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Allianz is the best stadium followed by the camp nou

Bollinjoe , Correct guy You make sense jor

bollingjoe:

Allianz is the best stadium followed by the camp nou

and based on what criteria? definitely not capacity.

If capacity is the measure of a good stadium then we should be talking about Olimpiysky stadium in Kiev Ataturk in Turkey

In terms of capacity, Camp Nou and Wembley would be top of the list

biina:

In terms of capacity, Camp Nou and Wembley would be top of the list

Azteca stadium in mexico has more capacity than these two.

asha 80:

Azteca stadium in mexico has more capacity than these two.

and mexico is in Europe?
Shame on your geography teacher

The Stade Allianz is it. . . . its an architectural masterpiece!

The estadio de luz in Lisbon is equally massive.

Ruudie,

You be correct person jare. No mind that bush boy called biina.

You cant judge a stadium simply on aesthetics. Nou Camp is almost 1.5x Allianz. For me Allianz is too small to be the best stadium in europe and I doubt it has features like the slide out pitch at Veltins.
The top criterion should be capacity before anything else, and that puts Nou Camp and Wembley at the top of the list. I would rule out any stadium that is below 80k

How can you rate anything based on capacity??

So te besy vehicles to you are luxurious buses? and the best houses are 1000 roms houses

whats the use of a stadium with 1million capacity but crappy looks. I guess the Maracana in Brazil is the best stadium in the world or the Aztec

I never said being the biggest means the best, but being one of the biggest is a key criterion.
You cannot tell me a small 30K stadium is the best in the world simply because it looks good.
Allianz Arena, with a UEFA approved capacity of 66k does not qualify.
Outside of the lighted foil, what other criteria did you use in picking AA over the other stadiums with higher caoacity?

Allianz Arena without a doubt

End of Thread.

biina:

and mexico is in Europe?
Shame on your geography teacher

chai it is good to read the title of a thread before replying

However if it is europe i go for nou camp.Allianz arena looks like a glowing large tyre.

Do you know Barcelona are trying to copy the model of the Allianz arena?

Foster's project is pragmatic and the obvious choice of Barca board, but it wouldn't be unique, actually it copies Allianz arena technology, only the panel size and colours differs from it. Foster is a legend among the architects, but his project is 1:1 to the stadium in Munich (especially the roof design).

http://www.barcaforum.com/showthread.php?p=93105

and your point being?
You are yet to answer the questions of which criteria you are using outside of aesthetics?
Abi why didnt you call the thread 'the finest stadium'?

A stadium with 66,000 capacity is big enough coupled with the aesthetics.

Its so glamorous that you so called Nou camp wants to steal architectural designs from the Allianz arena

Abi why didnt you call the thread 'the finest stadium'?

Neither was the topic called 'Biggest stadium'

I didnt say Nou camp was the best but only that 66k is too small, when there are almost 20 stadiums with larger capacities.
You have said nothing about the pitch, covered seating etc.
Until there is an agreed criteria, you cannot just conclude on looks alone and capacity has to be one of the criteria used.

Examples of criteria: architecture, capacity, incline/steepness, acoustics, proximity of stands to playing field, line of sight, transportation, atmosphere, safety, amenities, popularity, etc

Almost 20 stadiums with bigger capacities? WHere you mean in Europe? Then name them.

If you want to know about the Allianz arena check

http://www.allianz-arena.de/en/fakten/allgemeine-informationen/

A 66,000 stadium is ok for any intent and purpose why should you have a 1million capacity stadium?

or of what use is the Olympicstadium Rome, Turin and San Siro when its half full most of the time

In all those criteria you used Allianz floors them all

architecture- 98% the great Nou camp has to steal it,

capacity, 66,000 is a good capacity for any event

incline/steepness,?? acoustics- llianz leads,

proximity of stands to playing field, No tracks at the Allianz brings fans closer to the match

line of sight, transportation, atmosphere, safety- German stadiums are the one of the safest in Europes ,

amenities, popularity- Allianz all the way

Capacity
•Total: 69,901 capacity undercover (including.Executive boxes and business seats)

•Total of 66,000 seats

•Lower Tier: 20,000 seats (with standing : 69,901)

•Middle Tier: 24,000 seats

•Upper Tier: 22,000 seats

•in the North and South Stands: 10,400 standing: a relationship of 1-1.3 Vario-Seats

•2,200 business seats and about 400 seats for the press

•106 VIP boxes of various sizes accommodating 1,374 guests

•165 special seats for the disabled at main entrance/exterior ground level (no change of level)
Parking
•9,800 parking places in four x four-storey Esplanade car parks (the largest in Europe)

•Entrance height: 2 metres

•1,200 parking places on two levels in the stadium

•350 coach places (240 to the north and 110 to the south of the Esplanade)

•130 parking spaces for the disabled
Inside the Arena
6,000 m² of catering facilities devided into following sections:

•28 kiosks

•2 fan-restaurants (one in the north- and one in the south-stand), each with 1,000 seats
Restaurant Arena a la Carte accommodating 400 people
Press club with about 350 seats

