Boring & Tasteless: Bank of America Stadium

[@jsivco3sivco785]

You go to a stadium to WATCH A GAME! You don't pay the high ticket prices to "Ooh" and "Ahh" the facility!

[@Euouaen]

This is the NFL we’re talking about. Even if you were to compare this to Arrowhead which you could also say is bland you can tell arrowhead has distinguishing features that make it stand out like the points at each endzone, the overall atmosphere, the team, etc. and you’ll easily see why this stadium is the worst in the NFL. When you go to a stadium, you want a good experience with close parking, good price food/drink, a lot of accessibility, and a good view of not only the game but also of the skyline, which a majority is blocked by the endzone. There aren’t enough standing room, not enough luxury suites, and simply too many seats for its location in Raleigh, which only has a population of under 500k. The spread out of the cities highways are also a huge issue when it comes to parking.

[@jsivco3sivco785]

@@Euouaen - A view of the skyline? Go sightseeing downtown! Oh BTW..., they play in CHARLOTTE, not Raleigh. Charlotte's pop. is near 900,000!

[@davidlafleche1142]

Baseball is the only sport in which architecture has an impact on the game (i.e., the Green Monster). In football, it doesn't matter.

[@TheTlewis3074]

BoA stadium holds nearly 75,000. If it's full and the team is winning I'm not sure anybody cares about how it looks. It's beautiful to me.

[@johngalbreath9394]

I love going to BofA and am a fan of the bland. However, it's hard to get this stadium full when the on-field product is as bad as it is. Honestly, all it needs is natural grass and it'll be great!

[@detroittigers1282]

It’s now become a “want” not a “need”. Stadiums in 90s that were replaced like Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Houlihans Stadium in Tampa, Anaheim Stadium in Los Angeles Rams, Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Astrodome in Houston, these were all stadiums built bare bones or with issues like the Kingdome in Seattle. Now we’ve come to a point where these stadiums are structurally fine, clean, safe stadiums, now become a “need” and for that I say let the owners pay the bill, or a huge percentage. When I seen the Falcons replace a perfectly fine Georgia Dome built in 1992, Rams bolt the Edward Jones Dome built in 1995 I knew this was a trend. These are rich billionaires, the days of Art Modell having take a loan out to pay for Andre Rison’s signing bonus with the Browns over lack of revenue in Municipal Stadium are long gone. All these owners have deep pockets with maybe exception Mark Davis with the Raiders who was able to wisely land in Las Vegas where they funded majority of the stadium.

[@chicagodude8888]

It looks like a madden 08 create a stadium.

[@DanTarrant1]

I've seen dozens of games there, it's a great place to watch a game along with a great view of the Charlotte skyline. I guess it is "boring", but also remember that at the time it was built, the idea was still to give the fans a good view of the game, this idea that a stadium itself needs to be part of the entertainment came much later. So nothing "went wrong", beyond the passage of time.

[@ZZSmithReal]

The Charlotte skyline? LOL

[@RandomPlaceHolderName]

@@ZZSmithReal It's a nice view.

[@mikemurphy2932]

Have you seen Charlotte's skyline in recent years? It's impressive.

[@chuckdraper7776]

Well said. Jerry Richardson was a football guy. The stadium was a football first stadium and was designed to give everyone an unobstructed view of the football game. It is outdated and pretty basic looking in terms of all of the "modern amenities" that stadiums have today, but those amenities are nothing more than distractions for people who have the attention spans of gold fish. I personally go to games to actually watch the game and not marvel at the stadium.

[@DanTarrant1]

@@chuckdraper7776 And I've never heard an actual fan say "this place is a dump, we need a new stadium..."

[@jacob13036]

Its a football stadium and it does a great job. The exterior looks good and its not costing the city 1.2 billion for a renovation during a recession. It looks like a stadium and not a spaceship because it is a stadium.

[@perryegolson833]

You got a lot right with this comment except we are not in a recession.

[@malexander2147]

Nothing wrong with this stadium. Fed ex field is the worst

[@99somerville]

1.2 billion for a rebuild? I’m sure the taxpayers are happy to hear about this.

