In this feature on football scoreboards, I will discuss the rules for retractable stadiums in the NFL. Even if you are the most hardened NFL who knows the rulebook inside out, I bet you don’t know these rules! Few people really so, and that is why I’ve decided to research into it and find out.

An increasing amount of NFL franchises are looking into or are already building stadiums with retractable roofs. Due to this fact, a need arose for the National Football League to clarify the rules for when such stadiums are open and closed. There are certain rules the NFL has with regards to retractable stadiums, and every football team also has its own rules in their respective stadiums.

In this feature on soccer scoreboards, I will talk about the worst disasters that soccer stadiums have ever seen.

1. The Ibrox Disaster
This is one of the first disasters recorded in soccer history. On April 5th, 1902, not long before a match between England and Scotland was going to start, the West Tribune Stand, which had been newly built, collapsed right onto the fans. Hundreds of people fell to the ground below the seats, some almost 40 feet. The death toll was 25 and 500 people suffered injuries. The stand was said to have collapsed because of heavy rain the night before.

In this feature on baseball scoreboards, I have researched into Astroturf (or artificial turf), which is a surface for sports arenas made from synthetic fibers, and looks just like natural grass. There has been a lot of debate about its use in baseball stadiums, so though I would add my two cents and summarize the main points surrounding the topic. So, in this baseball scoreboards feature, I have listed the main pros and cons of artificial turf:

On no continent in the world does soccer have as high a profile as it does in Europe. Therefore, in this feature on soccer scoreboards, I will list the largest soccer stadiums in Europe. Because of soccer’s popularity on this continent, it is hardly a surprise that it is a home to some of the world’s most prestigious and historic stadiums. Here are the biggest, and also the best soccer stadiums in Europe, and, possibly, in the world:

1. Barcelona, Spain – Camp Nou.
The FC Barcelona home stadium is definitely up there with the world’s best stadiums, and it is home to quite possibly the best soccer team in the world. Camp Nou, which means ‘New Field’ translated from Catalan, used to be a nickname for the stadium. It was called Estadi del Barcelona, but then the nickname became more popular than the name itself. The seating capacity of Camp Nou is almost 100,000 fans.

In this football scoreboards feature, I have taken a look at the 7 worst NFL stadiums ever built. Old, out of date, uncomfortable, bad facilities, ugly…these are the stadiums you least want to go to to watch an NFL game.

1) The Sun Life Stadium (Miami Dolphins)
Some serious renovations are required at this stadium after the Super Bowl was held there last February. The time has finally come for the Dolphins to move to another stadium.

In this football scoreboards feature, I will discuss the pros and cons of selling beer at college stadiums.

Roughly 35 out of 120 NCAA Division 1 schools currently allow the sales of beer to take place in their stadiums. However, many of these are limited to club-seating areas, clubs, and luxury suites. In other cases, the entire stadium will have access to beer, because it is the local sports authority that owns the facility or the city or state, and the alcohol policy is established by that body, not the school itself. A lot of colleges already have problems with underage drinking, so they frown upon having beer sold at their stadiums.

Witnessing a sporting game live is an extremely memorable and incredibly exhilarating experience. Basketball, perhaps, even more so because of the fact that so much is happening in not only a short span of time, but also in a small space! The experience of watching a basketball game live is enhanced even further due to the sheer numbers of spectators and fans crammed into that space. The old adage, “the more the merrier” is tailor made for such situations. In a basketball scoreboards feature, I have taken a look at the top 10 NBA stadiums with the largest seating capacity.

10. Izod Center – This stadium is home to the New Jersey Nets and has a seating capacity of 20,049. The stadium has experienced many name changes which is why it is usually known as the Meadowlands arena.

Stadiums play a big role in the overall experience for fans watching a game. After all, there is a lot more to it than the game itself. Basketball, and US sports in general are now a big show, in which the “overall experience” includes everything from getting to the stadium, the food and facilities there, and the atmosphere generated by the fans. With regard to this, the worst basketball stadium, according to the fans, is the Izod Center. In this basketball scoreboards feature, I will tell you why.

The Izod Center is the home stadium for the New Jersey Nets. The first stadium ever built for the Nets in 1981 was known as the Brendan Bryne Arena. Later, it was named as the Continental Airlines Arena and then after being taken over by a clothing company, Izod, it came to be known as the Izod Center. There are many reasons why the Izod Center is disliked by fans.

In almost every NBA game some kind of skirmish between the players take place; it seems to be a rite of passage in professional basketball. However, there are some games where there are out right brawls which escalade into a team wide free-for-all showdown. In this basketball scoreboards article, I have taken a look at the most memorable brawls which occurred at two of the most famous NBA arenas.

There are many famous basketball arenas, and each one is famous for a unique reason. An arena is not only famous for the basketball matches that take place there but also because of many other activities that are held there. It is also about the atmosphere, the seating space and the food quality. In this basketball scoreboards article, I have reviewed the top 4 famous basketball arenas in the NBA – the ones that have all these things and more.