Top 7 Most Amazing Stadiums in the World

Sports has come a long way, with a very rich history to talk about. Sports stadiums today can boast of many facinating and impressive pieces of architecture there is anywhere around the world. Without these great stadiums to compliment the great players that we have today, this excitment in sports would have been incomplete. The beauty of the stadium adds more glamour to sports and effects the spirit and magic in sports, hence having made this point, lets go ahead and list the Top 7 most amazing stadiums in the world.

7) De Meer Stadium (Amsterdam

     

Home stadium of Ajax and Netherland national football team, though today the stadium has been upgraded into a relatively new ultra modern Amsterdam Arena. The stadium was opened in 1996, and has a capacity of 53,042. The stadium has hosted both the  Champions League Final in 1998 and the 2013 Europa League Final. Der Meer Stadium has hosted most of the notable footballers around the globe.  

6) Beijing National Stadium

 Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, is located in the beautiful city of  Beijing, China. Located in the Olympic Green, the $423 million stadium is the world’s largest steel structure,the stadium was designed for use in respect to the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.After a bidding process that included 13 final submissions,the design was awarded to a submission from the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in April 2003. 

5) World Games Stadium, Taiwan

  











With a capacity of 55,000 and opened in 2009, the multi-purpose venue is so special with  its roof and sides are designed with   solar panels which provide all the electricity needed inside. It's also open at one end ,with the twisting spiral shape designed to look like a dragon. It is currently the largest stadium in Taiwan with the said capacity.Designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito.

4)  Wembley

    













 Wembley stadium was opened in 2007 after the ealier Wembley stadium was destroyed in 2003 , was built on the same site as the old one, located in Wembley Park in London, England. Primarily an association football venue, Wembley is owned by The Football Association (The FA) via its subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Limited, and hosts the home international matches of the England national football team and the main English domestic cup finals. It is the second largest stadium in Europe with a capacity of 90,000 (after Camp Nou) and the largest (and tallest) in the world with every seat under cover.

3) The Veltins Arena

Opened in 2001, A home ground for the German club FC Schalke 04, with a capacity of 78,966.  replaced Schalke’s old Parkstadion.   The first venue in Europe to have a pitch that can be moved outside, the  turf can be moved back out to its normal spot after each came. It was the first stadium in Germany that was completely privately financed without government subsidies and built at a cost of €191 million. The stadium has hosted the Europa League, Champions League and World Cup action.Has a five-star stadium" rating

2) Beijing National Aquatics Center

The Beijing National Aquatics Center , also known as the National Aquatics Center also known as the Water Cube, is an aquatics center that was built together with Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green meant for the swimming competitions during the  2008 Summer Olympics.

1) Nou Mestella

The construction of this stadium started on December 24, 2003, and was completed on January 28, 2008 Nou Mestalla football stadium under construction in Valencia, Spain for Valencia CF. Work began in August 2007, and is due to be completed in August 2010. The stadium will also be capable of hosting athletics. The stadium will have a capacity of 75,000. It replaces their current stadium Estadio Mestalla. The stadium architects are Reid Fenwick Asociados and ArupSport, and the cost is estimated between 250 and 300 million euros.