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Totally biased Tranmere Rovers fan here, if you fetching up on the banks of the Mersey, you could visit Prenton park, and over the water is a certain Anfield ( Liverpool FC), across Stanley park is Goodison ,Everton's home, travelling down the East Lancashire road, traversing rugby territory of Saint Helen's you will arrive at Manchester ( home to United and City), a particular favourite ground for me is Edgeley park ,home to Stockport County, where you can grab a pie and a pint in the adjacent Labour club, that's it from me...
Spurs. It is dual purpose 0 football and NFL. The grass pitch can be rolled out to reveal the NFL field. There are 2 dressing rooms as NFL squads are so big. 2 NFL games are played there every season. It is spectacular though other fans call it the Toilet Bowl.
If you like architecture and history, these videos might be of interest. As a background introduction to MINOAN Crete : th-cam.com/video/W4hRA2IgtB4/w-d-xo.html This is a great computer recreation of the palace of Knossos, were the Labyrinth that Minotaur supposedly lived, was found: th-cam.com/video/ycH59bSUY1I/w-d-xo.html The Minoan civilization was destroyed around 1300 BC, by the largest known volcanic eruption in European history, of the volcano in the island of Thera (modern day Santorini). Interestingly, although most videos about the Minoans say they came to Crete from other areas, a recent paleontological discovery, in Crete, brought to lite humanoid footstep imprints dating back 6 000 000 years. Coming back to my neighborhood, this is the History of the Acropolis from 3500BC to this day. Contrary to foreign interpretations Acropolis comes from the words ACRON meaning EDGE and POLIS meaning CITY, so ACROPOLIS really means the EDGE OF THE CITY i.e. the high ground of the city. The term is a military one and is used in other cities of Greece, not only in Athens. th-cam.com/video/3T7_oi985dg/w-d-xo.html This is a video tour of Athens Greece during the 5th century BC: th-cam.com/video/ulAxMLJ7O7M/w-d-xo.html And this is a video representation on how the Parthenon looked during the classical period: th-cam.com/video/PWPCZ1UjYmI/w-d-xo.html Again, contrary to popular belief, the marbles of the Parthenon were not all left white but they were painted. When a large portion of the sculptures were hacksawed off the monument and eventually taken to the British Archaeological Museum by lord Elgin, the museum curators thought that the remnants of the ancient paint in the marbles was dirt and mold so they "cleaned" them white.
th-cam.com/video/idnzRYCh4Bs/w-d-xo.html this playlist is a series of 5-6 minute videos about the design & build of Tottenham's (Spurs) new stadium. Spurs will be in the Champions League next season and this is currently considered to be the most technologically advanced football stadium in the world with a tonne of cool features including a retractable pitch, huge single tier stand, a built-in brewery and also has a tie to the US because it hosts some of the NFL London games so would be a great one to react to.
AC Milan and Inter Milan share stadium, the thing is that Milan calls the Stadium "San Siro" and Inter "Giuseppe Meazza". btw Today Milan won the Serie A after 11yrs .
I'm from Leipzig. :) Our football stadium was indeed built on top of the old Central Stadium. The latter was built after WW2 using parts of the rubble from the buildings destroyed in the allied bombing raids. It was at the time the biggest stadium in Germany (with space for 100,000 people) and was the pride of the East German communist government.
Dinamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk are, in fact, sharing a stadium located in Kiev, since Donetsk has been a war zone for years. The San Siro/Giuseppe Meazza thing has been explained by many comments already. You have good taste in stadiums.
@SoGal what you need to remind yourself of is that many of these stadiums were built for a major event like a Euro or a World Cup. For example the stadium in Milan (you know, with all the concrete and the towers) didn’t have a roof and towers until the World Cup 1990 in Italy. They redesigned and extended the stadium back then for the World Cup. Same with for example the stadium in Munich, the Allianz Arena. It was constructed for the World Cup in Germany 2006. And many older stadiums in Europe share a similar history, they were either built for a major tournament or redesigned or extended for a major tournament. Though extension doesn’t always mean more capacity, if you turn actual stands without seats into seated stands you’ll lower your capacity.
@@powertothebauer296 The stadium was built to be finished for the World Cup with a buffer year before that. Of course Bayern had long wished to construct a new stadium but the city council only wanted to modify the Olympiastadion. But when Germany launched their official World Cup 2006 bid in 1997 and 1998 it was pretty clear that Munich would either need a modified Olympiastadion or a new football stadium. You misunderstood me there, the stadium was not built for the sole cause of the World Cup, but it was clearly built with the approaching World Cup in mind. Oh and by the way they needed 1860 because only then could they receive EU funds for the stadium project, just as long as two teams shared the stadium with each other.
Hi, Sarah, there are so many different looking stadia or stadiums. It was interesting to compare them. Of course fans of any particular team will always think their team's one is best.
a few things you missed or got confused over: A.C Milan play their football at the San Siro Inter Milan play their football at the Giuseppe Meazza the stadium is the exact same stadium with 2 different names and named differently based on which club is present (except on derby day when i don't think it matters). the stadium shown for both Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kiev is the exact same stadium as until the point that it was deemed unsafe for all involved, Shakhtar were sharing a stadium with Dynamo so he just showed different perspectives for the same place for each entry. regarding the Dynamo Kiev stadium and the running track, while it is not the only football stadium in Europe with a running track surrounding the pitch, it is/was the only football stadium in the Champions League to feature such a layout. in terms of the Lille stadium, the pitch is split into 2 halves, literally, and the half that moves is on a huge 'sheet' which is moved using many hydraulic legs, if you want to see something similar then i would suggest watching the documentary about the new tottenham hotspur stadium, which has a similar sort of feature, just more expansive. the capacity figures shown for some of these stadia in brackets means the maximum capacity they are allowed for Champions league games, which is different to their maximum capacity for domestic league games, for safety reasons. the reason Real Madrid couldn't play in their stadium while it was being renovated is because of safety reasons, you asked a question 'why couldn't they play in their stadium while this was being built', the actual stadium was being worked on and improved, they weren't building a new one with the new design, they were renovating the old stadium to the new design, so while most of the foundational work was being done they had to move out of the Santiago Bernabeu until it was deemed safe to house a reduced capacity crown, that's why when you watched them playing during the champions league matches the entire first segment of seating was covered over with a blue tarp and was cordoned off an unavailable for people to sit in.
what only stadium several stadiums featuring tracks have already been in the champions league stadio olimpico, san paolo (now called diego maradona stadium), stade louis II or even olympiastadion (2015 final)
@@snooty9349 re-read what I said, take a few minutes to process then try again, I'm perfectly aware that there are many stadia that have a running track as part of the design, however this season (2021-2022), the only one to feature in the champions league was the one shared between Dynamo Kiev and Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Roobenstein Tottenham Hotspur tour video is the best and it really is mind blowing. They also have a retractable pitch that changes in to an NFL pitch where two matches will be played there every year. Also Richard Hammond has a video of how it works. Trust the Spurs ground tour will blow your mind. ❤️💪🙏🏻
Loved that you did this. Yep AC and inter groundshare as did Kiev and donetsk. I hope you get to do the English leagues, as you get into league one you can really see the difference between sides that once had Premier league money and those that have never had it and one the narrator describes as a mini, mini, mini Anfield
One stadium you should check out that was not featured in the video is the Stade Velodrome. One of the most unique looking stadiums in Europe as well being the home of one of the wildest fanbases in France. p.s. You should do a reaction to Johan Cruyff. As a player and as a coach; his impact on football is massive!
