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Tigger said:
Both the Sheffield stadiums are fantastic old theatres, along with lots mentioned like Villa Park, St James's etc but best stadium I have been to is the Millenium stadium Cardiff. Coming in from the city you dont even see it crammed between the high rises then it just appears magnificent on the river side.
Inside the atmosphere is electric with the top tiers hanging over the bottom tier feels like you are close to the pitch wherever you sit unlike the soulless bowl Wembley that's like watching subuteo from the upper sections.
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I'm not a rugby fan myself, but i know plenty of people from Cork and Limerick who had an epic time there when Munster won those Heineken Cups.

They should have kept both domestic cup finals at the Millenium stadium. Wembley in it's modern form is a disgrace to the stadium it once was.
 


Cork Evertonian said:
They did a similar thing in the Aussie Rules football. All the teams in Melbourne used to have their own unique home grounds, but greed sort of took over. The AFL wanted all the games played at grounds that could cater for bigger crowds.

So all the suburban grounds were gradually phased out, and now all the Melbourne based clubs play their games out of two grounds the MCG and the Docklands stadium. People like @Sinski and @Jeff Jones would have mixed feelings about this at the time i'm sure.
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Its a bit different though I think. I love the MCG and Collingwood have played games there as long as I remember even when they still had their own ground at Vic Park. I have only seen the one game there as it was very difficult to access and get tickets coming from a regional area. I was more sad about Waverly Park going as it was easy to get to from where I lived as a kid although it was not really a good stadium.

Most of the old VFL stadiums are used still for all the clubs' reserves/VFL teams. None of them held enough people and the AFL would rather get 50000 - 80000 in a game than 20000. Much more money in that.
 
Sinski said:
Its a bit different though I think. I love the MCG and Collingwood have played games there as long as I remember even when they still had their own ground at Vic Park. I have only seen the one game there as it was very difficult to access and get tickets coming from a regional area. I was more sad about Waverly Park going as it was easy to get to from where I lived as a kid although it was not really a good stadium.

Most of the old VFL stadiums are used still for all the clubs' reserves/VFL teams. None of them held enough people and the AFL would rather get 50000 - 80000 in a game than 20000. Much more money in that.
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Docklands/Marvel stadium was of course Waverly Parks replacement. There was already one ground close to the centre of Melbourne in the MCG.

There probably wasn't any need for another one. From reading Big Footy the general consensus seems to be, that Waverly was a ground that had no real atmosphere or character to it.
 
Neiler said:
Croke Park.

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Yeah Croke Park on all Ireland final day you can't beat it. There's no beating Tom Semples field in Thurles on Munster hurling final day either!

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Villa Park and Craven Cottage, used to love going to Upton Park and Highfield road. (anyone remember the snowball fight)
Loved the San Siro for the Milan Derby, really disappointed with the Nou Camp.
Would love to go to Dortmond and Celtic Park.
 

larbert toffee said:
I'm sure you'd like Ibrox.
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Nicest ground in Scotland for sure. It is a wonderful footballing theatre indeed.

Sadly i have a feeling that behind, what seems to be a complimentary post about Ibrox on your part, is a very subtle thinly veiled dig at that fine stadium and it's patrons.
 
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