Singapore National Stadium

Sathc · Post by **Sathc** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:10 am

More Holiday Shots!
This stadium was built for the 1971 South East Asian games. It will host the second leg of the Tiger Cup final on the 16th of January. The stadium is getting quite old and will be demolished in 2006 to make way for a new stadium.

The Grandstand

One of the scoreboards

The SEA games cauldron

Looking Across the Field - Note the "palm tree" on top of the light tower - this is, in fact, a lightning conductor.

Singapore is going mad as they look like they will win the Tiger Cup after they beat Indonesia 3 - 1 in Jakarta in the fist leg of the final.

Jeffles · Post by **Jeffles** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:11 pm

It looks prime for demolition.

Egan · Post by **Egan** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:23 pm

Asian Football must be in dire straights if the Singapore National Team has done so well.

I saw them play Perth Glory in Mandurah, and we beat them 1-0.

The new stadium should be fantastic.

Whats that air - contol like building near the stadium for?

I like the interestingly designed roof on the grandstand...highly unusual.

james_ · Post by **james_** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:08 pm

Egan wrote:I like the interestingly designed roof on the grandstand...highly unusual.

It looks like some Westerner's unfortunate interpretation of the local vernacular.

That said, I reckon it does show the willingness of architects and engineers to experiment with concrete during this time.

Jeffles · Post by **Jeffles** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:09 pm

james_ wrote:
Egan wrote:I like the interestingly designed roof on the grandstand...highly unusual.
It looks like some Westerner's unfortunate interpretation of the local vernacular.

That said, I reckon it does show the willingness of architects and engineers to experiment with concrete during this time.

And not a piece of chewing gum in sight!