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Stadium Tours
- Thread starter Canonman
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Newlands, Cape Town.
turienzo's lovechild
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- Oct 25, 2003
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Nou Camp....really loved the museum with all the civil war stuff
Bernabeu was slightly underwhelming in comparison
St. James' Park was surprisingly good, mainly due to the slightly eccentric tour guide (who, in fairness, made a lot of mistakes...ie mistaking the nou camp for SJP in a photograph).
Bernabeu was slightly underwhelming in comparison
St. James' Park was surprisingly good, mainly due to the slightly eccentric tour guide (who, in fairness, made a lot of mistakes...ie mistaking the nou camp for SJP in a photograph).
wardy wonder land
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- Dec 10, 2007
- 763
Nou Camp
Bocca Juniors absolutly mental
Marancca
yet to do the Amex
Bocca Juniors absolutly mental
Marancca
yet to do the Amex
We Won't Be Druv
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- May 12, 2009
- 63
Allianz Arena. Went over Easter.
armchairclubber
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Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, possible to either walk up or take a lift to a platform high over centre of stadium / pitch with views over Durban and its beach
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Vatican Citys No.2 Keeper
Rebels & Albion
Have done Amex & new Wembley. As impressive as the latter is, and whilst you get a chance to hold one of the FA Cups (apparently they have about 4-5 for different reasons/occasions) I think you get a lot more for your money on the Albion tour. Longer and able to take more time in areas to take pictures etc. Think it's still 2 hours whilst Wembley is now only an hour having previously been 90 mins.
turienzo's lovechild
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- Oct 25, 2003
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anyone remember when the albion genuinely offered tours of withdean?
did ANYONE actually do this?
did ANYONE actually do this?
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Yes.
Quite why I'll never know.
Not done The Amex one yet, must get round to it.
Did Lambeau Field last year (home of Green Bay Packers) excellent tour guide, and an awesome stadium. Old, and full of history.
On the same trip we went to The St. Louis Cardinals new baseball stadium. Not nearly as impressive.
turienzo's lovechild
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- Oct 25, 2003
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PLEASE tell me all about it....surely it wasn't as simple as "yep, here's the changing rooms...and over there is the pitch...see you later"
Gordon the Gopher
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I would echo that. Found the new Wembley tour quite underwhelming and thought the stadium was showing its age already. Amex home changing room is a lot better as England one is a dull brown rectangle. Also thought their warm up area for players was a lot poorer with no astro to warm up on.
Man of Harveys
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I did the old Wembley one, during which some people got screamed at by our otherwise affable guide for walking onto the pitch, and the Fenway Park one here in Boston, which is always very popular and not bad but you don't see much behind the scenes. The tour guides are excellent though: one of them continuously took the mick out of the New York Yankees, until one of his customers suddenly lost the plot with him - "DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TITLES WE'VE WON" etc.
So, I've only done two but in both cases people got a bit pissy on them.
There was an excellent article in WSC about the proliferation of paid stadium tours the other week, rightly mourning the days when you could just wander into grounds out of season and have a look round.
So, I've only done two but in both cases people got a bit pissy on them.
There was an excellent article in WSC about the proliferation of paid stadium tours the other week, rightly mourning the days when you could just wander into grounds out of season and have a look round.
Lankyseagull
One Step Beyond
Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1999 was a great memory the day after England played Australia. Walking out to the square was awesome in an empty stadium - I can't imagine how it felt with 100,000 packed in the night before!
ATFC Seagull
Aberystwyth Town FC
Bernabeu. As much as any non-guided tour can be great, it was. Got in both changing rooms, sat in both dugouts. Don't like Real Madrid at all but value for money (esp as I was on a work freebie).
countryman
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- Jun 28, 2011
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Camp nou. But it's the only stadium I've had a your of.
On a different note, does anyone know if the museum is open now? I've been holding off doing the tour of the Alex until the museum is open.
On a different note, does anyone know if the museum is open now? I've been holding off doing the tour of the Alex until the museum is open.
Seagull over Canaryland
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Sydney Cricket Ground and the adjoining Allianz Stadium, two tours for the price of one.
Great to stand on the square where our own Matt Prior hit that magnificent ton when we humiliated the Aussies on their own turf. It was blisteringly hot temps out the middle and the intensity of the sunlight made me respect even more how hard it must be to get runs. There's a great cricket museum inside the SCG and the long bar in the Pavilion has a plaque acknowledging the origins of the Sheffield Shield at our own Sheffield Park and that it's on loan from Sussex CCC, nice. Then the pride in seeing the English names on the honours boards - and the unofficial board recording the curator's own handwritten 'honours' scribed on an old wardrobe outside the changing rooms which apparently has just as much kudos for the players as the official one. During the tour you are left in no doubt just what the Ashes mean to the Aussies so it was especially sweet to remind them that we have the little urn, ha ha.
You then get to walk through the nets past an outdoor gym and an olympic size swimming pool to the Allianz footie stadium, which is like a an older and slightly bigger Amex (45k). Mainly used for egg chasing though. On the day of our visit there were some Aussie rugby stars have a cricket net against some state and test bowlers in prep for a big charity match. The bowlers weren't holding back and the rugby guys were not flinching, impressive.
There's also an athletics track tucked into the complex too.
Great to stand on the square where our own Matt Prior hit that magnificent ton when we humiliated the Aussies on their own turf. It was blisteringly hot temps out the middle and the intensity of the sunlight made me respect even more how hard it must be to get runs. There's a great cricket museum inside the SCG and the long bar in the Pavilion has a plaque acknowledging the origins of the Sheffield Shield at our own Sheffield Park and that it's on loan from Sussex CCC, nice. Then the pride in seeing the English names on the honours boards - and the unofficial board recording the curator's own handwritten 'honours' scribed on an old wardrobe outside the changing rooms which apparently has just as much kudos for the players as the official one. During the tour you are left in no doubt just what the Ashes mean to the Aussies so it was especially sweet to remind them that we have the little urn, ha ha.
You then get to walk through the nets past an outdoor gym and an olympic size swimming pool to the Allianz footie stadium, which is like a an older and slightly bigger Amex (45k). Mainly used for egg chasing though. On the day of our visit there were some Aussie rugby stars have a cricket net against some state and test bowlers in prep for a big charity match. The bowlers weren't holding back and the rugby guys were not flinching, impressive.
There's also an athletics track tucked into the complex too.
Silverfox
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Skydome Toronto. Technology at its best, a pitch that zipped up, banks of seats that swivelled to suit sport, and a roof that closes. All they need now is a baseball team.
mikeyjh
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Stade Roi Baudouin (Heysel) - Me and my mate were just driving round Brussels and the stadium was just, well, open. Had a wander round, a run on the track, some shots on goal (wish we'd had a ball). Marvellous and free!