12 World’s weirdest stadiums
A lot of stadiums around the world have spectacular designs, like the new World Cup 2010
stadiums in South Africa. Stadiums give pride to the countries where
they are located. Yet there are some stadiums where architects have
failed and there are some very clever adaptations to the surrounding
landscape and that makes them kinda weird.
Japan, Osaka stadium, former home ground of baseball team Nankai Hawks.
The stadium situated in center of Osaka City, with capacity of 31379
seats. In 1988, The Hawks’ owner company sold the team to Daiei Group
and moved to Fukuoka City. As 3 remaining teams in Metro Osaka got their
own stadiums, Osaka stadium was abandoned for baseball and soon
converted to sample housing showground. The stadium was demolished in
1998 and a shopping center was built in its place. While you can’t watch
a baseball game at this location anymore, you can still pick up some Nike baseball gear.
Venezuela, Caracas
“Cocodrilos Sports Park” is a multi-use stadium. It is currently used
mostly for football matches and is the part time home stadium of Caracas
FC. The stadium holds 3,000 people and lies next to a highway.
Portugal, Braga.
One of the most expensive and weirdest stadiums in Portugal. The
enormous rock moving process contributed heavily to the final $122
million cost, more than any other of the ten new stadiums built for
European football championship in 2004. The stadium is often considered
one of the most original and beautiful stadiums in the world. We find it
strange.
Croatia Gospin dolac
is a stadium in Imotski. It was built in 1989 and serves as home
stadium for NK Imotski football club. The stadium has a capacity of
4,000 spectators. Beautiful strange stadium.
Brazil Eco-Stadium
“Janguito Malucelli” became famous for being the first “green stage” of
Brazil, his main stand was built with chairs placed on top of a hill,
without the use of concrete. Therefore, the stage is also called
Eco-Stadium.
The Faroe Islands
are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North
Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland.
Their national football team is playing with European national teams on
pitch located next to the sea. There’s also a guy in a boat that
collects the balls that fall into the sea during a match.
Singapore, Marina Bay.
Made entirely of steel, the floating platform measures 390 feet long
and 270 feet wide. It can bear up to 1,070 tonnes, equivalent to the
total weight of 9,000 people, 200 tonnes of stage props and three
30-tonne military vehicles. The gallery at the stadium has a seating
capacity of 30,000 people.
Bulgaria
FC Chernomorets Balchik football club from the town of Balchik,
currently playing the second division of Bulgarian football. The team
plays its home games at the local “Balchik Stadium” with 6,000 of the
ugliest seats we’ve ever seen.
Norway FC Aalesund
old stadium was very strange with terrace on a hill. Club build a new
stadium in 2005. It was also a home of the Norwegian Woman’s Premier
League matches.
South Africa Mmabatho Stadium
is a multi-purpose stadium in city Mafikeng It is currently used mostly
for football matches. The stadium holds 59,000 people and was designed
and built in 1981 by a Russian construction company.
Austria, Vienna
the “Hohe Warte Stadium” is a multi-purpose stadium in. Primarily a
football venue and the home of First Vienna football club, it has also
occasionally played host to Austrian international rugby union matches
and the Vienna Vikings American Football team.
Belgium FC Antwerp
stadium was built in 1923 and was once one of the biggest and most
luxurious soccer stadiums in Europe, now stands look totally different,
each competing for the title “ugliest stand world wide”.
Ukraine,
absolute winner , gravity is not a best friend of players on this team.
We don’t have additional info about this pitch and is there any
football matches going on on this field, but for sure it is fun for
drivers on this road.