Aloha Stadium was so cool in design. Using technology engineered by NASA, it was designed to have two entire sections split in half and then move, turning the stadium seating into a diamond shape for baseball. Talking to locals, they say contractors "skimming" and going as cheap as possible created the problems. Starting with the cement crumbling underneath the sections that were supposed to move. Just sad to see such a cool idea fall apart because of the actual construction (at least from what I've been told by caretakers of the stadium). Maybe you should do one on stadiums that might be worth saving. In Hawaii I'd say the Natatorium is biggy. With an amazing Olympian filled history, followed by YEARS of being condemned on one of the most famous beaches in the world, Waikiki Beach.
I remember that the Skydome was considered to be one of the best stadiums in baseball when it was built (and the Blue Jays set all-time MLB attendance records for several years after it opened, no doubt aided by their World Series victories in 1992 and 1993) but it doesn't seem to have aged well. In a way, it was the ultimate cookie cutter ballpark, and probably the best of them, but in the end it was still a cookie cutter ballpark.
Skydome is great when it's open, but way too cavernous when closed. It's problem is that it was outdated as soon as it opened. It may be the ultimate multiuse stadium, not a cookie cutter, but that's just because it was the last. And it opened after the multiuse stadiums where being replaced. The idea was good, the execution fell way short
One of the worst things about the Washington football stadium is that it was built by the previous ownership with a large capacity that was supported by their fans. The current ownership has lost so much fan support that they had to remove large sections of seating just to try to make the stadium look more full, which is why it has an odd and ugly appearance. The team has even been without a name for two seasons now. It's like the ownership is trying to lose the rest of the fans they still have.
Rogers Centre/SkyDome in Toronto has many challenges in terms of altering the facility or replacing it with a purpose built stadium. It would be nearly impossible to detach the room and alter the seating like stadiums with modules of grandstands. There is a full luxury hotel attached in the front with entirely different ownership. The land is leased but owned by a federal crown corporation. Rogers wants to tear down the facility, built a baseball stadium and office towers and condos on the space. But the team has played most of the last two seasons out of Toronto due to Covid 19 and it would be difficult to see the team leave for another two years as their crop of young talent is coming in their prime. No suitable alternative exists in Canada. They have talked about building a new stadium on another site, but real estate is really expensive in Toronto and there is little available space for a new downtown stadium. Complicating matters is that the Rogers Centre was built at a cost of $650 million in the late 1980s and much of the funding came from the Ontario provincial government. They operated the stadium at a loss before selling it for less than half of what it cost to build it. It sold twice more eventually to Rogers for about $25 million for the stadium and the hotel sold separately for another $25 million. That's quite the depreciation. The public is very much against providing any funding for a new facility. Rogers says they can't operate the stadium profitably. Both the Argos and Raptors left for new facilities years ago. They don't book nearly as many special events like professional wrestling, concerts or monster trucks rallies as they use to. When you watch a game in the stadium you can't see anything outside the stadium other than the CN Tower and a few floors of condos. It can be quite cavernous. Walking past the stadium you can't see into the stadium. Inside it's lots of concrete and steel. There isn't much atmosphere around the stadium leading up to game time. Quite the opposite for the Scotiabank Centre just down the road where thousands of fans congregate to watch the Raptors when the team is playing away games. It's further complicated by a recent fight between executive management and the board of directors for the parent company. The chair of the board of directors is also the chair of the Blue Jays and not particularly popular right now.
Speaking of Tigres - lately a proposed new stadium was shown off, a colisium style stadiuim. Nothing has been official yet - but this one actually seems to have potential for the green light.
Man , your content continues to be fantastic ! I would say the the bad part of tearing most of these down is it just seems most of the new stadiums tend to look alike and lack character and atmosphere ; I would rather see most of these stadiums refurbished and upgraded…..
You nailed all about Santos: Vila Belmiro’s pronunciation is spot on (as a matter of fact, the stadium’s official name is Urbano Caldeira, but it is mostly known by the name of the neighborhood where it is located). And, as a Santos fan, the proposal of demolishing Vila Belmiro is heartbreaking. Santos should explore options in the city (maybe at the harbor zone, but Santos is a geographically small and crammed city, so there is not much room for a new arena), or outside Santos, mainly at São Paulo, a way bigger city and where the majority of Santos fans hail from. Excellent job by yours in this video.
Great video. 100% right about the parking at FedEx Field. It is an ungodly nightmare. Got stuck for three hours in the lot going in to a soccer game. Several accidents happened in front of us too because of the complete disorganization of the lot and lack of communication between attendants. Just awful. Random note: I think a video on the best baseball stadiums in Latin America could be cool. Thanks for posting!
A key aspect you're missing about Fedex Field is the lack of convenient Metro access (half a mile from the nearest location IIRC), which their former Stadium, RFK had; that's how most fans got to games in fact. Dan Snyder, the team's owner, is responsible for why the stadium looks the way it does now, on top of many other things.
I think you identified the problem when with the Skydome when you said Convertible for football. That's the problem right there. The infrastructure I understand (amenities, Luxury Suites etc) is still quite good. That said it has all the problems that the old concrete dount/cookie cutter stadiums did from the 70/80s when it comes to slight lines which is why they want a purpose built stadium. Still it's an impressive achievement especially considering the time.
