Movable Seating - Stadiums With Movable Seating

Stadiums With Movable Seating

  • Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, opened in 1975, and has four movable sections allowing it to be reconfigured for baseball, (American) football, soccer, or concerts. However, the stadium managers permanently locked the stands in the football configuration effective in 2007, citing maintenance costs for the equipment used to move the sections.
  • ANZ Stadium (formerly Stadium Australia, then Telstra Stadium) was the Olympic Stadium at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia. Post-Olympics during 2001-2003, it was re-configured and movable seating was implemented allowing the stadium to transition between a rectangular or an oval playing surface.
  • Etihad Stadium (formerly Telstra Dome, Colonial Stadium, Docklands Stadium) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, was completed in 1999. Features such as movable seating and a closable roof allow for the venue to host many sports and entertainment events. It is also the first stadium in Australia to have this feature.
  • The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, also features movable seating, with layouts for baseball and football. The stadium currently hosts the Minnesota Vikings (NFL) and the Minnesota Golden Gophers college baseball team (representing the University of Minnesota), and is also used for other college baseball games. It previously was home to the Minnesota Twins (American League) and the university's football program, but the Twins moved into their new Target Field in April 2010 and the Gophers football team opened their new TCF Bank Stadium in September 2009. The Metrodome has also hosted NBA and college basketball games as well as soccer events.
  • O.co Coliseum (historically Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum; also Network Associates Coliseum, McAfee Coliseum, and Overstock.com Coliseum) in Oakland, California, USA, is the home venue for the Oakland Raiders (National Football League) and Oakland Athletics (American League).
  • Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, USA, was formerly shared by the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball, the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League, and a local college football team, the San Diego State Aztecs, and thus had movable seating. The Padres moved to Petco Park in 2004, leaving football as the only major sport played in Qualcomm Stadium.
  • Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C., USA, used movable seating to accommodate two different pairs of teams:
    • Starting in 1962, the year after the stadium opened, the NFL's Washington Redskins and the second incarnation of the Washington Senators (American League) shared the stadium until the Senators moved to the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex in 1971. During this time, several different soccer teams also used RFK in its (American) football configuration.
    • The Washington Nationals (National League) and D.C. United (Major League Soccer) shared the stadium from 2005 until 2008, when the Nationals moved to a new ballpark.
  • Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has separate layouts for the Toronto Blue Jays (American League) and the Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League). The Buffalo Bills (NFL) now play one regular-season home game there every year, using the CFL seating configuration and an NFL-regulation field.
  • Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Saitama, Japan, has separate layouts for arena-type seating for basketball and hockey and stadium-like seating for soccer, American football, and concerts. This is possible because of a large movable block.
  • Stade de France in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, France, was built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. It has a movable stand which covers an athletics track.
  • Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, USA, home of the Miami Dolphins (National Football League) and Miami Hurricanes (NCAA football), has a movable stand previously used to accommodate the then-Florida Marlins (National League). The now-Miami Marlins opened a new stadium of their own, Marlins Park, following which the movable stand at Sun Life Stadium have been permanently locked into a football-only configuration.

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