Stadiums named after people.

[HarpoJoyce]

Honoary President of RSC Anderlecht M. Constant Vanden Stock passed away over the weekend. Rest In Peace.
http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=685705.html

French language obit. from club (not on English version)
http://www.rsca.be/article.php?aid=20482&menu=1

Anderlecht changed the name of there ground to honour their former player and 25 year serving chairman from Parc Verse.
http://www.rsca.be/historydates.php?menu=4&submenu=22
"1983 : Première phase de rénovation du stade Emile Versé, rebaptisé Stade Constant Vanden Stock."

A concern is that English language journalists up to the present day, called the stadium Parc Astrid after the greater public park around the sportsground. It's not the only ground in Europe to be named something other than the Official title, especially when the ground is named after a person. There is a famous stadium in Milano with a similiar effect.

What other stadiums are named after people? and why the culture not to repeat the name but give the stadium a more inanimate title? (is it like the idea, not creating a statue of someone who is living).

[jebus]

The Madjeski Stadium in Reading springs to mind, egotistical asswipe that he is

[superfrank]

Dwight Yorke has a stadium named after him in T&T.

[gustavo]

I suppose the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza is more commonly called the San Siro

[sligoman]

Santiago Bernabéu[Real Madrid].

EDIT: How could I forget Arnie's one (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10607371/from/RS.5/):D

[celticV3]

Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera) -Boca Juniors

[Plastic Paddy]

The Raymond McEnhill Stadium, home of the mighty Salisbury City of the English Blue Square Premier League (aka the Conference). Such a grand name for a stadium that holds 3,000.

:ball: PP

[gee wizz]

didnt arnold schwarzenegger have a stadium in austria named after him

[osarusan]

The Vicente Calderon Stadium - Atletico Madrid.

[Sheridan]

In fairness, this thread could go on forever without leaving Western Europe...

[noby]

They like this kind of thing in the GAA too - a stadium named after someone, comprising two stands and two terraces named after four other people.

[Block G Raptor]

Well on stands and terraces named after people, Preston NE have the Bill Shankley Kop

[Jerry The Saint]

They like this kind of thing in the GAA too - a stadium named after someone, comprising two stands and two terraces named after four other people.

Archbishop Croke

Michael Hogan
Michael Cusack
Maurice Davin
Paddy Nally
Benny Hill...

[Wangball]

The Kasam Stadium in Oxford is another example of a Chairman's ego's running riot although he built it so he can really call it what he wants!!!

[DaveyCakes]

The Gottlieb Daimler Stadion in Stuttgart, which used to be called the Adolf Hitler Stadion, but will be known as the Mercedes-stadion from next year.

[HarpoJoyce]

The Gottlieb Daimler Stadion in Stuttgart, which used to be called the Adolf Hitler Stadion, but will be known as the Mercedes-stadion from next year.


DC, you have some Neckar describing that last one.

This Stadium in Baku after a famous assistant referee
http://www.zerozero.pt/img/estadios/3528_estadio.jpg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3740556.stm

[Bluebeard]

Bohs have two:

The Des Kelly Stand
The Jodi (Byrne) Stand:D

[GavinZac]

Does Saint Coleman count?

[rambler14]

Does Saint Coleman count?

It should. He is a person after all.

Saint Colemans Park
Every GAA team in the country.
Windsor Park
St Mary's Stadium

[geysir]

Archbishop Croke

Michael Hogan
Michael Cusack
Maurice Davin
Paddy Nally
Benny Hill...
Benny Hill? :D

Nally Stand has found a new home in Tyrone.

Nally abducted by aliens (http://www.independent.ie/multimedia/archive/00160/nally_160309b.jpg)

[Flawless]

didnt arnold schwarzenegger have a stadium in austria named after him

He did, put public pressure made the name be taken off when he became Governor of California and ordered the execution of Stan Williams. It was Sturm Graz's stadium, called the UPC-Arena now.

