Arminia Bielefeld v Karlsruher SC

3. Liga

Arminia Bielefeld 1 Karlsruher SC 0

Schuco-Arena

Saturday August 11th 2012 2pm Kick Off 

Attendance 8,094 (Cap 28,000)

Weather Sunny And Hot +26

Match Details

The Hydro Glasgow

The Hydro Glasgow

Commonwealth Games Venue 2014

Pictures Taken Friday August 17th 2012 

Glasgow 2014

The Hydro is an arena in Glasgow, Scotland currently under construction. It is planned for completion in 2013 at an estimated cost of £125 million. The building will be used for concerts and other entertainment events and will seat 12,000. It will therefore be the largest purpose built indoor arena in Scotland and the ninth largest in the UK after the Manchester Arena, The O2 arena, Sheffield Arena, LG Arena, National Indoor Arena, Earls Court, Wembley Arena and the Odyssey Arena.

Work on the £85m value project commenced in February 2011 and will complete in September 2013.

SECL had identified the need for a new arena designed specifically for large scale performance events ranging from rock concerts to children’s shows.

The world-class Hydro, designed by Foster + Partners and Arup Scotland, will seat 12,500 in a circular auditorium with domed roof having a clear span of 120m.

IThe venue is planned to be used for the Netball and Gymnastics events during the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The arena has the potential to inject an additional £131 million per annum into the local economy and create 1,400 jobs. The current economic impact of the SECC is £336 million per annum with 1.5 million visitors a year.^[1]

Like the neighbouring Clyde Auditorium, the arena has been designed from the inside out. Visitors will enjoy direct sightlines from each of the 12,000 seats and the acoustics will be of the highest standard. In June 2011, a £15m ten year sponsorship agreement was signed between SEC Ltd and SSE, which will see the arena officially named as The Hydro.^[2] From Wikipedia

Four drunk burds across the road from the Hydro and outside the Hilton later that night lol

VfL Bochum v Dynamo Dresden

2. Bundesliga

VfL Bochum 3 Dynamo Dresden 1

Rewirpower Stadion

Saturday August 4th 2012 3.30pm Kick Off 

Attendance 16,191 (Cap 29,448)

Weather Sunny And Warm +24

Match Details

A Fact

In 1911 the Spiel und Sport Bochum leased a meadow from a local farmer as their new home ground.^[1] The club played the first match at the new venue against the VfB Hamm in front of 500 spectators.^[1] The TuS Bochum did not build a statium until after World War I as late as 1921.^[1]

The stadium has a capacity of 29.448 people.^[2] The original capacity was over 50,000 but was decreased by numerous modifications.^[1]

The statium was expanded between March 1976 and July 1979 and the first game was between the VfL Bochum and SG Wattenscheid 09 on July 21, 1979.^[2] This expansion could technically count as a complete rebuild, it's officially a expansion due to legal reasons.^[3]

David Bowie performed at the stadium during his Serious Moonlight Tour on June 15, 1983.

In 2006, a 5 year naming rights deal was struck with Stadtwerke Bochum to rename the stadium "rewirpowerSTADION".^{[4] From Wikipedia}