Talk:Stadium

message: 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)
thread_title: Notes

message: 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)
thread_title: Photos

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

message: 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?
:Re units, you're inferring the etymology in the wrong direction.  It is not analogous to modern use of "football fields" for distance.  The unit of measure is the original word. The word later came to refer to a race track which was one stadium long. It then came to refer to the circular track with spectators where a stadium race was held, and then from that came to be any sporting arena. Iglew (talk) 06:39, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Units 

message: Is this article firstly about stadiums in America? Drogo 20:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No its ment to be about around the world(Gnevin 23:45, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hence the picture of a Sydney stadium. Wahkeenah 00:11, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stadiums in America 

message: "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)
thread_title:  Hillborough/Heysel 

message: Could something be said about the way taxpayers are "forced" to pay for building stadiums for rich owners & players?  
"If Steinbrenner and the owners of the Mets want new ballparks, they shouldn't pay for half, or whatever they are going to pay under the voodoo economics of these plans. They should do exactly what Peter Magowan did in San Francisco when he wanted to build Pac Bell Park: They should go to the bank and find a way to pay for all of it themselves."  http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/2001/12/07/2001-12-07_let_them_pay__let_them_pay__.html  Stars4change (talk) 16:53, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Let owners pay to build

message: In the US, the term "bleachers" currently refers only to bench type seats, usually the lowest priced seats. No one would use the term to refer to chair back seats, or to seating in general (unless the only seating is bleachers).Wschart (talk) 21:15, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bleachers 

message: Hi folks,
I just erased a very misleading paragraph. The paragraph stated as follows
The Greek hippodrome was the basic model for both the Roman stadium and the Roman circus. A hippodrome and a stadium may be of similar size, while the largest circus structures can have seating capacities up to ten times greater. In practice, however, the association of one of these three words with a given structure may be more the result of some naming convention than a reflection of any characteristic of its physical size or structure. Indeed, from one epoch to another the same structure many be known by different names. For example, the Stadium of Domitian was also known as the Circus Agonalis. In another example a structure at Aphrodisias can be found referred to as a stadium, or a hippodrome, while it has the size and structure of a small circus.
Objections. The Greeks had no hippodromes prior to being conquered by the Romans, and even then had fewer than the Romans. The hippodrome (a Greek word) originated in the Roman circus. Latin circus and Greek hippodrome are the same structures. The Romans had three types of stadium-like structures: circus (for horse races), amphitheatre (for gladiatorial combat), theatre (for drama and pantomime). No stadia. On the other hand, Greeks had theatres and stadia. No hippodromes or amphitheatres.
When the Romans conquered the East, they spread their horse races to the Greek areas, and their gladiatorial combats. Stadia were refurbished for horse races and theatres refurbished for gladiatorial combats. 
All in all, we cannot have a Wikipedia page claiming that "The Greek hippodrome was the basic model for the Roman stadium and the Roman circus." Not only did the Romans have no stadia as such; it is the Roman circus that influenced and originated those few Greek and Byzantine structures that can be considered true hippodromes. You will find that ALL Greek/Byzantine hippodromes are from after the Roman conquest. Chariot racing in ancient Greece was a minor sport compared to human races, discus, javelin, boxing and wrestling.
I won't go on and on. The claim that the Greek hippodrome is prior to the Roman circus is false and opposite to the truth. A reference must be provided for such an astounding claim.
Jroo222 (talk) 14:18, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paragraph on ancient history of stadia 

message: wikipedia is very eurocentric and biased, but still it shouldn't be so biased as to take credit for the stadiums
phoenician stadium at Amrita from 15th century BC
there is also a stadium at dholavira, i think that Greek models were based on phoenician models because of the oblong plan of the Amrita stadium.
Amrit Stadium 60.54.13.118 (talk) 07:31, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  pre greek stadiums 

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