I went to QPR's Loftus Road back in 2014, it was extremely run down, the upper tier is horrible and you can hardly stand up because there's no leg room. They've done nothing to the stadium since then. Being on top of the pitch creates a decent atmosphere there though.
The Skydome (Rogers Centre) needs an interior overhaul, not necessarily an entirely new stadium. Other than some of the seats being far from the field, there's nothing really wrong with it.
As a Blue Jays fan, I don't think we need to replace the Rogers Centre at all. Yes, the outside is dull, but compared to other MLB stadiums, it really isn't that different. The seating capacity at the Rogers Centre is amazing, plus the hotel. The stadium is in a prime location, beside the CN Tower, Harbourfront and smack in DownTown Toronto. Seats far away from the action is expected in baseball. We have more than sufficient seating close to the action, and the extra seating in the outfield is just a bonus. There is nowhere else to build a stadium in Toronto. The retractable roof is one of a few on baseball, and replacing the Rogers Centre is going to be extremely expensive. We also have to remind ourselves that there are many baseball stadiums that are several decades older than ours. This is the first time I have seena stadium that shouldn't be in a video in a long time. The full context of MLB stadiums must be taken into account. Still a great video though.
@@TPTGopher Yeah, but transforming the outside (at least the side facing the Lake) by adding more glass and less concrete would add a ton of aesthetic points. And yeah, the CN Tower definitely looks better jutting out above it.
The Queens Park Rangers stadium used to have some genius advertising. The roof of a stand was sponsored by airline KLM, who painted a big ad. You could see it when flying into Heathrow. The real genius part wax that when the sponsorship ended, no-one could be bothered to get rid of the ad, so it was still visible (and free) for years. We hired the ground on a Sunday morning once, when it was a plastic pitch. Small dressing rooms, and that was over 30 years ago.
Fedex truly does need to be replaced. The railing failed and fans fell onto the field near the tunnel going into the locker room during the game vs the Eagles. Add to the fact that sewage was spewing from the pipes a few years ago.
While I'll still have fond memories of Aloha Stadium, yeah that place sadly ended up becoming it's own worst enemy (Using Weathering Steel in a tropical environment with a salty airspace isn't the best idea.) and hopefully, if a new stadium is built there, they'll learn from the mistakes made in OG Aloha Stadium. My only concern for the New Aloha Stadium is if the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet stays with the new stadium (since I met alot of unique items and food and nice people over there.)
I’m not sure if this has been discussed but the Chicago Bears need a new stadium. They are the third largest market yet play in the smallest stadium (Solider Field). The team has bought land in Arlington Heights. So we will have to see what happens. As a Chelsea fan, I’d like the see Stamford Bridge either renovated or move to a new stadium
2 years on and the redevelopment of Bristol Rovers' stadium has started. The South and South West Stands (the ones with the blue and white striped roofs) have been replaced with a single stand that covers the whole of the south end instead of stopping halfway. The East Stand (next to the car park) is next in line, hopefully they get started on that at the end of this season.
The Dundee football teams. Two dumps on the same street. Build a joint stadium. Not asking them to merge. I live in Glasgow. Dundonians will hunt me down.
A little disappointed Brunton Park, Carlisle didn't get a mention. That stadium doesn't look like it's had an upgrade since the 1950's even though one of the stands was built in early 90's.
Loftus Road had a great atmosphere back in the day, especially for away fans standing in the lower tier - the low ceiling made it sound like you had 20,000, not 2,000 away supporters. But yes, now it's a dump, especially when you compare it to Brentford's fine new ground.
The American football team plays in the Universitario stadium when it is the final of a tournament or it is an important match, their matches are played in the stadium Gaspar Mass
FedEx Field has so many more problems than what meets the eye. The parking is bad, yes, but the stadium is quite literally falling apart. Security railings gave way, allowing fans to fall into the player tunnel, and sewage pipes burst in the stands. Replacement couldn’t come sooner.
As a Torontonian the SkyDome is still extremely unique for other things like concerts and Monster Jam when the Jays aren't in town A new stadium for the Blue Jays will come and I would still want to keep SkyDome around if they give it the needed renovations and possibly bring the Toronto Argonauts back there before moving out to BMO Field (and playing in a soccer stadium hasn't been easy for them unfortunatly)
Rogers don't want the Argo's at the Skydome and they own both the Stadium and Blue Jays the only way I could see the Argo's getting a new Stadium is if the NFL Expands or relocates a team to Toronto and a New Stadium is built to host both NFL and CFL
Also with FedEx field, the fact that the stadium is literally falling apart, with multiple sewage leaks onto the stands, and the barrier breaking incident And the field is so poorly maintained that it often causes injuries
The Rogers Center is really the last of the multipurpose, concrete donut stadiums that were prevalent from the 70s through the 90s. That’s why it feels outdated.
Rogers Centre. It's quite different from the cookie cutter stadiums. But when you try to be a baseball stadium, football stadium, basketball arena, concert venue and monster truck venue you make far too many compromises to be very good at any of them. The NFL experiment ended largely to a lack of interest in the Buffalo Bills but also the NFL has stadiums that can seat 80-100,000 for football and offer tailgating space outside the stadiums. You couldn't get nearly that much in this venue (fine for CFL), no tailgating space exists and it wasn't legal in Ontario.
