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Koln Stadium
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With reference to the Koln stadium: it is, for lots of reasons, more than a 'meccano' arena. I visited the stadium three times during the Pre-World Cup Confederations Cup international tournament in 2005.
It's a terrfic arena - good sightlines, clean, modern & not without atmosphere when filled with passionate fans (Brazil / Germany / Japan & more played there).
From inside it's very easy on the eye & would be a great blueprint for any club looking to upgrade from a tired old-fashioned stadium (box ticked there).
What makes it work even better is its tie-in with the local infrastructure - connected by direct trams (what a radical idea) from the city centre; & tastefully placed within a huge area of parkland.
Like garlic bread, sleek modern-designed stadiums are the future, so let's all get used to them. As modern stadiums go, the Koln Stadium is pretty good. Not top notch, but neither is our team, manager, bank balance or, dare I say it, the sound volume of support most games.
All we need to do now is set up our (potential) brand spanking new stadium in excellent parkland....err, looks like someone else thought of that first.
Alan Chadwick, Posted 04/06/2007 at 18:06:06
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