Huddersfields ground still called The Alfred McAlpine Stadium?

[stojkovic]

West Ham's ground is NOT called Upton Park but is called The Boleyn Ground.

Rumour has it that Rovers want to call Tallaght Stadium after some bloke called Thomas Davis.

[Closed Account 2]

Here are a few of the stadiums I've been to that are named after people

Estadio Pedro Bidegain of San Lorenzo, Argentina

Estadio Alberto J. Armando (aka La Bombonera), Argentina

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville

Estádio José de Alvalade, Lisbon


Puskás Ferenc Stadion, named after the greatest Hungarian of all time, used to be known as the Nepstadion.

http://www.kulturinfo.hu/helyszin.gcw?id=4293

[GavinZac]

It should. He is a person after all.

Saint Colemans Park
Every GAA team in the country.
Windsor Park
St Mary's Stadium

Is it St. Colmans or St. Colemans? Its spelled differently every second place I see it.

[Junior]

Isnt Evertons new ground going to be called 'The Tesco Stadium':D

[TheBoss]

I would say that most stadiums in Spain, France and Italy are named after people.

[GavinZac]

I would say that most stadiums in Spain, France and Italy are named after people.

Oh yeah, for instance Parc de L'artiste Précédemment Appelé Prince

[crc]

Windsor Park
I'm pretty sure it's named after Windsor Avenue (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lower+windsor+avenue,+belfast&sll=54.58078,-5.949848&sspn=0.007076,0.019891&ie=UTF8&ll=54.581414,-5.950727&spn=0.007076,0.019891&t=h&z=16), rather than any person / group of people in particular.

[TheBoss]

Oh yeah, for instance Parc de L'artiste Précédemment Appelé Prince


Hence the word 'most'

[superfrank]

Garrincha has a minscule-sized stadium named after him in Pau Grande, Brazil.

[Réiteoir]

Bordeaux play in the Stade Chaban-Delmas - named after the former mayor of Bordeaux, Jacques Chaban-Delmas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Breydel - gives his name to the stadium Club Bruges play in

[gee wizz]

Is it St. Colmans or St. Colemans? Its spelled differently every second place I see it.

St Colman's Park after the irish catholic saint Colman Mac Duagh

[Block G Raptor]

It should. He is a person after all.
Was a person Rambler, Was.I'm sorry to break it to you he's been dead for quite a while. Check the so farewell then thread if you don't believe me I 'm sure there was a post on there circa 668A.D.

[Flawless]

Manuel Ruiz de Lopera - Real Betis

Vicente Calderon - Atleico Madrid

Coliseum Alfonso Perez - Getafe

[TonyD]

Not a fotbal stadium, but, Shea Stadium - named after the famous Cuban revolutionary leader.... Shea Stadium.



(From the Rutles :D)

[Kingdom]

The Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna.
The Ennio Tardini in Parma
Who could forget the Luigi Ferraris in Genoa

This could be a long thread! :D

[SkStu]

the Fritz Walter in Kaiserslautern, venue for Bohs biggest away win in Europe. :)

[theworm2345]

Dwight Yorke has a stadium named after him in T&T.
Damn, you beat me to it

St Jakob Park in Switzerland
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Austria (though I believe he asked them to rename it because he was ashamed of something or other)

EDIT: yes, they did remove it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger_Stadium

Because of Tookie as well (former head of the Crips, reformed himself, and was executed)

[HarpoJoyce]

Manuel Ruiz de Lopera - Real Betis

Vicente Calderon - Atleico Madrid

Coliseum Alfonso Perez - Getafe

I didn't realise the name was changed from the previous chap.

Estadio Ruiz de Lopera
http://www.stadiumguide.com/ruizdelopera.htm

and the shorter Benito Villamarin
http://www.stadiumguide.com/benitovillamarin.htm

Also Real Betis Balompie, 'Balompie' is an Andalucian word for football - Simon Ingles, Football Grounds of Europe, 1990. Best book on football I've ever read.