The Stadiums of Birmingham!

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@jaygremillion 6 ай бұрын

Both Protective Stadium and Regions Field are fantastic venues and an example of Birmingham getting something right (which wasn't always strong point of the city for a while).

@kyleblair 8 ай бұрын

Me, a Birmingham resident, scrolling through KZbin. Saw this and immediately thought “…what???” A fun suprise for me.

@nickroberts6637 5 ай бұрын

My first thought was oh that's definitely england.... wait.....

@Jean-PaulPlaisance-mz3tk 4 ай бұрын

dude, fr, even as a birmigham alabama resident i didnt even expect to see our city 😂

@tybrown6934 8 ай бұрын

Great job on the video. Longtime viewer, first time commenter. Live two hours northwest of Birmingham. Most of these venues were renovated and used in the World Games two years ago and really impressed the US Olympic Committee and the IOC. It wouldn’t shock me that Birmingham is eventually used as a Trials site or goes for an Olympic bid in the future. Legacy Arena was originally built as the BJCC in the late ‘70s for the Birmingham Bulls, a WHA team that missed the cut in the NHL merger despite doing decently at the box office. If a solid ownership group could form, the city could finally get the NHL team the place was originally intended to house. That place looks like it could do a better job right now of hosting the Coyotes than the Delta Center can. Legion Field is too important to the city and Alabama’s history to tear down but too dilapidated to use on a regular basis. It wouldn’t shock me that the city tears the majority or all of it down after the Magic City Classic contract expires and use the bones of the place for the Legion if they get an MLS bid or let the high schools in the area use it. You did forget one stadium (if you could call it a stadium; it has no permanent seats). Barber Motorsports Park is the home of the Indy race that happens next week and is a hidden gem in the world of motor racing. Highly recommend going there to visit the track and motorcycle museum on the grounds, plus there’s a Buc-ee’s right outside the track.

@jaygremillion 6 ай бұрын

Legion Field hosted several soccer matches during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. That includes a game in which the US team scored 29 seconds into the match against Argentina (before going on to lose 3-1 but that is neither here nor there.)

@richardstephens5570 5 ай бұрын

Birmingham is nowhere near close to being able to host the Olympics, it doesn't have the infrastructure and money to do it. The World Games is tiny compared to the Olympics.

@tybrown6934 5 ай бұрын

@@richardstephens5570 I didn’t know that the city lost that much and owes that much on the World Games. I also know Birmingham will never get anything close to the Olympics in mine or anyone’s lifetime. You would have to sink at least $10 billion into improving everything from housing to stadiums to road and infrastructure projects. That’s money that the city, county and the state of Alabama simply doesn’t have and Birmingham barely has enough money to keep the city going, much less sink into an event like the Olympics. The city needs to focus on getting a major sports team first before they lose out altogether. An NHL team would do extremely well in Birmingham if marketed and given a chance to survive and Messi would sell out Protective while Legion Field is torn down and rebuilt as a full time NFL or MLS stadium instead of being used maybe once a year for the Magic City Classic or a handful of high school games and being left to rot.

@jaygremillion 5 ай бұрын

@@tybrown6934 There is little to no chance of any professional team of any meaning ever finding a home in Birmingham. An NHL team? Not a chance. The Thrashers couldn't last in Atlanta and that is with a population a "little" larger than that of Birmingham. The Legion do ok but nothing more than that. The Squadron...I don't even know if anybody goes to their games. Birmingham will NOT have a major professional sports team here anytime soon.

@Adiscretefirm 4 ай бұрын

Questionable if the sort of wholesale plunder the public giveaways necessary to bribe a pro major league sport to come to your city could happen in Birmingham, or if it could out compete whatever city they would poach it from in providing a fan base, the local population are college football fans, college basketball fans, and even college baseball with the SEC tournament usually held at the Met. They might watch NFL but they aren't going to sell out pro stadiums

@Mustapha1963 5 ай бұрын

I've attended a couple of football games at Protective Stadium and I completely agree that it is a beautify facility. Now, that said, I'll offer the same criticism of city planners of this project that I did for Regions Field and for the Civic Center remodel: NOT ENOUGH PARKING! There is no parking deck for Protective specifically. There is one shared with the Civic Center (too small) and there might be one at the former Social Security building three or so blocks away. But there is an open area about 2/3 the size of a city block right by Protective that just begs for an eight to ten story parking deck. Instead, they left it an open area, though paved- essentially a parking lot of one level. For one of the Stallions games, my wife and I had to park on the street and walk about six blocks to the venue. There used to be quite a bit of parking directly under Interstate 20/59, but the city decided to turn that area into a "greenway", getting rid of that parking. Regions draws far smaller crowds of course but parking is no better there. In fact, because many of the businesses in the area will block their parking lots even though they are closed, parking might be even worse for Regions than it is for Protective.

