Talk:Multi-purpose stadium

RFK Stadium

Is it my imagination, or is RFK Stadium too old to be a cookie-cutter? Just asking. --Carn29 13:41, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

No because it was the stadium that led the "revolution" of multi-purpose stadiums. {..::M@®©™ ::..} (talk) 07:01, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Seating chart

A diagram showing the typical seating chart/field layout would be useful to illustrate the deficiency of these stadiums in providing good views of various sports, as mentioned in the article. Pimlottc 07:44, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

RFK

RFK is actually a pretty poor example of a cookie cutter stadium. 1). It did not have a fixed-radius upper deck like the others, resulting in a unique roof line. 2). its upper deck utilized the same technology as the renovated Yankee Stadium, with cables in the concrete to allow it to cantilever a remarkable distance over the lower deck. 3). It opened with, and always had, a grass field. 4).

Riverfront, The Vet and Three Rivers are the prototypical cookie cutters. Also, the new retro parks could easily be considered a new version of the cookie cutters, since they all use the same fundamental elements. Laotzu41 04:12, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Original Research and citations

This article lumps together a number of different buildings with the intent of disparaging the design or purpose. Even the title violates NPOV. The article has been tagged for references since July. Group29 18:50, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Metrodome not a cookie cutter

The Metrodome is not one of the "ashtray" parks disparaged by this article. It is a football stadium that converts into a baseball stadium, the complete opposite of Candlestick Park or Anaheim Stadium. It is a domed stadium. The only category it fits into would be multi-purpose stadiums, which should not be covered by this original research article . Group29 (talk) 14:59, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Metrodome, Dolphin Stadium, (now SunLife Stadium, but i never liked calling the stadium by its naming rights with the exception of Pro Player Park/Stadium.) are only convertable stadiums. Candlestick Park and Angel Stadium really can't be mensioned either, since they arent cirucular like the traditional cookie cutter and because they were converted back or to a one sport stadium Mc134 (talk) 04:55, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

cfd

Removed cfdnotice, cfd has completed. --Kbdank71 17:35, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

--D. Monack | talk 00:13, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Copied from the category discussion. Category renamed to Category:Multi-purpose stadiums Group29 (talk) 14:35, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

About Multi-purpose stadiums

I believe Multi-purpose stadiums to be a legitimate category denoting stadiums that can be used for American football and baseball. It could also be similar or synonymous with Multi-purpose arenas to denote those that can be used for hockey and basketball. As a side note, all stadiums and arenas host concerts, tractor pulls, religious revivals or trade shows, so it could be argued that ALL stadiums could fall into the Multi-purpose bucket. Group29 (talk) 14:25, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I believe Multi-Use may be a better use for situations like that. Good point though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mc134 (talk • contribs) 04:47, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Pictures

I think the pictures of Dolphin Stadium and the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum should be replaced with pictures of a more traditional multi-purpose stadium, such as a cookie cutter. Those two pictures are the worst examples because Dolphin Stadium is just a football stadium that converts to a baseball stadium and the field layout of the Oakland Coliseum is different than the layout of most cookie-cutter multi-purpose stadiums. {..::M@®©™ ::..} (talk) 07:07, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Skim Flickr and Commons for better free images, then. If the photos we have are poor examples, then let's replace them... SchuminWeb (Talk) 13:38, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Remove American Bias

This seems to completely ignore the multipurpose stadia outside North America. There are a significant number of multipurpose stadia that play neither American Football or Baseball. For example Eden Park in Auckland is a Cricket and Rugby venue, the Melbourne Cricket Ground is used (primarily) for Cricket and Australian Rules Football, but has been used as the main stadium for an Olympics, the Antigua Recreational Ground is the premier ground in Antigua for both Football and Cricket. A number of large stadia in France are also used for Football (Soccer) and Rugby.

The issues that these stadia face are similar to the North American ones, although the layout required is different for the different sports, and sports like Cricket have very specialist demands on the turf.

Mykuhl (talk) 02:37, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Sounds like you know something about this. You should get your sources in line and add something about it! SchuminWeb (Talk) 02:48, 16 July 2010 (UTC)