I have always been a fan of aesthetically pleasing sports stadia and here is a thread to post your favourite.
The Luigi Ferrais Stadium in Genoa, Italy designed by Vittorio Gregotti.
The Italians are class 
http://www.stadiumdb.com/images/stadiums/europe/italy/genoa/stadio-luigi-ferraris.jpg
Ah yes, yes yes yes. I shall be posting on this thread presently.
Generally speaking I donât like modern stadiums. Most are far too formulaic. All-seater stadiums have seriously detracted from the atmosphere. In fact all-seater stadiums are the number one thing I hate about modern football and it would make me far less inclined to go to a match if I canât stand. Still you can have god atmospheres at all seater grounds but they and this is where the architecture comes into it.
English football now has way too many plastic looking soulless identical stadiums. The worst are: Middlesbroughâs Riverside, St. Maryâs in Southampton, Leicesterâs Walkerâs Stadium, Coventry Ricoh Arena, Cardiffâs new stadium etc. These places should be nuked.
The Mestalla is probably my favourite stadium in the World. The steepness of the stands, the stands almost being on top of the pitch and the enclosed bowl make it a cauldron. http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/Luizitto/estadios/mestalla.jpg
Canât say Iâm too impressed with itâs replacement
http://www.armadanaranja.com/wp-content/uploads/noumestalla1.jpg
Minute Maid Park
This place looks brilliant. The fucking place was shut when I was there but you can see the playing field from outside and I saw enough of it to make a call on it.
Santiago Bernabeu
This place looks much better at night around game time, no where near as impressive during the day time.
I donât like a lot of the new NFL stadiums, again most of them look far too similar and are functional and no more. However Iâm a big fan of College Football stadiums with their bleachers and open stands. Thatâs one very noticeable thing about American sports stadiums - they tend not to have roofs unless they are domed stadiums.
Neyland Stadium in Knoxville holds over 100,000 - the seats are just wooden benches and the people are packed in tightly
http://football.ballparks.com/NCAA/SEC/Tennessee/aerial.jpg
Ohio Stadium, Columbus
http://reocities.com/CollegePark/2808/ohiostadium.jpg
The Megadome in Sandymount where TFK play our Thursday games.
http://www.ymcahc.ie/oneFiveSixImages/486bfb528a3ed.jpg
Good mentioning of the bland modern English variety Sid. Some horrible stadia in there. Riverside is a shocker but all those you named are bland in the extreme.
Now this was a proper terrace - the old Holte End at Villa Park
The new stand still has the old stairways and frontage incorporated into it. They were designed by Archibald Leitch - a Scottish architect who did a lot of the old British stadiums. He was a hun by the way.
Leitchâs Stevenage Road stand at Craven Cottage is a listed building
Leitchâs Trinity Road Stand at Villa Park went from this:
to this
to this
WaheyâŚnot
This baby is being imploded in exactly one monthâs time. It was originally supposed to be a dome but they decided it wouldnât hold the weight so the hence the âhole in the roofâ.
Texas Stadium
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/2008/writers/damon_hack/11/19/texas-stadium/texas-stadium.jpg
Few weird ones here
This is in Singapore
Braga - used in Euro 2004
The May Day Stadium in North Korea - it looks like a blancmange but apparently holds 150,000 people
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oFUVP9U0eNk/SxACicqxQkI/AAAAAAAAARw/hTkmfZOrcxY/s1600/mayday-stadium.jpg
You have taken to this thread eh Sid?
Class thread lads - keep the stadia coming please.
Yeah I love architecture and especially stadium architecture.
This is a great forum for anybody interested in the topic: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=263
This is truly a stadium that will never let you down B)
As far as modern stadia (take note of the plural Farmer 
) go the one here in Wellington is pretty good; particularly good for all day events like the Rugby Sevens or cricket cos you can wander around the entire ground, pop over to your mate whoâs sitting on the other side etc. Home to the Hurricanes in Super 14, Wellington Phoenix in the A-League and also hosts All Blacks, All Whites and Black Caps internationals. Nicknamed the âbiscuit tinâ.
http://www.fussballtempel.net/ofc/NZL/Westpac_A2.jpg
http://www.rugby.com.au/verve/_resources/Westpac_Stadium_hero_image_2.jpg
Argentinian stadiums are mental. They all still have terracing and all the clubs have Ultras. Most are fairly ramshackle and wouldnât get a safety certificate in Europe. A couple of things to notice: the way the steps of the terraces are painted in the team colours which I think looks brilliant and the way Boca and Riverâs stadiums have terracing on the really steep upper tiers. Now that is utterly mental.
River Plateâs Monumental
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_1vrJQNBoQHs/Rzl9KXgmmzI/AAAAAAAADiI/dgJ-1_EL_KE/100_2460.JPG
Estadio La Boutique - Talleres of Cordoba
San Lorenzoâs Estadio Pedro Bidegain
Estadio de Lanus, Buenos Aires
http://www.fussballtempel.net/conmebol/ARG/Lanus.jpg
Huracanâs Estadio Tomas Adolfo Duco
And of course La Bombonera
http://www.fussballtempel.net/conmebol/ARG/La_Bombonera.jpg