AC Milan and Inter Milan play at te same stadium, The San Siro is the home ground for both teams. This is common in Italy, lots of stadiums are shared between clubs.
The "Yellow Wall" in Dortmund is the largest standing terrace in Europe. It holds almost 25,000 fans during a league match, but as the video notes, is converted to seating for Champions' League, as UEFA mandates seating. Former Bayern Munich player Bastian Schweinsteiger supposedly once said, asked whether he fears the players more or the manager, "It's the Yellow Wall I fear the most". Given how steep the stadium is and how many fans are packed onto that southern terrace, having to attack against such a background can be intimidating. Or as I like to say, the fans keep the ball out of their goal by sheer sound pressure... As the colors of the club are yellow and black, and official jerseys are usually dominated by yellow, the "wall" has its name from the yellow jerseys, scarfs etc. worn by the fans. Pre-game, the "wall" is also often the stage for extensive choreographies such as this one: th-cam.com/video/QwLfNsVQ93w/w-d-xo.html developed, organized and supplied by the fans themselves.
wierdly a lot of famous stadiums in europe don't actually qualify for champions league hosting. This is mainly because of the differance between national and champions rules regarding pitch sized. For example Antfield, LFC's home stadium, is 5 meters too short to be considered. But they can't expand properly because its in a residential area, and also you'd have to rebuild like.. a ton of the stadium. Which a lo of Liverpool fans wouldn't be happy with.
Hey ! I'm from Lille ! So the SPM (Stade Pierre Mauroy) can just like he said, lift a half. It's like plate. The half of the grass goes up, and then, it slide slowly into the other side. So the other side where there is no grass anymore can be use for other think like Tennis, Baskteball, MotorCross race or even live show ! It's quite amazing tho !
The best stadium (or best away end at least) in the world, though many will disagree with me, is Luton Town. You literally have to go through terraced housing to get into it. Look at the photos online!
Borrussia Dortmund wear Black and Yellow (#Schwartzgelb). At home matches the Dortmund fans wear mainly yellow. The Yellow Wall is where the committed Dortmund fans stand. It's similar to the "Red Wall" when Wales play in Cardiff.
Indeed...the away end at Prenton park is called the cow shed... because ,yes ,in the dim and distant past the stand ( if it could be called that..??) was actually an old cow shed, from a farm on the wirral..
BVB (Borussia Dortmund) is the second biggest club in Germany. It Holds up to 80,000 spectators. The yellow wall is located in the Süd Tribune (South Tribune) that place, is the standing area. It is AMAZING to see the yellow wall. By the way, the shot of the Stadium, from that angle was horrible! I love my team HEJA BVB!
Unfortunately the netting is generally to stop fans throwing objects onto the pitch rather than protect fans from stray footballs. Transdnistria can appear to be a USSR theme park or the North Korea of Europe. It is the poorest region of the poorest country in Europe.
AC and Inter play at the same stadium ...just they call it something different depending on who is at home that week .....thats why those two stadiums looked the same ...it was
Both Milan clubs share the same stadium, as do Dynamo Kyiv and shakhtar donetsk due to the ongoing war since 2014 in the Donbas, Donetsk can't play at their home ground, so they now ground share in Kyiv
Football stadiums in europe are not as big as american Gridiron football stadiums,for several reasons but the main one i think is promotion and relagation ,crowds decrease when a team is relegated so unless you area a tem like barcelona that never gets relegated there is no point having a huge stadium.The other other limiting factor is space because most of the stadiums are in built up areas where the residents are a bit wearing of being overshadowed by huge stadium.Lastly there a clubs from all over europe so they are many from relatively small countries where there is not the population to fill huge stadiums,Exceptions are Croke Park and Principality stadium,but they are not football stadiums so subject to different dynamics to football.
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nigel, IIRC Gillette Stadium (outside of Boston) can do that. I seem to recall a New England Revolution event during the pandemic when they televised an away playoff game on the stadium's video system. They had pulled out the pitch, and let people park their cars on the concrete flooring that was underneath. Here in Atlanta, it's a little easier. We also share a stadium with an NFL team, but our place was designed with (real) football in mind as well. Many MLS teams that share stadia with NFL aren't. We also play on plastic. The seats in the corners retract so that we can play on a full-size pitch (American football fields are really skinny!), we just roll up the NFL stuff and unroll our own. Hot topic at the moment is how we're going to get real grass in here for the World Cup games in '26.
These are the Greek Super League stadiums for 2021/22: th-cam.com/video/QtOdnEiTEnQ/w-d-xo.html These are the 10 largest stadiums in Greece : th-cam.com/video/SITKs-LxVoQ/w-d-xo.html And these are how many Greek stadiums will be renovated or replaced by new ones by 2025: th-cam.com/video/wgkjTUxXK14/w-d-xo.html As far as I know, FIFA does not like smaller teams to have large stadiums, so that TV will not show empty seats during broadcasts. On games with very large spectator participation, the Athens Olympic Stadium is used for these games and it can seat 69 618 people: th-cam.com/video/bcaGoEDy-Fs/w-d-xo.html The Olympic Stadium is within the Athens 2004 Olympic Athletic Complex, that also has practice fields, swimming pools and an enclosed Basketball stadium with similar architecture to the large stadium. Besides athletic events, the area also hosts music concerts. This is the Olympic Stadium used in the first modern Olympic games in 1896: th-cam.com/video/V620wjD6A2A/w-d-xo.html The Panathenaic stadium as it is called was a rebuilt and expanded ancient stadium, built between two small hills. Unfortunately this makes it unsuitable for modern track and field events due to the shape of it's track, however the Original Marathon (Athens Marathon) finish line is always there. This stadium used to hold the Pan Athenian Games, the largest athletic event in ancient Athens honoring the Goddess Athena that the city was named for and could seat 50 000 people the entire population of Athenian citizens. The rebuilt stadium, for the 1896 Olympics could seat 80 000 people plus another 40 000 standing. It is the only stadium in the world built entirely from marble.
