Why build these stadiums?
546569
Well when the new Wembly is finally ready it won't just be used for "special occasions" such as the FA Cup Final. It is used for International football matches, lower division playoff games and other events such as large music concerts. There were a couple of years where Arsenal actually played their European games there and when London had an NFL Europe team, the London Monarchs, they played their games there. As for the Millenium stadium, it is the home of the Welsh rugby team and has held events such as boxing and also music concerts. They are like the English/Welsh equivalents of Madison Square Garden I suppose...
453823
I care about it.  It's definitely not boring when you are in the stadium, and when you are watching good teams play.  In fact, the average score has been increasing for the last five years.  It should be more interesing than before.
404287
To look at he stadiums and sizes check ->http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/wc2006/stadiums/index.html\n\nThe one in berlin is AMAZING
883985
it is exciting enough as it is. Haven't you seen the millions of fans who watch it? Plus, it wouldn't be exciting if the field was shorter, because the big field gives the opportunity to develop a strategy, to have a team sprit effort, the ball changes hands more often and then back again, I mean the game is not just the part in front of the goal posts.
554280
Los Angeles needs a footbll team not Orange County whom used to host the Rams, LA is the place and they should build a new Stadium in Santa Monica near Venice that way people wont be hot>
524051
There are very few soccer stadium which can hold an international event. They are Juva-Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata; Banglore Football Stadium and Nehru Stadium, New Delhi(track and field). The stadium in Mumbai and Goa are basically large but sub-standard. Anyway comparing stadiums for big international soccer events like FIFA world cup, UEFA cup or ASIAN cup Indian stadium stands nowhere. In Asia there are at least 100 soccer stadiums are there in countries of Japan, Korea, China, Malayasia, Indonesia, UAE which are 10 times better. \nIndians doesnt like soccer hence the goverment doesnt not invest on its stadium. \nNotably the pre-world cup qualifier match between India and Japan saw a dreadfull load-shading for 15-20mins.
494120
Usually tax payers pay for the stadium but in some cases, the stadium is paid for by private individuals, like the owners who get investors.\n\nThe good part if the investors pay for it, is the city is not obligated to tax the residents who may not even like sports.
679200
No, I think that the Twins and the Vikings should have their own stadiums and this would be good if Minneapolis decides to put forth a bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and the Games of the XXXII Olympiad assuming that the United States does not host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Also, I think that it will be a lot easier for both teams to have their own stadiums but the disadvantage for the Vikings Stadium is that since the stadium will be outdoors, they might not be about to host the Super Bowl again in the future like Minneapolis held in 1992 (Super Bowl XXVI).
620194
Another reason for astroturf is to give the ball a true bounce, so there aren't as many tricky hops for the fielders.  The dirt is near the bases for sliding purposes.  The dirt on natural surfaces, if you think about it...there is a lot of traffic on the base paths so the grass is easily worn out and eventually would turn to dirt...so I believe fields gradually were made with just dirt around the base paths as years progressed way back when
581520
Air Canada Centre cost $265 million to build and was entirely privately funded by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSEL)\n\nMost Stadiums are owned by companies and other private corporations.
229935
The Staples Center was built for a few reasons.\n\nOne reason is as a replacement for the aging Forum in Inglewood.  The Forum, being an older facility, did not have all of the luxury accommodations of the newer arenas in other cities.  Building a new arena would allow for luxury sky-boxes to be added, thus increasing revenue from sales of the sky-boxes to high-end clients.\n\nThe second reason was to bring L.A.'s sports arena closer to downtown as part of a long-term plan to revitalize Downtown Los Angeles.
1079418
It's been going on for ages.  I believe FIFA is going to start having empty stadium matches if it happens next year, I think they even threatened to relegate teams whose fans get out of hand.  There are some sanctions for doing it in the world cup, I forget what they are.  I think the team loses a point or something like that.
405897
because of the number of fans, the number of people who watch in the stadium during gameplay, pay per view, and the cable subsriber around the world just to see even ordinary matches.\n\nhow about this?\nits the ONLY game with a WORLD CUP and players like Ronaldo, Zidane, and Beckham have played in it so they attract big revenues for the sports club!
88067
probably to put up a taller building
501005
poor security in the past is a bad argument against terraces.\nyou can't beat the atmosphere of the terraces.
48571
Part of it is so that no team has home-field advantage, as other people said. That's important since it's just one game. Other sports have a championship series where three games are at one place and four are at the other. Both teams get a pretty even shot. You can't do that with the Super Bowl.\n\nThe other reason is the amount of people who go to the Super Bowl. You have tons of media, advertisers, team representatives, and other people who come in for just this one event whether they go to the game or not. They all need hotels, and that needs to be set up a year or so in advance. Do you remember after Septbember 11, 2001, when the NFL tried to move the Super Bowl one week later and had huge problems with it? They eventually got it moved, but it was a huge headache for the hotels and the car dealer convetion that had to move.
929374
Good question.  I never thought of it before.  I wonder if the goalposts are welded together after the pieces are taken into the stadium.  If they are, I am guessing that the goalposts would have to be torn apart to get them out and rewelded once they were outside.