Watching the gold medal match in football in Stadium Australia at the Olympics, I noticed that they had a full field with what looked to be real grass. The day before they had hosted the final track and field events.
How did they manage to lay down a full field with grass, etc in such short time? It looked like real grass to me and I didn’t see any obvious marks that they had just created it.
Any ideas?
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I don’t know about the Sydney stadium, but in Arnhem (NL), the Vitesse “Gelredome” Stadium features a fully removable football field that slides out underneath the stadium to a separate space behind in, so as to accomodate rock concerts and such without ruining the grass.
Perhaps this was a similar construction?
The final was held at the Sydney Football Stadium, not Stadium Australia which is where the Track & Field stuff was. Two different places. BTW, the SFS is usually used for Rugby League and occasionally for Rugby Union. League is what is known as “football” in New South Wales and Queensland. In the rest of Oz, “football” means Australian Rules. Just to be confusing, the Sydney team in the AFL plays at the Sydney Cricket Ground, not the Football Stadium.
It was good to see the verve of the Lions of Cameroon finally win something. Given that you could use a couple of over 25s in your team though, I was disappointed they didn’t use Roger Milla off the bench.
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Thanks for the info. I was sure that it was Stadium Aus. Is it me or are those two stadiums identical?
They do have a very similar style. The new stadium in Melbourne (Colonial) looks similar too: i’ts the way the top is designed. They have a kind of rounded projecting bit on each side at top which is filled in with a lattice. The Millenium Stadium in Wales where they held the Rugby World Cup looks similar too.
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