Some of the world's best player from Messi down have said the best atmosphere they have played in was my clubs ( Glasgow Celtic) stadium Celtic park and believe you me not 1 of them were lying about it either
The more recent additions to Major League Soccer have kind of miniature versions of some of these stadiums. "Allianz Arena" - for example - exactly the same beautiful design, but not as big.
Hiya So Gal, I'm suprised St James's Park home ground for Newcastle United wasn't featured in this vlog, in the Premier League we've got the best football stadiums in the world, the only 4 that's missing is the Nou Camp (in Barcelona),Santiago Bernabau (in Madrid) the San Siro (In Milan) and Celtic Park (in Glasgow) that's just my opinion, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria
Gee i dunno why st james aint on here......i know ..its probably because this is a rundown of UCL stadiums in 21-22 ...and newcastle couldnt qualify for a free aldi coupon back then 🤣
Regarding Chelsea FC - Stamford Bridge - assuming that the takeover by American owners is completed then a key part of the future plans is the redevelopment of the ground
22:56 You were wandering how it works the half of the field of the Lille Stadium folds into the other half, well in this time lapse maybe you can find the answer th-cam.com/video/lMvURIzQffA/w-d-xo.html
Stade Pierre-Mauroy (Lille): Timelapse of the of the field being 'stacked up'. Definitely something I'd like to see if I ever make it to Europe. th-cam.com/video/xTPiBxtbE8o/w-d-xo.html
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The San Siro (AC Milan's stadium) looks like a Soviet nuclear reactor design, and not in a good way, both inside and out. It's a spectacularly large stadium, but boy is it ugly and more than slightly foreboding.
Inter and AC Milan are playing in the same stadium, they're just usually using different names. And he said that both clubs from Ukraine were using the stadium in Kyiv because the area around Donetsk wasn't/isn't safe.
A lot of football stadiums had much bigger capacities in the past but in the old days most people stood at the games ...... once they put seats in they could hold fewer people !
@@TheHesK9 the reason they took out the standing areas were for safety, they’re not really directly linked but if fans are acting like this, it’s probably not a great idea
Good Reaction. I love The German's attitude and ingenuity. Most Football fans want to stand but The Champions League insists on wretched All Seater Stadiums so they have the 28,000 Home End Yellow Wall,All Standing but put the seats, temporarily,in for Champions League matches. The Germans always find a way in my 68 year old experience.
That stand in the Borussia Dortmund stadium is a standing terrace for league games as Germany allow standing areas. It is converted to seating for the champions league.
The issue with building a new stadium on the site of the existing stadium is that the team usually has to find a temporary ground to play their home matches.
@@WithmeVerissimusWhostoned The issue is match day revenue. Many bigger clubs don’t have a comparable sized stadium in their home city. That isn’t the case with Real Madrid though, as their cross town rivals boast a big stadium too.
The interesting part of this is that in Europe capacity has dropped entering the new Century and like in America there are large interesting stadiums outside of football (soccer). Six Nations Rugby Stadiums are very interesting and many are way older than the football stadiums Principality Stadium in Cardiff 76,000 with a roof built beside the old Cardiff Arms Park with the tower housing blocks and the greyhound track and mud pit surrounded, Twickenham Stadium London, England built on the old stadium 82,000 modern old stadium was built from wood, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland 52,000 same capacity as the old Lansdowne Road, from 1870s rebuild and known to some as the bedpan, the design is interesting but its not the biggest stadium in Dublin, Croke Park is 82,750 fourth largest capacity stadium in Europe, gaelic football and hurling is played there it has been used for soccer and rugby while the Aviva was being rebuilt, Murrayfield, Edinburgh home of Scottish Rugby another 1870s stadium, stíll holds the capacity crowd for a rugby game 106,000 Scotland vs Wales in 1975 now holds 67,000, but Hampden Park Scotland soccer home now holds 48,000 capacity on two occasions once in the 1930s a Scottish Cup Final held 136,000 and again in the early 1960s a European Cup Final held the same number, France plays its 6 Nations games at Stade de France 82,000 and do the soccer there are interesting designs with a star wars stadium of Racing 92 with the loud pink and aqua marine colour and the massive jumbotron at one end, Italy played their games in Stadio Olympico 70.000 never full home of Roma and Lazio, but there are other sports venues outside of soccer and rugby. I say venues, Monte Carlo, Monza, Hockenheim, Brands Hatch all F1 motor racing, Isle of Man TT motorbike racing maybe the most dangerous sporting venue you will ever see, Longchomp Paris, Aintree, Liverpool, Epsom Downs, Royal Ascot, The Curragh of Kildare, Fairyhouse, Ballybrit, Galway, and Laytown Co Meath in Ireland all horse racing venues, Laytown is subject to the tide its a beach first horse race 1868,Epsom Downs 1760 and The Curragh 1766, just a little sample, on the rugby too You have massive stadiums South Africa, Australia, New Zealand all, Indian Cricket Stadiums,and of course the historic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) used for cricket and Aussie Rules... Lots of homework there..
The main difference is that most football stadiums in Europe are/ or were located in build up areas. Hence why some like Liverpools stadium isn't symmetrical as there's a road and houses behind 2 sides. Many European clubs have had to decide to stay in their 100 plus year old stadium or move further out and have land to build a new modern bigger stadium.
It's not so much because of the houses as much as it is that different sections were developed at different times, it's a fairly common feature in the UK and elsewhere - modern from-scratch purpose built stadiums (like say the new Spurs stadium) aren't conceived or constructed in that way, there's not a whole lot stopping Liverpool buying enough land on all four sides to make it symmetrical that's just not how it's going to be done, unlikely it will be even when it gets to all four sides have been redeveloped (which will inevitably involve buying enough land to do that). The positive side of that is you can do it that way and slowly change the stadium without anybody noticing it isn't what it used to be.
San Siro and Giuseppe Meazza are the very same stadium. The first name refers to it when AC Milan plays there whereas the latter refers to Inter Milan. This is pretty common in Italy since Juventus and Torino used to do the same, Lazio and Roma as well, Genova and Sampdoria, etc etc.
The Red Bull stadium is cool but because it's named after a sponsor and the fact the atmosphere isn't that great knocks it down the list of stadiums I've visited
The more modern stadiums are very technological, and the Lille stadium can lift half of the field and move it ontop of the other half of the field. Transforming it into a clay Tennis Court without damaging the grass field, and allows for more seating. Other stadiums can move the entire grass field down in a basement and then roll out a new floor over it, so you can have concerts and other events without damaging the grass. Almost every enclosed stadium today also has heating underneath the grass so it will never have snow or otherwise be damaged by weather
That is a stupid take honestly. Zentralstadion was absolutely massive, it held over 100k fans after all. After the fall of Berlin wall and German reunification many east german clubs faced severe financial issues, because of completely different economic structure of the west german league. Thus many clubs (including Leipzig) relegated into lower tiers of german football. Leipzig football club even ceased operations because of bankruptcy. Red Bull Leipzig is a totally new club and a possibility of them being able to fill and upkeep a stadium that holds 100k just wasn’t there. The stadium also had a very dated design with a single tier bowl and a running track around the field, which resulted in the fact that most fans were really far away from the pitch, which made for a bad fan experience. Also if we wanna talk about boring design we should bring up the fact that Zentralstadion looked like any other bigger stadium in Eastern block. While the new stadium is generic, it does provide good fan experience.
