Ultimate NFL Tournament: Stadium Overviews
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by user False Prophet
Cross posted from http://www.nfl-goat.com/
| The Ultimate NFL Championship |
| Intro/Brackets |
| Stadium Overviews |
| LA Coliseum Regional Overview (Part 1) |
| LA Coliseum Regional Overview (Part 2) |
| Dolphins Stadium Regional Overview (Part 1) |
| Aaron Schatz's reseeding of the teams |
| Round 1 Results |
| Round 2 Results |
I have decided to pick 5 stadiums of significance; The Louisiana Superdome, The LA Coliseum, Dolphins Stadium, Texas Stadium, and The University of Phoenix stadium. I picked the Super dome and Dolphins Stadium because these are the locations of the most super bowls ever. I picked the LA Coliseum in honor of the first super bowl, and of the 2006 Rose Bowl (A.K.A the greatest game ever played). I picked Texas Stadium because the Cowboys are "Amercia's Team", so I found it fitting to allow them to host a region. Finaly, the University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, Ariz.) was chosen as it is hosting Super Bowl XLI this comming year. So now, to give everyone a basic idea of what the stadiums are, I will provide a picture, and a description from Wikipedia.
Louisiana Superdome:
The Louisiana Superdome, often informally referred to simply as the Superdome, The Dome or even the New Orleans Superdome is a large, multi-purpose sports and exhibition facility located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA ( 29.951° N 90.081° W). The Superdome is the current home of the NFL 's New Orleans Saints. The Superdome is the largest fixed domed structure in the world, but it lost its title as the largest domed structure when the Georgia Dome in Atlanta was completed in 1992. (Both the Superdome and Georgia Dome were surpassed in size by the London 's Millennium Dome in 1999.)
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Superdome
LA Coliseum:
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in Downtown Los Angeles, California at Exposition Park that has hosted two Olympics and is home to the University of Southern California Trojans football team. It is located next to the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena adjacent to the campus of the University of Southern California (USC). The stadium is owned by the City of Los Angeles and managed by the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LA_Coliseum
Dolphins Stadium:
Dolphin Stadium (previously known as Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Stadium, Pro Player Park, and Dolphins Stadium) is a football, lacrosse, soccer and baseball stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, a suburb north of Miami. The stadium serves as host to both the Miami Dolphins and the Florida Marlins.
Since its construction, there have been four Super Bowls ( XXIII, XXIX, XXXIII, XLI) and two World Series ( '97 and '03) played in the stadium. The stadium will serve as host for Super Bowl XLIV in 2010.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphins_Stadium
Texas Stadium:
Texas Stadium is the home field of the National Football League 's Dallas Cowboys. It is in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, and opened on October 24, 1971, at a cost of $35 million. The stadium seats 65,675. Built to replace the aging Cotton Bowl, the stadium was to have originally been a domed stadium, but the stadium could not support the weight of the entire roof, and public funding ran out before the roof support structure could be modified. This resulted in most of the stands being enclosed but not the playing field itself. This unusual arrangement - more commonly seen in European soccer stadiums - prompted Cowboys linebacker D.D. Lewis to make his now-famous quip that the "hole" in the stadium's roof was there "so that God can watch His team."
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Stadium
University of Phoenix Stadium:
University of Phoenix Stadium is a multipurpose stadium located in Glendale, Arizona. Its primary tenants are the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL and the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. The new stadium is located across the street from the Jobing.com Arena, home to the NHL Phoenix Coyotes. The University of Phoenix, a for-profit university specializing in adult education, acquired the naming rights in September 2006, shortly after the stadium had opened under the name Cardinals Stadium.
The 63,400-seat stadium (expandable to 73,000) opened on Aug. 1, 2006 after three years of construction. It is considered an architectural icon for the region and was named by Business Week as one of the 10 “the most impressive” sports facilities on the globe due to the combination of its retractable roof and roll-in natural grass field. It is the only North American facility on the list.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Phoenix_Stadium
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