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The Eagles' owner, Jeffrey Lurie, could have chosen any architectural style for his team's new $512 million home, the most expensive to date in professional football. But Lurie, who swooped in from Boston via Hollywood to buy the Eagles in 1994, decided to appeal to the boutique-hotel set rather than the Union League crowd. The result is a stadium - called the Linc - that forges far beyond the wood-paneled world of conservative Philadelphia and looks boldly into a dynamic future.
Inga Saffron, the Inquirer's architecture critic, may like the Linc, but my first impression is definately Philadelphia, BOO!
As Ms. Saffron points out the stadium does not pay hommage to its Philadelphia roots but instead is inspired by the Luries' California roots. Unfortunately it feels as if Otho, the interior designer from the movie Beetlejuice has been brought in. Gray and black dominate the interior and much of the exterior of the Linc. The continuity of the upper deck is broken up, you cannot walk around the stadium at the upper level. And if you would like to meet your friend in 210 and you sit in 204, it'll take you a good 10-12 minutes of walking through an endless Escher inspired serpantine to get down to the first level where you could meet him. The endzone seats of the lower level don't come all the way back to the scoreboard creating an alley way that I believe will smell as bad as City Hall Station before the Birds off-week. There are even convenient drains in this alley way, as if the architects anticipated the hoards relieving themselves behind their seats.
The TVs, sound system, and jumbotrons were remarkable, but glitches remain. Our section 204 was mislabeled as 203 and there was woefully inadequate directional signage throughout the concourses making finding a way to the upper level a challenge.
All in all, it was a bit underwelming. Especially considering the over the top oppulence of the Wachovia/First Union/CoreStates Center that sits across the street.
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