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Stacker Sports Day 136- Coolest Stadium Features
1503 sats \ 22 comments \ @grayruby 19 Apr Stacker_Sports
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@Coinsreporter gave me the idea for this post with his awesome fact about a football (soccer) stadium in Brazil that has the equator as midfield. Check out his post here. #511384
One of my favourite baseball stadiums is PetCo park in San Diego. I caught a game there and did a tour of the park around a decade ago. I absolutely loved it. Here is one very cool feature about that stadium:
"The upper deck offers a fun view of the game below (bring binoculars!) and a breathtaking vista of the cityscape beyond. The secret, however, is to turn around. Climb to the top of the upper deck and look behind the stadium. You'll get a unique view of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, and if the day is clear enough you can see Mexico and a couple of its islands in the distance."
I did not get to do this from the upper deck seats but during the stadium tour I did get to see this sightline from the exterior upper concourse. Pretty unique and incredible to see another country from a stadium.
What are cool stadium features that you enjoy? Preferably to stadiums you have visited but it's ok if not.
Sats for all, GR
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It's looking pretty good for you and Siggy advancing. I'll do the round 1 post bright and early tomorrow. I might even write it tonight.
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And I thought the NCAA pool was bad. I am assuming Jimmy Buckets is playing but I wonder if he will be limited. I am a little concerned.
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But on the bright side. We can just start fresh with the real playoffs, so maybe not the worst outcome for the pool. I am sure you would rather see the Heat win.
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60 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Apr
Either way the Celtics will never know if they could have gotten past Jimmy this year. Banner 18 will have a great big asterisk.
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They are still not winning. Knicks are taking them out.
I didn't realize were were talking in my post from today. I just clicked your reply in notifications and then I was scrolling through recent and saw my post and thought "damn 6 comments already-awesome". Then I clicked it and realized it was just talking NBA. Haha.
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Are the Knicks your hope de-jour? Whatever happens with Boston, Denver would kill them.
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Knicks, Bucks, Cavs, 76ers, doesn't matter. Someone will slay the dragon. Nuggets aren't getting to the finals. It has been written. SGA is bring the title back to Canada where it belongs.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Apr
Bam's like a discount Garnett. If he dominates a game, it's probably through disruptive defense and a few timely buckets. Herro's exactly the kind of irrational confidence guy who can pick up the scoring load if he happens to get hot.
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60 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 19 Apr
I like both the cardinals and the diamondbacks stadiums. Very new and modern good seating!
Jerry world is Dallas was pretty nice as well. Some may different amenities. Costly but still never nice venue.
The jets and giants stadium is a concrete box with little to no frills. Sad to see NYC teams go so cheap!
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 19 Apr
Hopefully the new Bills stadium has some really cool features.
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51 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter fwd 19 Apr
Thank you so much.
The stadium you talking about is a beautiful one. I like it.
Here's a picture.
https://m.stacker.news/27343
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 19 Apr
Yes a beautiful stadium.
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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @pj 20 Apr
I toured Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Real Madrid’s stadium. It was wild. Felt like Fenway or Wrigley in that there’s so much history that they continue to renovate rather than build new. But the coolest thing, which is more recent, is the field system. The field is basically divided into rows that can move and be stored underground to be replaced by newer grass. The mechanics of this system are nuts.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @pj 20 Apr
Should add, I toured it over a decade ago.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 20 Apr
That is really cool.
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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 19 Apr
Tampa Bay Buccaneers pirate ship in the stands. That's really cool!
And obviously the greatest stadium in the NFL. US Bank stadium home of The Minnesota Vikings, and the giant Gjallarhorn! That's pretty novel too!
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 19 Apr
That is a really impressive stadium. I thought the bills were just going to copy it but they went for the no roof option. More Snowballs!
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 19 Apr freebie
I thought they would too. With the NFL putting more emphasis on "player safety" I'd have expected almost all new stadiums to have a roof, or at least a retractable roof. Especially for teams that have to deal with real weather... (No cardinals thats not you 🤣) .
Snow games might be funny to watch but they're dangerous, one poor plant of the foot and a bad cut and bam, say bye bye to your ACL or your Achilles. Plus the fans having to stand there in a blizzard, come on NFL, why no roof?
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