Magazine Article

In my research, I discovered an magazine article that was very different than the other articles and posts I've read about the arena. It's an article in Frieze Magazine that was published immediately following the first game to ever be played in the stadium, a match between Bayern Munich and the German national team. The writer was extremely critical of the new arena. Below are the three important facts that I discovered when I read the article.

Facts:

1. Not everyone was so in love with Allianz Arena right away. Today, it is indisputably one of the greatest soccer stadiums in the world. However, it was not seen that way when it first opened. The author of this article sites the complaints of some critics who called the stadium "a brutal piece of nonsense" and " tupperware architecture." So, maybe it took time for people to fully appreciate the architecture of the stadium.

2. At first, the stadium was likely criticized because it was not what the German people were used to. In the article, the author points out that many Germans found that the architecture of the stadium simply followed British architectural standards.

3. When it first opened, a large number of accidents occurred because the stadium is right off of several major freeways and drivers were distracted by the bright lights that illuminate the outside of the stadium.

Source: Holger, Liebs. "Bayern Munich v. Germany." Frieze Magazine 14 Sept. 2005: n. pag. Print. 3 February 2015.