China Has Reinvented the Stadium

You've never seen a stadium like this.
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[@shirokisasaki3233]

Absolutely EPIC. can't wait to see it with my own eyes next year

[@Mr.HappyGamer]

Yes, indeed! Me too. All the best to 🇯🇵. Love from 🇮🇳.

[@sygneg7348]

Hi, just leaving my mark on history to remind people that I exist

[@rathernotsayatall]

@@sygneg7348 I do too, but who's I?

[@CulturedThugPoster]

Epic containment facility .. just saying

[@AshLilburne]

Anyone know why they changed the title of the video?

[@darkwoodmovies]

The only way to make a good stadium is 1) Put it somewhere near the city economic center 2) Build very good public transit around it so no cars have to go in or out

[@ianhomerpura8937]

And Asian stadiums always tend to do both.

[@ha-gq3ry]

Wrong. Step 1: Use unreal engine.

[@JupiterVortex]

@@ianhomerpura8937 i love asian stadiums

[@eddiejc1]

The only problem with #2 is if you have a very greedy owner who wants EVERYONE to pay for parking, and thus deliberately makes it difficult if not impossible for people to go to the game via public transportation. I am looking at you, Dan Snyder!

[@JupiterVortex]

@Norepublicants exactly

[@mr.bennett108]

I work in entertainment infrastructure for one of the largest fabrication shops in the world and we are in the process of building an Unreal Engine-based mock-up renderer. This type of industrial modeling IS the future!

[@babagandu]

China

[@antwango]

entertainment infrastructure?? fabrication shops???? er who??? theme parks???

[@WellBattle6]

Aka real time rendering for everything rather than having to bake renders for five hours

[@WellBattle6]

Curious though @Mr. Bennett, do you import CAD models directly into the UE-based renderers, or do they have to be optimized before importing?

[@Thisusernameisnottaken1]

Is your company hiring?

[@erika3174]

Unreal Engine refuses to stop impressing me

[@stephensullivan1011]

Fr tho

[@zakwanberlin]

And the crazy thing is that it’s free

[@Physis_88]

@@zakwanberlin Well, it is "free"

[@codydabest]

some would say, it's "unreal"

[@carloslesnar191]

@@zakwanberlin the best, it's free

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Ah, Zaha Hadid. Mesopotamian society and Zaha Hadid are Iraq's greatest exports. I know Olympic Stadiums are meant to be the centerpieces of each Games, but the aquatics centre she designed for the 2012 Summer Olympics blew the stadium that year out of the water. Truly a work of art. Though my favorite work of hers is the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, both the exterior and the interior of its auditorium are magnificent. Although she passed in 2016, her firm is continuing her legacy beautifully.

[@babagandu]

Nah both suck

[@nevreiha]

i used to live near to where Zaha Hadid is buried

[@babagandu]

@@nevreiha I used to dance in Somalia

[@nevreiha]

it's a pretty crazy cemetery, worth a look

[@averagestudent5223]

@@babagandu you're Indian aren't you

[@fry8h]

No wonder it’s extremely beautiful, Zaha Hadid architects. I first read their book randomly in my campus’s library, they built many famous amazing architecture-basically each of their project is an art piece. Tremendously beautiful.

[@babagandu]

Nah they suck, just commercial and diversity hirees

[@orionmedivh5859]

As a Chinese, we are more proud of our football stadiums than our football team 🙄

[@purplerabbit638]

Lol

[@nawawiawi4013]

Architecture, engineering, and artistic talents should be proud of more than football talents..

[@architectdoge9251]

@@nawawiawi4013 He actually means that the male Chinese football team is extremely terrible,and even getting worse,losing more games compared with before.

[@nawawiawi4013]

@@architectdoge9251 i mean to which one is the worth most. The engineering, architecture and artistic skills more worth and useful than sports.

[@AKDHFR]

@@architectdoge9251 i think chinese are more into gaming,architecture,engineering and probably money. Usually they dont really into gym or sport kinda thing.

[@danielkrcmar5395]

Nice to see a building designed for a specific place and not just as an anywhere building with no identity.

[@sidjain999]

Fun Fact : China is not hosting the AFC Asian Cup 2023 tournament anymore

[@PD-we8vf]

Why?

