Soccer Stadiums of the USA and Canada - Page 7

krudmonk · November 14th, 2007, 06:49 PM

I hope that happens for Portland. They have better fans than many MLS clubs.

nyrmetros · November 15th, 2007, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by krudmonk

I hope that happens for Portland. They have better fans than many MLS clubs.

True. The Timbers Army of Portland are better than most MLS supporters clubs.

mr.x · November 15th, 2007, 06:47 AM

Vancouver

Seats 15,000, expandable to 30,000 in the future through the addition of tiers.

Pronaos · November 16th, 2007, 05:15 PM

I'm especially impressed with the real salt lake stadium. Does anyone know who the architect is??

Benn · November 16th, 2007, 09:33 PM

Rossetti Architects, They also did the HDC in LA, Toyota Park in Chicago and are the designers of Red Bull Park as well.

nyrmetros · November 16th, 2007, 11:05 PM

hope all the new MLS stadiums don't all look the same.........

Scba · November 16th, 2007, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by nyrmetros

hope all the new MLS stadiums don't all look the same.........

Yeah, there's definitely a common trend here. But that's the thing with soccer stadiums, there isn't a whole lot you can do with them, especially around that capacity.

Benn · November 17th, 2007, 04:59 AM

There is sooo much you can do. Just look at the KC proposal. look at the roughly 20,000 seaters being built in England, or Scandanavia, or France or elsewhere. 15,000 seats is definitely enough to be creative, its up to the designers to be creative with the given parameters Becuase Rossetti (Like HOK has done with ballparks) essentially uses a template seating bowl that doesn't change much theirs feel much the same. Red Bull park will be a notable exception, and one that I am looking forward to.These would be in the range of the MLS facilities, and are very different from anything in the league right now.

Boras Arena 17,500

KC Stadium 24,500

Viking Stadion 16,600

nyrmetros · November 18th, 2007, 07:09 PM

a lot can be done, but all AEG stadiums have to have a concert stage. that sucks.

Benn · November 19th, 2007, 01:15 AM

Word

Fabio1976 · November 19th, 2007, 05:27 PM

Don Garber ( commissioner of the MLS ) said that Wilpon can build a soccer stadium in Queens, near Shea Stadium.
I hope that Wilpon will put a true New York soccer team ( New York City Football Club for example ) in MLS 2010 and will build a 30.000/35.000 stadium in Queens for 2011.
What is your opinion ?

eMKay · November 20th, 2007, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Fabio1976

Don Garber ( commissioner of the MLS ) said that Wilpon can build a soccer stadium in Queens, near Shea Stadium.
I hope that Wilpon will put a true New York soccer team ( New York City Football Club for example ) in MLS 2010 and will build a 30.000/35.000 stadium in Queens for 2011.
What is your opinion ?

I think that would be a great idea, it's where they should have built the Jets/Giants stadium anyway. Imagine that area with not only the Mets new ballpark, the USTC, a new football stadium, and a new soccer stadium! What a mecca for sport that would have been.

eMKay · November 20th, 2007, 03:56 AM

Here is a link to some photos for Real Salt Lake's new stadium, it's starting to take shape nicely...

http://www.rslstadium.com/construction.html

nyrmetros · November 20th, 2007, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by eMKay

Here is a link to some photos for Real Salt Lake's new stadium, it's starting to take shape nicely...

http://www.rslstadium.com/construction.html

good stuff

BoulderGrad · November 21st, 2007, 12:24 AM

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...776_mls10.html

Could start play as soon as the '09 season. Official announcement will be made this Tuesday. Great for the sports fans in the city after the continuing fiasco with the Sonics. They will "start out" playing at Qwest Field. Is that cheeky talk for planning a SSS at some point down the road?