[@brad37792]

Our stadium might be “boring” but at least it doesn’t pour sewage all over the fans

[@jpete3027666]

The stadium is just fine. It doesn’t look any worse than half the stadiums out there. And it was built for $500 million in 2023 dollars. You say that’s part of the problem is that it was cheap to begin with. Before about 20 years ago stadiums were built for under $500 million in 2023 dollars. Today $1 billion barely gets you anything and stadium costs keep going up and up. It’s ridiculous.

[@Xmetalfanx]

exactly

[@sirchi8731]

​@@Xmetalfanxboth Tennessee and Carolina have very decent stadiums..same goes for Denver..Philly..Cleveland..Pittsburgh..Baltimore and Seattle. Well built stadiums

[@davidlafleche1142]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with it.

[@7mileDem]

It's a football stadium, period.... if you want to party and socialize go to the tailgate or a bar. There's nothing wrong with BOA Stadium.

[@KittyPurrfect100]

I will root for the Panthers over the Falcons any day. Miss the Georgia Dome. New stadiums have glitz and glamour, pomp and circumstance but no atmosphere.

[@bobbowie9350]

personally, I think its due to small upper decks

[@Xmetalfanx]

that is one issue i have with many (the Vikings Stadium may be an exception) ... these over the top billion dollar "glitch and glamour" places are LOSING the atmosphere the older places use to have

[@bradleyj7801]

This stadium is like riding coach, but you don't care because you still get to see grandma in a few hours

[@zackprice27]

This dude just wrote like one of the worst video essays about stadiums I've ever heard. The lack of knowledge about the historical signifigance of this stadium for modern design and construction is very apparent.

[@misterslithers]

Have you ever been to this stadium in person? It’s not nearly as bad as you make it out to be. This is a bad take… BOA has some cool exterior features and fits in well with the Charlotte skyline. Definitely not as big of an eyesore as your profile pic

[@davidj.9432]

A lot of your information is incorrect on this video. The "black area" outside that you mention around the 3:40 mark is not new. That has been there since day 1. It's very evident that you haven't been to any of the stadiums that you've been doing videos for. You should really stick to producing quality video content, instead of churning out a million videos about a million different topics with inaccurate information every day.

[@davidj.9432]

Case in point...8:47 ...that stadium is not the Panthers stadium, not is that the city of Charlotte. That's not our minor league baseball stadium either. Slow down on the videos, dude!

[@willisapril]

Charlotte is one of the nicest cities in the country. They should host a superbowl there.

[@danieldougan269]

I like Charlotte a lot and am think about moving there someday, but Charlotte outdoors in February is probably not a great experience. Their winters are milder than we have here in Indianapolis (let alone Buffalo, Cleveland, or Green Bay), but it's not exactly warm then. If they built a stadium with a retractable roof, it would be great for that.

[@willisapril]

@@danieldougan269 Idon;t think the climate would really be an issue. They had the superbowl outdoors in New Jersey and it was low 50s to upper 40s that day. Charlotte is not that much further north than Jacksonville where they had a superbowl. I live outside Boston and winters are mild here nowadays. We hardly ever get snow and have had numeous 60 degree days in January and February where the golf coarses were open.

[@danieldougan269]

@willisapril Sure, the temperature might be nice. But it's not guaranteed. They got lucky in New Jersey with unseasonably warm weather. When we had the Super Bowl in Indianapolis, it was unseasonably warm too, although that didn't matter for the game since the stadium was enclosed. If I were selecting a city for a Super Bowl, I would want to guarantee nice weather inside the stadium at least. It was interesting in Miami when my Colts won the Super Bowl. It was nice and warm, but it was also a downpour.

[@Coolhatluke]

Honestly feel like it's not a bad stadium.

[@Rossturnerphoto]

Personally, I think boring is not a bad thing, especially if you’re talking about a football stadium. It’s fine if you want to add social spaces and a few extra amenities for the fans, but the stadiums built in the last 15 years have gone out of control with how lavish they’ve become. It’s too much in my opinion. I hope that, instead of seeing stadiums get more lavish, we see an eventual return to more simplicity.

[@Haven2014]

Waiting on the new video and your thoughts on the new $800 millions extension of BOA.

[@danieldougan269]

It's FINE.

