Hope for a new stadium for Chivas USA?

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by carnifex2005, Nov 27, 2010.

  1. carnifex2005

    carnifex2005 Member+

    Jul 1, 2008
    Club:
    Vancouver Whitecaps
    L.A. Sports Arena Releases Draft Environmental Impact Report

    The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena could be demolished, yielding to either an amphitheater or a soccer stadium under draft plans released earlier this week to reinvigorate the publicly managed, cash-strapped and deteriorating entertainment venue that has been short on programming.

    The other option envisions a 22,000-seat Major League Soccer stadium, offering some competition to the Home Depot Center in Carson. The stadium plan calls for MLS games, exhibition games and USC soccer games to be played there. At the varsity level, USC only has a women's team. Local teams would be allowed to practice there as well.

    More info in the link...

    So does Chivas USA have the juice to implore LA to get this done? Would that location work for CUSA?

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  2. Altidore_Adu_Fan

    Sep 30, 2007
    Hammond In
    that would be awesome has longest they make better stadiums like the red bull arena
     
  3. BringSoccerToIndy

    May 24, 2008
    1001 West New York Street, Indianapolis, IN
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It would be very good for the league. On another bright side, maybe they would rebrand like KC did! Except this would be a positive one because it can't get worse than Chivas USA!
     
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  4. ritsoccer86

    ritsoccer86 Member

    Jul 18, 2005
    Why would you want local soccer teams "practicing" in the stadium. lolz
     
  5. Ron86

    Ron86 Member

    Jun 7, 2007
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Chivas USA does not deserve to share anything with the great USC program. If anything, just make them play in the Coliseum. Why spend money in a team that has 0% Los Angeles identity. Change your name before you move to the heart of LA.
     
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  6. GVPATS77

    GVPATS77 Member+

    Aug 18, 2008
    Fullerton, CA
    Well it is in one of the worst neighborhoods in LA, so their fans would fit right in.

    In all honesty, Chivas USA would have to want this to happen. They would be moving from one location where they pay rent and don't control concessions to another stadium where they pay rent and don't control concessions.

    We'll see.
     
  7. Calexico77

    Calexico77 Member

    Sep 19, 2003
    Mid-City LA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    :cool: It was one of the worst neighborhoods about 10 years ago. The Coliseum/USC/Expo/Figueroa area is nowhere near as bad as it used to be.

    I'd be jealous as all hell if this happened, since I'd be a 15 minute car ride, or a 15 minute light rail ride away next season. The Sports Arena has been a dump for a long long time, its about time they demolished it and started fresh.

    For all those "we need Downtown stadiums," well here's your chance to be heard. This is about as good as you're likely to get in Los Angeles. It's a crazy central location, easy access from multiple freeways, a new light rail line opening next door, and more and more things to do in the neighborhood.

    This would be a big deal for Chivas USA, if they marketed it right... oh wait, never mind.
     
  8. GVPATS77

    GVPATS77 Member+

    Aug 18, 2008
    Fullerton, CA
    It might be better than 10 years ago, but its still a shit hole neighborhood.
     
  9. FUAEG

    FUAEG Member+

    Oct 18, 2005
    San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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    I don't know. Something about these renderings just doesn't feel right ...
     
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  10. Calavera F.C

    Calavera F.C New Member

    Nov 19, 2010
    Say's the guy who lives in Fullerton :confused:
    The USC/Exposition Area is beautiful and getting better everyday.

    Back to the topic; Figueroa Avenue pretty much connects all the major sports teams in LA ( Dodgers, Lakers, Clippers,Kings, USC Football & Basketball ). All these attractions are a mere 10-15 minutes away from each other. The soccer team that lands this area is going to triumph in a very major way. Maybe the L.A Galaxy can move in and snatch up the opportunity??? :cool:
     
  11. SCBozeman

    SCBozeman Member

    Jun 3, 2001
    St. Louis
    Yes, the rendering looks amateurish, but the purpose of an environmental impact statement (EIS) isn't to say "this is what a stadium would look like and this is what we'll use to excite creditors, municipal officials and ticket buyers." The purpose is merely to say "if we had a stadium with 20,000 seats that is used 40 times a year, this is what the traffic, air and water pollution, parking, etc., impacts would be. It can be very, very conceptual for these purposes.
     
  12. OleGunnar20

    OleGunnar20 Member+

    Dec 7, 2009
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    a stadium location like this would be completely wasted on Chivas USA. maybe the Galaxy can build themselves a new stadium there and bequeath HDC to Chivas USA. they are used to playing second fiddle and getting handmedowns.

    but if the stadium won't be owned and controlled by the MLS team i am not sure i see the point.
     
