OT- World's 12 Weirdest Stadiums (link)

LarryHarris · Post #1 » by **LarryHarris** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:19 pm

http://www.thisblogrules.com/2009/12/12 ... diums.html

Check out this article and some great pictures...

jerrod · Post #2 » by **jerrod** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:55 pm

sweet, the ones built around the stone are awesome.

i love the norwegian one right by the water too

trwi7 · Post #3 » by **trwi7** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:48 pm

I would love to play on the field on the water.

Siefer · Post #4 » by **Siefer** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:51 pm

trwi7 wrote:I would love to play on the field on the water.

Agreed. The floating soccer field is absolutely outstanding.

chuckleslove · Post #5 » by **chuckleslove** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:13 am

Some of those stadiums look very beautiful. The only real head scratcher is the slanted one on the side of the highway, some of those other ones are pretty amazing either architecturally or geographically.

Ryan5UW · Post #6 » by **Ryan5UW** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:44 am

I thought this might be on the list, but I guess it really isn't a stadium:

chuckleslove · Post #7 » by **chuckleslove** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:49 am

Is that the court on top of the hotel in Dubai?

PkrsBcksGphsMqt · Post #8 » by **PkrsBcksGphsMqt** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:52 am

chuckleslove wrote:Is that the court on top of the hotel in Dubai?

It's the helicopter pad on the "Sail" hotel in Dubai. They put a court on the pad as a publicity stunt. I'm pretty sure Tiger Woods hit golf balls off of it as well.

chuckleslove · Post #9 » by **chuckleslove** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:56 am

Ah, yeah I had heard about Woods hitting golf balls and the tennis match, didn't realize it was a helicopter pad and hadn't seen that shot, pretty cool looking from above like that.

LarryHarris · Post #10 » by **LarryHarris** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:37 pm

You can make out the Helicopter pad in this photo...

PedroGrande · Post #11 » by **PedroGrande** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:57 pm

The one from Braga Portugal is 15 miles from my house. I've been there in a couple of times in the summer and its fantastic. The rocked part is in only one side but it makes the acoustic even greater. Although the photos in that website doesn't make.

Actually i've already made out with an old girlfriend in the hill from where the next photo was taken... lol

LarryHarris · Post #12 » by **LarryHarris** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:54 pm

Very cool pics Pedro, thanks for sharing...

Re: the making out with your girlfriend part... pics or it didn't happen...

PedroGrande · Post #13 » by **PedroGrande** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:28 pm

LarryHarris wrote:Very cool pics Pedro, thanks for sharing...

Re: the making out with your girlfriend part... pics or it didn't happen...

Haha. Good times actually, and yes, she was good looking at least for me:) I am 6 foot 4 and i remember she was 6 1 and it was good for my back. lol No pictures though:P No permission from her. Sorry Guys haha Lets pretend it didn't happen.

As for the Stadium Some stats:

Volume of Carved Rock: 35791944 cubic ft
Volume of Clay Removed: 24667153 cbic ft
Reinforced concrete: 3141522 cubic ft
34096103,8 lbs of steel

And its a small stadium, only 30000 People

LarryHarris · Post #14 » by **LarryHarris** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:51 pm

PedroGrande wrote:
LarryHarris wrote:Very cool pics Pedro, thanks for sharing...

Re: the making out with your girlfriend part... pics or it didn't happen...

Haha. Good times actually, and yes, she was good looking at least for me:) I am 6 foot 4 and i remember she was 6 1 and it was good for my back. lol No pictures though:P No permission from her. Sorry Guys haha Lets pretend it didn't happen.

As for the Stadium Some stats:

Volume of Carved Rock: 35791944 cubic ft
Volume of Clay Removed: 24667153 cbic ft
Reinforced concrete: 3141522 cubic ft
34096103,8 lbs of steel

And its a small stadium, only 30000 People

Wow, I wonder how much it cost? Do you think that they built it into the hill like that because they thought it would be a unique feature? I have to assume there is other land in Portugal suitable for soccer stadiums...

PedroGrande · Post #15 » by **PedroGrande** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:03 pm

LarryHarris wrote:
Wow, I wonder how much it cost? Do you think that they built it into the hill like that because they thought it would be a unique feature? I have to assume there is other land in Portugal suitable for soccer stadiums...

Over 100Million Euros. (140MDollars)

Of course the workforce here is a lot cheaper than in the US.

As for the location i can't say for sure the reason. At least is something to talk about i think, although it was fully payed with public money