@@seanwebb605 Agree got to specialize when it comes to Stadiums/Arenas also Americans and Canadians need to learn how to build shit to last, Bills were shit those years they were playing Toronto only the Leafs can get away with losing in Toronto, Smallest NFL Stadium is currently Soldier Field at 61,500 the NFL generally wants a 65,000 minimum for Stadiums when it comes to expansion/relocation and Tailgating is an American thing and will likely die out once ICE cars are dead anyway
Carlisle United's Brunton Park is old and very prone to flooding, with climate change it will probably flood again. The problem Carlisle United have in building a new stadium is the land Brunton Park is built on is potentially worthless.
I've been to Loftus Road a couple of times and I agree the leg room is bad to the point where my knees where touching the person in front on the head. Good video.
@@Chaz4543 One of the things I noticed was the number of non Washington fans in the stadium. Not sure if you get that at stadiums in other cities. DC has so many people working here from across the states.
RFK was really good especially during the WFT/Redskins good years. Granted it was in a bad neighborhood but at least they closer to downtown D.C. than FedEx Field.
@@archstanton6102 Often it depends on the opponent. For example, pretty much any Yankees road game will attract a lot of Yankee fans regardless of location. Another one I've seen here is that when the Toronto Blue Jays come to Seattle to play the Mariners there were almost always (before COVID border closures) huge numbers of fans that would come down to Seattle from British Columbia to root for the Blue Jays. I worked near T-Mobile Park for several years, and on some days it seemed like half of Downtown Seattle was in Blue Jays jerseys, and the Amtrak trains to and from Vancouver were just completely packed. Not sure if other teams based near the Canadian border get the same thing (I can imagine the Tigers and Indians/Guardians probably get large numbers of Canadian fans for Blue Jays games as well) but for people in Western Canada the Mariners games are their only chance to see their team in action without flying to Toronto. You also see geographically close rivals, such as the Seattle Sounders FC, Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, and with the Kraken joining the NHL this season they are almost certain to become rivals to the Vancouver Canucks.
In Argentina San Lorenzo needs a new stadium, the Nuevo Gasometro has had no maintenance in 27 years and the stadium is outside of their ward, there are some plans to make a new stadium where the original Gasometro was located. Also Barracas Central, a second tier team that is fighting to get promoted plays in a really small stadium in Barracas ward, they cannot play in that stadium if they get into first division
Fedex has also been in the news in the past few years with its shoddy structural integrity. Videos of Eagles fans wanting to congratulate their QB fell in front of him; because the railing broke. There was also the incident when the sewage piping broke and spilled into the seats as well.
FedExField is in fact pretty horrible. Like the Coliseum, it's had sewage leaks. It also once had thick pillars in the grandstands and seats right behind them, and to fix the problem they just put a TV screen behind the pillar so fans who shelled out 100 plus to see the game in person... wouldn't feel left out, I guess? And a section of the grandstand railing collapsed and injured twenty people earlier this year.
5:38 THERE IS ALREADY A PROJECT FOR A NEW STADIUM, the directors of the club recently announced that they will build a new stadium for Tigres and the University I would like you to talk about him in a video about future stadiums :D
It's amazing how small the stadiums/fields are in the UK you would think how much money the teams are losing out on but since they have been around for 100+ years I can see why people might have an emotional connection but in most of the world that is just not a consideration and fans want new facilities which adds to the excitement and with more income of more spectators adds to better results of the teams and higher pay.
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, biggest club in CA, 3 times concachampions winner, and 3rd place in the mundial de clubes, and still the stadium looks awful, comparing it to new stadiums in CR like LDA, Heredia or Estadio Nacional.
The 2 Bristol teams should unite to have 1 team capable of challenging for the Premier League. 2small teams in a city with a large rugby following will never succeed.
@@Tom-lf8bb I agree with you but then without significant outside investment neither team will progress. Neither have the crowds or history to be anything other than where they currently are.
Club and cercle Brugge from belgium deserve a new stadium to , you might not see it but all supporters of both clubs would say jan breydel is a dump , its rotting (If it wasn't beceause the owner of their rivals antwerp fc , club Brugge would have played in a new stadium already , but ofcourse he owns alot of ground in Brugge)
If only the Jays could have demolished the SkyDome during their time playing away from home and rebuilt in the same primo location. Missed opportunity of the ages!
Loftus Road is crap (multiple restricted views, 1950's toilet facilities etc) but so is the team that play there. Queens Park Rangers hit the top flight about once every 30 years and don't stay there for long so spending loads of cash on a state of the art stadium for second or third tier club is like buying a top of the range skateboard for a 95 year old with vertigo.
Don't touch Vila Belmiro! I've been there several times, very very special stadium! Feels like you are in the 50s or 60s and that you're gonna come accross Pelé in his 20s... As a Frenchman I laughed at the Rainbow Warrior joke haha. What a shame it was, and still is... Suggestion: Do a video on stadiums that have funny names/nicknames. Hard to have a better nickname than Leichhardt Oval, the 8th wonder of the world!
If any professional team wants a stadium then I say let THEM build it. Every time they go the the public for money, grants from the city, and other concessions. They then charge horrible prices to actually watch the game. It is time to make the teams pay for this in entirety.
