Ultimate Sporting Venue Tournament

Omackeral

London Aquatics Center

Home of 2012 Summer Olympics



VS

Valleymount GAA

Home of Valleymount GAA

PTH2009

London Aquatics Center

SineadSpears

Aquatics Center

Necro

London Aquatics Center

More of a sporting venue than a local GAA pitch tbh.

Zaph

Nice and all as Valleymount is, there's only room for so many picturesque pitches and the London Aquatics Center is a very impressive building, so it gets my vote.

Trigger

Valleymount GAA, every time I see that Aquatic centre I just see a massive mouse

Valleymount GAA

Just like it more than the other

hurlingman97

Valleymount GAA
Much nicer to look at

Valleymount GAA.

A pitch surrounded by its own aquatic centre.

Omackeral

Right so after storming into a 4-0 win, the aquatic centre was pegged back to 4-4 making it a draw. I can see from the answers given that the first two for the London Aquatic Centre gave no reason while all the votes for Valleymount did.

So with that all said, Valleymount advances

Electric Nitwit

London Aquatic Centre, stunning architecture

Electric Nitwit

Ah, so close :eek:

SineadSpears

Trigger wrote: »

Valleymount GAA, every time I see that Aquatic centre I just see a massive mouse

At first I thought it looked like a blue whale & thought it was very fitting.

SineadSpears

Omackeral wrote: »

Right so after storming into a 4-0 win, the aquatic centre was pegged back to 4-4 making it a draw. I can see from the answers given that the first two for the London Aquatic Centre gave no reason while all the votes for Valleymount did.

So with that all said, Valleymount advances

Tbh I couldn't think of anything to say really. Its a swimming pool. Not much else going on :pac:

Omackeral

O2 Arena London

Home of the 2012 Summer Olympics



VS

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza

Home of the F1 Italian Grand Prix

alchemist33

02 arena - its unusual and iconic, and James Bond didn't slide down the roof at Monza

Necro

Yeah, O2 Arena. Not into F1 so I don't get the lustre of these tracks tbh

JohnGreenFan

alchemist33 wrote: »

02 arena - its unusual and iconic, and James Bond didn't slide down the roof at Monza

Same vote please

Zaph

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. One of the oldest purpose built racing circuits in the world, home to every Italian Grand Prix except one since the F1 championship started in 1950. Also one of the fastest circuits on the calendar. But what really makes it so special are the scenes when the Tifosi invade the track at the end of the race, especially if Ferrari have won. Also one of my nominations, in case you hadn't guessed.

O2 Arena London

There's only one F1 track I like, and this is not it!

SineadSpears

02

Abstain.

Kolido

O2, one of my noms and very iconic.

cdeb

O2 Arena.

Valleymount was my other small-but-scenic GAA nomination, but I'm not entirely sure it should have beaten the Aquatic Centre, which is something different (a relative rarity in the big venues). So consider this an apology vote in a contest I'm not too pushed about.

Omackeral

With a comprehensive scoreline of 7-1, O2 Arena advances

Omackeral

Burj Al Arab Helipad

Home of Agassi vs Federer Exhibition Match





Citywest Convention Centre

Home of Darts World Grand Prix

cdeb

Hm.

I like the darts, but I guess if we're talking about an ultimate sporting venue, the Burj Al Arab helipad is a good call. It deserves to go through a round or two, even if it's only a temporary venue. I'll vote for it.

Necro

Burj Al Arab Helipad

Citywest is meh

hurlingman97

Burj Al Arab Helipad looks class, and scary
That's all i need to give it my vote

PTH2009

Ill go with Citywest Convention Centre because i nominated it. Its grand but very blant in the main foyer

No doubt the Tennis place looks impressive but looks frightening

If I had known this was going to be the standard of nominations I'd have nominated me back garden - it has a basketball hoop.

Abstain.

Zaph

It's not a proper sporting venue as such, but it's much more impressive than City West, so I'll go for Burj Al Arab Helipad.

Omackeral

As unusual as it is, Burj Al Arab Helipad advances

JP Liz V1

Citywest

Citywest Convention Centre

Oops!
I'm later then Liz!! 😂

Omackeral

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Home of Australia National Cricket Team, Annual AFL Grand Final, 1956 Summer Olympics, Cricket World Cup 1992 and 2015



VS

Eamonn Byrne Memorial Park

Home of Killybegs GAA

Necro

Gotta go for MCG here, absolutely class venue

Again, scenic as Eamonn Byrne Park is (and I've been there), it's not a major sporting venue in any sense of the word.

PTH2009

Eamonn Byrne Memorial Park

I like the cricket ground, but feel like I should stick with my nomination,
Eamonn Byrne Memorial Park

Sawduck

Melbourne Cricket Ground
I'm not a cricket fan but this stadium is pretty awesome looking

hurlingman97

Eamonn Byrne Memorial Park

Looks class and I hate cricket stadiums, mostly because there's often rugby played there and there's the massive gap between the sidelines and stand

KathleenGrant

Eamonn Byrne Memorial Park. Stunning and it cannot have been easy to develop. Impressed by the people who even thought to put a pitch there.

paulie21

Ah here MCG is an ultimate sporting venue, Killybegs is just a nice scenic venue

JP Liz V1

Melbourne Cricket Ground

alchemist33

MCG. Has the history, looks great. Somewhere I'd like to go for a game

Omackeral

It was right til the death but Melbourne Cricket Ground advances

Zaph

MCG, a genuinely iconic sporting venue.

Omackeral

Next bout is coming up, get ready to cast your votes...

Omackeral

All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

Home of Wimbledon Championships



VS

Happy Valley Racecourse

Home of Hong Kong Jockey Club, Valley Rugby Club, Craigengower Cricket Club, Hong Kong FC