Haifa stadium will be the first one to be ready and it should be a nice sample to what will be the modern stadiums in Israel.

Honestly i don´t think that a new National Stadium should have a 60,000 seater, unless they are thinking in hosting an European final or in a future a Eurocup (maybe this will be our chance to participate in a big tournament afterall).

I agree that the stands closer to the pitch is good which makes a home atmosphere, but for the size of our country, 60,000 is too much.

 

Hey all,

Was in the Israel for the past month, and had a chance to see the development of the Netanya and Haifa stadium.

The Haifa stadium is being built on the southern side of the city near the Hof Ha Carmel train station (its not that close, but its the closest station). The ground has been removed, but the digging hasnt started yet.

The Netanya stadium development looks terrible. Its being built just north of Kiryat Nordau and the frame is up, but thats it. There is no construction equipment on the site and it just looks deserted. Typical Israeli construction.

 

the one with most progress is the Petach Tikva Stadium, i think also the one in Beer Sheva started...btw i dunno if this will be true or not...but like a week ago a friend who's into the building movement in Israel told me that Bloomfield will be expanded to a capacity of 29,500

this are kinda recent pics of the stadium in Petach

 

Petah Tikva has a new stadium too...

Not to mention I think the NT Stadium should be in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, not in Ramat Gan.

 

Very well said, Jerusalem the capital of Israel. But Uefa and especially FIFA doesn`t want to have problems with their muslim affiliated countries and obligate us to play in Tel Aviv.

Regarding the stadiums, Teddy is the prettiest, the best atmosphere and a good capacity ground, so I would rate it as the best in the country.

Of course with these new stadiums now being built we will now have a good chance to see top quality ones. I am very anxious to attend one of these new ones.

 

Teddy is the prettiest

dude u crazy? Teddy is a weird a$$ stadium, the tunnels going to the stands are weird as hell, dunno why in Israel the put like little stands that go down both ways insted of doing it like they do in the rest of the world, and what about that....wooden roof? i mean like wtf....and dont get me talking on the rainbow chairs...!!! :howler:

 

For me Bloomfield is the nicest and best stadium in Israel, but maybe thats my personal opinion.

 

Bloomfield is nice and has a great atmosphere as well, but inside the stadium in my humble opinion I believe Teddy is the prettiest. Plus, the stands are bigger and when you look to Bloomfield it looks a bit small.
The only thing I believe Teddy should be repaired is behind one of the goals where they have a wall instead of a stand.

 

Teddy should be the national stadium, if its in crappy condition then the IFA should update it and fund the building of a stand. The stands are much closer to the field, which would make it much more intimidating for teams that come there.

 

Keep it in Ramat gan, I like it close !

 

YEah we should have the NT play in a more home atmosphere stadium since our crowd is very warm. It would even make it harder for visiting teams.

 

I think we can technically allow the games to be in Jerusalem....no one is stopping us and there is no political charter that UEFA/FIFA is obliged too...afterall, they let seperatist countries and countries that no one recognizes (Tibet, Kosovo, North Cyprus, Greenland) to compete...... lets not make them look like morons and make rules as they go along.....besides...these "muslim" nations arent really going to play in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv or Beer Sheva anytime soon.......

As for the Teddy stadium, ******........you never been to it. You dont know the atmosphere or the drama that unfolds as you walk towards the teddy stadium with a packed stadium full of fans. For a stadium, in Israel that was built in 1991 like Teddy..it is impressive.... It was something quick to do and it paid off for Teddy and it looks good and for a long time it was one of the most premier stadiums.
Yes, it needs to be expanded, but there is alot of ifs and butts..... I personally dont like the way it stands right now and i think that the main problem is with the outer stand.. when that is fixed and another roof is made...i think it will look great. Plus the seats need to go..they are old..

Other than that....Stadiums get worn out pretty fast.
I live in Toronto and our stadium..the skydome at that time was the premier stadium in multi-use facility (basketball, soccer, baseball, hockey, soccer, racing, concerts, plays, etc...)

That was 1989....
Today, the skydome is over 20 years old and its still celebrated as a marvelous masterpiece. Unofrtunately, its name got changed and many people dont really care about it... New stadiums emerged in baseball which brought urban appeal and the love of baseball together....

I still love the skydome,but in baseball terms...it is one of the oldest stadiums around....I think the Chicago Cubs are the oldest (built in 1911). Other stadiums were built from 1992 and onward....

 

Agree with you Kappa:thumbsup:

 

Anyone know which design was chosen for the Sammy Ofer stadium?

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I really hope they took the first, I think it'll be perfect for the city. It will melt in naturally in the Haifa environment, as compared to the other one.