[@jjxx9082]

没钱，中国足球爱好者很少

[@myra8158]

@@jjxx9082 China could easily afford that it's just that football isn't famous in China

[@envirosong]

@@PD-we8vf because of the pandemic.

[@spider6660]

@@myra8158 You may know that China's football fans are of the whole population of the UK. Lol

[@max5183]

It's crazy what a gaming engine can do. I loved the fortnite "hidden" advertisement in the stadium 😂

[@anonisgay]

Not that subtle.

[@googleit1131]

It's also used to create films, used in academics, and very often used in Architecture and Interior Design (although not to the same degree as something like Revit or SketchUp). Also, you missed the Rocket League advertisement on the massive screen in the stadium :)

[@gadgetgasspoll2923]

Where ?

[@ryxelmanuelp.mangahis1732]

@@gadgetgasspoll2923 in 4:06 under the screen (also rocket league lol)

[@joermnyc]

Unreal Engine 4 powers the backgrounds of shows like “The Mandolorian” in real time. (They film on a giant set with screens that wrap around and cover it.) The version 5 of this is coming, and it’s even more realistic.

[@ChrisG1392]

Pretty sure unreal just makes it easier to present their work in a 3D model given the data they already have from their architectural plans.

[@YOUhunun]

While, yes, this stadium is extremely stunning and i really appreciate the historic references in its design, i don’t quite understand how this stadium is “pushing boundaries of what a stadium can be”. It’s simply a stadium with a plaza and mall inside, nothing new to be fair. Doesn’t seem like it has that much of an open space in front of it either, like they did at SoFi Stadium. It’s great they think of a stadium more like a city space now, but you can see adaptions and newly built stadiums are like that nearly everywhere in the world now. It’s simply the only way to keep them operating to be fair. Not all of Europe has full stadiums every week like in Bundesliga or Premier League.

[@l.s.11]

Yes, I dislike the clickbait nature of this video as well. ;/

[@Bunnybunny5656]

Did you not hear about all the top notch technology built into it? You missed that didn’t you

[@JJ-bt7nx]

It was about viewing angles, it was computer modeled to give every seat a great view.

[@YOUhunun]

@@Bunnybunny5656 i did not miss that, and it’s amazing what technology can do these days. I’m sure it will serve better as a stadium than most newly built stadiums, but that doesn’t change my point that it’s still just at most simply a stadium - a very good one admittedly. I just did not like how they talked about “transforming what a stadium can be”, i just hoped there was more of change in programs and it seriously in all its functions thought through to serve more than just what most stadiums all over the world already do anyways.

[@davidjacobs8558]

Ancient China did not have "stadium" like what Ancient Greek or Roman civilization had for some odd reason. Greeks had semi-circular theatres and stadiums where tens of thousands of people could gather and watch events. and Roman had Colosseums and Circust Maximus. But Ancient Chinese ruling class did not want large group of people gathering together in one place. so no such structures were built.

[@kiyu_u6009]

Xi'an is such a nice city. One of my favorite cities in China. This stadium looks amazing wow

[@brianrice3246]

Usually I enjoy B1Ms insightful commentaries but here I feel it is not clear how this stadiums actual design, rather than the digital approach, moves the conversation on from Spurs stadium in London or the SoFi stadium in Inglewood - although the exterior looks great the interior looks kind of ordinary - dare i say Emirates stadium in London level of ordinary.

[@germancanan1940]

This was just a pay sponsor for Unreal Engine

[@fourthdeconstruction]

@@germancanan1940 Clearly Not an impressive stadium.

[@javierlopez-ys4gs]

Could not have said it better. This stadium is clearly lagging to his peers (No retractable roof or pitch and no word of any other leisure activities available in the stadium apart from watching football) Usually B1M is quite good at merging sponsors with purposeful information but definately not on this one

[@andro7862]

@@javierlopez-ys4gs 4:49 he literally mentions leisure activities apart from football.

[@kemboi3646]

This seems like an advert. Title should have been "How Unreal Engine Has Reinvented the Stadium" This stadium is basic.

