They should have split it up into squares but leave one blank in the corner, giving the groundsmen a fun puzzle to complete before every match

@seanwoods5943

10 ай бұрын

A square of pitch should randomly disappear every 2 minutes.

@OwurakuThreeSixty

10 ай бұрын

​@@A_R_B_G😅

@diablabokchoi

10 ай бұрын

😳 ........ 😆🤣🤔😜😂👍🏾👊🏾💥

@chrimbo90

10 ай бұрын

Underrated comment 😂

@miles2057

10 ай бұрын

HAHAHAHAHA😂

It's absolutely clear how serious the world takes Football

@richardwillson101

10 ай бұрын

And how much money is involved!

@ImaSMACKHEAD982

10 ай бұрын

Mens football

@zMolly

10 ай бұрын

​​@@ImaSMACKHEAD982Obviously, Feminist football isnt important fr

@easyhomeworks6127

10 ай бұрын

why bring women's football into this?

@ImaSMACKHEAD982

10 ай бұрын

@@easyhomeworks6127 who you talking too 💀 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤦‍♂️

Imagine spilling coffee on the controlpanel and the whole field retracks during a game

@doctrui

2 ай бұрын

Fired!

The contrast between the natural grass and all the machinery is so weird. It's like that factory level from Titanfall 2

Designed to allow the stadium to be used for large-scale events, the retractable pitch will be housed in six underground levels and feature an underground irrigation system and ultraviolet lighting to maintain the quality of the grass

@rickroll9086

10 ай бұрын

Thanks; was going to ask what’s the point of removing the grass. What do they do with the pitch at Wembley stadium; why not just cover it over?

@christophermotte7532

10 ай бұрын

So it is grass?

@edmundlange3998

10 ай бұрын

Yes, it's real Grass, it's basically stored in giant planters that are moved on and off the "Pitch" as needed and stored underground under UV light so the grass will still grow.@@christophermotte7532

@edmundlange3998

10 ай бұрын

@@rickroll9086 Wembley just covers over their grass and kills it, then replants it from sod every time. They have a system now that allows them to do this in a week, so this is only feasible when the pitch isn't needed for anything else.

@doji-san

10 ай бұрын

Why don't they just put hard cover on the grass for large scale events? Wouldn't that be much cheaper?

No matter what club you are are fan of the difference between the Bernabeu and the Nou Camp is night and day. Walking up to the Bernabeu is like approaching a 5 star luxury hotel and walking up to the Nou Camp is like approaching a multi storey car park.

@Gavsy1874

10 ай бұрын

For the next 2 years and then the new Camp Nou will be better.

@bustabloodvessel5327

10 ай бұрын

@@Gavsy1874 Maybe so, but in terms of big clubs and stadium design over the last 20 years Barcelona are way behind. Going into the Nou Camp on a big match day with a full crowd you were half thinking would the stadium actually collapse under the weight.

@vika0194

10 ай бұрын

It's called Camp Nou since more than 2 decades ago... Honestly. How can you not now that.

@stevem2323

10 ай бұрын

​@@Gavsy1874It won't.

@Gavsy1874

10 ай бұрын

@@stevem2323 Opinion. For all the money spent on the Bernabeu it looks shite from outside in my view.. It will also hold about 20k less.

One of those logistical things that you just don't think about much, but there has to be a way to swap it out with the spare grass so it can recover. It would be interesting to compare the ways that this is done in different stadiums and the other ways stadiums make their central space more flexible.

@adi45713

11 ай бұрын

They remove the whole pitch as in like a rollover carpet (made up of smaller carpets of different sizes), and manually fixed based on certain measurements. Basically the bottom tray in the above video resting on wheels is not present and the bottom storage wouldn’t be that huge or deep below ground level to fit in whole pitch.

@northernsurferboy

10 ай бұрын

State Farm Stadium

@superstrongr

10 ай бұрын

It's mostly for concerts ....they use to ruin the grass.

@showwhite7320

10 ай бұрын

I'm wondering if they couldn't just build a metal cover for the grass field. Seems like it would be a lot cheaper to move just metal than metal plus dirt. On the other hand, while it's covered, it can't be treated with light to allow it to grow back. Maybe they made the right decision for once. Didn't expect that to happen in Spain!