  13. NebraskaAddick

    Aug 26, 2005
    Omaha, NE
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sometimes teams like to rebrand themselves after opening new venues, so it wouldn't be such a bad deal if that happened with Chivas.
     
  14. paladius

    paladius Member

    Sep 27, 2003
    Frisco, Texas
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    LA Aztecs, baby! The only logical choice.

    Build a stadium while you are at it, too! Just don't build one where you end up paying rent to those cheaters over at Fake USC.
     
  15. uclacarlos

    uclacarlos Member+

    Aug 10, 2003
    east coast
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    For those that don't know LA -- which might I remind you is practically everybody reading this -- HDC to USC is about 15 minutes w/ no traffic.

    Which is pretty much never, except well outside standard business hours.

    Although LA isn't "united" by a downtown, per se (and that's changing w/ the metro system and more and more housing going up in and around the financial district), downtown LA is pretty central to much of the LA Basin.

    HDC is almost on the west side and south of LAX, which is a traffic nightmare. So it limits fans from the north (the Valley, for instance). The Galaxy gets a lot of fans from the San Fernando Valley, and it gets fans from the east of downtown.
     
  16. TrickHog

    TrickHog Moderator
    Staff Member

    Oct 14, 2002
    Los Angeles, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    As a San Fernando Valley resident, I approve of this message.



    And I also have to leave at least 2 1/2 hours before game time on a Saturday night....
     
  17. Eric B

    Eric B Member

    Feb 21, 2000
    the LBC
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Which is what you get for living in the Valley. While the SFV, Hollywood, and the Westside might be closer to the media jobs, the HDC is actually closer to the center of LA.
     
  18. Stan Collins

    Stan Collins Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Silver Spring, MD
    Competing with AEG to build an MLS stadium doesn't seem the most prudent thing to do. (The back-link, http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/67379, goes over AEG's proposal for the area, which is an NFL/WC stadium. That, itself, has competition from the City of Industry propsal.)
     
  19. The Cadaver

    The Cadaver It's very quiet here.

    Oct 24, 2000
    La Cañada, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What governmental entity theoretically has the cash to do this? The city deficit is horrible and growing. Don't know about the county. And the sports authority has so many upgrade needs at the Coliseum that I can't see them taking on a new project. I wouldn't bet on this ever getting beyond the idea floating stage.
     
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  20. GVPATS77

    GVPATS77 Member+

    Aug 18, 2008
    Fullerton, CA
    Right. Because that 30 minute drive from Fullerton makes it prohibitive for me to have been to that neighborhood at all in the past several years. I've had to be in that neighborhood dozens of times in the past couple of years for work. That area is a shit hole. If you travel one block in any direction away from the Exposition area you are dealing with crackheads and pimps.
     
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  21. njndirish

    njndirish Member

    Jul 14, 2008
    Notre Dame, IN
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    USC doesn't even have a men's soccer team
     
  22. Sal Paradise

    Sal Paradise BigSoccer Supporter

    Jan 14, 2009
    Club:
    Jaguares de Chiapas FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's probably a good thing. The way that school cheats, their squad would probably have a bigger salary budget than Red Bull.

    ...or more ringers than a Salvation Army Christmas.
     
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  23. Revolt

    Revolt Member+

    Jun 16, 1999
    Davis, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The neighborhood may not be all that great, but transit access would be excellent - far, far better than to the HDC. This would be a terrific location, close to downtown LA. Sure, some fans will miss out, but the Expo line will take fans right to the site. This would be awesome for MLS!
     
  24. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ah, the location out there obviously explains the attendance problem the Galaxy has.

    Oh....wait...
     
  25. Calexico77

    Calexico77 Member

    Sep 19, 2003
    Mid-City LA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Right...so Chivas fans will fit right in!

    I keed I keed.

    As other people have said, Its actually a very interesting area because of the amount of new development happening in and around the coliseum. Yes, it is close to some of the worst neighborhoods in Los Angeles, you have to remember that the HDC is a nine-iron away from Compton. In fact, it's between Compton and Long Beach, which means - as Snoop and Dre remind us - you know you got trouble.

    As far as "Government Agencies" go that would build this? Ironically, it would have to involve the Coliseum Commision, which is currently arch-enemies with? Drumroll please....

    AEG! That's right, because AEG wants to bring a massive new NFL Stadium to LA Live, a hop-skip-and-a-jump from the Coliseum.
     

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