Oh. My, God. Fedex is the worst. The one time I went (December 2001) my friend and I went to a game and the traffic infrastructure there is soooooo bad, it took my friend and I the better part of 3 1/2 hours just to get on the beltway. And my understanding is that it hasn't improved much since then. The story behind Fedex is this - the early 90's, the football team was much beloved and were playing at RFK Stadium in the heart of DC. The Stadium had a ton of character but was starting to fall apart. At the same time, you saw this move on the part of NFL teams to get newer shinier stadiums - In some cases this led to some teams up and leaving the cities they had been in for a while (Houston moving to Tennessee, Cleveland moving to Baltimore...) The owner, Jack Kent Cooke, really wanted to work with the city to get a new Stadium (like as in he was willing to pay for the stadium completely by himself, which is almost unheard of these days) but the mayor at the time didn't play along. So Cooke bought this parcel of land outside the District and built the stadium he had wanted. The problem was there was almost no traffic or transportation infrastructure to support the stadium so getting to and from the place was a total cluster fuck. And when Cooke passed away, the team was bought by Daniel Snyder who is an expert in losing friends and alienating people and really hasn't been able to improve things. As an additional trivia thingy: The Mayor of Washington DC at the time, Sharon Pratt Kelly not only became the mayor who let the Team leave, it was one of the primary reasons she lost her re-election to former Mayor Marion Barry, who had just been released from prison after serving time for corruption, not to mention being arrested in a drug sting with a prostitute, which was caught on tape.
The Turkish Football club "Fatih Karagümrük SK" desperately need a new stadium. If you look it up you see that they play in a pretty neglected and small stadium located in a pretty run down neighborhood and that despite playing in Turkey's top flight. There are 3rd tier league teams in Turkey that play in much better stadiums than them. I've heard that they now actually play in the National team's Olympic stadium because their own stadium doesn't meet Süper Lig specifications
Aloha Stadium was so cool in design. Using technology engineered by NASA, it was designed to have two entire sections split in half and then move, turning the stadium seating into a diamond shape for baseball. Talking to locals, they say contractors "skimming" and going as cheap as possible created the problems. Starting with the cement crumbling underneath the sections that were supposed to move. Just sad to see such a cool idea fall apart because of the actual construction (at least from what I've been told by caretakers of the stadium). Maybe you should do one on stadiums that might be worth saving. In Hawaii I'd say the Natatorium is biggy. With an amazing Olympian filled history, followed by YEARS of being condemned on one of the most famous beaches in the world, Waikiki Beach.
I remember that the Skydome was considered to be one of the best stadiums in baseball when it was built (and the Blue Jays set all-time MLB attendance records for several years after it opened, no doubt aided by their World Series victories in 1992 and 1993) but it doesn't seem to have aged well. In a way, it was the ultimate cookie cutter ballpark, and probably the best of them, but in the end it was still a cookie cutter ballpark.
Post pandemic, Skydome is definitely on my list of must sees.
Skydome is great when it's open, but way too cavernous when closed. It's problem is that it was outdated as soon as it opened. It may be the ultimate multiuse stadium, not a cookie cutter, but that's just because it was the last. And it opened after the multiuse stadiums where being replaced. The idea was good, the execution fell way short
And also aided by the defective two-way glass in a certain motel room
Compared to Exasperation Stadium and BC Place, it looked good. Now it looks like Louisiana's aging Superdome, but without hurricane damage.
One of the worst things about the Washington football stadium is that it was built by the previous ownership with a large capacity that was supported by their fans. The current ownership has lost so much fan support that they had to remove large sections of seating just to try to make the stadium look more full, which is why it has an odd and ugly appearance. The team has even been without a name for two seasons now. It's like the ownership is trying to lose the rest of the fans they still have.
Rogers Centre/SkyDome in Toronto has many challenges in terms of altering the facility or replacing it with a purpose built stadium. It would be nearly impossible to detach the room and alter the seating like stadiums with modules of grandstands. There is a full luxury hotel attached in the front with entirely different ownership. The land is leased but owned by a federal crown corporation. Rogers wants to tear down the facility, built a baseball stadium and office towers and condos on the space. But the team has played most of the last two seasons out of Toronto due to Covid 19 and it would be difficult to see the team leave for another two years as their crop of young talent is coming in their prime. No suitable alternative exists in Canada. They have talked about building a new stadium on another site, but real estate is really expensive in Toronto and there is little available space for a new downtown stadium. Complicating matters is that the Rogers Centre was built at a cost of $650 million in the late 1980s and much of the funding came from the Ontario provincial government. They operated the stadium at a loss before selling it for less than half of what it cost to build it. It sold twice more eventually to Rogers for about $25 million for the stadium and the hotel sold separately for another $25 million. That's quite the depreciation. The public is very much against providing any funding for a new facility. Rogers says they can't operate the stadium profitably. Both the Argos and Raptors left for new facilities years ago. They don't book nearly as many special events like professional wrestling, concerts or monster trucks rallies as they use to.
