Stadiums named after people.

**HarpoJoyce** · 21/04/2008, 12:18 PM

Honoary President of RSC Anderlecht M. Constant Vanden Stock passed away over the weekend. Rest In Peace.
http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/n...id=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 : Premi�re phase de r�novation du stade Emile Vers�, rebaptis� 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** · 21/04/2008, 12:25 PM

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

**superfrank** · 21/04/2008, 12:25 PM

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

**gustavo** · 21/04/2008, 12:40 PM

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

**sligoman** · 21/04/2008, 12:45 PM

Santiago Bernab�u[Real Madrid].

EDIT: How could I forget Arnie's one

**celticV3** · 21/04/2008, 12:53 PM

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

**Plastic Paddy** · 21/04/2008, 12:57 PM

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.

PP

**gee wizz** · 21/04/2008, 1:03 PM

didnt arnold schwarzenegger have a stadium in austria named after him

**osarusan** · 21/04/2008, 1:40 PM

The Vicente Calderon Stadium - Atletico Madrid.

**Sheridan** · 21/04/2008, 1:42 PM

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

**noby** · 21/04/2008, 2:05 PM

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** · 21/04/2008, 2:41 PM

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

**Jerry The Saint** · 21/04/2008, 2:56 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

Archbishop Croke

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

**Wangball** · 21/04/2008, 3:13 PM

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** · 21/04/2008, 3:18 PM

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** · 21/04/2008, 3:43 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

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