[@scottyb2688]

It exterior except for the south entrance which was renovated for MLS the rest has never been touched it looks just like it did in 1996 it includes all the team offices an the three practice fields along with the cube are part of the down town complex

[@91_C4_FL]

This is the issue with most stadiums from the 90s. I think M&T bank stadium aged the best.

[@skylerwhitfield2]

Charlotte weather is really nice in the fall it doesn't need a roof. The turf sucks opposed to grass. Traded away DJ & Cmac for pennies.. Tepper is a clown & has 0 winning seasons in 5 years.

[@luckybguy]

So much salt in these comments

[@Ianmccor]

The design of the stadium is a bit bland but it works well for football. The skyline in the background on one end to me makes it stand out better than some places like Arrowhead. As bad an owner as Jerry Richardson was, he at least was able to get Charlotte a privately funded stadium which Tepper clearly doesn't seem to be going for. I do wish major pro sports teams could settle better for the stadiums they already have as opposed to envying shiny toys like SoFi and Mercedes-Benz.

[@davidlafleche1142]

Who cares if it's "bland"? You go there for a game, not architecture.

[@davidj.9432]

Jerry Richardson was a very good owner. Don't let the recency bias of his selling of the team cloud that fact, from a football perspective. The team made the NFC Championship in their second year, and made the playoffs a total of 8 times during his tenure, including two trips to the Super Bowl.

[@zackbowring]

As a person born and raised in Charlotte and who still lives close and is a Panthers fan, I agree. The parking is terrible too.

[@chuckdraper7776]

I agree. The parking is TERRIBLE!!!!!

[@bobbowie9350]

3:52 when you see the back side of the upper deck, its always going to look cheap an Fugly. SOFI stadium has the same look. Ugly look!

[@detroittigers1282]

And the Carolina Panthers played their inaugural season at Memorial Stadium in Clemson in 1995 due to the high seating capacity of 81,473. In North Carolina the seating capacity is lacking, Kenna Memorial Stadium home of the Tar Heels seats only 50,500, Carter-Finley Stadium home of the Wolfpack seat only 57,583, Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium home of Wake Forest seats only 31,500 and last Wallace Wade Stadium home of Duke seats only 40,000. This is why when the Houston Oilers moved to Tennessee in 1997 while waiting construction of their new stadium they chose playing in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis which seated 62,380, attendance was putrid there, fans in Memphis were not interested in supporting a team that was only there temporarily, forcing the Oilers play In Vanderbilt Stadium in 1998 with a seating capacity of 40,350.

[@llaidbackdre10]

BOA is not that bad of a stadium as you think

[@Super-J10]

It can’t exist in Charlotte and not be beautiful.

[@ClassicJukeboxBand]

It's easy to get an aerial photo of the stadium, just go into the skyscraper next door...

[@BS3RED]

You seem to have started video spamming. Lots of content without a lot of quality. Stick to what you are good at.

[@davidj.9432]

I have to agree here. Multiple videos per day about a million different topics, many of which have incorrect information.

[@diggergeensen860]

It doesn’t look that bad. Other than the seat colour. Give the place black seats and a paint job

[@jonstefanik9400]

Why do you want a roof on everything?

[@Xmetalfanx]

some places i get it (maybe a roof or overhang in Buffalo's new place) but ... everything becoming a $5+ BILLION DOLLAR Dome stadium ... loses character that so many of the stadiums of the past (and some present) have ...everything is just too over the top ... One place i think a roof would make sense (and because they fucked it up so bad they cant do anything with it anyway) would be in SF ...er "SF" that is .. where the fans are CONSTANTLY complaining about no shade and hot weather .... SOMETIMES it makes sense but not all the time like i see in all of this guy's videos

[@mason_simms]

If the Carolina Panthers start playing good again, maybe we’ll get a new stadium.