When you watch a game in the stadium you can't see anything outside the stadium other than the CN Tower and a few floors of condos. It can be quite cavernous. Walking past the stadium you can't see into the stadium. Inside it's lots of concrete and steel. There isn't much atmosphere around the stadium leading up to game time. Quite the opposite for the Scotiabank Centre just down the road where thousands of fans congregate to watch the Raptors when the team is playing away games. It's further complicated by a recent fight between executive management and the board of directors for the parent company. The chair of the board of directors is also the chair of the Blue Jays and not particularly popular right now.
The day Washington moves out of FedEx Field is the day Dan Snyder finally relinquishes his ownership of the team, which won't be anytime soon
Speaking of Tigres - lately a proposed new stadium was shown off, a colisium style stadiuim. Nothing has been official yet - but this one actually seems to have potential for the green light.
Man , your content continues to be fantastic ! I would say the the bad part of tearing most of these down is it just seems most of the new stadiums tend to look alike and lack character and atmosphere ; I would rather see most of these stadiums refurbished and upgraded…..
You nailed all about Santos: Vila Belmiro’s pronunciation is spot on (as a matter of fact, the stadium’s official name is Urbano Caldeira, but it is mostly known by the name of the neighborhood where it is located). And, as a Santos fan, the proposal of demolishing Vila Belmiro is heartbreaking. Santos should explore options in the city (maybe at the harbor zone, but Santos is a geographically small and crammed city, so there is not much room for a new arena), or outside Santos, mainly at São Paulo, a way bigger city and where the majority of Santos fans hail from.
Excellent job by yours in this video.
Poderiam fazer igual a portuguesa santista, que está planejando fazer um estádio em Praia Grande. Talvez fosse uma boa.
Great video. 100% right about the parking at FedEx Field. It is an ungodly nightmare. Got stuck for three hours in the lot going in to a soccer game. Several accidents happened in front of us too because of the complete disorganization of the lot and lack of communication between attendants. Just awful. Random note: I think a video on the best baseball stadiums in Latin America could be cool. Thanks for posting!
A key aspect you're missing about Fedex Field is the lack of convenient Metro access (half a mile from the nearest location IIRC), which their former Stadium, RFK had; that's how most fans got to games in fact. Dan Snyder, the team's owner, is responsible for why the stadium looks the way it does now, on top of many other things.
I think you identified the problem when with the Skydome when you said Convertible for football. That's the problem right there. The infrastructure I understand (amenities, Luxury Suites etc) is still quite good. That said it has all the problems that the old concrete dount/cookie cutter stadiums did from the 70/80s when it comes to slight lines which is why they want a purpose built stadium. Still it's an impressive achievement especially considering the time.
Unless they have upgraded the turf in the last few years it’s widely regarded as the worst playing surface in MLB.
@@toyotaecw The turf has been upgraded in recent years and other teams are going back to turf too.
I went to QPR's Loftus Road back in 2014, it was extremely run down, the upper tier is horrible and you can hardly stand up because there's no leg room. They've done nothing to the stadium since then. Being on top of the pitch creates a decent atmosphere there though.
The Skydome (Rogers Centre) needs an interior overhaul, not necessarily an entirely new stadium. Other than some of the seats being far from the field, there's nothing really wrong with it.
As a Blue Jays fan, I don't think we need to replace the Rogers Centre at all.
Yes, the outside is dull, but compared to other MLB stadiums, it really isn't that different. The seating capacity at the Rogers Centre is amazing, plus the hotel.
The stadium is in a prime location, beside the CN Tower, Harbourfront and smack in DownTown Toronto. Seats far away from the action is expected in baseball.
We have more than sufficient seating close to the action, and the extra seating in the outfield is just a bonus. There is nowhere else to build a stadium in Toronto. The retractable roof is one of a few on baseball, and replacing the Rogers Centre is going to be extremely expensive.
We also have to remind ourselves that there are many baseball stadiums that are several decades older than ours. This is the first time I have seena stadium that shouldn't be in a video in a long time. The full context of MLB stadiums must be taken into account. Still a great video though.
To be honest, the outside is not as bad in the grand scheme of things than at face value, because the CN Tower looks better jutting out above it.
@@TPTGopher Yeah, but transforming the outside (at least the side facing the Lake) by adding more glass and less concrete would add a ton of aesthetic points. And yeah, the CN Tower definitely looks better jutting out above it.
The Queens Park Rangers stadium used to have some genius advertising. The roof of a stand was sponsored by airline KLM, who painted a big ad. You could see it when flying into Heathrow. The real genius part wax that when the sponsorship ended, no-one could be bothered to get rid of the ad, so it was still visible (and free) for years. We hired the ground on a Sunday morning once, when it was a plastic pitch. Small dressing rooms, and that was over 30 years ago.
9:07-9:20 The Wide World of Stadiums just went full FivePoints Vids.
Fedex truly does need to be replaced. The railing failed and fans fell onto the field near the tunnel going into the locker room during the game vs the Eagles. Add to the fact that sewage was spewing from the pipes a few years ago.
While I'll still have fond memories of Aloha Stadium, yeah that place sadly ended up becoming it's own worst enemy (Using Weathering Steel in a tropical environment with a salty airspace isn't the best idea.) and hopefully, if a new stadium is built there, they'll learn from the mistakes made in OG Aloha Stadium. My only concern for the New Aloha Stadium is if the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet stays with the new stadium (since I met alot of unique items and food and nice people over there.)
