Ultimate Sporting Venue Tournament

Omackeral

I think there are around 10 ties left to decide in Round 1

Omackeral

Memphis Pyramid

Home of Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson



VS

Victoria Stadium

Home of Gibraltar National Football Team

Memphis Pyramid.

Omackeral

Some alternate views.

Pyramid



Victoria:

PTH2009

Victoria Stadium

Id say its a nightmare to play esp if your a goalkeeper. Planes landing and taking off would be a massive distraction

Zaph

Much and all as I like that the pitch is nearly on the runway, the Memphis Pyramid is pretty cool looking and gets my vote. Just looked it up and it now seems to be a hunting and fishing store with a hotel attached. Weird way for it to end up.

Electric Nitwit

Just read about the Memphis Pyramid, it's a real white elephant - built for nba but not good enough, basically abandoned, now a shopping mall. Its quite sad. But it's no doubt unique so takes my vote over an astroturf pitch in a wind tunnel with the slight amusement of planes taxiing behind one of the goals

Memphis Pyramid please

Memphis Pyramid

Kolido

Memphis Pyramid, one of my noms. If only for the St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House event where the hardcore championship match between Bob Holly and al Snow spilled out into the nearby Mississippi river.

Sawduck

Memphis Pyramid
It's unfortunate that it isn't used anymore

Omackeral

Memphis Pyramid rises up and advances to Round 2

Omackeral

Circuit de Monaco

Home of F1 Monaco Grand Prix



VS

Arrowhead Stadium

Home of Kansas City Chiefs

JohnGreenFan

Arrowhead Stadium

cdeb

Monaco, to nullify the vote of Genesis Fancy Tenseness when they come along to say they couldn't vote for a road

Electric Nitwit

Monaco

It's just a classic, isn't it? I've driven it in a hire car (an Opel Corsa!) and it was genuinely thrilling to do so

Kolido

Monaco please. There are probably better stadiums in the contest, taking nothing away from this one and growing up watching the Monaco GP on tv I'm just more familiar with it.

Did you mess up the post, Macker?

I can only see Arrowhead...

Monaco for me.

Always my favorite grand prix when I used to follow F1

Omackeral

Deleted User wrote: »

Did you mess up the post, Macker?

I can only see Arrowhead...

It's showing up fine for me?

Oh it's a joke :P

Circuit de Monaco

The only F1 track im even vaguely interested in. Drove around it too

In vain, but I'm a man of principle (when it suits).


Arrowhead.

Omackeral

Circuit de Monaco zooms into the next round

Omackeral

Pontiac Silverdome

Home of Detroit Lions (former), Detroit Pistons (former), 1994 FIFA World Cup Group Stage, WrestleMania III: Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant



VS

Lakeside Leisure Centre

Home of World Darts Championship (former)

cdeb

Let's play darts!

A great venue. The Dome is a bit bland.

Collie D

Can't say I'm feeling either of these to be honest but I'll go with Lakeside Leisure Centre for the chandeliers.

paulie21

I nominated the Lakeside - real home of darts for me classic matches there involving Bristow, Lowe, Jocky etc

tc20

The Lakeside for me.
Not a massive darts fan but enjoy the crowd/fans (pre Covid) who'd go there for the craic. Looks like it'd be a good session with the lads.
As for the NFL stadium, sorry does nothing for me

Omackeral

I just always remember that dome from USA 94 thinking how cool it was having football inside.



And this too...

Pontiac Silverdome is the sort of venue I think of when looking for an Ultimate Sporting Venue (I didn't nominate it).

- Good looking
- Excellent atmosphere
- Iconic moments
- Variety of sports

Lakeside Leisure Centre

Better craic at the darts, that place looks full of atmosphere

If a glorified parish hall knocks out the Silverdome I won't be casting another vote.

Electric Nitwit

The Silverdome

Looks cool, I'm a big fan of a roof
The other is a glorified pub by a shopping centre, and pubs in shopping centres are always dives

JohnGreenFan

The Silverdome

Omackeral

Deleted User wrote: »

If a glorified parish hall knocks out the Silverdome I won't be casting another vote.

That's just gonna make more people go for the community centre...

Zaph

The Silverdome. It's a proper stadium as opposed to a big function room.

Omackeral

Lakeside Leisure Centre goes through. Silverdome nearly came back! Bye bye H2D Person Below, thanks for playing.

hurlingman97

Pontiac Silverdome

I don't trust this place anymore since a swimming pool knocked out the Westfalenstadion


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Best of luck with the rest of the tournament, Macker.

Omackeral

The Pontiac Silverdome fell into disrepair.



And was demolished. She didn't go without a fight though...

Omackeral

Deleted User wrote: »

Best of luck with the rest of the tournament, Macker.

See you in the next match bud

Omackeral

Good match with two proper stadia coming up...

cdeb

I hope one's a fish tank just off the N11 to annoy Hello 2D Person

Omackeral

The Rose Bowl

Home of Superbowl (5 x times), 1932 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1994 FIFA World Cup Final



VS

Millennium Stadium

Home of Wales National Rugby Team, 1999 Rugby World Cup Final, FA Cup Final (6 x times), 2017 UEFA Champions League Final

Electric Nitwit

Millennium

Look at those two pictures, look how far away the seats in the Rose Bowl are. The millennium is so steep it's frightening, but the back row of the top tier feels right on top of the pitch, it's great

I love a roof too
With it closed, the atmosphere in there is awesome

I was there when Liverpool set the world record for the loudest ever crowd

The Rose Bowl

I'm not a fan of roofs in stadiums. The Rosebowl is wide open, gets my vote

Necro

Rose Bowl, my nom. Think it's up there with one of the best American football stadiums.

cdeb

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Look at those two pictures, look how far away the seats in the Rose Bowl are. The millennium is so steep it's frightening, but the back row of the top tier feels right on top of the pitch, it's great

That's a good point - I was right at the very back row when I was there, and yet the view was great. I'll give it my vote for that, though I do like the mountain view of the Rose Bowl.

Sawduck

The Rose Bowl
I have been to the Millennium Stadium and its a pretty good stadium but the Rose Bowl has a much better history and I really like the layout of it

hurlingman97

Rose bowl

Irish Aris

Rose Bowl from me.
The setting of the excellent Depeche Mode music documentary 101.