Talk:Stadium

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I saw stadium on a 'most wanted' list, so I started a stub. It's going to need a lot of work. Bluelion 08:19 Feb 20, 2003 (UTC)

The second sentence is a non sequitur following the first, but I'm not really sure how to correct it without removing both of them. RickK 02:23 24 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Am looking at writing a small page on pitch care....laying the turf, looking after the grass etc. Anyone interested in joining in...or know other pages which cover this?

I hope to draw on the type of information shown here

  • Soccer pitch construction This web page has a slide show which shows , quite graphically, some of the issues involved. However there is much more than is displayed here and hopefully we can end up with a good wiki article.

Collieman 20:33, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

I have written a small page about Turf management. It includes a section on soccer pitches and would appreciate any feed back. IndianSunset 16:09, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Photos

I have added several photos of different types of Stadiums. All of the photos I have included have been of particually large or impressive stadium. Please go ahead and add more. As there are so many variations on stadiums too many pics isnt enough. Ronan.evans 12:01, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Skydome

Is the Skydome (Rogers), a retractable-domed, astroturfed stadium really a "typical example" of a baseball stadium? Troymccluresf 21:32, 21 June 2006 (UTC)Troymccluresf

I'll edit that out and call it something like a ultra modern stadium. Ronan.evans 09:32, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Units

Has anyone else heard of "stadia" being used as a unit of length? For example the Geography by Strabo he often describes distance in this manner, probably the same way people nowadays use "football fields" from what I can tell.


Does anyone else agree that this page seems to be too US orientated?

Also a little part on music played at stadiums?

[edit] Stadiums in America

Is this article firstly about stadiums in America? Drogo 20:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

No its ment to be about around the world(Gnevin 23:45, 9 January 2007 (UTC))
Hence the picture of a Sydney stadium. Wahkeenah 00:11, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stadium vs. Stadia

I have sometimes seen "stadia" in print, more often "stadiums", and I've never heard anyone say "stadia" out loud. It's always "stadiums". But I'm only listening to sports shows, and what do they know about this subject? So I did a quick search on Google for the words "stadiums" and "stadia", and it's about a 3.5 to 1 ratio. Oh, and by the way, wiktionary gives "stadiums" as the preferred. And I didn't write that entry. Wahkeenah 00:35, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Stadia would be in common enough spoken usage in Ireland but not the preferred the article is fine as is (Gnevin 00:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Hillborough/Heysel

"Poor stadium design has contributed to disasters such as the Hillsborough disaster and the Heysel Stadium disaster."

That hardly tells the whole story. Perhaps this needs to be clarified.--Hack 03:59, 19 April 2007 (UTC)