Ultimate Sporting Venue Tournament

KathleenGrant · 15-01-2021 07:41PM

Omackeral wrote: »

I regret to tell you that an anonymous poster won't be able to join us for this evening's proceedings after an exchange of PMs.

Boo!

In fairness the thread was "sporting venue"

Not stadium.

15-01-2021 08:10PM

Semi finals are going live in 20 minutes. Each match will last 45 minutes. Most votes from each match will progress to the final. The second semi will be uploaded straight after the first is decided.

Semi Final 1 - 7:30PM
Semi Final 2 - 8:15PM
*The Final* - 9:00PM

PTH2009 · 15-01-2021 08:26PM

Looking forward tonight's final rounds

Game has been a great time killer

15-01-2021 08:30PM

Croke Park
Dublin, Ireland

Opened : 1884
Capacity : 82,300
www.crokepark.ie

Home of Gaelic Athletic Association HQ

VS

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne, Australia

Opened : 1853
Capacity : 100,024
www.mcg.org.au

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

Citizenpain · 15-01-2021 08:31PM

I have to go with the cricket ground . Croke park is steeped in history but still feels unfinished

HeidiHeidi · 15-01-2021 08:32PM

Melbourne Cricket Ground - just because I prefer the look of it.

15-01-2021 08:32PM

MCG it is just a much better looking stadium

Necro · 15-01-2021 08:34PM

Was hoping this might be the final.

Gonna go with Croker. MCG is better looking, but it's more a heart over head choice as I just love Croker.

cdeb · 15-01-2021 08:35PM

Croker. I'd prefer to go there than the MCG. Partly because I like how it has a whole terrace still. Partly because Aussie rules is daft.

The MCG has grown on me over the competition, but I don't think it's the ultimate sporting venue.

Collie D · 15-01-2021 08:36PM

Croke Park - The history, the great days, the Dubs. The fact I can walk home from it. Few minutes walk from the city centre, surrounded by bars. Too many modern stadiums built out in the middle of nowhere with **** all around them and a long wait for a packed tram to get to/from them.

PTH2009 · 15-01-2021 08:38PM

Croke Park

Anytime your county is playing there its such a great occasion. With Waterford we had good days up there but lots of bad ones too. Great place to see a concert

Zaph · 15-01-2021 08:39PM

MCG, because unlike Croke Park they actually finished it.

15-01-2021 08:39PM

hurlingman87’s vote via PM

1. Croke Park
Is the ultimate stadium for me personally as a gaa fan.
Some say the hill makes it look unfinished but I think the hill is the best part. You're literally standing on history and the atmosphere when you're there is unlike anyplace else I've experienced. It's a clear winner in this group, the birds nest is the only quarter finalist that would make me second guess myself but croker still would've won out.

15-01-2021 08:40PM

tc20’s vote via PM

Croker

BrianBoru00 · 15-01-2021 08:40PM

This is the final I think....
Great great tussle between two of the greatest sporting arenas in the world unquestionably.

MCG is in many ways Australia's answer to Croke park and rivals it for history and atmosphere.

Croke Park.

Atmosphere - Biggest days - massive massive atmosphere for the All Ireland Football and Hurling finals.

Ladies Football finals are different type of event but savage to have over 50 000 spectators from six different counties supporting their teams on the one day.

Who could forget the Ireland England match in 2007? Or the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics.

Eucharistic Congress held there twice and its not exclusive to the Catholics- The images of the Eid prayers is one of the enduring images of the pandemic

Fantastic playing surfavce

Built and rebuilt at one stage using the smouldering rubble of the surrounding streets to create a terrace still fondly known as Hill 16.Despite the criticism of the GAA they have stepped up to the plate and provided the facility for use to the IRFU and FAI.

Great historic sporting events as listed above.

It's a lovely looking structure albeit not as aesthetically pleasing as say the aviva or Birds nest.

Can cater for virtually any field sport.

There's allowance and space for laying an athletic track - only reduces the spectors by a couple of thousand if even.

Great sight lines

Can't build higher on Hill 16 due to the railway/irish rail at the moment so that’s one quirke.. .

Facilities are very good though maybe a few more loos for the ladies :-)
I vote Croke park

As I said before :
Built by the people, for the people.

Kolido · 15-01-2021 08:43PM

For a small country and an ametuer sport, croke park is impressive.

But I will vote for mcg, it just looks more complete.

alchemist33 · 15-01-2021 08:45PM

Wish this was the final, but anyway. I've voted MCG all along becuase it looks great, has great atmosphere and I want to go there.

But when people say a ground has a history, that almost always refers to the sport. I've tried to look at Croker from a neutral's point of view and I'm pretty sure if a Mexican heard about Bloody Sunday and how it contributed to the birth of a nation, they'd consider Croke Park too. I was there my county, Sligo, beating Kildare with 14 men from the 5th minute, and feeling close to tears. I might have actually cried if we'd won something.

So, Croke Park it is.

JP Liz V1 · 15-01-2021 08:45PM

Croke Park, iconic, the history and Irish

Electric Nitwit · 15-01-2021 08:47PM

Really close one. No real reasons but my gut is saying Croker, probably just local bias

SineadSpears · 15-01-2021 08:51PM

So as usual I'll be voting on nothing other than looks :pac:

The cricket ground seems like it might be the one to go for, but something about it actually annoys me. Its almost too perfect lookin.

Like the way Michelin star food is so prefect looking that it almost looks fake. I prefare more rustic food.

So I'll vote for Croke Park, which has nothing to do with food, or that it even looks 'rustic', but that was my train of thought anyway

Sawduck · 15-01-2021 08:53PM

Croke Park
Great history

15-01-2021 08:54PM

Croke park
For amateur games, for excitement, for history

15-01-2021 09:05PM

10 minutes remaining

15-01-2021 09:15PM

Croke Park advances to the final

15-01-2021 09:15PM

The Crucible Theatre
Sheffield, United Kingdom

Opened : 1971
Capacity : 980
www.SheffieldTheatres.co.uk

Home of the World Snooker Championship

VS

Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo, Monaco

Opened : 1929
Capacity : 37,000
www.formula1monaco.com

Home of F1 Monaco Grand Prix

PTH2009 · 15-01-2021 09:18PM

Circuit de Monaco

Beautiful location and been in the middle of a city is impressive

JP Liz V1 · 15-01-2021 09:19PM

Monaco, the city, the track, the riches, the royalty, I need to go there, prefer that sport to snooker also

15-01-2021 09:19PM

On looks as I've usually gone on itd be Monaco, but I really do love the quite tension of snooker, silent room bursting into applause and cheers and the odd occasion when something funny happens which gets the players laughing I find hilarious.

The crucible for me

SineadSpears · 15-01-2021 09:21PM

The Crucible because I play pool with the kiddos in the hopes that one day I'll be good enough to move on to snooker.

It's literally on the top of my list of things to get back into when lockdown(s) are finished

Necro · 15-01-2021 09:23PM

Deleted User wrote: »

On looks as I've usually gone on itd be Monaco, but I really do love the quite tension of snooker, silent room bursting into applause and cheers and the odd occasion when something funny happens which gets the players laughing I find hilarious.

The crucible for me

Agreed. The Crucible for me

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