JayMac Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 6 minutes ago, RichO said: Nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I can't actually believe that anyone likes anything about Qatar 2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroywen Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Qatar 2022 is a corrupt World Cup bid that won by bribing FIFA officials, is using slave labor to build their (completely unnecessary) stadiums, has to be played in the winter because of the oppressive heat, may cause issues for LGBT fans and players who would be subject to terrible discrimination, and is propped up by a repressive oil-rich government. (But the stadiums have such cool designs!!) I would love nothing more than for every major footballing country to boycott the 2022 World Cup over the slave labor and LGBT discrimination concerns, and instead put on an alternate World Cup that summer. Won't happen, but it would serve FIFA right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichO Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Speaking of corrupt international sporting events and interesting stadium ideas that never happened, this is the mostly temporary facility that Chicago was going to put in Washington Park in their 2016 Olympic bid. IIRC it was meant to basically be stripped down to a high school-sized track/stadium after.: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I miss when stadiums looked like stadiums and not abstract art. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Yeah, that's why the L.A. Coliseum and the old Soldier Field were so cool. Football is the gladiator sport and the stadiums reflected it. In 20 years, the Eagles will play in a Santiago Calatrava joint that looks like a cross between an albatross and a vagina. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Let the record show that I made that joke simply based on the Milwaukee Art Museum and the general principle that private parts are funny, but apparently I have unwittingly described Calatrava's World Trade Center PATH station. https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2016/08/santiago-calatrava-oculus-world-trade-center-transportation-hub-hufton-crow_dezeen_ss_7-852x609.jpg ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Well, you've pretty much described Calatrava's entire body of work. Fluid sexuality glides as a through-line in all his design; he's like an H. R. Giger dipped in bleach. ? The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 That train station is unconscionably expensive and ugly. You can't be both. I wish Mings were still here so I could rag on him for his Mies love. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 There was talk years back about building separate venues for the Tigers and Lions next to each other in Pontiac with a shared roof. PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I think that shared sliding canopy is a great idea. It wouldn't really keep the cold out in a place like Detroit, but it would keep it dry and that's arguably more important. And when not in use wouldn't be the hulking "Independence Day" alien ship mass looming over the stadium like it is in other retractable roof facilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 I remember Joe Maddon saying they should explore that option with Raymond James and the new Rays stadium. First, the location would suck. But I'm not sure that'd work. I feel like the canvas arch or whatever wouldn't work aesthetically now. Imagine a neoretro park like Camden Yards with a tarp over it. It'd have to be this massive rigid structure, probably closer to the roof of Minute Maid or Safeco @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTknight Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 3 hours ago, charger77 said: There was talk years back about building separate venues for the Tigers and Lions next to each other in Pontiac with a shared roof. Kansas City was planning on doing this a few years ago. In fact the baseball stadium in yourr picture looks very close to Kauffman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimball Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 22 minutes ago, ICTknight said: Kansas City was planning on doing this a few years ago. In fact the baseball stadium in yourr picture looks very close to Kauffman. Well, they were planning on it themselves way before the last renovations. It was part of their original conception in the late 60s. "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." Lily Tomlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 1 hour ago, ICTknight said: Kansas City was planning on doing this a few years ago. In fact the baseball stadium in yourr picture looks very close to Kauffman. Because it is a copy of Charles Deaton's original Truman Sports Complex plan. The Truman was to originally have a roof, but a six month labor strike in 1970 pushed the opening back a year. Deaton ended up suing the Detroit-based firm, O'Dell, Hewlett and Luckenbach, who presented the Detroit/Pontiac plan, for libel in 1972. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I'm pretty sure that is Kansas City (at least the second picture). Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017 ///// Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichO Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 The degree to which Kauffman Stadium was the go to for what a modern ballpark should be is not something I would have figured on. But for a good 20-25 years before Camden, if it wasn't a dome, it was a version of the K that was pitched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 The area around Kauffman and Arrowhead is still pretty suburban with lots of green around, but it appears to have built up quite a bit since the early 70s. In some of the early pictures of the complex, it looks like there is almost nothing around them. Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017 ///// Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnclearInitial Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 On 25/3/2017 at 3:14 AM, dfwabel said: Example: Both SS Lazio and AS Roma share Rome's Olympic Stadium and with rent and revenues as such, both are looking to build their own venues. Thank you very much On 28/3/2017 at 6:31 PM, the admiral said: Yeah, that's why the L.A. Coliseum and the old Soldier Field were so cool. Football is the gladiator sport and the stadiums reflected it. In 20 years, the Eagles will play in a Santiago Calatrava joint that looks like a cross between an albatross and a vagina. Caltrava designed what was supposed to hold the 2009 swimming World cup and a basketball/volleyball arena in Roma Maybe it's not completely unrealized but at this point they're like this and it's unlikely either get completed Staying in Rome, the previous proposed stadium for Roma Fiorentina Atalanta Cagliari Palermo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnclearInitial Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Siena had a project for a stadium that fit in the Tuscan landscape, shame they never managed to build it Meanwhile AC Milan's was supposed to fit in with office blocks, with the pitch below ground level The Tokyo National Olympic Stadium that got canceled after they realised that while Zaha Hadid's Vagina Stadiums look cool, they cost a :censored:ton of money A Le Corbusier concept for a 100.000 capacity stadium in paris The 49ers late 90's stadium proposal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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