So on further research, it seems the new Seattle franchise will be sticking with Qwest field for quite a while (since part of the justification for building Qwest feild in the first place was that it could house an MLS team). The setup will be to block off all the upper deck seats and only sell tickets in the lower bowl (24,500 seats). I don't know how they plan to block off the upper seats. Just covering them with a tarp would be lame. It would be cool if they hung a huge curtain from the upper rafters that said "sounders" (or whatever the new team name is) on it or something like that.

Fabio1976 · November 21st, 2007, 02:18 AM

The new Seattle franchise has sold 6.500 season tickets in 3 days !!!!!

nyrmetros · November 22nd, 2007, 09:18 PM

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The new Seattle franchise has sold 6.500 season tickets in 3 days !!!!!

not bad. But they need to get over 10k in season tickets to be viable.

lpioe · November 22nd, 2007, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by nyrmetros

not bad. But they need to get over 10k in season tickets to be viable.

Well, without really knowing anything about the team I am sure the will surpass 10k till 2009 if they have sold 6500 in 3 days.

eMKay · November 22nd, 2007, 09:52 PM

Seats3d has Qwest field's soccer configuration listed as "coming soon"

gugasounds · November 23rd, 2007, 06:40 PM

It is so funny, now the MLS is expanding, i dont know why because, soccer is no that popular in the u.s and the level of the league is so bad.
Some mexican soccer teams have expressed their interest in opening frenchises in the MLS, like chivas has done with chivas usa. America and Pachuca are interested in opening franchises.

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November 14th, 2007, 06:49 PM	#121
krudmonk sucks Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sannozay Posts: 1,657 Likes (Received): 4	I hope that happens for Portland. They have better fans than many MLS clubs.

November 16th, 2007, 09:33 PM	#125
Benn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,422 Likes (Received): 7	Rossetti Architects, They also did the HDC in LA, Toyota Park in Chicago and are the designers of Red Bull Park as well.

November 16th, 2007, 11:05 PM	#126
nyrmetros Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,233 Likes (Received): 0	hope all the new MLS stadiums don't all look the same.........

November 17th, 2007, 04:59 AM	#128
Benn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,422 Likes (Received): 7	There is sooo much you can do. Just look at the KC proposal. look at the roughly 20,000 seaters being built in England, or Scandanavia, or France or elsewhere. 15,000 seats is definitely enough to be creative, its up to the designers to be creative with the given parameters Becuase Rossetti (Like HOK has done with ballparks) essentially uses a template seating bowl that doesn't change much theirs feel much the same. Red Bull park will be a notable exception, and one that I am looking forward to.These would be in the range of the MLS facilities, and are very different from anything in the league right now. Boras Arena 17,500 KC Stadium 24,500 Viking Stadion 16,600

November 18th, 2007, 07:09 PM	#129
nyrmetros Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,233 Likes (Received): 0	a lot can be done, but all AEG stadiums have to have a concert stage. that sucks.

November 19th, 2007, 01:15 AM	#130
Benn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,422 Likes (Received): 7	Word

November 19th, 2007, 05:27 PM	#131
Fabio1976 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 228 Likes (Received): 0	Don Garber ( commissioner of the MLS ) said that Wilpon can build a soccer stadium in Queens, near Shea Stadium. I hope that Wilpon will put a true New York soccer team ( New York City Football Club for example ) in MLS 2010 and will build a 30.000/35.000 stadium in Queens for 2011. What is your opinion ?

November 20th, 2007, 03:56 AM	#133
eMKay Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,240 Likes (Received): 12	Here is a link to some photos for Real Salt Lake's new stadium, it's starting to take shape nicely... http://www.rslstadium.com/construction.html

November 21st, 2007, 02:18 AM	#136
Fabio1976 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 228 Likes (Received): 0	The new Seattle franchise has sold 6.500 season tickets in 3 days !!!!!

November 22nd, 2007, 09:52 PM	#139
eMKay Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,240 Likes (Received): 12	Seats3d has Qwest field's soccer configuration listed as "coming soon"