
It was demolished after a rain soaked Grey Cup game and protests for a dome
the stadium video i didn't know i needed
I thought you might cover Arizona Stadium at the U. of Arizona. It started as a humble stadium built in 1929 to host student athletes competing in collegiate football on their way to the career world... And has been expanded to a monstrosity to try and put guys into the NFL; many whom would never have even gotten into college otherwise and, even if they do make it, last a few years at most in the mind-scrambling, soul-killing, body-destroying NFL... It's a perfect metaphor for what college football once was and now is. 🏟
Except it is U of A, they aren't sending anybody to the NFL for a while. Ya'll couldn't even beat NAU. Go Jacks
@@DC-id5gi It's not my team but I couldn't agree more. 😁
One stadium I think has been the most drastic change is Lewis Stadium to T Boone Pickens in 2002. Literally from day to night
Fun fact the hill that St James Park sits on used to be used as gallows
Bramall Lane in Sheffield immediately springs to mind. Opened in 1855 as a cricket ground, was hosting Premier League football last season.
Great video 5 points. Also you hit on the nose with the Angels wasting the career of Mike Trout!
Seattle has since turned Sick's Stadium into a Lowe's. Sounds like an upgrade to me.
I hope the plumbing is better at Lowe's than at Sicks stadium.
You should sing us off from now on, you have a voice of an angel.
Ah, a rebuild born out of tragedy, the gradual rebuild of Ibrox, the home of Rangers FC, after the Stairway 13 crush killed 66 in 1971, is an interesting one, as it involved going from a bowl configuration - which is a style often used to day - to a much more traditional four separate stand layout. More changes have been made since, but I think it's worth a mention.
many british stadiums after the Taylor report had drastic changes... Celtic Park included
@@otaviofrnazario Very much agreed. Still think Ibrox is worth a mention, though.
Never thought I’d see st James park on a list on this channel
You ought to look at Bryant/Denny at Tuscaloosa, Alabama. When my dad went there in the '30s and up to the mid 60's it was a quant on-campus structure. Alabama played almost all its games at Legion Field in Birmingham.
Yeah. I think only Mississippi State was regularly scheduled in Tudcaloosa back in the day
Please do best D2 stadiums
The Carrier Dome is a Triple Use arena. Syracuse play football, Basketball and Lacrosse there
Finally something in my area gets recognized 🤣🤣. Good ol Carrier Dome
Another stadium that would fit well here would be Amon G. Carter at TCU in Fort Worth.
How about Farout (Faurot) Field at Missouri? Many add-ons over the years. It's questionable as to why they demolished 10,000 good seats in the south endzone and replaced it with 6,000 fewer seats and a football facility. There was a time when we'd regularly fill the stadium (72,000+ people), but I guess they aren't planning on winning anymore and won't need the seats.