[@KBProduction]

always been fascinated seeing how China built big infrastructure projects

[@ILoveU2Love1]

@@celestialbeing5291 NO ONE ASKED WHO DESIGNED IT...THE CONSTRUCTION...THAT IS WJAT WAS MENTIONED.🧐

[@celestialbeing5291]

@@ILoveU2Love1 The design is what captivated the viewers. Mexican day laborers can do construction which doesn't impress anyone.

[@vincentxiao1836]

​@@celestialbeing5291 Yes everyone knows Zaha Hadid is Iraqi. But I don't think you could argue that this design is Iraqi, as it's pretty much fully western+traditional Chinese. The ethnicity of the architect does not determine what style it is. Furthermore, I don't think Zaha Hadid herself was even involved with the design of this stadium. It was her practice, but led by Patrik Schumacher. That said, I respect traditional Iraqi architecture very much and I even study it at university, alongside traditional architecture of other countries.

[@celestialbeing5291]

@@vincentxiao1836 It doesn't look Western. Matter of fact, it's getting attention due to it's innovative design based on Iraqi originality and non-traditional structure. THAT"s why it's news dude.

[@vincentxiao1836]

@@celestialbeing5291 It was designed with western construction technologies, but indeed it doesn't look western. Because ZHA was designing this to look Chinese. Have you ever seen Chinese traditional architecture? In fact, Zaha Hadid had passed away long before ZHA took on this project, and their designs are now led by a German, so I don't even know why you're still arguing lol.

[@drewh3224]

The tension cable mess for the roof is taking to a next level for the stadium and it so light. Structurally, it is a first custom made and designed.

[@ravenfeeder1892]

Reminds me of the way awnings are theorised to have been used in the Roman Colosseum.

[@jmchez]

@@ravenfeeder1892 Awnings and the Roman Colosseum. Yup! By coinicdence, I was re-watching Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" last night and noticed how the VFX team took great care to render the awning's shadow.

[@richarddevine8391]

Stunning is an understatement! Just WOW

[@devonex]

Very nice to see how they keep the stadium running even after the sport event is over. Most stadiums around the world are left abandoned as soon as its over.

[@qzg7857]

Not true. Small part of them are but people tend to catch on those. For example Euro 2012 Poland-Ukraine, every stadium is working and still in heavy use. (I speak only about Polish part)

[@JonMartinYXD]

@@qzg7857 Prior to this February, the only Ukrainian Euro 2012 stadium not in use was Donbas Arena. After the Russian invasion in 2014, Shakhtar Donetsk, the main tenant, had to relocate to non-occupied Ukraine. The current status of Donbas Arena is unclear. We know it suffered damage in 2014, was being repaired, but was then damaged again this year.

[@GoinMLG]

It's a football stadium so its gonna see constant use

[@bryanffox1]

I'm very confused about how this stadium represents the future of stadiums. Feels like a lot of hype for a regular old stadium.

[@y21rico83]

agree

[@rcpaskus83]

But algorithms! Digital technology! Unreal engine! China! Sometimes this channel feels like straight up propaganda.

[@timbred8532]

Clickbait

[@AA-pz4pv]

Usage as a public space for everyday use for people I all ages and large-scale use of innovative technologies. Environment-friendly efficient design. Please watch the video again.

[@AA-pz4pv]

They feature innovative infrastructure from all over the world, including the US, Europe, the Middle East, and east Asia.

[@wesley20124]

Fair play to ZHA, have come a long way since pure form like the London Aquatics areana. The cable net structure with a hole in the middle looks beautiful

[@SomeOne-yf3qq]

You have made some great videos. I wanna see you do one on Singapore's upcoming mega port

[@sloanNYC]

Unreal is being used for all sorts of modeling to not only make sure buildings are constructed properly, but also run all sorts of simulations on existing structures. Pretty exciting stuff.

[@schlenbea]

I'm liking how UE5 has crept its way into architecture! Brilliant! Keep up the great work Fred!

[@-k5703]

Look at all the North American stadiums for all 4 major sports baseball (MLB), basketball (NBA), American FOOTBALL (NFL) and hockey (NHL). They always build majority of those in downtown areas so they can get the maximum crowd and it blends it beautifully with the city vibe

[@Max_von_Mustermann_ll]

Isn't the birth place of Football the UK? At least as we know it? I mean they played between villages and partly with the hands as well.

