Ultimate Sporting Venue Tournament

Omackeral

St Andrews advances to the quarter final

Last match of the round now...

Omackeral

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Home of Australia National Cricket Team, Annual AFL Grand Final, 1956 Summer Olympics, Cricket World Cup 1992 and 2015



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Camp Nou

Home of Barcelona FC, 1992 Summer Olympics, UEFA Champions League Final (2 x times)

Necro

Close (ok not really for me) but Melbourne Cricket Ground

Multi sports venue - cricket, AFL, soccer. Also hosted an Olympics.

And as always fcuk Barca.

Hard to choose, been to a match in camp nou and enjoyed it, I like the look of the cricket ground.........

Going to go Camp Nou

KathleenGrant

Necro wrote: »

Close (ok not really for me) but Melbourne Cricket Ground

Multi sports venue - cricket, AFL, soccer. Also hosted an Olympics.

And as always fcuk Barca.

We agree on one thing.

Melbourne Cricket Ground cos Fcuk Barca.

PTH2009

Camp Nou

HeidiHeidi

MCG for me.

More interesting and varied history of use than just a football stadium.

alchemist33

MCG. Imagine the place full during an Ashes game. The Camp Nou is great and storied too but those steep stands in Melbourne... I'd just love to be there.

Electric Nitwit

KathleenGrant wrote: »

We agree on one thing.

Melbourne Cricket Ground cos Fcuk Barca.

One more for the "MCG cos fcuk Barca" party

tc20

Camp Nou.
A stadium that deserves its place amongst the famous sports venues of the world.
Its hosted the greats of soccer, close to 100k capacity, cool city, great club

KathleenGrant

tc20 wrote: »

Camp Nou.
A stadium that deserves its place amongst the famous sports venues of the world.
Its hosted the greats of soccer, close to 100k capacity, cool city, great club

You're not invited to the party.

paulie21

MCG

Fabulous atmosphere for Ashes and Grand Final

Zaph

Camp Boy. Great place to watch a match, and it's a symbol of Catalonian independence as much as it's a football stadium. Barcelona really are "Mes Que Un Club".

Omackeral

Melbourne Cricket Ground advances to the quarter final

Pretty amazing since nobody even nominated it, I threw it in myself as a wildcard. Delighted! That concludes Round 3. The 1/4 Finals will take place tomorrow. Keep an eye on your notifications. Stay safe!

tc20

KathleenGrant wrote: »

You're not invited to the party.

..sledging is it Kathleen? How appropriate for a cricket fan. Your mind games ain't gonna work here y'know :-)

KathleenGrant

tc20 wrote: »

..sledging is it Kathleen? How appropriate for a cricket fan. Your mind games ain't gonna work here y'know :-)

Cricket fan? Nope. Only sport i never watch.

KathleenGrant

Omackeral wrote: »

Melbourne Cricket Ground advances to the quarter final

Pretty amazing since nobody even nominated it, I threw it in myself as a wildcard. Delighted! That concludes Round 3. The 1/4 Finals will take place tomorrow. Keep an eye on your notifications. Stay safe!

Ah what a great twist. That's fantastic Omackeral. Great night tonight.

Electric Nitwit

Pretty interesting list
Every one a different sport!

Omackeral wrote: »

That's the most mental result ever. Wimbledon was ahead with 30 seconds to go and then the Chinese National Stadium got two votes right at the death to take the outright win.

Beijing Bird's Nest advances to the quarter finals

Omackeral wrote: »

GAA HQ slaugters the competition.

Croke Park advances to the quarter final

Omackeral wrote: »

Decision overturned

Aviva Stadium advances to quarter final

Omackeral wrote: »

Close but not as controversial!

Circuit de Monaco advances to the quarter final.

Omackeral wrote: »

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

The Curragh advances to the quarter final

Omackeral wrote: »

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

The Crucible advances to the quarter final

Omackeral wrote: »

St Andrews advances to the quarter final

Last match of the round now...

Omackeral wrote: »

Melbourne Cricket Ground advances to the quarter final

Pretty amazing since nobody even nominated it, I threw it in myself as a wildcard. Delighted! That concludes Round 3. The 1/4 Finals will take place tomorrow. Keep an eye on your notifications. Stay safe!

I reckon Croker, Crucible or MCG to win...

hurlingman97

Glad 2 of my noms got this far.
Also glad the stupid swimming pool that knocked out the Westfalenstadion is finally gone.

Can we get a list of all stadiums with number of nominations at the end please.
Be interesting to see how far the stadiums with multiple nominations got.

JP Liz V1

Nou Camp iconic football stadium some classic matches

Electric Nitwit

hurlingman97 wrote: »

Glad 2 of my noms got this far.
Also glad the stupid swimming pool that knocked out the Westfalenstadion is finally gone

2 for me too

I also nominated that stupid swimming pool

hurlingman97

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

2 for me too

I also nominated that stupid swimming pool

I'm just bitter I missed that vote
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Electric Nitwit

hurlingman97 wrote: »

I'm just bitter I missed that vote
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

It was 9-2

Zaph

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

2 for me too

I also nominated that stupid swimming pool

Only one of mine left. It'll probably go out to the big field where the horses run around in the next round.

Omackeral

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Pretty interesting list
Every one a different sport!

That's outrageous!

cdeb

Which means the best football stadium in the world is..

The Aviva.

Eh...

