Below you can see complete results of the Public Vote. Each voter had 15 points to give to 5 best stadiums (5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points, respectively). The list doesn’t show how dynamic the vote was, with the winning stadium regaining top spot on the 33rd day! While there can be only one winner, it was a race of two stadiums. For the first time ever two candidates received over 100,000 points each and voters from their country of origin didn’t constitute even half of their support.

The Public Vote saw second highest turnout ever with 82,826 people from over 100 countries taking part. The most represented countries were Turkey (11,894 votes), Russia (8,400), France (8,135), Uruguay (7,030) and USA (4,651).

Seventh edition of Stadium of the Year took place between January 31 and March 7, 2017. The competition consisted of two simultaneous votes: the Public Vote, open for everyone, and the Jury Vote with five experts casting their votes (see the Jury Vote tab above).

Jury Vote

For the third time we include a Jury of architectural experts who cast their votes independently of the Public Vote. On February 24 we announced the shortlist of 10 finalists selected for final evaluation. All of them were ranked in more detail, with three categories in mind. Below is the final list of results:

Meet the Jurors!

Andy Simons, KSS, England | Andy is a founder director of KSS and major creative force within the practice giving lead design direction on a number of KSS’ major projects.

His main role is to ensure the clients’ needs are met and to lead the strategic and operational guidance to the client and consultant team.

He consistently leads several of KSS’ major projects in the sports sector and is a global ambassador for KSS at conferences.He brings enormous experience and analytical depth to every project he is involved in, and is widely respected by clients and consultants alike.

Andy has been a Design Director for a range of stadium projects within the KSS profile including Chelsea Village Stadium Complex for Chelsea FC, Amex Stadium for Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Stade Océane for Le Havre AC, National Stadium of Israel in Tel Aviv and the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup Stadium in Al Rayyan.





Peter Bordas, BORD, Hungary | Peter Bordas is an architect based in Budapest, Hungary. He founded BORD Architectural Studio in 2006 with the aim to create inspiring spaces with original atmosphere. Harmony with nature, exciting rhythms and timeless elegance characterise his projects. His studio is well known for its high quality services due to the dynamic and creative team of architects.

Peter graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Budapest University of Technology and Economics and he started his career at the studio of Zoboki-Demeter and Associates Architects. Now he has 20years’ experience in designing a range of public buildings from concept to completion and his works have been counted among the determining creations of the Hungarian contemporary architecture.

He is practiced in designing public spaces, cultural centres, hotels, wineries and sport venues like stadiums. One of his internationally recognized projects is Nagyerdei Stadium which was ranked as the 4th one in the competition ’the Stadium of the Year 2014’. His recently completed project is the new Hidegkuti Nandor Stadium in Budapest and the architectural concept of Budapest 2024 Olympic Games bid. Peter is a strong and energetic person and as a former bmx racer he loves sports.

In 2014 he was awarded with the commemorative medal of Paul Csonka and the Hungarian Association of Construction Entrepreneurs acknowledged his works as both designer and manager by giving him the price ‘Master of Construction Management’.





Mårten Leringe, C.F. Møller, Sweden | Mårten Leringe is partner at C.F. Møller, and the managing director in Sweden. Mårten is engaged mainly as design architect and project leader in urban planning and building construction projects. He has a broad experience in project management of large projects with a focus on city planning, sport facilities, office buildings, terminal and infrastructural projects.

C.F. Møller is one of Scandinavia’s leading architectural firms; with 90 years of award winning work in the Nordics and worldwide. Friends Arena and Globen in Stockholm, Bislett Arena in Oslo, Swedbank Stadium in Malmö are some of the arena projects that C.F. Møller has designed. In 2015 Friends Arena received the IOC/IAKS Award.





Architect born in 1977. Przemek co-authored various buildings, including Stadion Cracovii Arena Lublin , Chopin Airport and won the first prize for Wisła Kraków’s indoor arena concept, all of these as part of Estudio Lamela.

In 2013 he established STOPROCENT Architekci s.c. along with Magdalena Morelewska. They created the Houses Without Stairs vision, interior of Chopin Airport’s Executive Lounge, expansion of the first stand at Służewiec Hippodrome and study on docklands revitalization in Hel, Poland.

STOPROCENT Architekci were also recognized in numerous architectural competitions:

3rd prize in the competition for new primary school in Siechnice, near Wrocław;

1st prize for their mixed-use residential building at Al. Jana Pawła 34 in Warsaw;

FUTUWAWA “Patrz na Plac” award for the concept of flower hotel BAZA OAZA at the Warsaw Parade Square;

1st mention in the competition for bicycle- and footbridge network in Augustów;

3rd prize for the Houses Without Stairs in the Beautiful Wrocław competition, 2013;

TOP BUILDER 2013 for Houses Without Stairs.





Robert Mankin, NBBJ, USA | Robert is a partner in NBBJ’s Los Angeles office where he oversees the firm’s worldwide sports practice. Under his leadership, Robert’s teams have created sports facilities that are economically sustainable, operationally efficient and provide unique experiences to fans, players and coaches. Examples of his work include UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles; the Hangzhou Olympic Stadium in Hangzhou, China; and the Rupp Arena Renovation and Expansion in Lexington, Kentucky.

Robert provides authoritative commentary on the role sports facilities play in creating urban environments to media around the world. He has been interviewed on the subject by publications such as NCAA News, Stadia Magazine, Sports Business Journal, Stadia World and ArchRecord.

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