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Why aren't stadiums shared multi-use endeavours? Here, square stadiums are used by rugby (union and league) in the winter and soccer in the summer. Oval stadiu
by NamTaf 11y ago
Why aren't stadiums shared multi-use endeavours?
Here, square stadiums are used by rugby (union and league) in the winter and soccer in the summer. Oval stadiums are used by AFL in the winter and cricket in the summer. In between, they occasionally host concerts - for example, when there's away games, or mid-week, or between seasons.
This seems like a way better approach than the NFL one. Is it just because NFL / baseball / basketball (the 'big 3' in the US as far as I can tell) are all so radically different in field/court size and design that they can't be housed together? Is there any overlap that can occur in stadium mixed-use?
- tosseraccount 11y agoThey used support both football and baseball. Oakland has the last multi-purpose stadium for MLB and NFL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.co_Coliseum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.co_Coliseum Baseball needs a large oval and foot ball needs a rectangle. The compromise to support both baseball and football leads to a suboptimal solution for both.
- bluedino 11y agoThe NHL (ice hockey) and NBA (basketball) share some stadiums. The NFL (football) and MLB (baseball) used to share a few but I think only one or two still do, if any. But you will find things like monster truck events, dirt bike racing. or concerts at sports stadiums quite often.
- some-guy 11y agoI live in Oakland and both the Oakland A's and the Oakland Raiders share a stadium, which is considered the worst stadium in both sports. They do have some monster truck events as well and used to host the San Jose Earthquakes on occasion before they got their own stadium.
- etler 11y agoThey used to be very common. There used to be football and baseball shared stadiums as well as basketball and hockey shared stadiums too. I don't know why exactly it changed, I think everyone just wanted their own special place.
- bsder 11y agoStadiums purpose built for baseball are way better than dual football/baseball stadiums. They are also a lot better for other events as you are significantly closer. The problem with football stadiums is that you really don't get a good view of the field since they are all about packing in the maximum number of people at a single event. Consequently, nobody really wants to host anything there.
- bmm6o 11y ago> Why aren't stadiums shared multi-use endeavours? Because nothing about this whole thing is rational. Sharing makes sense if the owners want to split costs and get year-round use out of it, but if every major sports team in the area can strong-arm its own special-purpose stadium from the local government, then they will. There are exceptions, like sibling comments note. In LA, the Staples Center is actually shared by 3 teams (2 NBA, 1 NHL) and is also a popular concert venue. It works great for the city having the one building in the heart of downtown to build an ecosystem around rather than 3 or 4 similar ones spread out.
- bmm6o 11y agoAnd I don't recall the details of the deal to build the Staples Center, but as a city LA has been pretty steadfast about not providing public money for sports venues. This may have pushed the incentives to make sharing much more sensible.
- jpindar 11y agoSome NFL stadiums are also used for soccer, as well as concerts and such.
- jessaustin 11y agoOval stadiums... It was pretty smart to invent another sport that could use those oval cricket fields! And Aussie rules is great in its own right. Actually the first Polo Grounds in Manhattan was originally used for polo but hosted lots of baseball and football as well.