I’m not sure if this has been discussed but the Chicago Bears need a new stadium. They are the third largest market yet play in the smallest stadium (Solider Field).
The team has bought land in Arlington Heights. So we will have to see what happens.
As a Chelsea fan, I’d like the see Stamford Bridge either renovated or move to a new stadium
Dual use stadiums: Bowman Gray Stadium. Quarter mile NASCAR track and a football field inside of that
2 years on and the redevelopment of Bristol Rovers' stadium has started. The South and South West Stands (the ones with the blue and white striped roofs) have been replaced with a single stand that covers the whole of the south end instead of stopping halfway. The East Stand (next to the car park) is next in line, hopefully they get started on that at the end of this season.
The Dundee football teams. Two dumps on the same street. Build a joint stadium. Not asking them to merge. I live in Glasgow. Dundonians will hunt me down.
Loftus Road is a good reason why the Premier League worries about QPR being promoted
Skydome still looks cool.
A little disappointed Brunton Park, Carlisle didn't get a mention. That stadium doesn't look like it's had an upgrade since the 1950's even though one of the stands was built in early 90's.
And I think brunton is too big for the club. I like stadiums with standing sections tho
Loftus Road had a great atmosphere back in the day, especially for away fans standing in the lower tier - the low ceiling made it sound like you had 20,000, not 2,000 away supporters. But yes, now it's a dump, especially when you compare it to Brentford's fine new ground.
UANL Tigres actually does have a college American football team that also plays at Estadio Universitario
American Football in México? o_Ó TIL
The American football team plays in the Universitario stadium when it is the final of a tournament or it is an important match, their matches are played in the stadium Gaspar Mass
@@mike_8378 Did not know that, thank you
You should do aseries on college baseball stadiums
Please do this when you finish the FCS conferences!!!!
I saw a game at Skydome a few years ago and was pleasantly surprised. I thought it was cool.
FedEx Field has so many more problems than what meets the eye. The parking is bad, yes, but the stadium is quite literally falling apart. Security railings gave way, allowing fans to fall into the player tunnel, and sewage pipes burst in the stands. Replacement couldn’t come sooner.
Would like to see more Pro Bowls in Hawaii, It's just a better environment than Florida.
As a Torontonian the SkyDome is still extremely unique for other things like concerts and Monster Jam when the Jays aren't in town
A new stadium for the Blue Jays will come and I would still want to keep SkyDome around if they give it the needed renovations and possibly bring the Toronto Argonauts back there before moving out to BMO Field (and playing in a soccer stadium hasn't been easy for them unfortunatly)
Rogers don't want the Argo's at the Skydome and they own both the Stadium and Blue Jays the only way I could see the Argo's getting a new Stadium is if the NFL Expands or relocates a team to Toronto and a New Stadium is built to host both NFL and CFL
@@TOTN17 Toronto *DOES NOT* want the NFL
@@ErikZarins london doesnt either but they're still looking there. Also the argos cant sell out BMO so skydome would look empty
@@samuelpinder1215 actually we didn't do too badly when we were at SkyDome.
@@ErikZarins it seems weird that north america prefers astroturf to natural grass
As a French men, I enjoy that last bit. Especially when you consider there's more than one way to destroy a rainbow warrior *wink wink*
The companion piece to this is the stadiums in need of a new team , it’s coming soon just as soon as wide can edit down all the possible choices 😂
Ford Field has to be the first one on the list.
Can you make 'controversial' video:
TOP 10 Teams which should relocate to Bigger Cities?
Giving FedEx Field a place at the 2026 World Cup would be FIFA's worst crime
Also with FedEx field, the fact that the stadium is literally falling apart, with multiple sewage leaks onto the stands, and the barrier breaking incident
And the field is so poorly maintained that it often causes injuries
So if Wakefield Trinity's ground, Belle Vue didn't make part one or part two, it must be getting its own video on stadiums that need replacing, right?
Must be holding off on that long awaited Odsal special
The first stadium would be a good American football stadium for like a college
I guess? I mean, it still has the track and the earthquake damage. Maybe a smaller college that would actually use the track?
When you will make the part 3 remember to include Tirana FC. Believe me, they really need a new stadium.
The Rogers Centre is being renovated to become a fully baseball stadium now
Love the videos! What about stadium were the atmosphere covers up its short comings
The Rogers Center is really the last of the multipurpose, concrete donut stadiums that were prevalent from the 70s through the 90s. That’s why it feels outdated.
Oakland Coliseum?
Rogers Centre. It's quite different from the cookie cutter stadiums. But when you try to be a baseball stadium, football stadium, basketball arena, concert venue and monster truck venue you make far too many compromises to be very good at any of them. The NFL experiment ended largely to a lack of interest in the Buffalo Bills but also the NFL has stadiums that can seat 80-100,000 for football and offer tailgating space outside the stadiums. You couldn't get nearly that much in this venue (fine for CFL), no tailgating space exists and it wasn't legal in Ontario.
