New Stadia...What have you seen?

After noticing that Man City had moved into their third stadium (incidentally named after a "legend" who played four senior games in eight years) since leaving Maine Road, I was inspired to make a little list of the major new stadia in the game. Makes me think that the stadium-naming aspect of the game needs a little revamp! Some are dreadful...

What have you come across in your own career?

Ps. Nice to see that Palmeiras were big Fame Academy fans...

Chelsea - Chelsea Stadium - 2021 - 57,568

Man City - Man City Stadium - 2021 - 65,000

Liverpool - Torres Park - 2023 - 60,952

Kilmarnock - Kilmarnock Stadium - 2023 - 15,700

Udinese - Di Natale Park - 2023 - 64,763

Bayer Leverkusen - Kießling Arena - 2024 - 64,517

Stade Rennais FC - Stade Rennais FC Stadium - 2027 - 56,981

Amkar - Amkar Stadium - 2027 - 29,950

Arsenal - Quique Flores Park - 2027 - 90,024

FCV Dender - FCV Dender Stadium - 2027 - 21,875

Bayern Munich - Kroos Arena - 2029 - 91,830

Ajax - Ajax Stadium - 2029 - 69,535

Palmeiras - Alex Park - 2029 - 54,748

Hoffenheim - Sigurðsson Park - 2030 - 51,788

Hearts - Hearts Stadium - 2030 - 25,502

Leeds United - Leeds Stadium - 2030 - 55,302

Palermo - Palermo Stadium - 2031 - 60,926

PSV - Toivonen Stadium - 2032 - 69,363

Zaragoza - Ander Arena - 2032 - 53,500

Heerenveen - Heerenveen Stadium - 2032 - 47,752

Boca Juniors - Araujo Arena - 2035 - 76,743

Schalke - Sand Stadium - 2035 - 78,852

AZ - AZ Stadium - 2037 - 42,000

Peterborough - Barrett Stadium - 2039 - 35,999

Spartak Moscow - Alex Arena - 2041 - 60,750

Anderlecht - Biglia Park - 2042 - 54,000

Man City - Lemos Stadium - 2044 - 92,699

You really need to get out more:D

You really need to get out more:D

OR I need to actually do some work while I'm here at the office

Ive not paid as much attention as you but i know Hearts are now in a 27,000 stadium called Hearts Stadium, East Fife are in a 12,000 stadium named after a legend, Annan just moved into a 10,000 stadium again named after a legend, Hibs have expanded Easter Road so its around 27,000 and Dumbarton have a 15,000 stadium name Dumbarton Park, i think Chelsea moved into Zola park or arena a few years ago but i havent really noticed any other english teams in new stadiums.

Oh and my Aberdeen team now play in a lovely 57,000 seater stadium called McMilnerinio Arena My proudest day so far in FM!!

Oh and my Aberdeen team now play in a lovely 57,000 seater stadium called McMilnerinio Arena My proudest day so far in FM!!

Is there a McMilnerinio McDonalds under the East Stand?

hahahaha i wish!! Did anyone watch the Hearts vs Spurs game last night? They actually have a restraunt under one of their stands and the seats rise up so the folk eating can watch the teams warm up, the seats then go down when people are ready to sit in the stand, looks very cool.

Liverpool - Torres Park - 2023 - 60,952

Ouch, better paint over that one.

Tottenham are at the Hoddle Stadium in mine.

And Liverpool play in the (my name) stadium.

I won the Premier League with Leyton Orient, but they didn't bother to name their new stadium after me

I've always nagged about the lack of decent new stadium names in FM, usually linking this thread in the process.

