Carla Fraser 🇨🇦

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

The firm behind Wembley and Tottenham's stadium designed a football ground in Mexico, then pointed it at a mountain. They dropped the roof on one end so the open side frames the Cerro de la Silla, the saddle-shaped mountain that rises over Monterrey, sitting right behind the pitch.

That view in the clip came first. The architects, a firm called Populous, built the stadium around it, and they have said the mountain was one of the biggest reasons it looks the way it does. The roof stands tall on the north side and slopes down toward the south, opening up so the mountain fills the gap above the stands.

The roof is one solid piece that reaches 55 meters out over the crowd, longer than an Olympic pool, with nothing holding it up from underneath. It shades fans from a summer sun that climbs past 40°C, or 104°F. The sides stay open so the air keeps moving. Instead of closing the place up and running air conditioning, Populous cut "gills" into the metal shell, angled to catch the breeze and push warm air up and out. The building cools itself.

The metal shell is a nod to the city's past. Monterrey built its fortune on steel and had the first iron and steel foundry in Latin America, so the stadium is wrapped in steel and aluminum, which got it the nickname "El Gigante de Acero," the steel giant. The lopsided, sweeping shape comes from an odd place: the outline of old brewing stills, a tip of the hat to the beer-making the city has done since 1890.

Inside, they pulled the crowd right on top of the grass. The first row sits 9 meters from the field. At the club's old ground, it was 27. The stands tilt back at 34 degrees, one of the steepest angles in the Mexican league, packing all 53,500 seats close to the pitch, which is part of why it gets so loud.

FEMSA, the drinks giant that owns the club, paid for all of it. The bill came to around $200 million, making it the most expensive stadium ever built in Mexico when it opened in 2015. In 2024 it became the first stadium in Latin America to earn LEED Gold, a major green-building rating, for how it handles energy and water.

So the view in that clip was drawn into the plans years before they laid the first beam. The whole building is a frame, and the mountain is the picture.

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mexico genuinely has one of the best stadiums at this world cup, but they’re not getting the hype they deserve. that view is absolutely insane man.🇲🇽

[Carla Fraser 🇨🇦 @CarlaFraser1]

@OLDUKIEDUDE @slav_metalurges

[Carla Fraser 🇨🇦 @CarlaFraser1]

@PlayBackPr13326 @TukiFromKL She was removed from flight before take off

[Sassafrass84 @Sassafrass_84]

The dream job does exist. Their little back packs. 🥹

[ElBuni @therealbuni]

En playa del carmen, un mono arranca todos los dias entrando a los hoteles y agarrando pan y café
Abre y pasa re tranquilo el tipazo jsjs

[@LynneK @lynnek2005]

Monkeys love bananas and oranges!
Look at them...

[ProudCanRobz 🇨🇦 @RMapleCan]

Putting things into perspective for Canada

[Carla Fraser 🇨🇦 @CarlaFraser1]

@JaneotN Disney Paris, Disney Hong Kong or Disney Tokyo!

[Carla Fraser 🇨🇦 @CarlaFraser1]

@gnightirene @Martyupnorth_2 And HAIL!

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

So this happened in the shallow waters of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, on Saturday...🐘

[Carla Fraser 🇨🇦 @CarlaFraser1]

@EsotericSteah @RaeRavage @JimMcMurtry01 The last Indian residential school closed in 1997. The last federally-funded school, Kivalliq Hallin Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, officially shut its doors that year.

[Carla Fraser 🇨🇦 @CarlaFraser1]

@MarkCherrington Sent!

[Carla Fraser 🇨🇦 @CarlaFraser1]

@MarkCherrington I will e-transfer to you. Please provide your e-transfer email address. Thx

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: Tiny Pomeranian chases down a black bear out of its home after the bear broke in and started wandering around.

The 5 pound Pomeranian named ‘Scout’ was seen coming to the rescue to get the bear out of the home in Vancouver, Canada.

“I had music playing (and) didn’t hear the bear come in. It wandered around then ate Scout's food in the kitchen,” the owner said.

“Scout heard and chased the bear out of the house and off the property.”

“He just likes to assert his dominance, or like we’ll call him the alpha dog.”

Hero.

Video: kaylakleine / tt

[guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 @guyfelicella]

I must have missed this .... Rod Stewart plays a clip he found on the Internet

They turned "I will survive" into a tariff song in Toronto 🇨🇦. Damn rights Canada will survive! 💪🏼💪🏼

[Katy E 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @MargTokar]

Alberta: Did you know…?

That while Smith today claims that immigration is the reason for overcrowded classes & overwhelmed HC, and threatens to withhold service to same?

This is the threatening letter she sent the feds DEMANDING DOUBLE the AB immigrant allotment.

[Carla Fraser 🇨🇦 @CarlaFraser1]

@TheRealDKGray I have travelled to more than 80 countries and feel so fortunate to live in a tolerant, peaceful country that provides endless opportunity

[Carla Fraser 🇨🇦 @CarlaFraser1]

@christmasali @howllr @TheJasonPugh @PierrePoilievre He has a life sentence. This doesn’t end until he dies. At 25 years he was eligible to apply for parole. He was denied and will continue to be denied release by the Parole Board