There’s a video out there about the closest stadiums in the UK that might be of interest - here Notts County and Nottingham Forest are separated but the River Trent and that’s about it
anfield looks a bit strange because it was built in 1884 and hasn’t moved since if it were to be rebuilt bigger they would have to knock down houses so they just do a stand at a time and just built on top
Not sure why you would find the stadia in Europe that interesting, not since there are bigger and more impressive ones in the US (like the AT&T Stadium in Dallas), even at the college level when you consider the Ohio State Horse Shoe with the 105,000(?) capacity. Not that there aren't some worth a look, but they tend to come from the lower leagues, like Forest Green Rovers where all the construction is with sustainable materials, or the AMEC stadium for Brighton where they've hid it because of the area they built it in. There is a classic exterior at Villa Park that looks great, and Fulham's is worth a look, but to get the really fun ones, you need to get in to places like Arbroath FC where a miskicked ball can land in the SEA! I wish there was a longer version of this video (10 weird/crazy football stadiums - th-cam.com/video/URzx6y0p2aE/w-d-xo.html ) as there are some fascinating ones here I'd love to hear a lot more about
@@SoGal_YT Fair enough, it just feels like this video in particular is going to be stuff that isn't that divergent from what you'd be familiar with. You had that reaction with the Camp Nou where it reminded you of a college stadium for example (Tennessee? Ole Miss?). I'm more confused why people would have suggested the video since it's pretty much all the big and bland ones. There may be a good video out there detailing how stadia in the UK have changed in response to the growth of the game etc, from when they had fences around the pitch to stop pitch invasions, when they mandated that everyone would sit, which would explain how some stadia look more makeshift (Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace's one, is a great example of how they've made efforts to expand at different times, but never pulled the whole thing together in to something cohesive, you see a bit of that with Anfield too) The host also comes across as pretty ignorant with the mocking of Dynamo Kyiv's name - any team named Dynamo were at one point the team for people who worked for the local police force (and yes, that has particular meanings with the NKVD and KGB being considered police forces). They are also a club with a brilliant history - players from them and Lokomotiv (the workers from the train yard) formed a club FC Start that played vs German army teams when Kyiv was occupied in WW2. They ended up playing in The Death Match which is a bit of football history worth looking at. He also missed the most interesting detail about Stamford Bridge - a group of fans own the land the pitch is on. This means that Chelsea can't move without agreeing it with the fans, which of course is massively different to way the NFL will move clubs around to put them in bigger TV markets, but it also means that Chelsea, being situated in a VERY expensive part of London, have real issues when trying to make the Stadium bigger, it's not like say Liverpool who might slowly buy houses in the streets around Anfield to give them the room to expand, Stamford Bridge is hemmed in by railway lines, medical buildings, a cemetery... There was talk of Chelsea moving a few miles away to Battersea Power Station a few year's ago, and I think Earl's Court (a convention centre) occasionally gets mooted, but the fans really want the club to stay in the historical place which is maybe a bit odd since I doubt many of them have remained in a super-gentrified area! No issues with the reaction (my comment wasn't meant to be a criticism of you, so sorry if I came across like that), just find the subject video a frustrating suggestion because there isn't anything to really dig in to. It doesn't have anything like Braga's ground, or Arbroath FC's, or the view of the mountains at FC Sion... Nor does it get in to things like abandoned World Cup Stadia which is another interesting political topic. It's just a bit like Champion's League Cribs - look how the rich folk live... Sadly, there just doesn't seem to be many good videos about the more interesting ones. The video about the weird stadiums for me is just too cursory
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Totally biased Tranmere Rovers fan here, if you fetching up on the banks of the Mersey, you could visit Prenton park, and over the water is a certain Anfield ( Liverpool FC), across Stanley park is Goodison ,Everton's home, travelling down the East Lancashire road, traversing rugby territory of Saint Helen's you will arrive at Manchester ( home to United and City), a particular favourite ground for me is Edgeley park ,home to Stockport County, where you can grab a pie and a pint in the adjacent Labour club, that's it from me...
Spurs. It is dual purpose 0 football and NFL. The grass pitch can be rolled out to reveal the NFL field. There are 2 dressing rooms as NFL squads are so big. 2 NFL games are played there every season. It is spectacular though other fans call it the Toilet Bowl.
If you like architecture and history, these videos might be of interest.
As a background introduction to MINOAN Crete :
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This is a great computer recreation of the palace of Knossos, were the Labyrinth that Minotaur supposedly lived, was found:
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The Minoan civilization was destroyed around 1300 BC, by the largest known volcanic eruption in European history, of the volcano in the island of Thera (modern day Santorini). Interestingly, although most videos about the Minoans say they came to Crete from other areas, a recent paleontological discovery, in Crete, brought to lite humanoid footstep imprints dating back 6 000 000 years.
Coming back to my neighborhood, this is the History of the Acropolis from 3500BC to this day. Contrary to foreign interpretations Acropolis comes from the words ACRON meaning EDGE and POLIS meaning CITY, so ACROPOLIS really means the EDGE OF THE CITY i.e. the high ground of the city. The term is a military one and is used in other cities of Greece, not only in Athens.
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This is a video tour of Athens Greece during the 5th century BC:
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And this is a video representation on how the Parthenon looked during the classical period:
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Again, contrary to popular belief, the marbles of the Parthenon were not all left white but they were painted. When a large portion of the sculptures were hacksawed off the monument and eventually taken to the British Archaeological Museum by lord Elgin, the museum curators thought that the remnants of the ancient paint in the marbles was dirt and mold so they "cleaned" them white.
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th-cam.com/video/idnzRYCh4Bs/w-d-xo.html this playlist is a series of 5-6 minute videos about the design & build of Tottenham's (Spurs) new stadium. Spurs will be in the Champions League next season and this is currently considered to be the most technologically advanced football stadium in the world with a tonne of cool features including a retractable pitch, huge single tier stand, a built-in brewery and also has a tie to the US because it hosts some of the NFL London games so would be a great one to react to.
AC Milan and Inter Milan share stadium, the thing is that Milan calls the Stadium "San Siro" and Inter "Giuseppe Meazza". btw Today Milan won the Serie A after 11yrs .
AC Milan if she didn’t know
Legit I was literally about to say the same thing.