@lunarskyye2680 8 ай бұрын

FFS here's me expecting Villa Park & St Andrews.

@luxford60 8 ай бұрын

And Edgbaston.

@vibortravas2932 8 ай бұрын

the Wide World of Stadiums keeps us on our toes... Next will be Newcastle, New South Wales, ... St.Petersburg, Florida... Sydney, Nova Scotia

@winstonjames2583 8 ай бұрын

Got us

@winstonjames2583 8 ай бұрын

@@vibortravas2932lol

@clemfandango619 8 ай бұрын

@@vibortravas2932Denver, Norfolk. Melbourne, Derbyshire.

@RedHawksOfficial 8 ай бұрын

I Live in Alabama and thank you for showing Birmingham now can you do Montgomery and mobile next

@SnowyFox1831 8 ай бұрын

But Mobile and Montgomery are smaller cities with a lot of people not knowing about their sport’s history.

@RedHawksOfficial 8 ай бұрын

@@SnowyFox1831 I know but still

@TheDucatiPilot 8 ай бұрын

I second Mobile! I was born there.

@vamoscruceros 8 ай бұрын

Mobile you'll have Ladd-Peebles, the Mobile Civic Center, the Mitchell Center, Hancock Whitney, Stanky Field, and Hank Aaron Stadium. Two of those venues don't have a regular tenant and Ladd-Peebles is about to be that way, although they may hold onto Williamson since the school is literally across the street. Montgomery would be even shorter since it basically would just be Alabama State's facilities, the Cramton Bowl, and the stadium where the Biscuits play. Huntsville might actually have more of not depending on how big the gyms are at UAH and Alabama A&M, but he'd at least want to rope in Madison to pick up the baseball team that used to be the Mobile BayBears. I do see lot of opportunities for jokes between those three markets, though.

@SnowyFox1831 8 ай бұрын

@@RedHawksOfficialI have been to mobile like 100 times because my mom’s family lives there.😊❤

@vamoscruceros 8 ай бұрын

I was at the first Iron Bowl in Tuscaloosa. It was raining and cold that day, and Auburn prevailed.

@guyfaux3978 8 ай бұрын

OK, it's a car/motorcycle racetrack, but, NO Barber Motorsports Park?

@pacoalonso373 5 ай бұрын

He even briefly mentioned the crossplex, which has a state of the art indoor track

@Nonfiction79 6 ай бұрын

It’s cool to see you covering my home for sports in a video. I go to every UAB home football game and a few basketball games a year. Protective Stadium, Legacy Arena, and Bartow Arena are among the best sports venues I’ve ever been to.

@UAShortround 8 ай бұрын

As a season ticket holder for the Legion, you're spot on about the pitch conditions being the primary reason for Legion leaving PNC for Protective. It doesn't drain properly so water would puddle up whenever it rained, which Birmingham gets quite a lot of during the USL season, and most games the pitch would have sand spots and dead grass. The team would often have to cancel games due to how horrible the pitch would get. Despite many complaints from Legion's FO, UAB refused to properly maintain the pitch. Hell, the team actually offered to buy it from UAB so they could maintain it themselves but the university declined. Once the city offered the team to play in Protective, they cited UAB's failure to maintain the pitch as failure to uphold their end of their agreement and moved out. I will say that most Legion fans hate that they play in Protective now and are hoping the team is planning on getting their own soccer specific stadium in the future. The stadium is too big for the team and the game day experience is abysmal at the best of times no matter what sport is playing there.

@rook360 8 ай бұрын

Speak for Legion only as far as GameDay experience

@Nonfiction79 6 ай бұрын

That’s UAB administration for you

@nebulium6707 4 ай бұрын

I wasn't ready for the inclusion of the Hoover Met! We recently had some changes to our lights so whenever HHS scores a touchdown the lights will display orange. It's really cool!

@joeyjangler9834 6 ай бұрын

You could have also mentioned the Pelham Civic Center home of UAB and Birmingham Bulls ice hockey teams. But otherwise you covered them all!

@AmirBrooks 8 ай бұрын

You've done Birmingham Alabama, so surely you have to do the OG Birmingham next.

@M.Bisðn 8 ай бұрын

Great video. Quick Legion Field sidenote: Historically, both Alabama and Auburn use to play some of their home games there. Auburn's last one was in 1991 while Alabama's was in 2000. Auburn's campus is much further away and travel to Birmingham is about a 3 hour drive.

@parkerdavis7859 7 ай бұрын

I live in the apartment building on 1st and 14th street, opposite corner of Regions Field! Shockingly, after 2 and a half years of living literally right next door, I've never been to a game. Gonna make sure I change that before I finish school and my lease is up.