@seanlaverty40

10 ай бұрын

You would still ruin quite a lot of the grass because it's being removed so the venue can be used to host music concerts etc. Anything placed over the top would have to be supported extremely well@@showwhite7320

A marvel of engineering

@RandyMahnke

10 ай бұрын

The Schalke Arena had that already 20 years ago

@rossco6651

10 ай бұрын

Amazing what man can do.

@vujhvjvgvfujk9888

10 ай бұрын

Tottenham’s stadium can do that 🤣🤣🤣

@pedrobandito2

10 ай бұрын

@@vujhvjvgvfujk9888doesn’t mean the op wasn’t correct…

@bohome34602

10 ай бұрын

We really need to knock old trafford down

Imagine being in the middle of a match and the ground suddenly starts to move

@xanderjames8682

10 ай бұрын

Hackers write that down

@mullaway5746

10 ай бұрын

Like when the sprinklers come on half way through the game lol

Damm, looking at the scale of this high tech engineering marvel, it tells me this was a billion dollar mega project. The huge underground storage with its retractable roof, looks like something from a sci-fi movie. 😮

NFL: "We spend billions on our sport" Europe: "Hold our beers"

@Ski3HigH

11 ай бұрын

Both are waste of money

@johnsmeith3913

11 ай бұрын

The Vegas and Arizona stadiums already did this, and in arizonas case, 10 years ago. America builds the best stadiums in the world, period

@Bradford10KalEl

11 ай бұрын

yeah but they are not world football specific so cant be the best if they cant cater to the best sport in the world @@johnsmeith3913

@jakubkrizan

11 ай бұрын

@@johnsmeith3913 And Veltins Arena has the same system as State Farm Field and Allegiant Stadium since 2001, lol... This is completely different. Edit: GelreDome ditto used this far earlier than stadiums in US

@GodFirstnl

11 ай бұрын

⁠yeah GelreDome was the first to do this from what I remember

Mind blowing. Also, a perfect place to shoot a Survival/Horror movie

@ignaciopazgarcia5370

10 ай бұрын

Why? Like a Squid Game game?

Awesome,hurry and make that retractable city and houses so we can avoid this heat,with a cooling system below

imagine it getting stuck down there. i mean look at all those moving parts. and then they be like: well i guess we are not playing this champions league game here.

Wow, just Wow. I'm truly Impressed!

Very fancy, but it looks like an incredibly expensive way of solving the problem.

@IDGAFAS

10 ай бұрын

Subjectively

@igbc176

10 ай бұрын

what was the problem to begin with?

@Antonio-do6ci

10 ай бұрын

@@igbc176 concerts destroy the grass

@christopherminto8209

10 ай бұрын

@@igbc176I’m assuming here, but it would be ensuring there is sufficient light for grass growth (other stadia use roll out lamps for that) and having a multi-use arena that doesn’t crush the grass (Arizona state wheels the lawn to the outside to achieve both, but other stadia put rubber panels over the grass to protect it during concerts and dirt track shows).

@BootlegSonicToy

10 ай бұрын

​@@christopherminto8209This stadium is in the middle of a city, there is absolutely no space for that. Search it up on Google maps

Wow! It certainly made for a double duty arena! Yahoo to he engineers and builders!!!!

So...when does it turn into the Cobra command base? 🤔

@mrdan2898

10 ай бұрын

lol, Great comment. Yeah great for dual purpose use!

Interesting! This will probably be broken more often than not. Or, will be insanely expensive to keep working.

@onnovanknotsenburg1177

10 ай бұрын

Look up “vertical farming”. There are companies making a living in making (versions of) these structures.

@randlepmcmurphy6117

10 ай бұрын

They are one of the biggest sports clubs on the planet, I think they can afford it.

@ImaSMACKHEAD982

10 ай бұрын

@@randlepmcmurphy6117 *Spanish Government can afford it

@alfonso87ful

6 ай бұрын

I doubt it. Florentino is an engineer and runs one of the worlds best construction companies .. called ACS

Wow I’m speechless. I didn’t know this. Some fine tech.

😮Unbelievable!! Hope it doesn’t breakdown the night before a game!!😢

It's like a modern day colosseum.

@user-ck8vu1eo4u

10 ай бұрын

That’s what football is 😂

Fascinating, but also seems highly over the top. That's a huge underground space and so much machinery.

