Stadiums named after people.

[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'

[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, 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 )

[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!

[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_...negger_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.