@@seanwebb605 Agree got to specialize when it comes to Stadiums/Arenas also Americans and Canadians need to learn how to build shit to last, Bills were shit those years they were playing Toronto only the Leafs can get away with losing in Toronto, Smallest NFL Stadium is currently Soldier Field at 61,500 the NFL generally wants a 65,000 minimum for Stadiums when it comes to expansion/relocation and Tailgating is an American thing and will likely die out once ICE cars are dead anyway
Had to search for this video. Miss when UA-cam recommended this channel to me.
That Canberra stadium looks like it has a LOOOOOOW incline on those lower seating sections.
Carlisle United's Brunton Park is old and very prone to flooding, with climate change it will probably flood again. The problem Carlisle United have in building a new stadium is the land Brunton Park is built on is potentially worthless.
You could add Stade Gabriel Montpied, a 13,500 seats football stadium for a french ligue 1 team : Clermont Foot
extension is planned for this one.
Love your videos
I've been to Loftus Road a couple of times and I agree the leg room is bad to the point where my knees where touching the person in front on the head. Good video.
Just stand then
@@samuelpinder1215 I didn't pay to get into an all seater stadium to stand lol
@@FootieFan2024 Standing is good tho
If you do a part 3 then a suggestion is Grimsby Town football club.
The Washington DC nfl stadium is awful. No atmosphere, so far from DC. One if the worst stadiums I have ever visited.
RFK is equally bad
@@mats7492 Never got the chance to go.
@@Chaz4543 One of the things I noticed was the number of non Washington fans in the stadium. Not sure if you get that at stadiums in other cities. DC has so many people working here from across the states.
RFK was really good especially during the WFT/Redskins good years. Granted it was in a bad neighborhood but at least they closer to downtown D.C. than FedEx Field.
@@archstanton6102 Often it depends on the opponent. For example, pretty much any Yankees road game will attract a lot of Yankee fans regardless of location. Another one I've seen here is that when the Toronto Blue Jays come to Seattle to play the Mariners there were almost always (before COVID border closures) huge numbers of fans that would come down to Seattle from British Columbia to root for the Blue Jays. I worked near T-Mobile Park for several years, and on some days it seemed like half of Downtown Seattle was in Blue Jays jerseys, and the Amtrak trains to and from Vancouver were just completely packed.
Not sure if other teams based near the Canadian border get the same thing (I can imagine the Tigers and Indians/Guardians probably get large numbers of Canadian fans for Blue Jays games as well) but for people in Western Canada the Mariners games are their only chance to see their team in action without flying to Toronto. You also see geographically close rivals, such as the Seattle Sounders FC, Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, and with the Kraken joining the NHL this season they are almost certain to become rivals to the Vancouver Canucks.
In Argentina San Lorenzo needs a new stadium, the Nuevo Gasometro has had no maintenance in 27 years and the stadium is outside of their ward, there are some plans to make a new stadium where the original Gasometro was located.
Also Barracas Central, a second tier team that is fighting to get promoted plays in a really small stadium in Barracas ward, they cannot play in that stadium if they get into first division
Fedex has also been in the news in the past few years with its shoddy structural integrity. Videos of Eagles fans wanting to congratulate their QB fell in front of him; because the railing broke. There was also the incident when the sewage piping broke and spilled into the seats as well.
FedExField is in fact pretty horrible. Like the Coliseum, it's had sewage leaks. It also once had thick pillars in the grandstands and seats right behind them, and to fix the problem they just put a TV screen behind the pillar so fans who shelled out 100 plus to see the game in person... wouldn't feel left out, I guess? And a section of the grandstand railing collapsed and injured twenty people earlier this year.
Kontinental hockey league & 2022 olympics stadiums please.
Hahaha Washington doesn't need a new one!! Spend the damn money and fix your stadium like every other team has....
Yes, they Do Need a new one. A New Owner that is....
5:38 THERE IS ALREADY A PROJECT FOR A NEW STADIUM, the directors of the club recently announced that they will build a new stadium for Tigres and the University I would like you to talk about him in a video about future stadiums :D
Wasn’t there a sewage leak during a game at FedEx Field earlier this season?
LOL, yep!
The XL Center for the Hartford Wolfpack
“The Mall!” Cue the Brass Bonanza!
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I'm good with stadiums without a track. Having a roof is nice too.
NRL and Euro Conference stadiums please
FedEx Field has had the sewage line burst in the stands twice this season so
Stadion Maksimir hosted athletics and the ceremonies of the 1987 Summer Universiade aka World University Games
It's amazing how small the stadiums/fields are in the UK you would think how much money the teams are losing out on but since they have been around for 100+ years I can see why people might have an emotional connection but in most of the world that is just not a consideration and fans want new facilities which adds to the excitement and with more income of more spectators adds to better results of the teams and higher pay.
Loftus Road used to have seats which were officially described as “Diabolical View” 🤣
Can imagine the difficulties building a new permanent stadium in Bath considering the status of the surrounding city !
How is it that Soldier Field isn’t on this list. Oldest football stadium, and smallest in one of the largest football markets.
2:55 WOW! 😎
it would be cool to do the Big South Conference Football Stadiums
10 best stadiums over 50 years old,
Stadiums that have hosted a World Cup Final.
Stadiums that have hosted the champions League final
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, biggest club in CA, 3 times concachampions winner, and 3rd place in the mundial de clubes, and still the stadium looks awful, comparing it to new stadiums in CR like LDA, Heredia or Estadio Nacional.
