15 football stadiums that every fan should visit
When you are an avid follower of the beautiful game, all it means when you are visiting a new country, perhaps the likes of England, Germany or Spain,is that you would be much closer to at least one of the holy grailof stadiums. Honestly, that is somewhat the only reason most of us would want to visit a country in the first place to be among the crowd who arecheering for Borussia Dortmund players, or to take a stadium tour of the iconic Santiago Bernabeu trophy roomIn this slideshow, we take a look at the 15 mostsurreal football stadiums in the world, in no particular order:Shout-out toSuyashSinghfor some of his inputs.
#1 Olympiastadion Mnchen
The Olympiastadion München is a stadium located in Spiridon-Louis-Ring of northern Munich, Germany, and since its opening in 1972, the stadium has been a legendary venue for sporting events, concerts and many more open air events. It was home to the current Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich till 2005 before they moved to their current stadium, Allianz Arena. The stadium was built over a pit that was created from bombings during the second World War since it was easier to construct.
With a capacity to hold 69,250 visitors, the Olympiastadion was the ground where Nottingham Forest and Borussia Dortmund had won their respective Champions League finals, and was also one of the venues for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, even hosting the final between West Germany and Netherlands.
Late Michael Jackson has performed at the Olympiastadion on five occasions, with all sets sold out with the maximum capacity of the stadium. Apart from Jackson, the stadium has even been used as venues for concert performances by Bon Jovi, Madonna, Coldplay, Nickleback, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, U2, AC/DC and Metallica among other acts.