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From Amsterdam ArenA to Rheinenergie Stadium
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It surprises me that people hold the stadium of Ajax in higher respect than the stadium of FC Köln. With me living in the Netherlands (and, yes, Köln is Germany, but 'tll a month ago I lived only 40 miles from Köln), I've had the chance to visit home matches of both teams. I would choose Köln over Amsterdam every time, the accoustics in the ArenA are a drama, the pitch-to-stand-distance is huge, even if you're in the front row. For these reasons, the atmosphere sucks.
In the RheinEnergie stadium, stands start immediately at the border of the pitch and sound is carried under the roof so a great atmosphere is created as soon as a small group starts singing.
Most Ajax fans I spoke to on this subject do not like the ArenA either. In the Netherlands, the ArenA is widely considered to be inferior to De Kuip (yes, the ground in Rotterdam where we triumphed two decades back!), even though the ArenA is more up-to-date with the modern expectations of service level and all that. There really is only one reason for this. AT - MOS - PHERE.
Really, if whe're going to move to a new stadium anyway, I'd rather play on an oil rig that creates a wall of sound than in the fanciest new thing without any soul.
Erik Dols, Posted 03/06/2007 at 22:27:40
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