University St Thomas in minnesota definitely needs a new basketball area there current one is tiny and looks like a highschool gym
We (Tigres) are getting our stadium renovated
Make a video for college soccer stadiums? Top 10 or something? Or by conference? Byu, South field at the base of the mountains. Prettiest venue!
I have been meaning to a video on college soccer. I'll look into it.
The 2 Bristol teams should unite to have 1 team capable of challenging for the Premier League. 2small teams in a city with a large rugby following will never succeed.
dont think the fans of rovers or city would be keen on the clubs merging
@@Tom-lf8bb I agree with you but then without significant outside investment neither team will progress.
Neither have the crowds or history to be anything other than where they currently are.
I remember about 20 years ago the local paper did a promotional poster with a team photo of City and Rovers together. Oh, the anger that provoked.
@@archstanton6102 that's true about the fans city has pyros which they cant bring to the premier league.
That QPR image of them playing in a new stadium is a game against the most mighty and glorious Luton Town…Praise be upon them.
You forgot the sewage problems on FedEx Field
Club and cercle Brugge from belgium deserve a new stadium to , you might not see it but all supporters of both clubs would say jan breydel is a dump , its rotting
(If it wasn't beceause the owner of their rivals antwerp fc , club Brugge would have played in a new stadium already , but ofcourse he owns alot of ground in Brugge)
If only the Jays could have demolished the SkyDome during their time playing away from home and rebuilt in the same primo location. Missed opportunity of the ages!
HA! I see that you also saw that Real Life Lore video then?
Can you make a video about old AFL Stadiums plz
Loftus Road is crap (multiple restricted views, 1950's toilet facilities etc) but so is the team that play there. Queens Park Rangers hit the top flight about once every 30 years and don't stay there for long so spending loads of cash on a state of the art stadium for second or third tier club is like buying a top of the range skateboard for a 95 year old with vertigo.
Canberra has a planned stadium indoor stadium in the city which they keep bringing up then dropping
WAC/ASUN conference in the works?
Make a video on South American teams that need a new stadium like Colo Colo, River, Boca Jr, Universidad Se Chile Etc ha unless I missed it.
Don't touch Vila Belmiro! I've been there several times, very very special stadium! Feels like you are in the 50s or 60s and that you're gonna come accross Pelé in his 20s...
As a Frenchman I laughed at the Rainbow Warrior joke haha. What a shame it was, and still is...
Suggestion: Do a video on stadiums that have funny names/nicknames. Hard to have a better nickname than Leichhardt Oval, the 8th wonder of the world!
That's a good idea. I'll look into it.
Bristol Rovers can’t fill the tiny stadium they have….it’s plenty big enough for them.
How about The New Lawn, also known as The Fully Charged New Lawn
Estadio Universitado and FedEx Field are oddly similar.
Same continent
Hawaii is getting a new stadium supposed to be completed in 2024
If any professional team wants a stadium then I say let THEM build it. Every time they go the the public for money, grants from the city, and other concessions. They then charge horrible prices to actually watch the game. It is time to make the teams pay for this in entirety.
You should do Aberdeen's Pittodrie
Oh. My, God. Fedex is the worst. The one time I went (December 2001) my friend and I went to a game and the traffic infrastructure there is soooooo bad, it took my friend and I the better part of 3 1/2 hours just to get on the beltway. And my understanding is that it hasn't improved much since then.
The story behind Fedex is this - the early 90's, the football team was much beloved and were playing at RFK Stadium in the heart of DC. The Stadium had a ton of character but was starting to fall apart. At the same time, you saw this move on the part of NFL teams to get newer shinier stadiums - In some cases this led to some teams up and leaving the cities they had been in for a while (Houston moving to Tennessee, Cleveland moving to Baltimore...) The owner, Jack Kent Cooke, really wanted to work with the city to get a new Stadium (like as in he was willing to pay for the stadium completely by himself, which is almost unheard of these days) but the mayor at the time didn't play along. So Cooke bought this parcel of land outside the District and built the stadium he had wanted. The problem was there was almost no traffic or transportation infrastructure to support the stadium so getting to and from the place was a total cluster fuck. And when Cooke passed away, the team was bought by Daniel Snyder who is an expert in losing friends and alienating people and really hasn't been able to improve things.
As an additional trivia thingy: The Mayor of Washington DC at the time, Sharon Pratt Kelly not only became the mayor who let the Team leave, it was one of the primary reasons she lost her re-election to former Mayor Marion Barry, who had just been released from prison after serving time for corruption, not to mention being arrested in a drug sting with a prostitute, which was caught on tape.
blue jats dont need a new stadium, they just need better seats and a better turf
Screw FedEx. Go 'skins!
Please make a video on SEC baseball stadiums
The Turkish Football club "Fatih Karagümrük SK" desperately need a new stadium. If you look it up you see that they play in a pretty neglected and small stadium located in a pretty run down neighborhood and that despite playing in Turkey's top flight. There are 3rd tier league teams in Turkey that play in much better stadiums than them. I've heard that they now actually play in the National team's Olympic stadium because their own stadium doesn't meet Süper Lig specifications
Do Club Brugge at the 'Jan Breydelstadion'
CAA stadiums please!
Also huge fan of your work!
salt lake stadium could do with a makeover