[@deu8894]

This is very different from any other football stadium ever built. Really impressive architecture going on here

[@j99bgr]

I work in arch viz and specialise in both Unreal Engine and the usual static renders. Being more focused on Unreal, these clips look amazing and the results are great!

[@JoePolaris]

Also check how the Unreal Engine is used in movies and Television VFX, The Madalorian series has a great example. Great content @B1M team 👍

[@kc10man]

My 4th favorite city in China, which is a complement. Had so much fun in archeologist classes there. Wonderful place to visit! Do yourself a favor and go to Xian, plan at least a week or you will regret it.

[@RedRocketthefirst]

No thank you ...

[@fandroid6491]

Ah, my favorite is Xinjiang

[@Giraldtec]

It would be nicer if these type of videos would dive deeper in the projects. Otherwise it just becomes a glorified clickbait . . . . Anyway, its better than nothing. Keep making awesome architectural content!

[@trouts4]

Yeah, this video struck me as short and kind of superficial.

[@MGZetta]

You basically want a whole ass documentary for free. Lol. Free "click baits" are still free content.

[@picklewithinternet2254]

Mugiwara

[@davidh9823]

Another incredible video, great content and very informative.

[@argentinemaniac]

beautiful design. with a historical nod, an imposing and stately presence, all coupled with a decidedly strong 21st century leap forward. truly excellent. tip of the hat to Zaha Hadid team.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

China isn't hosting the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Back on May 14, they announced due to the circumstances of their pandemic policy, they cannot host the cup. That being said, as great as this stadium is, our beautiful Rungrado May Day Stadium which hosts our famous Arirang Mass Games has a way bigger capacity. Xi'an's stadium will have 60K, ours has a capacity of 114,000. For the longest time it was the world's largest stadium...until India stole our thunder

[@evog35viii]

* In Peter Griffin's voice * Shut up Kimmy!!!

[@J_X999]

Jokes aside, looks and quality of a stadium matters more than how many people you can cram in

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@J_X999 Nonesense. Then it becomes a economic drain without a point for existing.

[@JS-pb6gb]

Beautiful. Now I just hope the Chinese government brings back the lotus design for the guangzhou stadium

[@Settiis]

You can enter it only with 5000+ social credits

[@jaegye]

Copied from reddit : If you're reffering to the 2004 news article about Cuju on FIFA Magazine, I think it's a bit of a stretch to say FIFA recognized it as the earliest form of football. It was not an editorial or an oficial document, and was written by a professor of Oriental Studies (the German Helmut Brinker) as a piece of trivia and entertainement. Terribly misleading to claim that FIFA officially acknowledged anything. 1:07

[@gyommr]

No wonder it looks amazing, it's Zaha Hadid!😍

[@silveriver9]

Whether we like it or not, China is the future and the future is now.

[@reduced2ash]

@@silveriver9 China is on the brink of a collapse

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Her studio to be exact. Obviously it's not her work (RIP).

[@KookieGee]

Now that is a beautiful stadium, everything about it just screams fresh. The look and surrounding just looks amazing

[@jooji_gaming]

Pretty sure the birth place of football is in my home city of Sheffield, England. Well its has the world's oldest professional football stadium (Bramall Lane) and club (Sheffield FC) anyway.

[@maxpowr90]

Building it is the easy part. Maintaining it is the hard part.

[@RedRocketthefirst]

China sucks at that

[@mattmayo3539]

When the 49er stadium was built in Santa Clara. The opening game was about 100 degrees outside. Worst location for an all outdoor stadium. Sent numerous fans to the hospital with heat stroke. I’m pretty sure someone died after they succumbed to heat stroke.

[@KanyeTheGayFish69]

It’s usually not that hot there

[@TheSpaceGiraffe]

0:26 wow those renders look stunning

[@noneone3310]

as a chinese football fan, i wish our man's football team can get a update like this stadium. they totally suck.

[@jediknight5600]

Why do they suck? What's the problem ?

