Ultimate Sporting Venue Tournament

PTH2009

Valleymount

HeidiHeidi

I'll vote for the place I'd much prefer to visit which is Valleymount.

Can't get in any way excited about a horsey racey course.

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

The Curragh. Neither probably deserve to advance over others but that's the draw. If we're talking Ultimate it has to be the Curragh over some field with nice scenery.

This

I looked up Valleymount and it turned out I was a couple of hundred metres away last summer, just the other side of that bridge at the bottom of the picture, and I knew nothing of it. I think my ignorance is indicative of it not being an ultimate venue

KathleenGrant

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I'll vote for the place I'd much prefer to visit which is Valleymount.

Can't get in any way excited about a horsey racey course.

Me either. Never got the attraction. Not averse to riding but not horse riding

Necro

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Me either. Never got the attraction. Not averse to riding but not horse riding

:eek:




:pac::pac:

cdeb

Neither really qf material, but what a lovely place for a sporting event Valleymount is. I don't care about 60k+ crowds necessarily. I want somewhere to enjoy a game, and that's Valleymount more than Curragh here

Electric Nitwit

Without a drone to take photos, Valleymount doesn't look that great...

Collie D

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Me either. Never got the attraction. Not averse to riding but not horse riding

Ah here. I got banned for that.

JP Liz V1

The Curragh, as I fancy a flutter sometimes

KathleenGrant

Collie D wrote: »

Ah here. I got banned for that.

Riding or talking about it?

Collie D

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Without a drone to take photos, Valleymount doesn't look that great...

Things getting serious now when supporters turn from cheering their “side” to abusing the opposition.

Not to mention the terrace talk from Kathleen above.

Somebody will call the ref (Omackeral) a wanker in a minute.

Electric Nitwit

Collie D wrote: »

Things getting serious now when supporters turn from cheering their “side” to abusing the opposition.

Not to mention the terrace talk from Kathleen above.

Somebody will call the ref (Omackeral) a wanker in a minute.

You're distracted, the tactics are working

Collie D

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

You're distracted, the tactics are working

I voted with you

tc20

If we're talking ultimate sporting venues, then the Curragh has to win here. Neither is a great contender and can't see the victor of this round going much further.
The Curragh gets my vote

Electric Nitwit

Collie D wrote: »

I voted with you

Damn, I was distracted

Omackeral

Some wonderful gamesmanship in that match. I love to see it.

The Curragh advances to the quarter final

BrianBoru00

The Curragh.
great natural arena complimented by a beautiful new grandstand.
Valleymount is scenic but the non leaguers have reached the end of the road

Omackeral

The Crucible Theatre

Home of the World Snooker Championship



VS

Memphis Pyramid

Home of Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson

Necro

Ok, EN you win this time

The Crucible Theatre - because the other is now a fishing shop.

Also the iconic moments associated with the Crucible

Electric Nitwit

Zoom in on the green sign on the Pyramid. It's a damn fishing shop, not a sports venue

Whereas the Crucible is the most iconic venue in its sport.

Crucible please

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

Ok, EN you win this time

PTH2009

The Crucible Theatre

Just cause the other one is now a fish shop and beat Thomond Park

alchemist33

The Crucible, for late nights, missed blacks and unbeatable tension

KathleenGrant

The crucible a poster gave a reason before, a fantastic reason.....Dennis Taylor.

cdeb

Don't get the pyramid. The Crucible is great as a snooker fan though

Collie D

I think I’ve voted for The Pyramid and against The Crucible in previous rounds but I’m going to go with The Crucible this time. Not out of any great love for the place but the more I think of it a pyramid is a bit of a **** venue for sports. What does it look like inside? There’s only so far up the tiers can go before you’re looking directly down on the fight.

HeidiHeidi

Crucible.

For all the two-day long finals over the years, and all the huge personalities (sadly lacking these days!), and the dramas, and That Final.

The Crucible

Another venue stacked full of highs and lows

tc20

The Crucible.
For the drama, the teenage years watching the legendary players late at night with my folks.
The other yoke looks like the Square in Tallaght

The Crucible Theatre

For snooker and long snooker matches. When the other one isn't even a sporting venue

BrianBoru00

Crucible.
The pinnacle of snooker, atmosphere and history of the venue trumps to poor facilities and cramped conditions.
The memphis pyramid is a multi purpose arena as opposed to a sporting venue.

Sawduck

The Crucible Theatre

JP Liz V1

The Crucible, snooker home, some top matches

Electric Nitwit

This one looks close

alchemist33

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

This one looks close

The pyramid needs snookers now

Omackeral

Ha ha ha ok the Pyramid is gone. Did well to get here didn't it?!

The Crucible advances to the quarter final

Omackeral

Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

Home of 1992 Summer Olympics



VS

St Andrew's

Home of the British Open

JP Liz V1

Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc, a stunning pool

Necro

St Andrew's for me. Again much more history there

Love the pool but I'll have to go
St Andrew's
Home of golf etc!

KathleenGrant

Abstain

PTH2009

Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

Views are truly stunning when positioned right

paulie21

St Andrews. A lot of history has happened there, a lot of legends have played there and definitely be somewhere to visit

alchemist33

The setting of the pool doesn't do enough to offset the history of St Andrews so I'm voting for another golf course. And I don't even play golf

Kolido

The golf for me, world famous venue. Cant believe 2 olympic swimming pool venues made it this far

cdeb

The views over Montjuic are fantastic. You can count the Gaudi monuments in view. St Andrews is a classic venue, but Montjuic's uniqueness pips it for me

Zaph

St Andrew's, more history there than and other venue in the tournament.

BrianBoru00

St. Andrews.
Far more iconic than the pool
more atmosphere on a golf course than an open air pool.
more history.


no contest

HeidiHeidi

The pool for me. Those views are utterly spectacular, and I do love an outdoor swimming pool!!

tc20

St Andrews, deservedly so, has the history and world renown.
But Montjuïc has more to offer, a fabulous city, views, Olympic pedigree.
Montjuïc gets my vote here