Which Milan?😅
@@MrFlaten92 yes
@@MrFlaten92 if you only say Milan, you normally mean AC Milan
14:51 they’re not building a new stadium, they’re extending and redesigning their current stadium
I'm from Leipzig. :) Our football stadium was indeed built on top of the old Central Stadium. The latter was built after WW2 using parts of the rubble from the buildings destroyed in the allied bombing raids. It was at the time the biggest stadium in Germany (with space for 100,000 people) and was the pride of the East German communist government.
Dinamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk are, in fact, sharing a stadium located in Kiev, since Donetsk has been a war zone for years. The San Siro/Giuseppe Meazza thing has been explained by many comments already. You have good taste in stadiums.
@SoGal what you need to remind yourself of is that many of these stadiums were built for a major event like a Euro or a World Cup. For example the stadium in Milan (you know, with all the concrete and the towers) didn’t have a roof and towers until the World Cup 1990 in Italy. They redesigned and extended the stadium back then for the World Cup. Same with for example the stadium in Munich, the Allianz Arena. It was constructed for the World Cup in Germany 2006.
And many older stadiums in Europe share a similar history, they were either built for a major tournament or redesigned or extended for a major tournament.
Though extension doesn’t always mean more capacity, if you turn actual stands without seats into seated stands you’ll lower your capacity.
@@powertothebauer296 The stadium was built to be finished for the World Cup with a buffer year before that.
Of course Bayern had long wished to construct a new stadium but the city council only wanted to modify the Olympiastadion. But when Germany launched their official World Cup 2006 bid in 1997 and 1998 it was pretty clear that Munich would either need a modified Olympiastadion or a new football stadium. You misunderstood me there, the stadium was not built for the sole cause of the World Cup, but it was clearly built with the approaching World Cup in mind.
Oh and by the way they needed 1860 because only then could they receive EU funds for the stadium project, just as long as two teams shared the stadium with each other.
Hi, Sarah, there are so many different looking stadia or stadiums. It was interesting to compare them. Of course fans of any particular team will always think their team's one is best.
a few things you missed or got confused over:
A.C Milan play their football at the San Siro
Inter Milan play their football at the Giuseppe Meazza
the stadium is the exact same stadium with 2 different names and named differently based on which club is present (except on derby day when i don't think it matters).
the stadium shown for both Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kiev is the exact same stadium as until the point that it was deemed unsafe for all involved, Shakhtar were sharing a stadium with Dynamo so he just showed different perspectives for the same place for each entry.
regarding the Dynamo Kiev stadium and the running track, while it is not the only football stadium in Europe with a running track surrounding the pitch, it is/was the only football stadium in the Champions League to feature such a layout.
in terms of the Lille stadium, the pitch is split into 2 halves, literally, and the half that moves is on a huge 'sheet' which is moved using many hydraulic legs, if you want to see something similar then i would suggest watching the documentary about the new tottenham hotspur stadium, which has a similar sort of feature, just more expansive.
the capacity figures shown for some of these stadia in brackets means the maximum capacity they are allowed for Champions league games, which is different to their maximum capacity for domestic league games, for safety reasons.
the reason Real Madrid couldn't play in their stadium while it was being renovated is because of safety reasons, you asked a question 'why couldn't they play in their stadium while this was being built', the actual stadium was being worked on and improved, they weren't building a new one with the new design, they were renovating the old stadium to the new design, so while most of the foundational work was being done they had to move out of the Santiago Bernabeu until it was deemed safe to house a reduced capacity crown, that's why when you watched them playing during the champions league matches the entire first segment of seating was covered over with a blue tarp and was cordoned off an unavailable for people to sit in.
what only stadium
several stadiums featuring tracks have already been in the champions league
stadio olimpico, san paolo (now called diego maradona stadium), stade louis II
or even olympiastadion (2015 final)
@@snooty9349 re-read what I said, take a few minutes to process then try again, I'm perfectly aware that there are many stadia that have a running track as part of the design, however this season (2021-2022), the only one to feature in the champions league was the one shared between Dynamo Kiev and Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Roobenstein Tottenham Hotspur tour video is the best and it really is mind blowing. They also have a retractable pitch that changes in to an NFL pitch where two matches will be played there every year. Also Richard Hammond has a video of how it works. Trust the Spurs ground tour will blow your mind. ❤️💪🙏🏻
Loved that you did this. Yep AC and inter groundshare as did Kiev and donetsk. I hope you get to do the English leagues, as you get into league one you can really see the difference between sides that once had Premier league money and those that have never had it and one the narrator describes as a mini, mini, mini Anfield
One stadium you should check out that was not featured in the video is the Stade Velodrome. One of the most unique looking stadiums in Europe as well being the home of one of the wildest fanbases in France.
p.s. You should do a reaction to Johan Cruyff. As a player and as a coach; his impact on football is massive!
SAN SIRO "Looks like a half-finished building." Actually, I think it looks like a half-finished mattress.
AC Milan and Inter Milan play at te same stadium, The San Siro is the home ground for both teams. This is common in Italy, lots of stadiums are shared between clubs.
The "Yellow Wall" in Dortmund is the largest standing terrace in Europe. It holds almost 25,000 fans during a league match, but as the video notes, is converted to seating for Champions' League, as UEFA mandates seating.
Former Bayern Munich player Bastian Schweinsteiger supposedly once said, asked whether he fears the players more or the manager, "It's the Yellow Wall I fear the most". Given how steep the stadium is and how many fans are packed onto that southern terrace, having to attack against such a background can be intimidating. Or as I like to say, the fans keep the ball out of their goal by sheer sound pressure...
As the colors of the club are yellow and black, and official jerseys are usually dominated by yellow, the "wall" has its name from the yellow jerseys, scarfs etc. worn by the fans. Pre-game, the "wall" is also often the stage for extensive choreographies such as this one: th-cam.com/video/QwLfNsVQ93w/w-d-xo.html developed, organized and supplied by the fans themselves.
9:35 RedBull replaced the 2006 WorldCup Wave Design with pure red seats with a white bull.
wierdly a lot of famous stadiums in europe don't actually qualify for champions league hosting. This is mainly because of the differance between national and champions rules regarding pitch sized. For example Antfield, LFC's home stadium, is 5 meters too short to be considered. But they can't expand properly because its in a residential area, and also you'd have to rebuild like.. a ton of the stadium. Which a lo of Liverpool fans wouldn't be happy with.
Hey ! I'm from Lille !
So the SPM (Stade Pierre Mauroy) can just like he said, lift a half. It's like plate. The half of the grass goes up, and then, it slide slowly into the other side. So the other side where there is no grass anymore can be use for other think like Tennis, Baskteball, MotorCross race or even live show ! It's quite amazing tho !
The best stadium (or best away end at least) in the world, though many will disagree with me, is Luton Town. You literally have to go through terraced housing to get into it. Look at the photos online!