@SuperSirianRigel 8 ай бұрын

Birmingham Alabama?!? I live about 30 mins north of there! :D

@SnowyFox1831 8 ай бұрын

I have seen all of the stadiums here and the Hoover Met Stadium hosts the Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament. And Go Bucs!

@michaelstallings5824 8 ай бұрын

hopefully if the ufl is a success, the stallions can host a throwback game at legion field once a year, and hopeully they can lure more international soccer games, or nfl preseason games in the future.

@TJWLORD 8 ай бұрын

It’s about time u do my hometown

@AIBullsheeeet 8 ай бұрын

I'm hoping the intro VT was done as a joke. Of not, the vids you've shown are of Birmingham UK 😅

@RJsModernLife 8 ай бұрын

Time to do Atlanta!

@chesterdonnelly1212 8 ай бұрын

You got my hopes up. I thought this was Birmingham England. Please do Birmingham England, or West Midlands England. Lots of great stadiums and arenas.

@TheWideWorldofStadiums 8 ай бұрын

Check the most recent upload.

@chesterdonnelly1212 8 ай бұрын

@@TheWideWorldofStadiums seen it. Thanks. Good job.

@cantankerouscaptaincabbage7631 8 ай бұрын

I'm really happy that you mentioned Bill Harris Arena. It's a great venue but in it's such a bad part of town that alot of people don't know about it

@rook360 8 ай бұрын

What bad part of town? It's had more events there than you've probably been to recently and there's been no issues there. Post a link to any incidents reported there. It's got 2 hotels and restaurants near by. Just say you're scared.

@SnowyFox1831 8 ай бұрын

@@rook360The bad part of the city is the West End neighborhood and it’s just so dangerous.

@rook360 8 ай бұрын

@Alab207 and there has not been one report of violence or incident during any event at the cross plex. Just say YOU'RE scared of the area.

@Bellfyre-fm4ow 8 ай бұрын

You left off Birmingham-Southern, Samford, and Miles College venues.

@stevelasher422 8 ай бұрын

They did mention Bill Harris Arena at the end - isn't that where Miles plays BB? I think the BSC venues may be too small (10K FB, 5K BB) to make the list, and maybe the Samford venues as well? But yeah, good shout out to the smaller colleges - all are great venues. Quick trivia: The first ever Football Game at Legion Field was Samford vs Birmingham-Southern!

@SnowyFox1831 8 ай бұрын

@@stevelasher422Samford was named Howard back then.

@AshtainOneal45 6 ай бұрын

You forgot the Pelham Civic Complex and Ice Arena home of the Birmingham Bulls the SPHL and the University of Alabama Frozen Tide and UAB Hockey Clubs. Although it slightly falls under your 5K capacity at 4100

@coryshannon3815 8 ай бұрын

While Birmingham, Alabama has never had a major pro sports team, I feel like an NFL team would have good fan support in the city, with Alabama being a hotbed for college football. Most NFL teams in college football hotbed are well supported (Saints, Falcons, Titans, both Ohio teams).

@Nonfiction79 6 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, people in Birmingham don’t show up to support their local college team (UAB) and it costs less than 15 bucks to get into a game there. People aren’t going to pay NFL prices when they can sit at home and watch the Bama game for free.

@richardstephens5570 5 ай бұрын

You would have to find owners and financial backers who would want to have a team in Birmingham, and that's not happening. On lists of cities that could get a new NFL franchise, Birmingham doesn't even crack the top ten. Not enough people would show up to support an NFL team in Birmingham, people in Alabama already spend their money on college football. And not to mention the cost it would be to build an NFL stadium(it cost 1.6 billion dollars in Atlanta seven years ago).

@gracielynn9623 8 ай бұрын

We have so many nice stadiums that literally nobody uses. Unfortunately, Birmingham will never have any major, large skill, professional teams because we are not viewed as a big enough television market for leagues like the NBA or the NFL to think that they can make money here.

@UAShortround 8 ай бұрын

It's less that and more that there isn't a billionaire here that's willing to buy a team and move one here. Salt Lake City's metro is only slightly bigger than Birmingham, but they have two professional teams now due to having a dedicated owner.

@gracielynn9623 8 ай бұрын

@@UAShortround actually Salt Lake City has three. They have had an MLS team since 2005 and it’s one of the best supported in the entire league. They also have the Utah Jazz and now whatever the NHL team will be called. The main difference between Salt Lake City and Birmingham is that the fans actually show up and support teams there. They got these top-tier professional teams because they showed out and supported the minor-league teams that they had first. Salt Lake City has had a hockey team that has been below both the NHL and the AHL for a long time and they still bring 10,000-12,000 people per game to that. That shows that it works. They had basketball before the Utah Jazz as well. They also had soccer. Birmingham may bring 1000 people to our hockey team, maybe 5000 on a good day to our college basketball team, maybe 500 to our NBA league team, we can’t even bring close to 10,000 most of the time for a spring football team… They look at that and they’re like why would we bring anything nice there? it seems difficult for people to comprehend, but you don’t get nicer and better stuff. If you don’t show that you care with what you have first.

