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Tag Archives: stadiums
Cricket grounds with the largest capacity in South Asia
Below are the largest active cricket grounds, listed by capacity, in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bhutan, and the Maldives). A minimum seating capacity of 20,000 was required for inclusion in the list. It is actually … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Asia, cities, civics, culture, entertainment, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, India, infrastructure, land use, pictures, placemaking, recreation, spatial design, sports, Statistics, tourism, Travel, urban design
Tagged Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, cricket, cricket grounds, India, Nepal, Pakistan, sports, Sri Lanka, stadiums, The Maldives
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Estadios de béisbol mas grandes de America Latina – ACTUALIZADO (Largest baseball stadiums of Latin America) – UPDATED
Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey – Source: facebook.com/EstadiosDeMexico/posts/estadio-de-beisbol-monterrey-la-casa-de-los-sultanes-de-monterrey-en-la-lmb-y-lm/3118047278255427/ Estadio Nacional de Dennis Martínez, Nicaragua – Source: gomezvazquez.international/opening-of-the-dennis-martinez-stadium _________ La siguiente lista identifica aquellos estadios en América Latina que se utilizan principalmente o en su totalidad para el béisbol. Estas impresionantes instalaciones … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, branding, Caribbean, cities, culture, engineering, entertainment, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Latin America, Mexico, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, South America, spatial design, sports, Statistics, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning
Tagged America Latina, ballparks, baseball, Béisbol, Cuba, Dominican Republic, estadio, Latin America, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, stadiums, Venezuela
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Aerial tramways – a “last mile” transit solution for airports and stadiums
Aerial tramways (a.k.a. urban gondolas) may be an excellent solution for filling the missing “last mile” transit link to major sports venues and airports. Too often, rail transit systems do not directly connect to the airport terminal or to a … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Aerial tramways, airport planning, airports, cities, commerce, downtown, economic development, entertainment, fun, geography, infrastructure, land use, Maps, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, sports, Statistics, sustainability, technology, tourism, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, Urban Gondolas, urban planning
Tagged Aerial tramways, airports, cities, fun, geography, gondolas, land use, planning, sports venues, stadiums, transportation, travel, Urban Gondolas
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From sea to shining sea of wasteful surface parking lots
The images below depict the extent of wasteful surface parking lots that can be found across the United States at many major sports venues, especially those dedicated to football, baseball, and soccer. Much of the land currently set aside for … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, Cars, cities, downtown, economic development, engineering, geography, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, Maps, parking, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, Portugal, product design, rail, Railroads, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, technology, third places, tourism, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, UK, urban design, urban planning, visual pollution, walking
Tagged access, AT&T Stadium, automobiles, Aviva Stadium, cars, cities, design, Dodger Stadium, Europe, Hard Rock Stadium, light rail, Lisbon Stadium, Memorial Coliseum, MetLife Stadium, Murrayfield Stadium, parking, parking lots, Progressive Field, rail, stadiums, Stamford Bridge, State Farm Stadium, surface parking, Toyota Stadium, traffic, US Bank Stadium, USA
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Largest outdoor rodeo arenas in the US & Canada
Few sporting events can match a Western rodeo for enhancing the image of true Americana. Just the thought of a summer evening under the lights or a sunny afternoon watching courageous rodeo contestants compete in the dusty arena invokes a … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, architecture, Canada, cities, commerce, culture, economic development, entertainment, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, Statistics, third places, tourism, Trade, Travel, urban planning
Tagged arenas, cities, coboys, cowgirls, entertainment, fun, history, planning, rodeo, rodeo arenas, rodeos, stadiums, travel
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Working list – World’s longest ‘urban’ escalators
Below is a working list of the longest urban escalators in the world. This list does not include the sum total length of multi-escalator systems (such as the Central-Mid Levels Escalator/Walkway System in Hong Kong), but only individual escalators or … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, airport planning, airports, architecture, bicycling, Biking, cities, downtown, economic development, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged airports, bike, cities, escalators, malls, metros, museums, railway stations, stadiums, subways
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Take me out to the ballgame…from the balcony
Greater Lansing can now claim to be a national and global trendsetter in innovative urban design, as construction has begun on The Outfield – a new mixed use development, including 80 residential units, overlooking the outfield of Lugnut’s Stadium (officially … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, business, cities, culture, density, downtown, economic development, entertainment, fun, Housing, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, skylines, spatial design, sports, third places, tourism, trails, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged baseball, cities, downtown, entertainment, Gillespie Group, land use, Lansing, Lansing Lugnuts, planning, sports, stadiums, The Outfield
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The sins of suburban stadium sprawl
The following blogpost seemed timely and appropriate with the Super Bowl coming up this weekend in Glendale, Arizona, a large suburb of Phoenix. More on Glendale at the conclusion of this post. Quite often among the planning world there are debates on … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, bicycling, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, density, downtown, economic development, entertainment, environment, geography, government, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, social equity, spatial design, sports, sprawl, sustainability, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged baseball, equity, football, geography, government, infrastructure, land use, planning, soccer, social equity, sprawl, stadiums, transportation
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My favorite stadiums
Last night I watched a very interesting and entertaining program on PBS about the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park in Boston. I highly recommend the special. The show got me to thinking about what my favorite stadiums are (or were) and … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Canada, Cities, entertainment, Europe, fun, land use, schools, States, Travel, U.K.
Tagged ball parks, baseball, cricket, fields, football, soccer, sports, stadiums
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