New Stadiums That Are Samey, Characterless, Boring, Or Much of a Muchness........

[Steve Foster]

With the Amex winning a New Best Stadium award, it got me thinking as to which new stadia are vanilla & samey in your opinion.

Thoughts please.

 

[Bognor Seagull]

Leicester's Walkers ground gets my vote. Very bowl like

 

[Captain Sensible]

St Mary's

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Palace's proposed new stadium.

Er hang on.....

 

[brightn'ove]

wembley

 

[Drumstick]

When they are finished you can add Blackpool and Rotherham to that list.

 

[5mins-from-amex]

When they are finished you can add Blackpool and Rotherham to that list.

great post, brings a new meaning to the word 'identikit'. now put a photo of the amex up there and feel proud that we dared to be different...

 

[Badger]

I don't really have a problem with the identikit stadiums (except maybe MK Dons), they are well designed, cheap to build and usually miles better than what they have replaced. Don't get me wrong I much prefer having The Amex as a home but I'm not going to continuously try and look down on every other new ground in the country.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Don't forget the soon-to-be-empty Darlington Arena, same as Doncasters except with escalators and gold taps. Poor old Darlo

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Just to really highlight the difference... in case you'd forgotten:

BEAUT.

 

[Mellotron]

Just to really highlight the difference... in case you'd forgotten:

BEAUT.

Eff me. After looking at all those other ones, our stadium really is STUNNING.

 

[bennibenj]

Eff me. After looking at all those other ones, our stadium really is STUNNING.

The comparions with the others, really brings it home that our home is amazing

 

[VAL1850]

Only the colours change

 

[kevo]

St Marys and the Riverside are the prime examples. I do think the Liberty Stadium, Swansea, has a bit more character than some of them.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

To be fair Hulls is probably the least identikit. Least I thought so, mainly coz there main stand is similar to WSU.

However when we were down on our arse at withers/gillham even the goldstone we would have given anything to have one of these "identikit" stadiums.

 

[Simster]

The comparions with the others, really brings it home that our home is amazing

Our west stand looks amazing and our east stand is going to look pretty damn good with the upper tier added. Even the south stand with the seating in the corners wrapping round is going to look nice enough. The north stand at the Amex, however, still looks absolutely VILLAGE I'm afraid. In that pic above, it almost looks temporary.

 

[kevo]

The north stand at the Amex, however, still looks absolutely VILLAGE I'm afraid. In that pic above, it almost looks temporary.

Both the North and South should have been steeper. Could have had the same number of seats but a steeper rake would have made them look more impressive.

 

[34064 Fighter Command]

Only the colours change

Point of order Sir, Doncaster have PROPER floodlight pylons.........

But otherwise, you're spot on.

 

[Drumstick]

Both the North and South should have been steeper. Could have had the same number of seats but a steeper rake would have made them look more impressive.

If they did though they wouldn't fit with the East and West lower, If you had a seat in the corner you wouldn't be able to see half the pitch. Unless of course as the East and West lower stands moved towards the ends they raised up half a step per seat to eventually reach the correct height? Think that'd look swish as well.

 

[Hillian1]

If they did though they wouldn't fit with the East and West lower, If you had a seat in the corner you wouldn't be able to see half the pitch. Unless of course as the East and West lower stands moved towards the ends they raised up half a step per seat to eventually reach the correct height? Think that'd look swish as well.

Something like this?