[@noneone3310]

@@jediknight5600 many reasons, i think an important one is that, in general we value the education greatly, much more than sports, parents don't want their children commit to any sport as future profession. especially the average family, they can't afford to take the risk, if along the way their kids failed at any point, they would be left with very grim prospect in other potential options of livelihood, given the fierce competition everywhere in china. it's better and safer for the kids to receive normal educations and keep their options open. professional football became to a rich kid's game. so the talent pool is greatly limited from the beginning, and rich kids are spoiled, they are lack of disciplines, motivation, and professionalism, in general.

[@biber9979]

Your video are amazing, thanks a lot for all your hard work. May i suggest you to make video about Chengdu metro system. It is absolutely crazy what they build in just 12 year and how much more they will do in next two years. For now Chengdu metro system has 13 lines, 373 metro stations, and 518km of tracks. In next two years they will open 4 new lines and one very long extension of existing line(25 km of extension and 18 new stations), plus few short extensions. I think that is amazing for city that isnt TIER 1 city in China. In 2024 system will be around 700 km long.

[@catonpillow]

I second that. Chengdu's metro is a gem.

[@TheAstronomyDude]

The Colosseum in Rome had the exact same roof system and they didn't need unreal engine.

[@stanmarsh820]

Just some deaths to compensate for the lack of preparedness

[@purplerabbit638]

Caesar's Palace doesn't count man.

[@kaliningradtoczechrepublic8162]

pretty sure they actually used unreal engine to build the colloseum

[@silveriver9]

And what happened to it now? 🤣

[@kaliningradtoczechrepublic8162]

@@silveriver9 its 2000 years old bro

[@gmtom19]

If China is going to claim cuju was the "origins" of football, then why not say the Aztec Tchatali was the origin of football? Oh, its because China has a lot of money to strong arm companies like Fifa and Peru doesnt.

[@lilfoward1832]

Fifa claimed it. Did you not watch the vid

[@rhowell1978]

@@lilfoward1832 FIFA have removed any claim and only made said claim because they were at an Expo in a certain country………………the problem with history is those using it to fit their agenda. Association Football and Cuju are different.

[@spencerc7445]

God, it's a great day when a new B1M video comes out.

[@anthonyjarvis9472]

firstly CHINA IS NOT THE BIRTHPLACE OF FOOTBALL secondly this is just a stadium like any other.

[@DomQuartuccio]

The production quality of these videos keeps getting better and better, as do the topics you present to us!

[@doodoofish]

The facade from one side looks like the royal palace of Tang Dynasty, which speaks the history of Xi’an - the stadium’s host city is the capital city of 13 dynasties in ancient China.

[@turtleisgarb5410]

Truley incredible, I've been waiting for a big futuristic and aeinchent style architecture statement in china for some time. Also Love how you snuck rocket league in there on the stadium screen.

[@PHDiaz-vv7yo]

I’m a stadium nerd. And this looks fookin beautiful

[@thatonepersonuh]

I love your uploads! I literally loveeee your videos, they inspire me so much!

[@Nabium]

This video reminds me of the British papers which hailed German architecture and new stadiums in the 30s.

[@DadoBre]

most of the Chinese stadiums are almost empty all the time. got huge stadium’s and 20% attendants only. 1.5 billion people. can’t find 11good people to play football

[@theloniousm4337]

0:53 where is this roundabout with the pedestrian roundabout over top located? what city?

[@darinbauer8122]

It looks uniquely like a combination of Chinese, minimalist Ferengi & Klingon architectures. Excellent civic engineering feat! Beautiful aesthetics! Didn't mention solar panels or hempcrete carbon encapsulation. The landscaping was seen but not mentioned. Hempcrete eventually smells like a freeway tunnel, so it's lack of widespread use is at least comprehensible. Please stay green China!

[@antwango]

Dont worry China will go green as quickly as possible for a nation that size.. china has managed to turn the desert green... most evs on the planet....

[@darinbauer8122]

@@antwango 3 Mile Dam is not quite fair value exchange relative to displacement & native cultures. Also: FREE TIBET!!!

[@mirror452]

@@darinbauer8122 Tibet has already been freed, you're over half a century late.