•Mixed Zone ( 520 m²)

•offices and conference rooms

•comfortably appointed media areas

•a nursery

•54 ticket counters

•shopping facilities

•changing rooms ( 4 for players: FC Bayern 2, TSV 1860 2 ; 4 for coaches ; 2 for referees)

•2 warm-up rooms, each 110m²

•550 WC-cubicles in the Arena

•190 monitors in the Arena
Pitch
•190 monitors in the Arena

•Total surface (barrier to barrier): 120 m x 83 m

•Spectator distance from pitch: 7.5 m minimum

•Pitchside barrier height: approx 1.2 m

Seat row gradients:

•Lower tier: approx 24°

•Middle tier: approx 30°

•Upper tier: approx 34°


•2 x 100 m2
LED Video Walls in 16:9 format, 42.5 m above ground

•232 floodlights, 45 m high
Arena & Esplanade dimensions
Stadium dimensions: 258 m x 227 m x 50 m (gross figure)


•7 levels

•Admesurement: 840 m

•Façade and roof: 66,500 m² in total, comprising 2,760 inflated panels

•Roof area: 38,000 m²

•Façade: 28,500 m²

•Illuminated area (three colours available); 25,500 m²

•Area occupied by stadium: 37,600 m²

•Total site area: 171,000 m²
Esplanade dimensions: 543 m x 136 m x 0-12 m

•4 levels

•Admesurement: 1.358 m

•Covered area: approx 73,900 m²

1 Camp Nou 98,772
2 Wembley Stadium 90,000
3 Olimpiysky 83,450
4 Croke Park 82,300
5 Signal Iduna Park 81,264
6 Estadio Santiago Bernabéu 80,354
7 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza 80,074
8 Stade de France 80,000
9 Luzhniki Stadium 78,360
10 Hrazdan Stadium 78,000
11 Old Trafford 76,212
12 Atatürk Olympic Stadium 75,486
13 Millennium Stadium 74,500
14 Olympiastadion 74,228
15 Stadio Olimpico 72,700
16 Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
17 Munich Olympiastadion 69,250
18 Stadium Puskás Ferenc 68,976
19 Murrayfield Stadium 67,800

Compare to wembley
Stats and Facts

General facts
The stadium has a circumference of 1 km
There are 107 steps in the trophy presentation route – the old stadium had 39 steps
The new Wembley encloses 4,000,000 m3 inside its walls and under its roof. This is the equivalent of 25,000 double-decker buses or 7 billion pints of milk
The deepest of the piles that form the foundations, at 35 metres, is as deep as the Twin Towers were tall
The new pitch is four metres lower than the previous pitch
Each of the two giant screens in new stadium is the size of 600 domestic television sets
The total length of the escalators is the same as a 400 metre running track

The seats
The stadium has 90,000 seats with NO obstructed views
The rows of seating, if placed end to end, would stretch 54 kilometers
There is more leg room in every seat in Wembley Stadium than there was in the Royal Box of the old stadium
The seats are spread over three tiers: lower 34,303, middle 16,532 and upper 39,165

The arch
The arch is 133 metres above the level of the external concourse
With a span of 315 metres, the arch is the longest single span roof structure in the world
With a diameter of 7.4 metres the arch is wide enough for a Channel Tunnel train to run through
A representative from every county in England was involved in the construction of the arch
To read more about the Arch Fascinating facts click here.

The roof
The stadium roof rises to 52 metres above the pitch. This compares to the 35 metres tall Twin Towers of the old stadium
The roof is over 11 acres, of which four of the acres are retractable

Facilities
The soft drink dispensers can pour 30,000 cups in a little over 10 minutes
Approximately 40,000 pints of beer can be served during half time in a football/rugby league match

Transport
Almost 40,000 people come through Wembley Park station on an event day
100 trains an hour will go through the three Wembley stations servicing the Stadium

How many…?
90,000 seats
310 wheelchair spaces
400 press seats

34 bars
8 restaurants
98 kitchens
688 food and drink service points
10,500 seated covers on an event day

2,618 toilets
47 retail units (programmes, merchandise, betting)
164 turnstiles
26 lifts
30 escalators

i dont see the point of the argurment here. the truth is, most of us here have not visited any of the stadia we are arguing about. For the records, according to FIFA, architecturally, shalke 04 stadium is the best.

Allianz has a capacity of 69,901. 99 spaces shot of 70,000.

How can anyone call a 70,000 stadium Not big enough? Thats ridiculous

Under UEFA regulation only seating capacity counts. No standing is allowed for European games.
The seating capacity of AA is 66K.
Wembley has 90K seating capacity
Nou camp has 99.8k seating capacity (1.5x AA)
AA is small when compared to all the other 80K+ stadiums and one of those would be the best.

I don't think size is the basis for judging a stadium. . . .

biina:

and mexico is in Europe?
Shame on your geography teacher

~Sauron~:

Coming from a dude who spent his entire adolescent years catching crabs in Ijaw waters. . . .PRICELESS.

Trust una naija ppl to yab. The poster clearly said best stadium in euprope not best yabber in europe haba. I'll probably say nou camp