Why does the field do that? Do they use another type of field as well or maybe for a concert or something?

@faraibee

11 ай бұрын

My question exactly. Why?

@alexbretaudeau

11 ай бұрын

So they can use the stadium for other events like concerts hours before a match without worrying about the grass quality

@Liamshavingfun

11 ай бұрын

@alexbretaudeau OK, thanks, that's what I thought but wasn't sure.

@alexanderlarsson776

10 ай бұрын

@@alexbretaudeau yea and because they can treat the grass in a more safe enviroment down there with UV lights, exact watering etc...

Amazing feature. Looks very complicated compared to the one of Gelredome Arnhem in The Netherlands.

Yeah, i can just imagine the headlines, match cancelled due to the pitch being unable to deploy from it's hangar. WTF??

There is far too much money sloshing about in football. This is insane!!

@alexanderlarsson776

10 ай бұрын

This is a building renovation that will last many decades! Its worth it for the best club in the world. WHats a waste is the money being thrown around in Saudi Arabia to get players to retire there....While their neighbours in Yemen starve to death ...

@showwhite7320

10 ай бұрын

@@alexanderlarsson776 That's not how money necessarily works. If they pay players to play in Saudi Arabia, the money isn't being wasted at all. Money was just transferred between people. Money is only wasted when it's spent to have people do something useless like build this stadium. Or, build luxury cars. Or, make people dig a ditch and then refill it.

@alexanderlarsson776

10 ай бұрын

thats one of the most nonsensesical things ive ever read in youtube, congrats! why dont you read what you write a couple of times so you realise the severity @@showwhite7320

@Palarci

10 ай бұрын

​@@showwhite7320interesting how you stopped thinking once it became convenient to make your point. The money used to build this is also just transferred. All the way from fans to the architects, engineers, construction companies etc. These companies and people use that money to buy anything they need/want and the cycle continues.

@ceebee3108

10 ай бұрын

@@alexanderlarsson776there’s people starving all around the world. Including Spain. What a weird comment.

Led grow lights are absolutely amazing. I have seen first hand their capabilities and it is unbelievable.

@strangenameforaband342

10 ай бұрын

I was wondering why they did this, is it to grow the grass better under these lights?

@cubecubesson6779

10 ай бұрын

Yes the grass smells amazing 😊

That is crazy!

The creativity of man, never ceases to amaze. Creating something that has never been is something AI will not be able to do.

@scifactorial5802

10 ай бұрын

(un?) fortunately it's something AI already does. From winning strategies never conceived by humans in game theory to novel medicine where it discovers candidates for cures that have never even been synthesized before. More coming soon..

I wonder if the playing surface quality / bounce etc is impacted by this…. Hope they have a backup plan if the retraction back fails!

@martinarcher1503

10 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure the top priority is making a perfect playing surface for football, and everything else is subordinate to that.

What a beautiful picture ❤❤❤❤ such a genius way ❤️❤️❤️❤️

¡Hala, Madrid!

Stadium looks like a fancy air fryer

Jeewhizz, Real Madrid reminding everyone that the operate on a higher plain of existence than everyone else. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🏽🇪🇦

The Colosseum of modern times

I would compare its [annual] maintenance cost to a superyacht at approx 20% of total cost. A technologically sophisticated apparatus using moving parts under extreme tension/friction, e.g., (Motors - hydraulics) electric consumption, watering system, super grow light system, etc. The system is a 'White Elephant'.

Just imagine how much $$$ has been dumped into this to create and maintain it!

@robert111k

10 ай бұрын

Don't have to imagine anything. 225 M €.

Can someone tell me whats the purpose of the field moving ?

@jaredroestoff8712

5 ай бұрын

To apply other sports pitches basketball or concert flooring

why is there so little cushion between the playing surface and the structure underneath? I wonder what kind of material that is made of and hope it works ok. yes, grass is better than turf. but I think grass on top of lots of dirt is better than grass on top of some weird metal skeleton.

@brothaman007

10 ай бұрын

Humans do not weigh enough and only a couple inches of dirt is needed to provide the stability the ground needs.

Very Impressive! Hala Madrid!

Why does it need to be so deep underground? It looks like it's a very slow process to swap the grass over, you can see the way people move around when it's sped up. They got a loan during covid at 1.53% interest to do this project, a good deal compared to current rates.