[@darinbauer8122]

@@mirror452 Maybe you should check Wikipedia.

[@curtiswong7280]

@@darinbauer8122 Get a load of this guy

[@martincito1662]

There’s a new 70,000 capacity stadium being planned for Monterrey, Mexico. Could you talk about it??

[@TheB1M]

Yes, we'll take a look!

[@icantwiththis]

Will it have running water? Interesting to see how they will adapt to the environment.

[@martincito1662]

@@icantwiththis Reported!

[@aydinsengun5088]

@@martincito1662 Why? Future proofing against water problems in Mexico City are a valid concern, especially with a venue of that size. It doesn't help anyone to report just because you don't like what someone said.

[@lihangsu249]

You all notice? Very little parking lot. This is not necessary when you have good public transportation.

[@vonrichthofen5734]

With hardly disguised advertisment videos like this you are risking your good reputation, and your reputation is all you got. I hope youre aware of that, i always liked your channel.

[@jeremycull8876]

"Birthplace of soccer (football) is right here in China" - ..... 🤔 Ummm no. That is 💯 wrong 🙄

[@rng8119]

where is it then?

[@jeremycull8876]

@@rng8119 literally everywhere. It's like saying a region of the world invented how to grab a stick. It's absurd.

[@rvind000]

Unreal Engine is incredible.

[@waynewright5023]

Constructing an entire sports complex facility in virtual reality--pure genius!!! Such beautiful lines!!!

[@-HolySpiritDove-]

Imagine what the metaverse ~Matrix world will be like! (Great research on the vid & well thought-out beautiful blissful build btw)

[@tigertiger1699]

Always excellent vids👍🙏🙏

[@ALSAHAFI13]

No way this was "designed" in Unreal Engine. That's just not how architects work. The animation was made in Unreal, sure. But the design was mostly like created using Rhino and Grasshopper. Revit was probably used as well for BIM.

[@Mrsharky]

Well yes, no body actually 3d models within engine. But the materials, the testing for light, weather, seat view, etc... those are simulated in engine. But they most likely using Rhino if i was to take a wild guess. since it's industry standard.

[@dtrjones]

I don't think you can really associate soccer with Cuju which is a Chinese football game, but it's not soccer, it's a different game and still played by the Chinese today. Kaka even played it in a recent tour of the country. Soccer's birthplace in Britain (more Scotland) and as far as I know there is no link between the two, they have completely independant histories.

[@frankhe4862]

sorry for being ahead of everyone else, especially the brits, whose ego is so fragile 😂

[@humansarecrazybeing5730]

@@commandershepherd3022 lol here comes another white guy whose ancestors stole ideas and resources from all around the globe . You guys should give up hating on china 😂😂

[@vorlon81]

Guess Fifa is wrong then, Cuju means kick ball with feet , guess that is wrong too. They said ancestor no descendant of football.

[@dtrjones]

@@vorlon81 Fifa is correct in a way Cuju is a decendant of soccer in terms of it involving kicking a leather ball into a net, but I still dispute that China (Cuju) is the birthplace of soccer. Soccer comes from Association Football and was formed in the 19th century in Britain, Cuju had more or less died out by the 17th century so I just don't see the connection.

[@silveriver9]

Football origins came from China when it was known as cuju. FIFA research found the most hard evidence of this to back this up. Modern rules of football as how we know it today came from UK. But football as a sport came from China, hence football as a sport is officially recognised as originating from China mate.

[@liusoares5201]

When there's China in the title of the video you know its going to be something incredibl

[@silveriver9]

💯

[@stevenstults5770]

Love that you used a Portland Timbers video clip as an example of European stadiums...

[@michaelallen9676]

“All seats have perfect views”…. As the rendering clearly shows a bunch of seats behind a giant video screen… 😃

[@marcinmakara9600]

Please can you do a video about the co struction of the station "Warszawa Zachodnia" in Warsaw, it is really impressive😍

[@TheB1M]

Yes, we'll take a look!

[@Kcsamfg]

Stadium looks good in renders. But it won’t look like that. They sun will be blocked out by the smog, the building will be low quality, and the surrounding area will be filled with low quality cars, and poor landscaping.