@rook360 8 ай бұрын

The lack of support can be partially traced to a former university of alabama in Tuscaloosa coach who faught to keep pro-teams out of Birmingham, AL so he didn't have to compete for donor and financial support.

@orangecounty2033 8 ай бұрын

was expecting Birmingham England and wondering if you would include Molineux

@engerland4532 8 ай бұрын

OK maybe forgivable to leave out the Perry Barr dog track. But no mention of NEC, Edgbaston cricket ground, Villa Park, St Andrews!!! Not even any scenic shots of the M6. I feel robbed!! 😢😀

@selyang647 8 ай бұрын

in the first shot in vidoe thier highway nera an exxon where was that taken

@Carlos-ty9gp 8 ай бұрын

I feel like you are going to make a video of every city in the world before Madrid hahaha. A lot of decent stadiums if you consider the surrounding neughbouring cities of the metropolitan area such as Getafe, Leganés or Vallecas

@andycooley1921 6 ай бұрын

You missed a good number of facilities in the metro Most notably Samford University And Birmingham Southern Additionally the Birmingham race course and Barber Motorsports park are within the city limits Lawson Stadium Carver stadium Parker stadium Mountain brook stadium

@mojotanker9825 7 ай бұрын

205 baby!

@clemfandango619 8 ай бұрын

Those opening shots are from the Birmingham in England. Was that a deliberate 'mistake?

@bastih.5264 8 ай бұрын

Funny. When you started the video with Birmingham being a small town I thought "But it's the 2nd largest of England." 😅

@danw2112 8 ай бұрын

He just uploaded the "other" Birmingham video now, and mentioned the city is the second largest in England.

@michaelmiller9458 8 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, being placed on the National Register of Historic Places does not protect a building or structure from demolition. Happens all the time 😥

@semipenguin 8 ай бұрын

They gutted Soldier Field in Chicago to give the Bears a “new” stadium. Now they’re looking for another place to play, and Soldier Field was removed from the NRHP.

@gabimaru8605 6 ай бұрын

Live just right outside of Birmingham, AL and here I was thinking the video was going to be about Birmingham, UK 💀

@subparnaturedocumentary 8 ай бұрын

these were some pretty decent stadiums for a lesser known american city.

@benthewheel30 8 ай бұрын

As someone who lives 20 mins from Birmingham, Uk, I’m REALLY offended by the intro

@ThatC1official 8 ай бұрын

Then don't steal the name from America 🦅🇺🇲🎆🗽(don't fact check me)

@ericchartrand857 8 ай бұрын

Do Stadiums of metro Detroit

@winter3262 8 ай бұрын

I have a request for the Miami- Fort Lauderdale area

@Joshua_Lawrence 6 ай бұрын

That was so meta...

@luxford60 8 ай бұрын

Like others in the comments I assumed that this would be the original Birmingham in the West Midlands. If, as hinted at towards the ed of this video, yo do do the English Birmingham there are going to be issues of what geographical area you actually include. You usually do the wider metropolitan areas, which is fine, but with Birmingham the wider metropolitan area includes several towns and cities that are definitely NOT Birmingham. St Andrews, Villa Park and Edgbaston would be fine, but places like Molineux, The Ricoh Arena and the Bescot Stadium might be more controversial if you suggest that they are in Birmingham.

@guyfaux3978 5 ай бұрын

How about the Hawthorns? West "Brummie" Albion, if you will?

@toogyman 8 ай бұрын

All I can say is ‘Roll Villa’ !

@RobertSmith-bg9zc 8 ай бұрын

In Alabama its all about Alabama and Auburn nothing else

@asareubenwallace4032 8 ай бұрын

The stadiums of Atlanta

@gt4skyline 8 ай бұрын

Detroit please!

@nathanmarcelo4213 8 ай бұрын

Wide World of Stadiums for the love of god. Turkey. Turkish Super Lig. Istanbul. I don't even care which one anymore. Just some Turkey content.

@rhombusted2798 8 ай бұрын

Do Cincinnati

@ugafan1779 6 ай бұрын

"On your way to get some shrimp & grits"? Wrong city :\

@TheCoolStyle 8 ай бұрын

I came back to once again request the stadiums of NASCAR tracks

@dextermartin3065 6 ай бұрын

You dropped the ball with other locations, Samford University, and Miles College should have been featured you should do better research when you go to Cities.