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adeaide · October 30th, 2011, 05:29 PM

Sonrise · November 1st, 2011, 04:38 AM

In the second rendering, there's mountains in the background.

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Originally Posted by adeaide

crazyalex · November 1st, 2011, 04:55 AM

this stadium will be look nicer without roof

MS20 · November 1st, 2011, 06:41 AM

The roof gives it real character.

Does Canada's mens national soccer team only play in Toronto or they tour the country? Seems like a great stadium to use potentially one day if the national team replicates some of the success of the US.

isaidso · November 1st, 2011, 05:55 PM

I didn't know the men's national soccer team were based in Toronto. I assumed they were based in either Edmonton or Vancouver.

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Originally Posted by crazyalex

this stadium will be look nicer without roof

I agree with you, but this stadium is on the Canadian prairie. It gets very cold towards the end of the season. Some games are being played in -25C. This roof won't make it warm, but it will make it slightly more tolerable for fans and players.

Winnipeg Bluebombers football players

Cjones2451 · November 1st, 2011, 06:02 PM

I like the roof as well, and so will Bomber Fans in November

As for the Canadian Mens National Soccer Team, they are based in Toronto but are able to move games around, I think the bog factor is Natural Grass. BMO has it now and FIFA games I believe are supposed to be played on grass at least for WC qualifiying etc.

isaidso · November 1st, 2011, 06:09 PM

Is it the women's team that's based in Vancouver then?

MegasAlexandros · November 1st, 2011, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonrise

In the second rendering, there's mountains in the background.

You're right! Because it couldn't possibly just be clouds....

carnifex2005 · November 2nd, 2011, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Cjones2451

I like the roof as well, and so will Bomber Fans in November

As for the Canadian Mens National Soccer Team, they are based in Toronto but are able to move games around, I think the bog factor is Natural Grass. BMO has it now and FIFA games I believe are supposed to be played on grass at least for WC qualifiying etc.

WC qualifying games can be played on turf. Costa Rica and Russia have been doing that for years. Of course, grass is much more preferred.

Cjones2451 · November 2nd, 2011, 01:34 AM

I stand corrected on Turf and WC qualifying.....

I think it would be good for the game in Canada to move friendlies and qualifiers to different cities and stadiums to expose more people to it

ryebreadraz · November 2nd, 2011, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Cjones2451

I stand corrected on Turf and WC qualifying.....

I think it would be good for the game in Canada to move friendlies and qualifiers to different cities and stadiums to expose more people to it

The national team used to move matches to Montreal just so they could play on grass. That's less of an issue that BMO has grass, but I think it would keep from most matches and certainly any of importance from going to Winnipeg.

Sonrise · November 3rd, 2011, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by MegasAlexandros

You're right! Because it couldn't possibly just be clouds....

Dude, I know what clouds look like. Look again on both sides of the stadium renders next to the billboards are mountains. On the left side next to the billboard that ends with "ONS" are mountains that taper down and go slightly underneath the scoreboard in the middle and on the right side they're behind the 10 Grey Cup Champions sign. See them and admit you were wrong.

steve617 · November 3rd, 2011, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonrise

Dude, I know what clouds look like. Look again on both sides of the stadium renders next to the billboards are mountains. On the left side next to the billboard that ends with "ONS" are mountains that taper down and go slightly underneath the scoreboard in the middle and on the right side they're behind the 10 Grey Cup Champions sign. See them and admit you were wrong.

Those are shadows on a the white stadium wall that you see tapering down. Not mountains.

Sonrise · November 3rd, 2011, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by steve617

Those are shadows on a the white stadium wall that you see tapering down. Not mountains.

You're right, they're shadows off of the walls. I didn't see that at first, thanks for pointing that out, my bad. DOH!

Cjones2451 · November 4th, 2011, 07:00 PM

I can't believ how much they are getting done on this stadium, I hope the weather does not slow them down...

Cjones2451 · November 4th, 2011, 07:02 PM

KingmanIII · November 4th, 2011, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Cjones2451

I can't believ how much they are getting done on this stadium, I hope the weather does not slow them down...

yeah overall they lost a few weeks worth of work on the MTS Centre construction due to winter weather

http://www.mtscentre.ca/construction/040130/

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Temperatures in the -30 Celsius to -40 Celsius range with wind chill creating even harsher conditions have resulted in a halt to all outside work at the MTS Centre site several days this week. A total of six days of outside activity have been lost to cold weather in January although most of the 135 workers currently engaged in building the facility are assigned to tasks in the heated and hoarded areas when weather shuts down work outside.

Wisch · November 5th, 2011, 01:41 AM

wait will it have a roof or not? i am kind of confused with the renderings

eMKay · November 5th, 2011, 02:04 AM

Now that's a football stadium! Awesome.

isaidso · November 5th, 2011, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Wisch

wait will it have a roof or not? i am kind of confused with the renderings

It will have a roof. The renderings without the roof are seating plans which one can't fully see if the roof is depicted.

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crazyalex Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 248 Likes (Received): 3	this stadium will be look nicer without roof

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MS20 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,058 Likes (Received): 0	The roof gives it real character. Does Canada's mens national soccer team only play in Toronto or they tour the country? Seems like a great stadium to use potentially one day if the national team replicates some of the success of the US.

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Cjones2451 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Port Moody, BC Posts: 139 Likes (Received): 0	I like the roof as well, and so will Bomber Fans in November As for the Canadian Mens National Soccer Team, they are based in Toronto but are able to move games around, I think the bog factor is Natural Grass. BMO has it now and FIFA games I believe are supposed to be played on grass at least for WC qualifiying etc.

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Cjones2451 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Port Moody, BC Posts: 139 Likes (Received): 0	I stand corrected on Turf and WC qualifying..... I think it would be good for the game in Canada to move friendlies and qualifiers to different cities and stadiums to expose more people to it

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