[@matdur2000]

A stadium that looks exactly like every one I've ever seen wasn't what sprang to mind when I read the title

[@Triplen01]

Anyone can kick a ball around but the rules of the game were developed in the UK. The UK is the birthplace of football.

[@johnpeterson4552]

China invented - inventing. I'm expecting to be hacked in 24 hrs and put on a state government watch list.

[@KingHumphrey]

Thanks for the Zaha Hadid/Unreal Engine advertorial, B1M. Did they pay double or triple your usual rate for the chance to write your script for you?

[@queeg6473]

I wonder how many people were evicted from their homes so this could be built.

[@outlawkuma6460]

How soon until it collapses? You know corners will be cut and all regulations won’t be followed

[@syncmaster915n]

I've been to a few American football stadiums and watched a few live games on the ground. Let me tell you, American football may be excited to watch on TV but is boring as hell if you watch it on the ground. First, there're lots of stoppages in which the fans got nothing to watch or to do. The replays shown on the jumbotrons are boring too unless you're a real fan of the American football. You can watch the cheerleaders but sometimes they're too far to ogle at or the novelty would soon wear thin. If you're a tourist like me invited by an enthusiastic American relative, the 3 hours or so you sit through is an ordeal for a one-hour game. Secondly, the local fans who go to the game don't always stay at their seats and "watch" their favorite team, let alone cheering for them like the fans in Europe or elsewhere who cheer or chant their supports for their local teams. If the stadium is a state-of-the-art stadium, they'll spend a large part of the time checking out the facilities or just milling around or buy snacks. This was my true experience. If i offend anyone then i'm sorry. Cheers! Edit: forgot to say, my relative told me his most favorite part of the game was the "tailgate" party before the game, which is hosted outside the stadium. I agree with that.

[@KanyeTheGayFish69]

That sounds like the nfl only, not college football. Cfb fans are a lot more devoted and into it.

[@LaniakeaDenizen]

The video's well presented but I feel like this stadium's superfluous. If all the dilapidated Olympic venues show anything, it's that these builds are merely temporary money pits that'll fall into disuse after the tournament or whatever event concludes.

[@erozionzeall6371]

Lol. Xi'an is going to using that stadium for a long time

[@stanmarsh820]

We're talking about China, in one of its most populated centers, not a white elephant in the middle of the jungle. The project location allows the use of the transport system by the locals and there are minor courts and other community areas for training/leisure.

[@evanx.5140]

Sour loser... low life

[@thechairman1336]

Stadium looks like an opera house on Coruscant

[@Aiasmor]

Hm, I wonder why FIFA allowed China to claim the Football started their? What could it be?

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

Call me when there's a quidditch stadium in space

[@akgamingzz]

China never stop impressed me with their Mega infrastructure

[@silveriver9]

💯

[@yay-cat]

I like that design! like its amazing how it’s both historic and futuristic

[@robezy0]

Amazing! Xi'an is like my second home and I'm so happy to see it going places.

[@derekdurst9984]

I think Zaha herself would be happy with the way her legacy is being celebrated...this is a brilliant, sophisticated work...Lucky China...!

[@Ptolemy336VV]

I disagree with the football "origins". First of all, China's Cuju was a football game around 3rd century BCE. Football games and rugby games whas mentioned even in ancient Greece around 388-311 BCE which is the 4th century BCE, meaning that both football games in China or Greece was not exactly the football game that we know of today, then both are 2 origins for football. And both are the oldest documented sources of football games

[@mickser101]

Maybe so but people can then make the arguement for Cavemen kicking a round object around. Where does it end.

[@silveriver9]

FIFA did their research and concluded that football came from China as they had the most substantial evidence. Are you disagreeing with hard evidence and FIFA? You must be a flat-earther 🤣

[@DeadBeat1azy]

@@silveriver9 but the game in china has absolutely nothing to do with modern football? that developed in england

[@silveriver9]

@@DeadBeat1azy The sport cuju from ancient China involved teams and a football and a goal and only feet was allowed. This is football/soccer. England simply took this sport and added today's modern rules. Hence, FIFA recognize that cuju is the origins of football/soccer.