Borrussia Dortmund wear Black and Yellow (#Schwartzgelb). At home matches the Dortmund fans wear mainly yellow. The Yellow Wall is where the committed Dortmund fans stand.
It's similar to the "Red Wall" when Wales play in Cardiff.
Just a fun fact about Estadio Jose Alvalade from Sporting. It's nickname in Portugal is "the biggest toilet in the world".
Fun fact part of the SS Great Easterns mast is at Anfield as one of the flag poles, its on whats called 'Flagpole Corner'
Indeed...the away end at Prenton park is called the cow shed... because ,yes ,in the dim and distant past the stand ( if it could be called that..??) was actually an old cow shed, from a farm on the wirral..
Hey, SoGal, you may have opened up a hornet's nest here. Stadiums. The world has amazing stadiums. And not just for football/soccer.
Hello, Sherriff is a company owned by an oligarch. He practically owns Transnistria and buys players from all over the world
Anfield
Bernabeu
Camp nou are the best
It can be daunting for opponents playing there when filled
At times the Camp Nou can be frightening for the home team as well. ;-)
SoGal, the term you are looking for the San Siro is "Brutalism", an architectrural style of the 60's and 70's that the Italians absolutely loved.
Dortmund's is a beauty. Great atmosphere.
Hi, the plexiglass wall between the pitch and the stands, is to protect the pitch(players/ref) from the stands(fans) not the other way round.
BVB (Borussia Dortmund) is the second biggest club in Germany. It Holds up to 80,000 spectators. The yellow wall is located in the Süd Tribune (South Tribune) that place, is the standing area. It is AMAZING to see the yellow wall. By the way, the shot of the Stadium, from that angle was horrible! I love my team HEJA BVB!
Unfortunately the netting is generally to stop fans throwing objects onto the pitch rather than protect fans from stray footballs.
Transdnistria can appear to be a USSR theme park or the North Korea of Europe. It is the poorest region of the poorest country in Europe.
AC and Inter play at the same stadium ...just they call it something different depending on who is at home that week .....thats why those two stadiums looked the same ...it was
Both Milan clubs share the same stadium, as do Dynamo Kyiv and shakhtar donetsk due to the ongoing war since 2014 in the Donbas, Donetsk can't play at their home ground, so they now ground share in Kyiv
And yes: Shaktar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv both played in the same stadium (the one with the athletics track).
Football stadiums in europe are not as big as american Gridiron football stadiums,for several reasons but the main one i think is promotion and relagation ,crowds decrease when a team is relegated so unless you area a tem like barcelona that never gets relegated there is no point having a huge stadium.The other other limiting factor is space because most of the stadiums are in built up areas where the residents are a bit wearing of being overshadowed by huge stadium.Lastly there a clubs from all over europe so they are many from relatively small countries where there is not the population to fill huge stadiums,Exceptions are Croke Park and Principality stadium,but they are not football stadiums so subject to different dynamics to football.
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The way she says San Siro looks kinda like Giuseppe Meazza 😅
As regards the stadiums with "removable" pitchesm I seem to recall an American Stadiumthat could have the pitch removed to host other activities.
nigel, IIRC Gillette Stadium (outside of Boston) can do that. I seem to recall a New England Revolution event during the pandemic when they televised an away playoff game on the stadium's video system. They had pulled out the pitch, and let people park their cars on the concrete flooring that was underneath. Here in Atlanta, it's a little easier. We also share a stadium with an NFL team, but our place was designed with (real) football in mind as well. Many MLS teams that share stadia with NFL aren't. We also play on plastic. The seats in the corners retract so that we can play on a full-size pitch (American football fields are really skinny!), we just roll up the NFL stuff and unroll our own. Hot topic at the moment is how we're going to get real grass in here for the World Cup games in '26.
Record for most attendance in the history of woman's soccer: Camp Nou, Barcelona (+90K people)
27:10 The Arena in The Netherlands has both too.
As has the Schalke Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, which to my knowledge took a lot of ideas from the Dutch arena.
Old Trafford of Manchester United ^^ such history in the 90s till 2011, also in the 70s
These are the Greek Super League stadiums for 2021/22:
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These are the 10 largest stadiums in Greece :
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And these are how many Greek stadiums will be renovated or replaced by new ones by 2025:
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As far as I know, FIFA does not like smaller teams to have large stadiums, so that TV will not show empty seats during broadcasts. On games with very large spectator participation, the Athens Olympic Stadium is used for these games and it can seat 69 618 people:
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The Olympic Stadium is within the Athens 2004 Olympic Athletic Complex, that also has practice fields, swimming pools and an enclosed Basketball stadium with similar architecture to the large stadium. Besides athletic events, the area also hosts music concerts.
This is the Olympic Stadium used in the first modern Olympic games in 1896:
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The Panathenaic stadium as it is called was a rebuilt and expanded ancient stadium, built between two small hills. Unfortunately this makes it unsuitable for modern track and field events due to the shape of it's track, however the Original Marathon (Athens Marathon) finish line is always there. This stadium used to hold the Pan Athenian Games, the largest athletic event in ancient Athens honoring the Goddess Athena that the city was named for and could seat 50 000 people the entire population of Athenian citizens. The rebuilt stadium, for the 1896 Olympics could seat 80 000 people plus another 40 000 standing. It is the only stadium in the world built entirely from marble.
Damn, she's intelligent also! You can tell by her thinking before her speech! ... totally unlike most Amarican women 😨😨😨
Leipzig stadium is a copy of the Estádio do Dragão.
Estádio de Alvalade has no longer that colorful chairs. Is all green now.
Its the people inside the stadium that makes it special ! Liverpool F.C YNWA
Roger seems to be fading away. Is he due a makeover?
Probably :)
@@SoGal_YT the big question is what colour Roger will be displaying..???
Some of the world's best player from Messi down have said the best atmosphere they have played in was my clubs ( Glasgow Celtic) stadium Celtic park and believe you me not 1 of them were lying about it either
The more recent additions to Major League Soccer have kind of miniature versions of some of these stadiums.
"Allianz Arena" - for example - exactly the same beautiful design, but not as big.
11:30 Ah, American innocence... Thinking that the netting is to protect the fans from the ball and not the players from the fans...
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Hiya So Gal, I'm suprised St James's Park home ground for Newcastle United wasn't featured in this vlog, in the Premier League we've got the best football stadiums in the world, the only 4 that's missing is the Nou Camp (in Barcelona),Santiago Bernabau (in Madrid) the San Siro (In Milan) and Celtic Park (in Glasgow) that's just my opinion, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria
Gee i dunno why st james aint on here......i know ..its probably because this is a rundown of UCL stadiums in 21-22 ...and newcastle couldnt qualify for a free aldi coupon back then 🤣
Some Studiums are better than others. Wenn you tell the truth, everybody has to cope ;) Allianz Arena and Red Bull Arena. You are So right:-)
Regarding Chelsea FC - Stamford Bridge - assuming that the takeover by American owners is completed then a key part of the future plans is the redevelopment of the ground
The Stamford Bridge ground is unusual as Chelsea built and attached a hotel to it.