@youevil9846

10 ай бұрын

Exactly what I think.. Maybe they can keep the grass underground during a big concert.. other than that.. it looks like a big waste of money.

@rejotalin

10 ай бұрын

@@youevil9846That is the idea. Now you can use the venue for conventions, concerts, fairs, shooting films,… without damaging the grass.

@santaklaus11

10 ай бұрын

It is a brilliant move - the idea is to turn the stadium into a massive indoor complex to have events year round Real turn cant stand that, which is why a football stadium is basically unused real estate during most of the time.

So at this point we could say we can build pacific rim giant mechas but we don't want to

Looks amazing, but why what do they do when it's put away?

@Tehkenny1

10 ай бұрын

I'd assume it is for when the stadiums are used for other activities, anything from concerts to monster trucks. Its a good way to keep the grass in good shape by avoiding those sort of things to ruin it.

Human ingenuity is awesome! Now, how about cleverly engineering our way out of bigger problems than uneven grass? Also, I've never noticed before, but from the outside, the Bernabeu looks like a fancy rice cooker.

@cwg73160

10 ай бұрын

If you have a plan to solve humanity’s problems, you’re more than welcome to share.

How long does the grass removing process take?

@robert111k

10 ай бұрын

About 6 hours. The protocol is 18 in case something could happen.

That's where you store super villains

Stadium of Schalke04 (Bundesliga) has it since 20 years cause there are also other events such as concerts, winter sports, even muscle cars.

1996: AFC Ajax Stadium 55k (NL) first football stadium in the world with a retractable roof. 1998: Vitesse Stadium 26k (NL). First football stadium in the world with a retractable roof and field. 2001: Schalke 04 Stadium 63k (GER). Second football stadium in the world with a retractable roof and field. 2023: Real Madrid Stadium 85k (ESP) third football stadium in the world with a retractable roof and field. It has been quite a long time since another football stadium with a retractable roof and field has been built. (This is about football stadiums and not American football)

@Etatdesiege1979

10 ай бұрын

Don’t worry. US stadiums dream of having this level of sofistication.

@AgentLynch616

10 ай бұрын

Your forgetting the biggest stadium to have a retractable roof before Real Madrids. The 72k millennium stadium in Cardiff

@working2bselfsufficient724

10 ай бұрын

​@Etatdesiege1979 USA stadiums have had retractable roofs for decades now. Isn't necessary to retract field for American football so isn't widely used. My home stadium has had retractable roof since it was built and does lots of other things also, change colors, advertisement screens built in etc. Funny to think some people think usa couldn't build this when usa has built or contributed literally almost ever single important advancement in 20th and now 21st century.😂

Glazers Out!! ❤️🤍🖤

OMG!! Up until today, I used to think that the football grounds are just real ground. Didn't know it was made up stuff.

@fluffypuffyboy586

10 ай бұрын

in most stadiums that is the case. only a handfull of stadiums have this technology

@robert111k

10 ай бұрын

@@fluffypuffyboy586, this technology is patented and the patent belongs to Real Madrid. There are other retractable pitch systems but not in the slightest like this one.

Amazing engineering but I think this is taking to too far. No more jumpers as goal posts then?

@devijankowicz9491

10 ай бұрын

Yes! And so is this newfangled nationality requirement in playing for teams representing nations. Base it all on localities, where you have to have been born there to represent the locality. Wow, just think of what a world-beater Ashington United would have been… Jackie Milburn and both the Charltons! No need for multi-million transfer fees! Jumpers as goal-posts, of course… another prudent saving to be passed on to the fans at the turnstiles. Bob a head and you’re in!

@willbee6785

10 ай бұрын

😂

Crazy the amount of money you can waste on stuff when you don't pay taxes.

Impresionante

Crazy

Awesome

we have come a long way since the Coliseum

A lot of moving parts mixed with a lot of water only a matter of time before it goes tits up.parallels like ancient rome bread and circuses still applies

Why?

"yeah! Science!" - Jesse Pinkman

Grass needs sunlight to survive!!! :D

Welcome the NFL to Spain 🏈 among other events

@FlorinArjocu

11 ай бұрын

We're good, thanks.

@alexanderrosales7675

10 ай бұрын

The NFL could be shown at the zoo they would fit right in.

