Stadium Review: Complejo Deportivo Frane Figaroa

So in an ECB first, we will review an international sports stadium. I think that we will all find that this is a safer means of reviewing stadiums, as my review of Michigan State's Spartan Stadium seemed to draw every delusional and pissed off Spartan fan to our blog with flaming pitchforks. First off, I apologize in an earlier post for identifying this as Aruba's National Sports Stadium. It turns out that this stadium, in the city of Noord, is a smaller stadium than Aruba's National Stadium (Complejo Deportivo Guillermo Trinidad), and is used for "minor league" soccer matches, as well as under-23 matches like the big match this past weekend between Aruba and Barbados (Aruba lost 2-0 but none of their players punched any judges).



Complejo Deportivo Frane Figaroa seats 5,000 people. As you can see in the picture, the seats are very small, and are painted in alternating rows of red and yellow which makes it really look like a McDonalds restaurant. No cupholders though for your McFlurries. Also look in this picture for the signs of hooliganism that even pervades the laid back island culture. This heavy-duty fence walls off the visiting fan section from the home team section. It's hard to tell but it's actually a double-fence and makes it virtually impossible to throw anything through. Not impossible to spit through though.




Here is a good look at the barbed wire that surrounds the field. Ahh... hooliganism... good times! Always a good sign when the pitch looks like something out of The Longest Yard or Shawshank Redemption.

More thoughts on Frane Figaroa...
1) For 5,000 people, the stadium has no concession stands.
2) The stadium is located directly next to a police station. Not quite a novel idea, as the Vet which preceded Frane Figaroa actually streamlined things and put the jail inside the stadium
3) Frane Figaroa has one mens room and one womens room for 5,000 seats, which proves that there actually is a stadium in the world with less per capita seat to bathroom ratio than Cole Field House! In even more detail, let's make the safe assumption that 80% of the attendees at the stadium are male, so 4,000 males at a soccer match at Frane Figaroa. Well the one mens room to serve these 4,000 men contains exactly four urinals and four stalls. Either there are very long lines at Halftime, or people are pissing in the sinks.
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There you have it sports fans... Complejo Deportivo Frane Figaroa in Noord, Aruba. Book your tickets today!