bearister said:
"Beaver Stadium"
I'm not taking that bait. I have evolved.
It also may be the coldest for cold weather games and the brick and limestones skins are really needed to prevent the cold winds coming up the rafters, not to mention covering up the erector set appearances.BearBoarBlarney said:
Penn State's Beaver Stadium is quite possibly the most hideous-looking football stadium I've ever been to, and I say this as someone who had the misfortune of going to several games at the old Stanford Stadium. To call this stadium an "Erector set" is an insult to the toy. Stadiums like this make me so happy that Cal has the one and only California Memorial Stadium.
Granted Beaver Stadium's hideous appearance is very much in keeping with the hideousness that took place within the facility by Jerry Sandusky under the knowing eyes of Joe Paterno. So high marks for consistency.
BearBoarBlarney said:
Penn State's Beaver Stadium is quite possibly the most hideous-looking football stadium I've ever been to, and I say this as someone who had the misfortune of going to several games at the old Stanford Stadium. To call this stadium an "Erector set" is an insult to the toy. Stadiums like this make me so happy that Cal has the one and only California Memorial Stadium.
Granted Beaver Stadium's hideous appearance is very much in keeping with the hideousness that took place within the facility by Jerry Sandusky under the knowing eyes of Joe Paterno. So high marks for consistency.
Agree. No stadium in the country is uglier than Levi's Stadium.GivemTheAxe said:BearBoarBlarney said:
Penn State's Beaver Stadium is quite possibly the most hideous-looking football stadium I've ever been to, and I say this as someone who had the misfortune of going to several games at the old Stanford Stadium. To call this stadium an "Erector set" is an insult to the toy. Stadiums like this make me so happy that Cal has the one and only California Memorial Stadium.
Granted Beaver Stadium's hideous appearance is very much in keeping with the hideousness that took place within the facility by Jerry Sandusky under the knowing eyes of Joe Paterno. So high marks for consistency.
OK you have found a stadium that gives 49er Stadium a "run for its money" as the ugliest football stadium.
But IMO 49er stadium is still the winner.
At least Penn State tried to hide some part of the "erector set" appearance. 49er stadium puts it all out there in your face. Saying to the world, "we are in no way ashamed of this look."
BearSD said:
Penn State's plan looks like what TCU did with their stadium to surround the metalworks of the stands.
I would put up with an ugly stadium in exchange for those butts in the seats, and the revenue that follows.BearBoarBlarney said:
Penn State's Beaver Stadium is quite possibly the most hideous-looking football stadium I've ever been to, and I say this as someone who had the misfortune of going to several games at the old Stanford Stadium. To call this stadium an "Erector set" is an insult to the toy. Stadiums like this make me so happy that Cal has the one and only California Memorial Stadium.
Granted Beaver Stadium's hideous appearance is very much in keeping with the hideousness that took place within the facility by Jerry Sandusky under the knowing eyes of Joe Paterno. So high marks for consistency.
Forgive the digression, but I caught part of Black Sunday on TV a few months ago, and I was blown away that the movie used footage of Super Bowl X. Can you imagine that happening today? I wonder how that pitch meeting went...bearister said:
The NFL's answer was "yes, as long as your check clears".....HighlandDutch said:Forgive the digression, but I caught part of Black Sunday on TV a few months ago, and I was blown away that the movie used footage of Super Bowl X. Can you imagine that happening today? I wonder how that pitch meeting went...bearister said:
Movie Producer: Thanks for meeting us. We'd like the NFL's permission to use game footage from a Super Bowl in our movie, which is set at the Super Bowl.
NFL Executive: I don't see that as a problem. Sure.
Movie Producer: Thanks!
NFL Executive: Oh, by the way, what is the film about?
Movie Producer: It's about Middle Eastern terrorists who put a bomb on the Goodyear Blimp and plan to detonate it over the Super Bowl. If the movie is any good, no one will feel safe going inside a football stadium for decades.
NFL Executive: Well, you know what they say...any publicity is good publicity!