GlobeStadiums

Officially named California Memorial Stadium, Memorial Stadium is the current home for Cal football. It was opened in 1923, and currently seats 72,662 spectators.

The stadium was built with money raised from public contributions, as a memorial to the fallen of World War I. The chair of the architectural committee was John Galen Howard, the University’s chief architect, and his influence is evident in the stadium’s neoclassical motif. The stadium has no track, so the stands come right up to the football field. Currently the stadium sports a FieldTurf surface, but has sported AstroTurf and natural grass. The FieldTurf surface allows football practices and less popular sports such as lacrosse to be held on the field. Previously, those games would be held in other athletic fields nearby.

The Hayward Fault passes under Memorial Stadium, where right-lateral strike-slip motion is shifting the northeast half of the building to the southwest at a rate of 1 cm/yr. Expansion joints have been placed in the walls of the stadium to maintain the integrity of the building. A 1998 seismic safety study at the Berkeley campus gave the stadium a “poor” rating (meaning that the building represents an “appreciable life hazard” in an earthquake), and estimated the cost of making the structure safe in an earthquake at $14 million.

(more…)

Koševo is the home stadium of FK Sarajevo. The stadium is located in the Sarajevo neighbourhood of Koševo.

The stadium was opened in the year 1952. In 1984, it was reconstructed for the 1984 Winter Olympics, and is therefore often called Olimpijski Stadion (Olympic Stadium). Now, it is officially called “Asim Ferhatović Hase”, after Asim Ferhatović, the legendary FK Sarajevo player who retired in 1967.

Today, Koševo can seat 34,600 fans and is situated at the address Maršala Tita 38b, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Jump to: navigation, search

The International Stadium in Amman, Jordan serves as the national stadium in the country. It is able to seat 20,000 people.The most famous game that was held in this stadium was between Jordan and Iran, Iran won it two nile, the stadium was full and more than 40 million people watched this match on TV.

[Source: Wikipedia]

The University of Richmond stadium is used by the Richmond Kickers for soccer and the University of Richmond for American football. It is owned by the City of Richmond, Virginia and is located South of the Carytown district off the Downtown Expressway. The stadium was built in 1929 and holds 22,000 people.

As the University of Richmond considers building its own stadium, the city has begun to consider reuse of the site of elderly housing.

[Source: Wikipedia]

Estádio Francisco Stédile, usually known as Estádio Centenário, is a multi-use stadium in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 30,802 people. It was built in 1976. The stadium was named after Francisco Stédile, who was Caxias’ president during its construction. The stadium is nicknamed Centenário because it honors the centennial anniversary of the Italian colonization of Rio Grande do Sul.

(more…)

Weserstadion is a multi-use stadium in Bremen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Werder Bremen. The stadium holds 43 people.

Seats : 43 000

Club: SV Werder Bremen

Inauguration: 1924

Address: Auf dem Peterswerder, 28205 Bremen

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (formerly known as Istora or Gelora Senayan) is a multi-use stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, and is one of the largest stadiums anywhere in the world. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium was built in 1962 and is able to hold 100,000 people. The stadium is currently being rebuilt for the Asian Cup as Indonesia will be one of the many nations to host the competition. The Gelora Bung Karno has never been renovated since it was first built in 1962. The stadium is registered as a 100,000 Capacity stadium, but in the semifinal clash between south east asia rivals Indonesia and Malaysia in the Tiger Cup competition in December 2004, the stadium’s attendance is well over 120,000.

The stadium is named after Sukarno, Indonesia’s first President

[Source: Wikipedia]

The Edward Jones Dome is a 69,000 seat football stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, and home of the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. It was constructed largely to lure an NFL team back to St. Louis, and to serve as a convention center. Completed in 1995, it was known as the Trans World Dome, after Trans World Airlines, until 2001, when TWA was acquired by American Airlines. The facility was then briefly known as the Dome at America’s Center (America’s Center being the adjacent convention facility) until the naming rights were acquired on January 25, 2002 by Edward Jones Investments, a brokerage house based in St. Louis.

The Edward Jones Dome became the site of the biggest indoor gathering in United States history in 1999 when Pope John Paul II held mass in the stadium. Over 104,000 people attended the service. Interestingly enough, that same year it also hosted WCW Slamboree.

(more…)

Ski jumps in Olympic Park w Salt Lake City

Stade de Kegue is a multi-use stadium in Lome, Togo. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people and opened in 2000.

[Source: Wikipedia]