XREF 2014 >>>
STADIA
XREF 2014 >>>
STADIA
WHY STADIUMS >>>
STADIUMS ARE AN INCREDIBLY UNIQUE AND HIGHLY SPECIALIZED PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE IN WHICH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME TOGETHER EVERY WEEK, UNITED BY COMMON PURPOSE. THE STADIUM IS A BUILDING TYPE WITH ITS ORIGINS IN ANCIENT ROME AND REFINED OVER TWO MILLENNIA. THEY HAVE BECOME THE CATHEDRALS OF THE MODERN ERA, HUGE SHRINES ERECTED FOR THE GLORY OF SPORT AND AS ICONS OF THE CITIES AND PEOPLE THAT BUILD THEM
WHY ENGLISH FOOTBALL >>>
ENGLAND IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (SOCCER), WHOSE RULES WERE FIRST ESTABLISHED 150 YEARS AGO IN 19TH CENTURY BRITAIN. FOOTBALL HAS BEEN WIDELY REGARDED AS THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR SPORT WITH AN ESTIMATED 250 MILLION PLAYERS AND 1.3 BILLION FANS. BUT I HAVE NOT CHOSEN ENGLISH FOOTBALL FOR ITS HISTORY NOR ITS POPULARITY THE REAL REASON IS MUCH MORE SIMPLE...
BECAUSE IT IS A LEAGUE IN WHICH THIS TEAM...
ARSENAL FC
EMIRATES STADIUM
CAPACITY: 60,000 COMPLETED: 2006 CLUB INCOME: $526 MILLION
...COMPETES AGAINST THIS TEAM
QUEENS PARK RANGERS
LOFTUS ROAD
CAPACITY: 18,400 OPENED: 1904 CLUB INCOME: $-23 MILLION
AND A CULTURE IN WHICH THIS STADIUM...
... HAS EVOLVED INTO THIS STADIUM
MANCHESTER UNITED
OLD TRAFFORD
CAPACITY: 75,635 FIRST OPENED: 1910 CLUB INCOME: $681 MILLION
WHY ENGLISH FOOTBALL >>> ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
t OLD TRAFFORD
80,000
LARGE NFL STADIUMS TYPICAL VARIETY
MANCHESTER UNITED
AVERAGE STADIUM AGE
83 YEARS OLD SMALLEST STADIUM
18,439
t EMIRATES STADIUM ARSENAL FC
t ETIHAD STADIUM
LARGEST STADIUM
75,635
LARGEST / SMALLEST
+/- 410 %
MANCHESTER CITY
t ST JAMES’ PARK NEW CASTLE UNITED
OLD 1880 t ANFIELD t STAMFORD BRIDGE
t
LIVERPOOL FC
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
2010 STADIUM OF LIGHT
NEW
SUNDERLAND FC
CHELSEA FC
AVERAGE STADIUM AGE
21 YEARS OLD
t ST MARY’S STADIUM
SMALLEST STADIUM
LARGEST STADIUM
80,566
LARGEST / SMALLEST
+/- 158 %
t SELHURST PARK CRYSTAL PALACE
t THE HAWTHORNS
WEST BROMWICH ALBION
20,000
50,805
SOUTHAMPTON FC
SMALL
t REEBOK STADIUM BOLTON WANDERERS
t LIBERTY STADIUM SWANSEA CITY
THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE OFFERS AN ASTONISHING VARIETY IN STADIUM DESIGN, LEGACIES AND CAPACITIES. SOME TEAMS HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN THE SAME STADIUM FOR OVER 130 YEARS, EVOLVING THROUGH COUNTLESS RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS. OTHERS HAVE BUILT BRAND NEW STADIUMS, SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES. THIS PROVIDES AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY AN ENORMOUS VARIETY OF STADIUM DESIGNS AND FAN EXPERIENCES
LOGISTICS >>> THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE PROVIDES AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE AS MANY STADIUMS AS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE GEOGRAPHIC DENSITY OF ITS TEAMS
COMPARED TO THAT OF AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS THAT ARE OFTEN SEPARATED BY HUNDREDS OF MILES
IT IS REASONABLY POSSIBLE TO VISIT EVERY STADIUM IN THE LEAGUE IN A ONE WEEK PERIOD, WHILE THE SEASON SCHEDULE COULD ALLOW FOR ATTENDING SIX OR MORE MATCHES OVER TWO WEEKENDS TO DOCUMENT THE VIEWER EXPERIENCE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
ENGLAND, UK:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
20 TEAMS
58,000 SQ MI
32 TEAMS
3.79 MILLION SQ MI
DOCUMENTATION >>> DOCUMENTATION OF THE TRIP WILL BE BROAD AND TAKE ON A VARIETY OF FORMS AND MEDIA. THINGS I PLAN TO BRING BACK WITH ME INCLUDE: PHOTOS VIDEOS SKETCHES DIAGRAMS JOURNAL ENTRIES STRUCTURAL STRATEGIES & SYSTEMS URBANISTIC IDEAS ABOUT STADIUMS IN CITIES A NEW UNDERSTANDING ON RENOVATION AND REUSE A BRAND NEW OUTLOOK ON THE FAN EXPERIENCE AND STADIUM DESIGN
>>> XREF 2014
STADIA