Ultimate Sporting Venue Tournament

Electric Nitwit

Damn, thought it was going to be the Curragh and I had an incredibly witty anecdote about why I was voting for St Andrews but now...

Has to be Croker.
A stadium like that, for an amateur, community based sport, it's incredible

hurlingman97

Croke Park easy pick.
Home of its sports, atmosphere unbelievable, it's every gaa players goal to play/win there.

As well as that has a massive history both sporting and political.

Collie D

Thanks for the notification, Omackeral. Only seeing it now but my vote wouldn't have made a difference in first match anyway.

I'm following the thread but was on a call.

Zaph

St. Andrew's. I'm not a GAA fan in any way, so I've no particular affection for Croke Park, and because there's no roof on it, the Hill end always looks messy and unfinished to me. And historical as Croke Park may be, St. Andrew's has history going back even further. It's one of the most iconic sporting venues in any sport, and golf has a much broader reach than GAA, so its iconic status is global. Plus it's my last remaining nomination.

BrianBoru00

It has it all - one of the worlds great arenas
Croke Park

duffman13

Sporting venue - Croke Park as I've never been to St Andrews during a tournament. It has history but not history like Croker IMO. Croker has had many Irish iconic moments from GAA to the England match in the rugby, one of the very few times I've ever been so invested in a game.

Its an Irish forum and even though I'm not a huge GAA fan, Croker is iconic. St Andrews is a stunning venue though

Omackeral

Croke Park advances to the semi final

Omackeral

Next bout sees the sport of kings take on the sport of princes and sheiks

Omackeral

Circuit de Monaco

Home of F1 Monaco Grand Prix



VS

The Curragh

Home of Tattersalls Gold Cup, Irish Derby

HeidiHeidi

Monaco for me.

For the glitz, the glamour, the boats, the beautiful people, the sunshine.

A muddy horsetrack on an Irish "summer's" day just doesn't do it for me.

PTH2009

Circuit de Monaco

Reberetta

Monaco

cdeb

Monaco. I don't care that the race is often boring; that's not the question here. As a sporting venue, driving million-pound cars around a billionaires' town is better than a lovely horse in a bit of a field.

Kolido

Monaco, personal preference I guess, would rather watch F1 than horse racing

BrianBoru00

Haven't been to the Curragh in years. Great galloping track perfect for horse racing.
The atmosphere though has always been only ok and not nearly as good as Listowel or Galway or even Leopardstown christmas festival

Monaco gives great glitz and glamour and razmataz so I'm going for it.
The weakest QF i think

Zaph

I've already stated that I'm not a fan of the racing there, it's generally just not that exciting, but for everything else it brings as a venue it has to be Monaco. Show a non-F1 fan a picture of any random bit of another circuit and they more than likely wouldn't be able to identify it. But show them a picture of anywhere in Monaco and it will be instantly recognisable to them. That's how iconic it is.

Necro

Gonna give the Curragh a pity vote here. Because it is a nice place to visit, just not as good as some others left in the contest.

tc20

missed the first two QFS due to work..

have to give it to Monaco - it is instantly recognisable, the glitz, glamour, location, the yachts, the noise!!

hurlingman97

Monaco is an iconic, world renowned venue.
Don't follow either sport but even as an Irish person I've seen more of Monaco.

Collie D

The Curragh - Never been to Monaco, no particular desire to either.

Electric Nitwit

Collie D wrote: »

The Curragh - Never been to Monaco, no particular desire to either.

Monaco - Never been to The Curragh, no particular desire to either.

Omackeral

Fairly comprehensive here.

Circuit De Monaco advances to the semi finals

Omackeral

One last spot up for grabs in the semi final. It's East vs West, who do you think is best?

Omackeral

Beijing Bird's Nest

Home of China National Football Team, 2008 Summer Olympics, 2022 Winter Olympics



VS

The Crucible Theatre

Home of the World Snooker Championship

HeidiHeidi

As impressive as the Bird's Nest is, i have to go with the Crucible here - for the memories, the late nights, the big personalities back in the day (Bill Werbenuik and his feed of pints, Alex sucking the very life out of the fags, Cliff grinding out that first 147, drooling over Tony Knowles and Kirk Stevens at school the next day, oh the shame of it!!).

And THAT final.

hurlingman97

This is a tough one,
Crucible is the home of its sport.

But the birds nest is one of my favourite Stadiums, it's class, there's no other stadium like it, has a massive capacity but it's not just an ugly bowl.
Definitely the best Olympic stadium of the past 20 years, gets my vote here.

Necro

I was gonna abstain because I really like both and whilst the Crucible has the history, the Bird's Nest is bloody impressive to look at whilst the Crucible is not.

But then I keep thinking about the Taylor final in particular, how people still talk about it to this day - if that isn't an Ultimate Sporting Venue I'm not sure what is really.

