davieG Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/4b7a05c5-a94d-4241-864b-d3778058a5b2?intc_type=singletheme&intc_location=bbcthree&intc_campaign=bbcthree&intc_linkname=article_atlantastadium_contentcard14 But comes at a price not only for the build $1.5billion but to watch games $173 but you also have to buy a season ticket.
Wymsey Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 I'm sure our ambitious owners have plans to build a spectacular new ground somewhere that's better than that.. Can imagine when it gets used and used overtime, maintenance costs are likely to be massive.
Finnegan Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 Nearly started a thread about this earlier. Even more spectacular when you do a Google image search. Amazing.
Ashley Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 9 minutes ago, AKCJ said: Prefer Atletico's to be honest. Very smart indeed. I like it
Guest Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 the most incredible thing is soda being only $2.
Stadt Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 Shared with the NFL team isn't it? Fans here sneer at the MLS a bit and it is occasionally cringe but at most grounds there's a decent atmosphere but on twitter you get silent Bolton fans mocking fans backing their team without a hint of self awareness. There's some fair attendances now too.
MC Prussian Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 27 minutes ago, winchesterton said: the most incredible thing is soda being only $2. The most incredible thing is the video wall installation up top. Massive.
StanSP Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 1 minute ago, Wookie said: Shared with the NFL team isn't it? yep. Watched Atlanta vs Galaxy and it looked absolutely sensational. Probably one of the most modern stadiums out there. There's a huge LED screen at the top. Apparently there's a Budweiser bar that runs the whole length of one of the stands. From the outside it looks ridiculous as well pretty cool timelapse of the stadium roof closing as well
Lovejoy Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 Could be wrong but didn't Atlanta Utd get a cracking crowd recently, around the 60/70k Mark?
purpleronnie Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 2 hours ago, Wookie said: Shared with the NFL team isn't it? Fans here sneer at the MLS a bit and it is occasionally cringe but at most grounds there's a decent atmosphere but on twitter you get silent Bolton fans mocking fans backing their team without a hint of self awareness. There's some fair attendances now too. Agreed, I didn't have many people agreeing with me when years ago I stated crowds in the MLS will rival other top leagues in numbers and atmosphere...infact I'm pretty sure I was mocked. I know some of the MLS crowds can be a little cringey but some can be pretty great. What always amazes me that when the fans move stadiums like the Atlanta one they very quickly organize themselves and make a concerted effort to create the same or better atmosphere at the newer round whereas here we're so apathetic we just accept it and rarely do anything so the atmosphere often gets worse. I guess on the whole we're quite a lazy bunch who don't really care that much about the atmosphere. Shame really.
Stadt Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 14 minutes ago, purpleronnie said: Agreed, I didn't have many people agreeing with me when years ago I stated crowds in the MLS will rival other top leagues in numbers and atmosphere...infact I'm pretty sure I was mocked. I know some of the MLS crowds can be a little cringey but some can be pretty great. What always amazes me that when the fans move stadiums like the Atlanta one they very quickly organize themselves and make a concerted effort to create the same or better atmosphere at the newer round whereas here we're so apathetic we just accept it and rarely do anything so the atmosphere often gets worse. I guess on the whole we're quite a lazy bunch who don't really care that much about the atmosphere. Shame really. The quality of chants is really lacking and generally they're a bit too 'plastic' but they're loud and would outsing the majority of English clubs, unfortunately.
purpleronnie Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 1 hour ago, Wookie said: The quality of chants is really lacking and generally they're a bit too 'plastic' but they're loud and would outsing the majority of English clubs, unfortunately. Yeah, the strange thing is I remember years ago some MLS clubs had loads of unique songs, but it seems to have been reduced and you do tend to hear the generic chants that seem to have infiltrated every ground throughout the world, often its events like the Euro's or WC's that create this. So you now have to endure the Viking warrior/seven nation army chants in grounds in all 4 corners of the globe.
StanSP Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 1 hour ago, Lovejoy said: Could be wrong but didn't Atlanta Utd get a cracking crowd recently, around the 60/70k Mark? yep, 4th biggest in the world at the weekend.
Guest Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 4 hours ago, MC Prussian said: The most incredible thing is the video wall installation up top. Massive. it's only 480p
Kitchandro Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 Doesn't do anything for me. Ugly shape, too round, one single roof which looks crap and doesn't help the acoustics. No real variation in stands, in fact it doesn't have seperate stands. I expect it's miles away from the pitch as well. I don't like any modern stadiums. Designers have forgotten the criteria for a good sports stadium and have just tried to make them look as futuristic as possible as if they were designing spaceships.
bovril Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 5 hours ago, StanSP said: Apparently there's a Budweiser bar that runs the whole length of one of the stands. Cruel. You'd have thought Atlanta fans had suffered enough after the Super Bowl.
Samilktray Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 Atlanta United have a lovely home kit. Red black and gold aren't bad colours to go for
ajthefox Posted 21 September 2017 Posted 21 September 2017 It's incredibly impressive, really like the way the roof closes like a camera. The most mental thing for me though is that the stadium next to it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Dome) already held 70 odd thousand and was only opened in '92. They spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a stadium that lasted 25 years and have just spent 5 times the amount on another one. I find this kind of insane development and consumption of resources for financial gain criminal. That they are shafting fans too just makes it worse but of course, there are enough people who are willing to stump up the cash so nothing changes.
fazzyfox Posted 22 September 2017 Posted 22 September 2017 Was expecting a giant Windy Miller or Mr Tripp the milkman to emerge from the roof....it's a generational thing.
Bayfox Posted 22 September 2017 Posted 22 September 2017 16 hours ago, winchesterton said: the most incredible thing is soda being only $2. With free refills once you have the cup Hotdog $2 as well i think and i bet it's better than the shit we get at the KP. This is my new bucket list item, Falcons V Dolphins, which is october this year, so it may have to wait I thought the new hardrock stadium in Miami looked decent but that video wall and roof are something else.
purpleronnie Posted 22 September 2017 Posted 22 September 2017 Just read there was a crowd of over 30,000 for a reserve game in Cincinnati. The yanks are coming!!!!!
Fox92 Posted 22 September 2017 Posted 22 September 2017 21 hours ago, winchesterton said: the most incredible thing is soda being only $2. Palace away last season I got a bottle of pepsi and it cost £1. Brilliant.
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