Folllowing from @profk 's chat in the vaccines thread. Non-football stadium chat permitted
Did an English exam (3 hours) at the conference centre in Hillsborough
Went on a driver improvement course* at the New York Stadium in Rotherham
*- Got nicked for pulling into the exit of Waitrose car park right in front of a rozzer cause I didn’t see the sign. Everyone else in there was done for speeding or drink driving. Felt a right, right twat
Did a photo shoot with the Orchestra my other half played in at the Amex back in 2012. The pitch was covered in these weird heater / light things to keep it pristine (and pump out loads of light pollution across the south downs)
Saw Bruce Springsteen at Wembley.
Saw the final night of the athletics World Championships at the Olympic stadium.
Went to @aboynamedgoo’s birthday celebrations at Champion Hill. A kickabout was involved earlier in the day, but I’m not sure that it qualified as ‘football’.
I’ve been on a few stadium tours of various places, but I doubt that counts.
I’ve been to quite a few external CPDs that have been hosted in suites at cricket grounds, but none in a football ground yet.
Olympics at what is now West Ham’s stadium (2012 x2)
There was a kids training thing at the Priština City Stadium and I went in alll nosy to see what the Kosovar national stadium looked like from the inside. It looked like a National League level stadium. (2014)
Bruce Springsteen at the Stadium of Light.
Finished the Sunderland 10k in the Stadium of Light.
Rugby World Cup matches (NZ vs Tonga, Scotland vs Samoa) at St James Park
Rugby World Cup match at London stadium
Oasis live at Wembley.
Used to go and watch Saracens when they played at Vicarage Road.
Beer and cider festival and quiz night (separately) at the Longmead Stadium. (2019) also for Owners Emergency Meeting last year but that’s football related
Nah - they’re so precious about their pitches. If you look at my pic above, only limited people were allowed on the pitch and they had to be escorted on. They definitely wouldn’t allow thousands of people to troop through. I bet all these big events people have been to have been outside of the football season, with time for grass to regrow, or on astroturf pitches.