[@cesardejeronimo8184]

Sure, the Birds Nest was suppose to be amazing as well. Its hardly used now. I don't expect it to be used for anything else expect this one International event.

[@davidjacobs8558]

Ancient China did not have "stadium" like what Ancient Greek or Roman civilization had for some odd reason. Greeks had semi-circular theatres and stadiums where tens of thousands of people could gather and watch events. and Roman had Colosseums and Circust Maximus. But Ancient Chinese ruling class did not want large group of people gathering together in one place. so no such structures were built.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@sosoable you do know that Forbideen City was built in 15th Century? 2000 years after Greek theatre, and 1500 years after Colosseum.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@sosoable Greece was never invaded? Greece was invaded by Persian Empire, then again by Roman Empire, than by Ottoman Empire and many others. Don't you know the Consort of current Queen of United Kingdom was Prince of Greece? He wasn't Greek. How do you think some one who wasn't Greek became Prince of Greece?

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@sosoable There were tons of Greek buildings that were destroyed, and only ruins remain. They built so many great stone buildings, that there are still many remaining in pretty good shape.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@sosoable Greece was a small nation with small population.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@sosoable you are right. Free Tibet, Return Inner Mongolia to Mongols, Free Uygur, North Eastern China belongs to Korea since the Ancient times.

[@TheInselaffen]

"China invented football." England spits out its tea. "You what mate?!"

[@wdwfanatic1394]

China brought many ancient inventions. Ancient China was ahead of its time

[@bluemoon7315]

England invented Tea☕☺️

[@heidirabenau511]

I don't care about football but I care about construction and this is the only time I have ever been interested in football Nice one B1M!👍

[@106.]

but how many workers died in the building process?

[@connortaylor8609]

I’m not sure if this is something that you would be willing to do but “what if the Mississippi River was cargo ship navigable” how would this change the US, possible impacts of its implementation, and what it would take to do so.

[@niklassteinhauser5191]

+100 social Credit

[@asdf3568]

Yawn. Keep spreading you lies.

[@tomhicks1009]

@@asdf3568 what lies?

[@FirstDagger]

@@asdf3568 ; Get a proper username please.

[@ry_an.]

@@asdf3568 what lies? You are a communist sympathizer

[@asdf3568]

@@ry_an. They have no social credit score system. But I bet you don't care about truth

[@orfeas8]

A similar ball game was played by Greeks in ancient times as well. Nice stadium. The world needs to give more emphasis on sports, athletiscism and healthy wellbeing of people.

[@antiallsb]

with slippers? that's wild！

[@chad-lad]

Wonder how long it took to render such a masterpiece

[@areebshaukat5840]

You know it's gonna be good when it's Zaha Hadid Architects

[@michaelvonhaven105]

As an American, I think that other American don't realize that the level of innovation in China should be happening in the US, but it is not. Our infrastructure is lagging behind and as a world power, we are innovating in all field like we should be.

[@marktrinidad7650]

Its okay you have freedom and democracy and that is on a league on its own. Dont worry America will always be top dog forever.

[@dimitrygornomelikov3146]

Europeans have too much sexual tension for them to concentrate on building crazy amazing stuff in record timing.

[@supykun]

@@marktrinidad7650 So free that they allow abortion, marijuana and gay marriage to be forbidden in a good chunk of the country. Yeah no thanks to hypocrisy.

[@AL-lh2ht]

US domintes innovation. China is famoulsy horrible at it mostly stealing from other nations. China infrastructure is also famously poorly made.

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@supykun Yes china is so moral they commit genocide and ban religion.

[@starwarsnerd5812]

I am sorry but how does this stadium revolutionize the meaning and purpose of a Stadium? I mean in Europe and North America the Stadiums host more than a sport and are quite larger to be honest. This stadium is nothing innovative its just new

[@alfred7332]

Exactly. I laughed out loud when I heard them say that.

[@felixdatche9278]

I was looking for that reinvention and I couldn't find any single new idea that hasn't already been implement in all other new stadia built around the world elsewhere. The aesthetics though look ok.

[@lsco2284]

The fact that all seat in this stadium will be able to see the action sounds like Miller Park in Wisconsin