viking86 Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 I have spent the last week in Newcastle with my class, and a part of our program was a backstage tour of St.James Park, which is where Newcastle United Football Club plays their home games. The stadium was insane compared to those we have here in Norway, with a capacity of 52000. Im not a fan of Newcastle at all (Go Blackburn Rovers ) but this was definately the highlight of the trip to me as I had never been on any really big stadiums before. Just to show what kinda stadiums Im used to, heres a picture of Brann stadion in Bergen with a capacity of 17600 (it will be more this season) One last picture looking up from the sideline. It would have been awesome to see Newcastle-Tottenham while we were there, but it was all sold out a long time ago. Looking up at the massive stadium! Wheres all the people??? We were told that the roof is 85 meters tall. Thats only 10 meters (about 30ft) shorter than Milllenium Force!!! Time to head out the tunnel! Alan Shearer's shirt was there too Me with Michael Owen's shirt! Here we are in Newcastle's changing room! 'Players and officials only'. Sounds like a cool place to go! Yeah this is awesome!! Bob explaining stuff.. Its a looooooooong way down... I wouldnt want to be the electrician working on those speakers. ..we were going all the way up to the very last row!!! There was even a great view of the city! And as if that wasnt enough... Everyone was amazed by the size of this stadium! The roof was amazing! It looks like theres pretty much nothing holding it up! Theres a nice view from level 7! Heres the view from one of the many lounges on the way up. Yeah this is awesome and in a little while we will be all the way up on level 7 behind me! Here I am in 'my' VIP seat Heres Bob, our tour guide (he was also the chairman's driver and drove a Range Rover with tires that probably costs more than my car). Check out the uber-comfortable seats! It was REALLY MASSIVE!!! HOLY CRAP!!!! This is what you see as you enter the stadium through the VIP gate. And when you look left... This picture is taken inside the museum. Look how awesome that stadium looks from above. They even had a parking garage inside the massive structure. Getting closer.. Here you can see the stadium towering over the houses. It could be seen from most places in the city centre.
Tömmioh Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 Nice pictures of a cool, nice looking, big stadium. The white roof structure reminds me of Manchester United's Old Trafford's, which I went to see on a stadium tour last summer. Anyway, it's a bit shame that you usually don't see a match/game on the same day, so that you could really 'experience' the stadium in its full capacity, (not only empty seats). By the way, it's the same here in Finland, my nearest club (which has the 3rd largest stadium) in Finland has only 11'000 seats.
Canadmos Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 Thanks for the tour. What is with all the lights pointing at the ground?
viking86 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Posted April 5, 2006 ^Those are 'fake sunlight' machines to make the grass grow faster
Hicko Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 On the subject of Old Trafford they are currently extending it yet again and next season it will have 76,000 seats!! Not bad for a club stadium and it's full every game. Remember that the new Wembley will be 90,000 seats. I can't wait.
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