8:43 You're looking for the term "Brutalist", a subcurrent of Modernist architecture.
☺👍 ... you should have done the voice over SoGal, your descriptions were more interesting & fun
Indeed..
The two Milan teams play in the same stadium, the fans of either team call it by different names
The Santiago Bernabaeu isn't Real Madrids new stadium, they're rebuilding it.
Sheriff is a Monopole Company in Moldova / Transnistria. They own everything and so everything has their name. Oligarchies at its finest.
22:56 You were wandering how it works the half of the field of the Lille Stadium folds into the other half, well in this time lapse maybe you can find the answer th-cam.com/video/lMvURIzQffA/w-d-xo.html
11:28 I've never felt so disrespected
14:55 because they're renovating that stadium so they had to play in another one
13:50 that is the exact same stadium
Stade Pierre-Mauroy (Lille): Timelapse of the of the field being 'stacked up'. Definitely something I'd like to see if I ever make it to Europe.
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The Tottenham Hotspur stadium deserves it's own video
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Hi watch the video about the Tottenham hotspur stadium. Really good watch.
You should react to more of world wide stadiums by him he is very funny
sporting changed their benchs, now, it is everything green
Camp nou🤎
English Premier League stadiums please!!
And us mere mortals in Division 2 ( Tranmere Rovers) ...
Brutalist
Madrid can't play in the old stadium until the new one is built because they are rebuilding the old one
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I was told that the pest problem at old Trafford was only when Liverpool and Leeds came to town.
Check out football supporters,banter.
Will you be reacting to Premier League stadiums?
Messi play in Barcelona since 14 age
The San Siro (AC Milan's stadium) looks like a Soviet nuclear reactor design, and not in a good way, both inside and out. It's a spectacularly large stadium, but boy is it ugly and more than slightly foreboding.
REAL MADRID !:D
I think you lost about 2000 subs when you liked the RB Leipzig stadium. And probably another 1000 when you called Anfield an office building.
Inter and AC Milan are playing in the same stadium, they're just usually using different names. And he said that both clubs from Ukraine were using the stadium in Kyiv because the area around Donetsk wasn't/isn't safe.
How not safe
She will Still not get it Even if you explain it.
I hear Inter Milan are building a new stadium
A lot of football stadiums had much bigger capacities in the past but in the old days most people stood at the games ...... once they put seats in they could hold fewer people !
We will have to see how the trial to convert stadiums back to having some standing areas goes. I think about half a dozen are in the trial in England.
So true. Well over 110,000 people used to watch Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu.
@@tonys1636 after all the stupid things going on with pitch invasions atm I don’t think it’s a good idea, even though I’d love it back.
@@user-io8cm4dk1f what does that have to do with seating?
@@TheHesK9 the reason they took out the standing areas were for safety, they’re not really directly linked but if fans are acting like this, it’s probably not a great idea
13:34 its because it is the other stadium haha, Inter & AC share it
Good Reaction.
I love The German's attitude and ingenuity. Most Football fans want to stand but The Champions League insists on wretched All Seater Stadiums so they have the 28,000 Home End Yellow Wall,All Standing but put the seats, temporarily,in for Champions League matches. The Germans always find a way in my 68 year old experience.
Wdym good reaction she is hating at the most beautiful stadiums ever
That stand in the Borussia Dortmund stadium is a standing terrace for league games as Germany allow standing areas. It is converted to seating for the champions league.
The issue with building a new stadium on the site of the existing stadium is that the team usually has to find a temporary ground to play their home matches.
how is that an issue tho'... you just talk to some people, make some deals, weather the storm and then continue to sail on \o/
@@WithmeVerissimusWhostoned But this type of temporary nomadic existence is unpopular with fans.
@@WithmeVerissimusWhostoned The issue is match day revenue. Many bigger clubs don’t have a comparable sized stadium in their home city. That isn’t the case with Real Madrid though, as their cross town rivals boast a big stadium too.
@@WithmeVerissimusWhostoned rivalry is also an issue in the UK, could you imagine United/City or Celtic/Rangers sharing a stadium
They have done that in Amsterdam. It’s not impossible. The team can play in another city.
The interesting part of this is that in Europe capacity has dropped entering the new Century and like in America there are large interesting stadiums outside of football (soccer). Six Nations Rugby Stadiums are very interesting and many are way older than the football stadiums Principality Stadium in Cardiff 76,000 with a roof built beside the old Cardiff Arms Park with the tower housing blocks and the greyhound track and mud pit surrounded, Twickenham Stadium London, England built on the old stadium 82,000 modern old stadium was built from wood, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland 52,000 same capacity as the old Lansdowne Road, from 1870s rebuild and known to some as the bedpan, the design is interesting but its not the biggest stadium in Dublin, Croke Park is 82,750 fourth largest capacity stadium in Europe, gaelic football and hurling is played there it has been used for soccer and rugby while the Aviva was being rebuilt, Murrayfield, Edinburgh home of Scottish Rugby another 1870s stadium, stíll holds the capacity crowd for a rugby game 106,000 Scotland vs Wales in 1975 now holds 67,000, but Hampden Park Scotland soccer home now holds 48,000 capacity on two occasions once in the 1930s a Scottish Cup Final held 136,000 and again in the early 1960s a European Cup Final held the same number, France plays its 6 Nations games at Stade de France 82,000 and do the soccer there are interesting designs with a star wars stadium of Racing 92 with the loud pink and aqua marine colour and the massive jumbotron at one end, Italy played their games in Stadio Olympico 70.000 never full home of Roma and Lazio, but there are other sports venues outside of soccer and rugby. I say venues, Monte Carlo, Monza, Hockenheim, Brands Hatch all F1 motor racing, Isle of Man TT motorbike racing maybe the most dangerous sporting venue you will ever see, Longchomp Paris, Aintree, Liverpool, Epsom Downs, Royal Ascot, The Curragh of Kildare, Fairyhouse, Ballybrit, Galway, and Laytown Co Meath in Ireland all horse racing venues, Laytown is subject to the tide its a beach first horse race 1868,Epsom Downs 1760 and The Curragh 1766, just a little sample, on the rugby too You have massive stadiums South Africa, Australia, New Zealand all, Indian Cricket Stadiums,and of course the historic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) used for cricket and Aussie Rules... Lots of homework there..
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its sad that some are named after their sponsors and not after the club or old players guess money talks
I agree but RB Leipzig were only founded in 2009 so they don't have historical names or any attachment to the city
“Money always talks”
-mbappe
The main difference is that most football stadiums in Europe are/ or were located in build up areas. Hence why some like Liverpools stadium isn't symmetrical as there's a road and houses behind 2 sides. Many European clubs have had to decide to stay in their 100 plus year old stadium or move further out and have land to build a new modern bigger stadium.