Kolido

..and 3 Irish venues in the top 8

I can see Croker going all the way with home advantage

duffman13

The only one I haven't been too is Monaco, it helps 3 are in Ireland. Not sure on the Aviva being here tbh, although maybe I'm biased by the generally crap atmosphere and the nostalgia of the old Lansdowne. St Andrews is beautiful, just did a tour though would love to actually take in an open championship.

Beijing is incredible and a winner for me. China is my least favourite places to ever go but the Birds Nest is class. Also didnt realise how highly thought of the Curragh is

BrianBoru00

duffman13 wrote: »

The only one I haven't been too is Monaco, it helps 3 are in Ireland. Not sure on the Aviva being here tbh, although maybe I'm biased by the generally crap atmosphere and the nostalgia of the old Lansdowne. St Andrews is beautiful, just did a tour though would love to actually take in an open championship.

Beijing is incredible and a winner for me. China is my least favourite places to ever go but the Birds Nest is class. Also didnt realise how highly thought of the Curragh is

A the Curragh as a horse racing track is one of the best in the world - its the rest of it that brings it down plus its had the easiest passage - a couple of local pitches and a pub :eek:

also its the ultimate Sporting Venue so isn't the Aviva and Lansdowne road the same thing essentially. Otherwise we're looking at "Ship of thesus" (or triggers broom) .
Venues have to reinvent themselves and move as much as possible with the times - I'm treating any outdoor stadium which is on the same location / footprint as the same.

Great tournament Omackeral.

But folks how the fliuch did we let a fishing tackle shop beat the legendary Thomond Park:rolleyes:

Electric Nitwit

BrianBoru00 wrote: »

...the Curragh as a horse racing track is one of the best in the world

I'd argue it's not even the best "Irish" track, that's Cheltenham

BrianBoru00 wrote: »

...also its the ultimate Sporting Venue so isn't the Aviva and Lansdowne road the same thing essentially

That's not how I'm voting. Many stadiums have been renovated, so their history remains, but for me Lansdowne was demolished and the Aviva built afresh. The pitch isn't oriented the same way! Depends how you look at it, but I'm never voting on the Aviva's history, I'm treating it as ten years old and a pretty disappointing stadium.

If it wasn't Irish I'd probably like it more! It's just the fact that I want it to be so great, and it falls short of my dreams, that drags it down for me

Collie D

No American venues - north or south.

Omackeral

Lads and ladies. Quarter final stage kicks off in one hour.

Omackeral

The draw has been made. Looks like the rub of the green has kept some Irish interests apart. Or maybe that's unlucky?! 20 mins until kick off.

Omackeral

As we are now at the business end of proceedings, we will extend the match time to 30 minutes per match. As before, reasons given will be used in the event of a tie. If you feel strongly about your choice or against it's opponent, you should reflect it in your answer or it may not count ultimately!

Omackeral

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Home of Australia National Cricket Team, Annual AFL Grand Final, 1956 Summer Olympics, Cricket World Cup 1992 and 2015



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Aviva Stadium

Home of Ireland National Rugby Team, Ireland National Football Team, FAI Cup (annual), 2011 UEFA Europa League Final

Electric Nitwit

Necro

Melbourne Cricket Ground


It's just better.

Both host a multitude of sports but only one has hosted an Olympics and two World Cups, and it isn't the Irish ground.

Omackeral

alchemist33 has hot me via PM as they're stuck at work.

Vote cast by alchemist33

I vote for MCG. Its round and historic and full of loud aussies. I've always hated the look of the aviva. From inside the low end look like they ran out of money

Electric Nitwit

MCG

It's the best stadium for its sport(s)
Aviva isn't. Hell, it's not even the best stadium in Dublin

cdeb

I just don't get the love for the MCG.

Cricket is a silly sport. Aussie Rules is daft. So that doesn't swing it for me. It's relatively mundane as big grounds go.

So Aviva for the Shane Long goal linked earlier. Though it's also daft that it's the only football ground left.

BrianBoru00

MCG.
I think the atmosphere is slightly better and it can facilitate more sports than the Aviva.

hurlingman97

Mcg nicer looking, bigger capacity, has held bigger events.

And I don't like the Aviva

Imo neither deserve a semi final spot

Zaph

MCG - I just can't get over how stupid the Havelock Square end of the Aviva looks. They may as well have gone the whole hog and not bothered putting any seating there rather than the few crappy rows that they have.

Kolido

MCG please, dont know much about it but looks like a better stadium, much bigger and help more important events. Aviva has done well to get this far.

Omackeral

Melbourne Cricket Ground advances to the semi-final

tc20

Not a fan of either, but less a fan of the Aviva.
MCG gets my vote.

Omackeral

Clash of the Celtic Nations coming in our next quarter final. Less than 10 minutes away.

Omackeral

St Andrew's

Home of the British Open



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Croke Park

Home of Gaelic Athletic Association HQ

Collie D

Croke Park - Both have history and are the homes of their respective sports but I've enjoyed many a summer's day and endured many a cold winter evening in Croke Park whereas I've only seen St. Andrew's on the telly - as the GAA themselves say "Nothing beats being there". I'll be sticking with this all the way through seeing as my other regular stomping ground went out in the previous QF.

Necro

Croke Park

For me personally it's more iconic than St. Andrews. I'm aware that it probably isn't in all actualities but it's a deserving semi finalist for me for the years and years of historic moments - sporting and otherwise within the ground.