So... The Crucible.

paulie21

Crucible is one of my favourite venues so has my vote but no doubt the bleeding nest will win

cdeb

Crucible - the Bird's Nest never looks like that in real life. It looks like smog. The Crucible does look like that, and has great memories over 40 years compared to just one Olympics. And it's far more atmosphere (I would say!)

BrianBoru00

Birds Nest wins the "Looks" award hands down.


This was a pretty special moment....


But so was this. . .

Multi sport, Facilities, Viewing comfort and aesthetics all heavily in favour of Birds nest so I vote for the Chinese - a great bunch of lads

Electric Nitwit

The Crucible

It is tough, but I think the Bird's Nest isn't used widely now counts against it. One off events aren't enough to counter a lifetime of memories

Collie D

BrianBoru00 wrote: »

Birds Nest wins the "Looks" award hands down.


This was a pretty special moment....


But so was this. . .

Multi sport, Facilities, Viewing comfort and aesthetics all heavily in favour of Birds nest so I vote for the Chinese - a great bunch of lads

I’ll go with this. Awesome looking stadium and scene of Bolt pretty much laughing at both the opposition and the clock. Bird’s Nest for me.

tc20

Tough call.
Crucible holds memories of watching the greats and not so greats (Neal Foulds anyone?) of the day, often up way past bedtime on a school night.
I've always like the design of the Birds Nest, it is an ultimate sporting venue.
But so is the Crucible.
Crucible gets my vote

cdeb

tc20 wrote: »

the greats and not so greats (Neal Foulds anyone?) of the day

Kirk Stevens and his cocaine-white suit.

Bill Werbeniuk's farts.

The kick on Jimmy's last black to win it.

I'm a bit surprised there's so many snooker fans on here actually.

Omackeral

cdeb wrote: »

I'm a bit surprised there's so many snooker fans on here actually.

Well they've done their job.

The Crucible Theatre advances to the semi final

Omackeral

Amazingly, the Final Four has not got one soccer stadium in it. That shocks me. Cricket, GAA, F1 Motorsport and Snooker... I wouldn't have predicted it. Would you?!

Semi Finals will kick off at about 7 or 7:30 to give everyone a chance to get in on the action. We're gonna finish this tournament tonight. I'm gonna PM everyone who's voted so far as to get maximum involvement. I'm excited!

hurlingman97

Disappointing about the birds nest (one of my noms) tbh, I feel it deserved a semi final spot and would've got it if it was up against Monaco or the curragh or even against MCG it would've been close.

I have 1 nom left and I can't see it not winning at this stage. The draw has been unkind to some venues and very kind to others *cough*Monaco*cough*

Electric Nitwit

Omackeral wrote: »

I'm gonna PM everyone who's voted so far as to get maximum involvement

Even 2D? :pac:

Zaph

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Even 2D? :pac:

Especially 2D, just to let him know Monaco is still in the running

KathleenGrant

Really sorry but work was manic today. Had to cover for someone who is sick, wasn't online all day. Am free now

Omackeral

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Even 2D? :pac:

Especially 2D. Might let him make the draw

KathleenGrant

Really sorry to miss this, just the way work was today.



Melbourne Cricket Ground v Aviva Stadium
I probably would have voted the Aviva here, just because i was there and saw 2 teams I love play here. Neither won but 2 draws, loved the experience.

St. Andrew's v Croker
No competition......Croker

Monaco v The Curragh
Said already in the thread, used to be quite a follower of F1 and it was Monaco that attracted me to the sport so happy with the result.

Crucible v Beijing
The Crucible because Dennis Taylor

Even if i had been here things would have gone the same way so happy enough.

hurlingman97

I'm not around this eve for the final
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Can I pm my choices or just list them here?

Sawduck

Missed this round because of work, the only disappointment is croker going out, but St. Andrews is a great golf course so it is deserving of its semi final placement, I still would have voted croker though

Kolido

Sawduck wrote: »

Missed this round because of work, the only disappointment is croker going out, but St. Andrews is a great golf course so it is deserving of its semi final placement, I still would have voted croker though

Croke park won that match did it not?

Omackeral

hurlingman97 wrote: »

I'm not around this eve for the final
•́ ‿ ,•̀
Can I pm my choices or just list them here?

Hit me up via PM pal. List your order of preference and I’ll take it from that in case any come up against each other.

tc20

Omackeral wrote: »

Hit me up via PM pal. List your order of preference and I’ll take it from that in case any come up against each other.

This too if that's ok..

Sawduck

Kolido wrote: »

Croke park won that match did it not?

You're right, don't know why I thought it was eliminated, think I'm half asleep

Omackeral

tc20 wrote: »

This too if that's ok..

Got those TC. Doing the draw now...

Omackeral

I regret to tell you that an anonymous poster won't be able to join us for this evening's proceedings after an exchange of PMs.

A ROAD BEATING A STADIUM


NOPE, GOODBYE.

Boo!