Talk:Estádio da Luz

message: Is it possible for someone to edit the article to make the point, if the Sunderland stadium of a similar title is to be mentioned, that the English translation "Stadium of Light" is patently incorrect? The correct translation is "The Light Stadium", seeing as Luz refers to a part of the city of Lisbon rather than the quality, light. As is typical, sadly, going all the way back to the start of any sort of broadcasting in England, BBC, ITV, etc, and I suspect, the newspapers also, English journalists have no idea how to deal with European languages. The same stupid error was made recently with respect to the African Nations Cup, by the way.
It was a shock to me only 6 months ago to find that the "Light" in Stadium of Light refers to urban geography. I suspect it will also come as a shock to the people involved in naming the 'new' Sunderland stadium a few years back. Yes, there are local connections there to light (the quality) but there is no way that it would have been so named if they, as football fans, hadn't been aware of the Benfica stsdium name. Of course, they would have had no idea that Luz was a matter of geography either.
88.111.128.141 (talk) 21:51, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "Benfica desperately needed to stop the rot!"
"Many Benfica fans went far enough to stop the bulldosers."
The style of the article is far from encyclopedia text. Is there anyone who knows about the subject matter to go through this text?
Also, the Luz-light controversy is not very well explained. If Luz doesn't refer to light at all, why was the new stadium designed for maximum natural light? Is it not possible it refers to both the place _and_ light? CarlosCoppola 08:26, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Style of the article 

message: Should a separate article be written for the old Estadio da Luz?  It seems this article focuses more on the current stadium.  The new stadium was built on the same site as the old, according to the Portuguese article on the old stadium.  Patken4 01:33, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Separate article for old Estadio da Luz?

message: Wouldn´t be more accurate to describe it as a sports complex and not only "a football stadium" ? It has a swimming center, two pavillions, a second field, a comercial area with the main store... this article only focus the football...  --Eagle Fly Free SLB 18:29, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: question

message: Why when searching for the world famous stadium of light, do I get directed to the bad copy, in Sunderland UK?
Surely, having only been built in 1997, it's deceptive. And the people running the page should take ownership of the name?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.128.223.67 (talk) 16:07, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Stadium of Light" is actually a mistranslation of Estadio da Luz.  If you read the article, it points out that "Luz" is the area in which it is built, and is, coincidentally, also the word for light.  Cocytus [»talk«] 17:07, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: imposters

message: I'm sorry, but if you live "closely to the stadium for a very long time" how can you say that "there is categorically no such place as Luz" and "Not in Lisbon certainly" ?!  
All that you have written, especially "The stadium of those in touch with god" or "the stadium that feels god's presence" and "Or people that feel the divine presence (...)  The original "stadium of (the) light" (built in 1952) was in homage to this festival and theological icon". "and general catholic concept.." The stadium name refers to a building that is "of god" or "of the light"........ this is ridiculous. 
First: The original name of the stadium of Benfica (1954 not 1952) was known as "Estádio de Carnide" not "Estádio da Luz". Only became popularly known as "Estádio da Luz" because of its location and because of the lights that were inaugurated in the stadium by the end of the 1950's.
You can check out old Carris plants from the 1950's and guess, you can see a place on the map called "Luz". 
Of course there is a place called "Luz" ("Light") in Lisbon. There's a Church after "our Lady of Light" just close to the stadium. It's just the shorter name. 
It was a very important church since the Middle Ages, even more along the XVI century until the earhquake. The entire area is known as "Luz". There's a convent called "Luz" and the Colegio Militar building was known as "Hospital da Luz". They all have more than 400 years! 
In modern days, Lisbon build a road called "Estrada da Luz" ("Road of the Light") connecting the Zoo to the... Our Lady of Light Church. 
You can also check out Carnide's parish official site and guess... there's a neighborhood called "Quinta da Luz" ("Farm of the Light").
But i'm not finished...    
Please, check out the Topographic Chart of Lisbon, probably from 1717. You known what is the place that is near Carnide? YES! jackpot! "Our Lady of Light" with a clear dot. So there's a place (maps are about places not festivals) made by the Portuguese from the beggining of the XVIII century called "OUR LADY OF LIGHT"?     LOL
The people living there was really crazy about God and festivals. 
Unfortunately, knowing History and Geographic locations have nothing to do with personal opinions. 
So the Portuguese wiki is right on this (Carnide's page): 
"A freguesia, no séc. XVIII, era constituída fundamentalmente por dois núcleos construídos, Carnide e Luz.
A Luz era, no séc. XVIII, um importante pólo de atracção na freguesia de Carnide."
Yes, it was.    There is and there was an urban place called "Luz" ("Light") in Lisbon. 
Very old indeed. It has nothing to do with "biblical light" for crying out loud, but the inspiring "light" of the Church (where the cult was older than the church). Around an important religious area, there's usually a small place.  --Good Hope Phanta (talk) 01:03, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Luz: an answer to the former 

message: I am sure the original number of seats was 65,647 but now I think that is outdated. The official website shows (by doing the maths) that it has a capacity of 65,200. This Wikipedia article states "an official capacity of 65,400". S.L. Benfica page on Primeira Liga website displays a capacity of 64,642. I wonder what capacity number UEFA displays but I haven't found any document. What number should be displayed then? 85.246.175.123 (talk) 18:25, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stadium capacity 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Before you even start thinking about reverting my last edit just because [insert some lousy reason], discuss your "problem" here. As I wrote before, there is no need to isolate "important" victories over rivals in a league run. Also, the "Benfica's return to titles" subtitle was a poor choice, as the spectators info and the Liga Europa trivia don't have a direct relationship to that. By the way, what is with your obsession in including the tetra achievement everywhere? That was totally out of place there. Sometimes, less is more. Besteirense (talk) 10:55, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not questioning the changes you made. That's not the point. You copied text and sources from other articles without giving proper attribution, therefore, you violated one of the terms in the CC BY-SA 3.0 License: Attribution—You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work.); You must give appropriate credit. SLBedit (talk) 18:43, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Benfica's return to titles" subsection 

message: Shouldn't the article be called Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, since this is the actual official name of the stadium? I know it's colloquially called Estádio da Luz, since the old stadium had that name (Estádio da Luz (1954)), but I think the article should have the real official name instead. João Pedro Almeida (talk) 15:44, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article's name 

message: Should we list them in the article? SLBedit (talk) 18:38, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
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