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Captain Obvious · Sep 29, 2003, 02:06 PM

Yeah, I know how it is spelled.

Anyway, I am not sure how many of you are going to watch the game tonight but after you do I'd like to know what impression you have of that hideous renovation of the stadium. Quite honestly it is the ugliest thing I have ever seen created and in contrast to the rest of the Museum Campus it looks even worse. I am sure the inside is quite nice but as the only NFL stadium to be hold landmark status they did quite a disservice to the city by renovating it the way they did.
I thought I had problems with the new Comiskey but driving down LSD this summer and seeing the new Solider Field eclipsed my hatred of that construction project in half a second.

Captain Obvious · Sep 29, 2003, 02:11 PM

(you can select more than one option in your poll vote)

waxcrash · Sep 29, 2003, 02:20 PM

I think I'll speak for all of Chicago. It's an eyesore!

Everyone I talk to says it looks awful. I've heard it's awesome inside though.

I'm a Bears fan, but I'm realistic. The Packers are going to kill the Bears. I'll be watching the game tonight at Joe's Sport's Bar on Weed St.

PowerMatt · Sep 29, 2003, 02:23 PM

The modern curvatious design clashes with the Romanesque pillars.

GO PACKERS!

wdlove · Sep 29, 2003, 02:24 PM

The inside and outside look don't match. I like the outer facade!

BasketofPuppies · Sep 29, 2003, 04:08 PM

Anything would have been an improvement over the old Soldiers Field. That place was falling apart.

And the Packers suck.

marusin · Sep 29, 2003, 05:25 PM

Aren't most Football (American Football, not the "real football" but that's another story

) Stadiums an eyesore? I can't think of one that looks decent...

A lot of modern baseball stadiums on the flipside are quite cool... Pac Bell, Coors Field, etc

I'm from Chicago and while it's going to take some getting used to, I'm glad they kept the pillar structure on the sides to keep some of the old look. I've heard the inside kicks ass and am looking forward to going to a Chicago Fire game and seeing what it's like.

osiris · Sep 29, 2003, 06:01 PM

This thing looks as if the guys who did Caeser Palace in Vegas had some extra stucco and a few pillars laying around.

It also looks a bit fascist to me, but heh, it's football. As long as the home team likes it.

Phanguye · Sep 29, 2003, 06:10 PM

Originally posted by osiris:
This thing looks as if the guys who did Caeser Palace in Vegas had some extra stucco and a few pillars laying around.

It also looks a bit fascist to me, but heh, it's football. As long as the home team likes it.

it has always had the pillars, only the glass space ship is new

it sucks

scottiB · Sep 29, 2003, 06:34 PM

Originally posted by marusin:
Aren't most Football (American Football, not the "real football" but that's another story ) Stadiums an eyesore? I can't think of one that looks decent...

A lot of modern baseball stadiums on the flipside are quite cool... Pac Bell, Coors Field, etc...

At the risk of being perceived as a homer, Ford Field, the Lions' new home, is quite nice and has an intimacy like Camden Yards. That said, it is enclosed.

malvolio · Sep 29, 2003, 07:19 PM

Originally posted by marusin:
Aren't most Football (American Football, not the "real football" but that's another story ) Stadiums an eyesore? I can't think of one that looks decent...

I'm partial to the "old-time" stadia - Yankee Stadium when it was still home to the NY Giants, and the LA Coliseum.
If you watch college (American) football games, you will see some nice architecture.

::maroma:: · Sep 29, 2003, 07:45 PM

The best ever:

Why hasn't anyone been able to match this greatness?

King Bob On The Cob · Sep 30, 2003, 12:20 AM

Too bad you couldn't get rid of the pillars (They are a national landmark)
Th Edward Jones dome (St. Louis) doesn't look THAT bad...

waxcrash · 10:52 AM

The Bears got spanked by the Packers!

You heard it here first. I predict the Bears will not win a single game this season.

xyber233 · Sep 30, 2003, 01:07 AM

Originally posted by waxcrash:
The Bears got spanked by the Packers!

You heard it hear first. I predict the Bears will not win a single game this season.

They will win a game.

BasketofPuppies · Sep 30, 2003, 01:16 AM

Maybe two! And if we pray to the football gods, possibly three.

Seriously, I doubt the Bears will lose every game. The very fact that they're the Bears means that they'll win at least four games.

If not, at least the Cubs and White Sox had good seasons this year.

malvolio · Sep 30, 2003, 10:19 AM

Originally posted by xyber233:
They will win a game.

I hope they beat the Raiders this coming Sunday. It would be sooo sweet to see Brian Erlacher stomping on that whiny wuss Gannon.

And yes, that is one fugly football stadium. Typical of a really horrible architectural trend that seeks to mollify preservationists by retaining elements of an older structure, which clash stylistically with the new construction.

JC Denton · Sep 30, 2003, 11:26 AM

I thought it was pretty bad as I would drive by it and see the spaceship, but the more I drive by it, the more I like it. The view as you approach it from the south on LSD (ie from McCormick Place) is actually kind of nice, since it doesn't seem as the new additions dominate the colonnades. Of course, as you get closer, you can't help but notice how much taller the west grandstand is compared to the old exterior. I also went biking on the lake side of the stadium, and that close up view is much better than the view on the west, since the grandstand doesn't seem as imposing.

I hear the view from the inside is really nice, although the best view is from the expensive seats on the east. Maybe I'll have to catch a Fire game, just to check out the field.

Oh yeah, and if the the new memorials to soldiers is good enough for actual veterans, it's good enough for me.

vmpaul · Sep 30, 2003, 12:01 PM

Looks like a Peter Keating job to me.

Modern interior with some classical, facade slapped on the front.

(Do you think anybody in responsibility has even read The Fountainhead?)

Webscreamer · Sep 30, 2003, 03:30 PM

Originally posted by waxcrash:
I think I'll speak for all of Chicago. It's an eyesore!

Everyone I talk to says it looks awful. I've heard it's awesome inside though.

I'm a Bears fan, but I'm realistic. The Packers are going to kill the Bears. I'll be watching the game tonight at Joe's Sport's Bar on Weed St.

Shoulda came over ;p I am going to college in Chicago and am a huge Packer fan too

PowerMatt · Oct 2, 2003, 09:56 AM

I think Lambeau Field is a much more classy retrofit.

Captain Obvious · Oct 2, 2003, 02:50 PM

Originally posted by PowerMatt:
I think Lambeau Field is a much more classy retrofit.

Taken the level of class of the surrounding area it resides in I am sure nothing could be done to it to make it look tacky.

But I will give you that Miller park is better than US Cell.

+1200

Webscreamer · Oct 2, 2003, 08:48 PM

Originally posted by Captain Obvious:
Taken the level of class of the surrounding area it resides in I am sure nothing could be done to it to make it look tacky.

But I will give you that Miller park is better than US Cell.

+1200

I agree, Green Bay is not the best city in Wisconsin. But where the stadium is, it is not bad. BUT, I HOPE you went there before you jumped to conclusions.

BMy Aunt's brother-in-law is the head of Lambeau Field. He can control the stadium from his home computer. (like lights, etc... or if something breaks warnings come up on his PC) he even has a superbowl ring I got to even touch