I've been meaning to get a list together, so here goes:

Portsmouth - Cooper Stadium

Fulham - Griezmann Stadium

Arsenal - Fauvel Arena

Man City - Tevez Park

Aston Villa - Diego Arena

Hemel Hempstead - Hemel Hempstead Stadium

Chelsea - Lampard Stadium

FC United - FC United Stadium

York - Brown Arena

Boston - Symons Stadium

Crawley - Crawley Stadium

Ebbsfleet - Ebbsfleet Stadium

Leyton Orient - Smith Park

Siracusa - Petersen Stadium

Juventus - Juventus Stadium

Udinese - Di Natale Arena

Fiorentina - Jovetic Stadium

Wolfsburg - Prager Arena

Bayer Leverkusen - Gervinho Park

Schalke - Sand Arena

Hoffenheim - Huber Park

Marseille - Marseille Stadium

Lyon - Leo Arena

Monaco - Ferry Arena

Sochaux - Sochaux Stadium

Seongnam - Seongnam Stadium

Palmeiras - Palmeiras Stadium

There's probably a few I haven't spotted but the new names seem to stick out like sore thumbs, which for me is a bit of a problem. It seems like far too many big clubs have stadia named after people and foreign clubs end up with English names rather than names like Stade Marseille.

I've always nagged about the lack of decent new stadium names in FM, usually linking this thread in the process.

I remember that thread. Would love for it to be implemented.

When I was granted a new stadium with Peterborough, I spent a while on googlemaps looking at the surrounding area - it the hope that I could at least change the stadium name with FMRTE. No such luck. "Drysides" enver materialised!

Was interested in this so had alook at my save at all the top leagues I have loaded up. Didn't include my own stadium I have with Alfreton which is at 26,000 I believe. Totally didn't use the same format as the OP...

Arsenal - Arsenal Stadium - 2030 - 79,104

Chelsea - Zola Arena - 2025 - 57,206

Liverpool - Liverpool Stadium - 2019 - 61,438

Manchester City - Man City Stadium - 2026 - 64,256

Tottenham - Hoddle Stadium - 2025 - 72,750

Newell's Old Boys - Newell's Stadium - 2025 - 52,247

AA Gent - Kis Stadium - 2033 - 38,247

Yellow Red KV Mechelen - KV Mechelen Stadium - 2026 - 33,509

Standard Liege - Standard Stadium - 2021 - 41,203

Aalborg Boldspilklub - AaB Stadium - 2032 - 20,750

Football Club Midtjylland 1999 - Thygesen Arena - 2027 - 39,597

Lyngby Boldklub af 1921- Lyngby Stadium - 2013 - 13,805

FC Bayern Munchen - Alaba Arena - 2032 - 91,876

Bayer Leverkusen - Leverkusen Stadium - 2017 - 65,000

1.FC Nurnberg - Nurnberg Stadium - 2027 - 62,475

Juventus - Vialli Park - 2025 - 59,500

US Latina - Latina Stadium - 2034 - 19,250

Palermo - Palermo Stadium - 2017 - 49,524

Udinese - Di Natale Arena - 2029 - 53,938

Morelia - Morelia Stadium - 2034 - 48,250

FC Twente - FC Twente Stadium - 2025 - 54,437

Helmond Sport - Helmond Sport Stadium - 2031 - 17,691

PSV Eindhoven - Romario Stadium - 2026 - 69,258

FC Volendam - Volendam Stadium - 2016 - 21,875

Estoril - Estoril Stadium - 2025 - 21,625

Gondomar Sport Clube - Gondomar SC Stadium - 2016 - 10,475

CSKA Moscow - Zhirkov Stadium - 2029 - 47,000

Espanyol - Espanyol Stadium - 2030 - 54,694

Altinordu SK - Altinordu Stadium - 2035 - 5,925 - yes 5925 in the top league in Turkey, they are playing in a stadium of 2080 at the moment.

Besiktas JK - Besiktas Stadium - 2030 - 44,357

Trabzonspor - Gabric Stadium - 2029 - 36,561

Arsenal Kyiv - Arsenal Kyiv Stadium - 2014 - 6,825

Dynamo Kyiv - Gusev Park - 2018 - 40,183

Chicago Fire - Armas Arena - 2035 - 29,166

Colorado Rapids - Colorado Stadium - 2029 - 24,273

Columbus Crew - Gaven Arena - 2026 - 31,506

Seattle Sounders FC - Seattle Stadium - 2028 - 49,125

Toronto FC - Toronto FC Stadium - 2019 - 31,000

Chicago Fire - Armas Arena - 2035 - 29,166

Colorado Rapids - Colorado Stadium - 2029 - 24,273

Columbus Crew - Gaven Arena - 2026 - 31,506

Seattle Sounders FC - Seattle Stadium - 2028 - 49,125

Toronto FC - Toronto FC Stadium - 2019 - 31,000

Do you have the USA as a playable nation? I've not seen any new stadia yet from any clubs like these!