Good point, best wishes from the wirral peninsula, home to Tranmere Rovers, the only English football club with a Hiberno Norse name...
It's not so much because of the houses as much as it is that different sections were developed at different times, it's a fairly common feature in the UK and elsewhere - modern from-scratch purpose built stadiums (like say the new Spurs stadium) aren't conceived or constructed in that way, there's not a whole lot stopping Liverpool buying enough land on all four sides to make it symmetrical that's just not how it's going to be done, unlikely it will be even when it gets to all four sides have been redeveloped (which will inevitably involve buying enough land to do that). The positive side of that is you can do it that way and slowly change the stadium without anybody noticing it isn't what it used to be.
15:43 that's called a bench/dugout area
San Siro and Giuseppe Meazza are the very same stadium. The first name refers to it when AC Milan plays there whereas the latter refers to Inter Milan. This is pretty common in Italy since Juventus and Torino used to do the same, Lazio and Roma as well, Genova and Sampdoria, etc etc.
The Red Bull stadium is cool but because it's named after a sponsor and the fact the atmosphere isn't that great knocks it down the list of stadiums I've visited
The stadiums of Bayern Munich and Dortmund are named after sponsors as well.
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The more modern stadiums are very technological, and the Lille stadium can lift half of the field and move it ontop of the other half of the field.
Transforming it into a clay Tennis Court without damaging the grass field, and allows for more seating.
Other stadiums can move the entire grass field down in a basement and then roll out a new floor over it, so you can have concerts and other events without damaging the grass.
Almost every enclosed stadium today also has heating underneath the grass so it will never have snow or otherwise be damaged by weather
I’ve been on a tour of Camp Nou. Fantastic stadium.
Nothing says "Red Bull Leipzig" more, than taking a legendary, traditional stadium and building a soulless, corporate money machine on top of it.
That is a stupid take honestly. Zentralstadion was absolutely massive, it held over 100k fans after all. After the fall of Berlin wall and German reunification many east german clubs faced severe financial issues, because of completely different economic structure of the west german league. Thus many clubs (including Leipzig) relegated into lower tiers of german football. Leipzig football club even ceased operations because of bankruptcy.
Red Bull Leipzig is a totally new club and a possibility of them being able to fill and upkeep a stadium that holds 100k just wasn’t there. The stadium also had a very dated design with a single tier bowl and a running track around the field, which resulted in the fact that most fans were really far away from the pitch, which made for a bad fan experience. Also if we wanna talk about boring design we should bring up the fact that Zentralstadion looked like any other bigger stadium in Eastern block. While the new stadium is generic, it does provide good fan experience.
There’s a video out there about the closest stadiums in the UK that might be of interest - here Notts County and Nottingham Forest are separated but the River Trent and that’s about it
With the Trent Bridge Cricket Ground just as close.
@@denisrobertmay875 true, pretty much
The two Dundee grounds are even closer to one another than the two Nottingham ones.
anfield looks a bit strange because it was built in 1884 and hasn’t moved since if it were to be rebuilt bigger they would have to knock down houses so they just do a stand at a time and just built on top
The Alliance stadium ?? no such thing AllianZ...... the 2 words have the same meaning but plz call it by the right name atleast...
Not sure why you would find the stadia in Europe that interesting, not since there are bigger and more impressive ones in the US (like the AT&T Stadium in Dallas), even at the college level when you consider the Ohio State Horse Shoe with the 105,000(?) capacity. Not that there aren't some worth a look, but they tend to come from the lower leagues, like Forest Green Rovers where all the construction is with sustainable materials, or the AMEC stadium for Brighton where they've hid it because of the area they built it in. There is a classic exterior at Villa Park that looks great, and Fulham's is worth a look, but to get the really fun ones, you need to get in to places like Arbroath FC where a miskicked ball can land in the SEA!
I wish there was a longer version of this video (10 weird/crazy football stadiums - th-cam.com/video/URzx6y0p2aE/w-d-xo.html ) as there are some fascinating ones here I'd love to hear a lot more about
Because why not? She is learning about the sport so why not just take a look at the stadiums
The European stadiums are different, and it helps me get a better feel for the sport.
@@SoGal_YT Shrewsbury's old ground by the river Severn, had an old chap sitting in a coracle on the river to retrieve footballs on match days...
@@SoGal_YT Fair enough, it just feels like this video in particular is going to be stuff that isn't that divergent from what you'd be familiar with. You had that reaction with the Camp Nou where it reminded you of a college stadium for example (Tennessee? Ole Miss?). I'm more confused why people would have suggested the video since it's pretty much all the big and bland ones. There may be a good video out there detailing how stadia in the UK have changed in response to the growth of the game etc, from when they had fences around the pitch to stop pitch invasions, when they mandated that everyone would sit, which would explain how some stadia look more makeshift (Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace's one, is a great example of how they've made efforts to expand at different times, but never pulled the whole thing together in to something cohesive, you see a bit of that with Anfield too)
The host also comes across as pretty ignorant with the mocking of Dynamo Kyiv's name - any team named Dynamo were at one point the team for people who worked for the local police force (and yes, that has particular meanings with the NKVD and KGB being considered police forces). They are also a club with a brilliant history - players from them and Lokomotiv (the workers from the train yard) formed a club FC Start that played vs German army teams when Kyiv was occupied in WW2. They ended up playing in The Death Match which is a bit of football history worth looking at.
He also missed the most interesting detail about Stamford Bridge - a group of fans own the land the pitch is on. This means that Chelsea can't move without agreeing it with the fans, which of course is massively different to way the NFL will move clubs around to put them in bigger TV markets, but it also means that Chelsea, being situated in a VERY expensive part of London, have real issues when trying to make the Stadium bigger, it's not like say Liverpool who might slowly buy houses in the streets around Anfield to give them the room to expand, Stamford Bridge is hemmed in by railway lines, medical buildings, a cemetery... There was talk of Chelsea moving a few miles away to Battersea Power Station a few year's ago, and I think Earl's Court (a convention centre) occasionally gets mooted, but the fans really want the club to stay in the historical place which is maybe a bit odd since I doubt many of them have remained in a super-gentrified area!
No issues with the reaction (my comment wasn't meant to be a criticism of you, so sorry if I came across like that), just find the subject video a frustrating suggestion because there isn't anything to really dig in to. It doesn't have anything like Braga's ground, or Arbroath FC's, or the view of the mountains at FC Sion... Nor does it get in to things like abandoned World Cup Stadia which is another interesting political topic. It's just a bit like Champion's League Cribs - look how the rich folk live... Sadly, there just doesn't seem to be many good videos about the more interesting ones. The video about the weird stadiums for me is just too cursory