Hangzhou's new stadium, which resembles the petalsof a flower, shows that the days of stripped-down, cookie-cutterstadiumslike the Kingdome in SeattleorRiverfrontstadiumin Cincinnatiaregone.
While I was at a Monday Night Football game at Seattle's Kingdome in the mid-80s, the endless commercial breaks awakened me to the extent the game had been handed over to the requirements of a television broadcast.