PS. Romario Stadium gets my vote as the worlds best named ground! Proper legend.

Do you have the USA as a playable nation? I've not seen any new stadia yet from any clubs like these!

PS. Romario Stadium gets my vote as the worlds best named ground! Proper legend.

Yep set the MLS as playable, was shocked to see the number of USA new stadium's as well as I hadn't checked them in a while, surprised they even could afford it really

Yep set the MLS as playable, was shocked to see the number of USA new stadium's as well as I hadn't checked them in a while, surprised they even could afford it really

Seems that you really need a nation to be "view only" or "playable" to get new stadiums built. I've seen no new builds from countries I haven't loaded up.

Seems that you really need a nation to be "view only" or "playable" to get new stadiums built. I've seen no new builds from countries I haven't loaded up.

Yeah same with me, had a look at some non playable clubs and non of them had no stadiums, would imagine that is the case.

Yeah same with me, had a look at some non playable clubs and non of them had no stadiums, would imagine that is the case.

Shame! There have been World Cups in the likes of Mexico and Australia - but no new stadiums to go with it.

Standard Stadium

I spent a while on googlemaps looking at the surrounding area - it the hope that I could at least change the stadium name with FMRTE. No such luck.

If you can get the unique ID could you maybe change it with a .lnc file?

Seems to me SI's best option in this might simply be to give us the ability to "Nickname" stadia, or to actually change their names in game. That way if we see one we don't like, we're able to change it without them having to code the myriad possibilities we'd consider reasonable for each club.

yeah you can change the name of the stadium using an .lnc file, there are instructions in both the editors forum and other sites, i actually have the file downloaded at home that walks you through the process, it seems simple enough.

Also, are stadia ever named after the chairman in the game? Easier to imagine Abramovich Stadium than Zola Park. Even moreso with that megalomaniac loonie in Gorgie - what do you think the chances are of Jefferies Stadium now? Granted he's so mad he'd probably try to rename the city they play in as Rome if it wasn't already taken.

If you can get the unique ID could you maybe change it with a .lnc file?

Seems to me SI's best option in this might simply be to give us the ability to "Nickname" stadia, or to actually change their names in game. That way if we see one we don't like, we're able to change it without them having to code the myriad possibilities we'd consider reasonable for each club.

yeah you can change the name of the stadium using an .lnc file, there are instructions in both the editors forum and other sites, i actually have the file downloaded at home that walks you through the process, it seems simple enough.

Thanks guys!! Will definitely look into that.

My Torquay United side moved into the horribly named 'Jack Park' in 2016 with a capacity of 16,000. It'd be so much better if there was a section added to the database where various local areas/nicknames could be added to a city and the new stadiums drew from that aswell as former players. For example for Torquay you could have:

Ellacombe

Babbacombe

The Willows

Wellswood

English Riviera (nickname of the area)

etc.

Better than having stadiums named after a player that played for the team for three seasons back in the 1990s, as much of a cult hero as he was.

Currently sitting on a 61,820 seater anfield in 2015, cant even fill that

i couldn't see man utd on anyones list, have they not built anything?

they could call it the "Park Ji-Sung Park"

I've finally got a new stadium at Truro, I think Pearson Park has a ring to it. I like the current "naming after manager" stadium because I'm vain like that, but I admit more variety for other non-player managed teams might be good. Like perhaps the manager gets the "option" for it to be named after him, but gets to decide (based upon ambition) and otherwise it gets named after some street or something.

i couldn't see man utd on anyones list, have they not built anything?

they could call it the "Park Ji-Sung Park"

I doubt United will ever move away from Old Trafford. Certainly not within my lifetime anyway.

Just hope it will remain "Old Trafford" for the remainder of my life too. My soul will shudder in disgust if it's ever called Coke Park, Nike Stadium, or any whored out names like that.

Torres Park for Liverpool. That's a winner!

I wish clubs in FM would much more often just keep the old stadium name tbh. It's a bit tacky with all these player names, or boring with so many <Club> Stadium/Park.