[@Gage_Brumley]

Bank of America always looked like a bland, watered down version of Arrowhead to me

[@Daniel-sk4ol]

The taxpayers do not want to pay for a new stadium for a team that can't win

[@darrenmiller223]

Fedex is the worst stop it

[@Xmetalfanx]

I am a Bucs fan and I have never been there but I dont see any real issue with it. I am NOT a fan of these mega-billion dollar stadiums that will make it where there will never be an outdoor game again ...everything is just too over-the-top and likely overpriced. I am a fan of the older stadiums myself (though say Minnesota's looks NICE and it HAD TO be built) ... hell I am not sure if the GA dome had to be taken down but the MB stadium looks great too ... NOT a fan of the Raiders new place

[@Xmetalfanx]

the more i watched this video saying how 'horrible' this place is ... the more I liked the Stadium ... what is really so bad about it? .. again i dont like these 5+ BILLIONAIRE dollar stadiums

[@ricotheofficial]

Look here, I’m in Charlotte and I can tell you everyone wants an indoor stadium. Idk why Tepper said he didn’t want it. Also, it’s kinda strange that the team struggled to build a HQ for them team. All the land they have in the Charlotte metro area…. A town or a joint bid by Mecklenburg County (Charlotte) and a nearby town could foot the bill for the HQ.

[@owenbonertz1415]

BoA is totally fine and has spurred on tons of development along the light rail in Charlotte’s South End. Keep renovating it every 5 years or so, who cares if it’s “bland”

[@gymrat2647]

Don’t mind it. When watching a game from there on TV. Looks ok to me

[@jsn23nc]

This fool aint even a Panther fan who cares what he think

[@mattharrison9524]

This, Empower Field at Mile High, and M&T Bank just scream "soccer stadium" to me. I don't understand how the Panthers haven't had serious talks about a new stadium yet... this might be my least favorite stadium in the league honestly. North Carolina is a popular, fast growing state that deserves a superstadium like US Bank Stadium, Allegiant, etc. This stadium looks like it should be located in Eastern Europe.

[@davidlafleche1142]

The Panthers don't need a new stadium.

[@ScottHammonds-k1u]

I agree brother!!! I went to carolina stadium to c my falcons many times !! I enjoy it being outside,but it is very bland!!!

[@jono1432]

How is this the worst compared to FedEx Field? That stadium is the absolute worst. At least BOA stadium has some interior and exterior design to it. FedEx Field was the brainchild of a previous owner (Jack Kent Cooke, hence it was originally called Jack Kent Cooke Stadium before FedExField) who had plans drawn up well before he died for a new Redskins stadium. People want to blame Snyder for the stadium being crappy (and he deserves some blame for never investing/renovating) but it was all done under Cooke's ownership and quite honestly, was a piece of sh*t from the beginning. He only went to Maryland after DC and Virginia turned him down. Funny enough, in some ways, Jack Kent Cooke Stadium (FedEx Field) paved the way for the modern NFL stadium. Cooke recognized that having more lower bowl seats, club seats and luxury boxes would bring in more revenue...hence why the upper deck of FedExField has always paled in comparison size wise to the other tiers. BOA also has a nice location going for it and mass transit available. FedEx Field was built literally in a horrible area (Landover/PG County), the closest mass transit stop is over a mile away (no buses provided on game day) and getting into and out of the stadium is a clusterf*** to this very day.

[@trickolas78]

Beautiful stadium

[@ronniesouthern7829]

Boring doesn’t matter as long you’re winning. You should build your own stadium with your own money and show everyone how it’s done.

[@stevecarlisle2052]

I wish the acc championship wasn’t here somehow it always end up being home field advantage for one of the teams.

[@TheAwmoody]

The Rolling Stones have been there twice so it couldn't be that bad lol.

[@donaldduck2756]

0:30 well screw you too pal 😤

[@howie9751]

Looks good to me.

[@eugenebrown6379]

1990's architecture

[@derricknichols5787]

This the most boring looking stadium out there

[@landonkincaid6630]

I hate the panthers but they have a really nice stadium this video is just click bait.

[@zackhartley4718]

I like BOA 🤷🏻‍♂️ whatever…

[@jamesjohnson7701]

Wow you have no idea what you are talking about

[@kyleproulx4911]

As a Carolina panther fan the jumbotron are the only nice thing about Bank of America stadium

[@lmswentzeljr]

This stadium when it came out everyone raved about it, It was state of the art. I guess not now.

[@bobbowie9350]

Seems like ugly Post Modern architecture rules that area of the country!

[@williammoore27]

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