 

Anyone know which design was chosen for the Sammy Ofer stadium?

the cd player.....the mayor of haifa himself choose it....:yuck:

 

the 2nd one reminds me of Israels architecture in the 1960's and 70's for municipalities....

the first one is good...it looks really up and coming and the area just tells of a different story...

 

Maybe the space ship would look good in Jerusalem, the city of gold. Well it doesn't matter now if it's picked for Haifa. The first design for me really looks like an arena for a coastal town, white & with a roof that reminds me of a sail. Maybe the design can be used in Tel Aviv or some other town.

 

Well the truth is that any of the models of new stadiums will be prettier than the current stadiums we have, so independently of which project is chosen it will be a gain.

BTW, do you guys know the deadline they gave to complete the stadium?

 

Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa will begin construction. The project will cost NIS 400 million which will include the stadium, practice facilities, conference center and renovation projects. It will have 30,000 seats, VIP boxes, and state of the art facilities.

The Stadium is being paid for by Israeli billionaire, Sammy Ofer and the Haifa municipality. It will receive 4-star status from UEFA, which will allow it to host Champions League, European Championship, and International matches. The stadium is expected to be completed by March 2013.

 

It was about time for us to have a stadium in these standards in Israel. Hopefully we could have one Tel Aviv in the expense of the Ramat Gan so that the NT could play there.

 

Petah Tikva's new stadium will be ready next season. Netanya will begin construction in November.

 

a gold cd player...! :howler:

 

a $100 million gold cd player to be exact. But it will be the nicest gold cd player in Europe.

 

There are 4 new stadiums under construction in Israel. Here are the updates(except for Haifa, which was already discussed)

Akko
Capacity: 5,000
Cost: $10 million
Completion: end of 2010
Notes: The least expensive and least ambitious of the 5 stadiums under construction/planned.

Petah Tikva
Capacity: 12,000 (expand to 16,000)
Cost: $50 million
Completion: August 2011
Notes: Roof has already been built. Stands are being built right now.

Netanya
Capacity: 14,000 (expand to 16,000)
Cost: $50 million
Completion: August 2012
Notes: Stadium will resume construction in December, after stopping two years ago.

Beer Sheva
Cost: $34 million
Capacity: Capacity: 16,000
Cost: $42 million
Completion: planned for 2014 (construction not started yet)
Notes: This project includes a new $6 million practice facility will be completed in a few months. A new 3,000 seat basketball arena will also be built.

 

The Beer Sheva looks really nice indeed and good to see another basketball arena being built we need more in Israel as well. It seems that businessmen wnat to invest in the city.

Now the Akko stadium wasted too much money for only 5,000 seats eh?

 

^^ Agree.

I always thought Beer Sheva stadium's capacity would be 30,000??

 

Its amazing that with all these stadiums going up, not one is in Tel Aviv, which I think is a good thing. Tel Aviv already has a renovated football stadium and a very nice basketball arena.... let other parts of the country get the nice shiny stadiums.

 

A few more pictures from the soon to be Sami Ofer Stadium in Haifa.

Quite breathtaking I must say - especiely those towards the end, can't wait for it to be up and running.

 

Really nice pictures indeed. Very good that there is a mobilization of stadium reforms.

As you guys said it is good that the stadiums don`t centralize in Tel Aviv are, but we need a new National Stadium instead of Ramat Gan. They should make it in the modern architecture and in a home atmosphere.

 

I'm not a huge fan of the newer design for Haifa's stadium either, but if they really pull off a 30,000+ and 4 star stadium believe me I won't complain. If we don't renovate or rebuild the national stadium by the time Haifa's stadium opens then I would play our NT games there. I already think we should be playing them in Teddy or Bloomfield anyways.


Also, the Be'er Sheva stadium looks really nice. I prefer the simpler rectangular German or English style than the Sami Ofer design. And I'm surprised it's only 16,000 since the model looks a bit larger but I guess thats a good size for the fan-base. Really only a few clubs, Beitar, M. Haifa and M.TA, can support a stadium larger than 10-15K and that's only if most of their support shows up which isn't always the case.

 

I agree. There isn`t the necessity of building a bigger stadium. Like you said we don`t have teams with a really huge fanbase to fillup a 50,000 stadium.
What we need is to renovate Ramat Gan for the National Team to play there.

 

Jerusalem is the Capital, the NT should play there.

 

Without the renovated stadiums we have currently Teddy would be my first option to choose for a home game followed by Bloomfield.

 

Ill try to post a pic next time, but I was driving by the new Haifa stadium and its coming along quite nicely. The frame is coming up now, still a ways to go, but it doesn't look like it will suffer the same story as Netanya's stadium.
The Netanya stadium is also coming along well. Although sometimes it looks like a ghost town, i just dont see any workers, but the entire frame is up, just need to polish it off now.