Seems to me more expensive to maintain than and huge up front costs than with over ground machinery. Nuts.

@mrdan2898

10 ай бұрын

I absolutely agree with you.

I have a hunch gate & beer prices will be going up.

Wow! All so the grass doesn't get damaged during concerts etc?

The underground area gives the nike scorpion ko cage vibes

Why though ?

The Roman salivating at the mouth

Chasing Balls goes high tech

Reminds me of Pokemon conference tournaments

Football is life!!!

To what end?

Insane is the word

So they can make the pitch wider and smaller and longer and narrower when they wanna... cool!

Money money money. Crazy. Pretty incredible engineering tho

Instead of moving and storing the grass, why not just have a similar segmented, movable “patio” that moves in and is positioned over the pitch? It would have lights and irrigation on the bottom of the panels. This way the pitch is stable, doesn’t have joints and edges that might become exposed during a match.

What is this good for ? Enabling Heavy Metal concerts? Kart races? Rocket launches?

Imagine if it reboots during a counter attack...

am i missing something what purpose does this serve

@zurinevigara9193

11 ай бұрын

Multipurpose football match and concert/event venues in the heart of Madrid.

@busystreet38

11 ай бұрын

The main issue is that you can’t have events directly set up on top the grass. That would simply damage it. They store the grass away and use the concrete slab for setting up events such as concerts, exhibitions, etc. That way the city doesn’t have to build multiple venues.

@jjbwoy

11 ай бұрын

It means they will play on a perfect pitch every game as they can just swap out bad parts of the pitch that get damaged.

@74_pelicans

11 ай бұрын

​@@busystreet38the main issue is because of the roof it doesn't get natural light. So they built space to simulate light.

The engineers behind this magnificent engineering piece will never be famously known....until they married into the Kardashians

The great thing is that having a retractable underground pitch is if there's ever a stadium ban. He'll go to playing behind closed doors, send the pitch underground, and keep the fans above staring at the concrete floor while the game goes on below 😂😂 💰

@gilean6179

10 ай бұрын

meh!

Is this, just if the NFL comes to Spain?

@PjRjHj

11 ай бұрын

That and concerts

@alexanderlarsson776

10 ай бұрын

yes just for that hehe

Hala Madrid!!❤

So what is the point as there is no other pitch?

Why???

This is amazing. But also scary. If possible to do something like for a game... what is being done in real life every day things... is that really a building? Lol. Sims I tell ya.

Imagine the pitch suddenly open up while the game was playing...

So far so good is working very well. If you think this is insane just watch the Subway stop at Bernabeu.

so what's the exact purpose of that? now sure I get it why the pitch is moving around

The roman Colosseum had a retractable floor over 2000 years ago now thats impressive

and here I am just thinking "how are they allowed to do that without any barriers? I'm fun at parties...

@pedrobandito2

10 ай бұрын

I bet you’re fun at parties

But why?

That’s nothing we’re painting over rust at Old Trafford.

Imagine getting a grow going down there?

Would be great for Wimbledon.

But why, for what purpose? The largest convention center ever

I hope the section seams are nice and tight. It would be a drag to catch a spike in one!

@ImaSMACKHEAD982

10 ай бұрын

A spike? What you mean a spike 😂😂😂

@WhiteTiger333

10 ай бұрын

@@ImaSMACKHEAD982 Cleat, sorry. Spike - hahaha!

verdadero o falso? this is what i call considerate. in my city they have built a new school by putting containers one on top of another and then there are cars standing next to the sidewalk on a distance of 300 meters. i complained years ago they did not install traffic mirrors at some difficult intersections like there are in my fathers' village since i can remember from my childhood, but nothing happened in germany, high salaries of people like "europa secretary" are mor important then long term investments as the maglev train used to be

The best football club in the world

Are there other stadiums that have more insane underground engineering going on? WOW!!

@xxkq0

10 ай бұрын

Tottenham stadium came first and the retraction is quicker because the pitch only splits into three and all three can go under at the same time.

@robert111k

10 ай бұрын

@@xxkq0, don't even compare. Tottenham stadium and Bernabeu, the same as Spurs and Real, play different leagues.

@DonPadre19

10 ай бұрын

​@@xxkq0yes under the car park! Lol!