Dynamo Stadium III: The Voyage Home

Discussion in 'Houston Dynamo' started by El Naranja, Apr 29, 2012.

  1. Dynamo_Forever

    Dynamo_Forever Member+

    Aug 9, 2007
    Clear Lake, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    From my POV it rained pretty good in Clear Lake for most of the day. When I left at 4pm to drive into town it rained heavily for most of my drive. For me I just grabbed my poncho before heading out the door and was prepared to get wet, but for a person bringing kids I can very easily see where it would have been easier to stay home. Luckily there was no rain after arriving at the stadium area by 4:30pm.
     
  2. troutseth

    troutseth Member+

    Feb 1, 2006
    Houston, TX
    It takes about a whole growing season for bermuda to really root in; so it likely will come up easy for the rest of the season. They have done a pretty good job this far though.
     
  3. redinthemorning

    redinthemorning Member+

    Apr 26, 2011
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Livestrong's seating capacity is under 19,000, and I have the sneaking suspicion that deck was built so they could pull SRO crowds and not have to deal with the fire marshal. If Houston had the exact same park while averaging a shard over 20,000 a game, it'd look packed too.
     
  4. txsn

    txsn Member+

    Jan 22, 2008
    Texas
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I didnt go to the game. No real reason. I bought a six pack for the price of one beer and got drunk on my couch and got to watch the texans too. I think it just caught up to me so many games in such a short period. I think it is too be expected. Now lets just finish the season well and make a nice run in the playoffs. I would love to see BBVA on November playoff evening.
     
  5. El Naranja

    El Naranja Member+

    Sep 5, 2006
    Alief
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If you're referring to the TFC game in particular, you do know that it rained, a lot, all over the area before kick-off. Probably didn't help. It wasn't torrential, but it was raining off/on.
     
  6. Levy2k6

    Levy2k6 BigSoccer Supporter

    Dec 19, 2010
    Section 129, Row A
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I brought my rain coat to the game :/ for second game in a row
     
  7. Westside Cosmo

    Westside Cosmo Member+

    Oct 4, 2007
    H-Town
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My only counter to that is if you had a cell phone you could check the radar and as of 5:00 there were little to no storms in the area. I think that dampens walk-ups but not existing ticket holders.

    I've just noticed so many no-shows around us that I wonder about renewals for those seats.
     
  8. nobius

    nobius BigSoccer Supporter

    Jan 3, 2006
    Houston, Texas
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Toronto historically hasn't been a big draw. Some of our worst attended games at Robertson were against Toronto.

    (Yeah I know I need to do an attendance update)
     
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  9. *rey*

    *rey* Member+

    Feb 22, 2006
    Houston
    I've been to KC and the bodies are real. Walked around the entire thing and IMO its the best stadium in MLS that I've seen so far. You can really tell that a $100 more million was spent there compared to BBVA. Best thing is that supporters section. They have their own entrance and an exit directly into the stadium's sports bar. I recommend the trip to every Dynamo supporter.
     
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  10. redinthemorning

    redinthemorning Member+

    Apr 26, 2011
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I did that trip twice last season. I'm not saying the bodies aren't real, just that if you look at league attendance, building a stadium over 20k will not give you the "packed" feeling most nights. Just not going to happen. If BBVA had 3,000 fewer seats, no KC comparisons would be necessary.

    To be honest, I had a piss poor experience at LSP. Beautiful stadium by all accounts, but the staff and opposing fans* were not friendly at all. I'll spare BS my list of grievances, but aside from a nicer entryway and more glass, LSP doesn't really offer a lot to the average fan or the traveling supporter you don't get in other venues.

    Thus ends my rant about SKC/ LSP. As far as BBVA is concerned, has the availability of St. Arnold spread? Having to run over 4-6 sections to get a Lawnmower is getting old.

    * By no means is this a slight against their SGs. Although I didn't meet them myself, everyone I know who hung out the Cauldron guys pre/post-game said they were cool.
     
  11. Westside Cosmo

    Westside Cosmo Member+

    Oct 4, 2007
    H-Town
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    In Houston, there are no bodies in the seats that are sold but instead of marking it as "no-show" in the turnstile reports, the Dynamo FO marks each sold but empty seat as "Felix Garcia"
     
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  12. The_Ponce

    The_Ponce Co-President of the United States of Dynamo

    Feb 21, 2011
    Houston, Texas, U.S.
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, we all faced that. Some of their fans are the worst of the worst. I had only ONE good experience from one of their fans and that was this:

    The SGs were walking back to that epic post-game tailgate. We were being escorted by a couple of police officers. As we walked there were people all around us telling us that, "the only good thing about a Mexican is the fact that they'll mow your lawn for $5", "we should call immigration on them so they can miss the final", and other such nice things. The funny thing is we were clearly responding in English and had people of other races around us. Well, after holding a couple of my fellow SG members back from kicking somebody's ass, we got to a mini-van. There was a family that had stayed after the game tailgating. The dad came up to us and offered us some drinks, shook our hands, and told his kids to do the same. He gave his kids a speech on good sportsmanship, ironic cause we weren't the definition of his speech in LA but I freaking enjoyed LA, and I don't give a damn who tells me some fans were wrong in that. If you lose a Cup Final you can either go out one of two ways, quietly or in a memorable way. We were memorable, but that's a whole other conversation, right? Them alongside Max, a Caucasian SG member, busting out a passport card while SKC fans around us asked us for our papers restored my hope in humanity. Get ready there T.J. because we will travel together for AT LEAST one playoff game this season, and you'll get the full SGs on the road treatment. It's an experience like no other.
     
  13. metroag

    metroag Da Bomb Diggity

    Mar 2, 2006
    La hacienda
    what were the Midnight Riders doing at a Wiz match!?:confused:
     
  14. anderson

    anderson Member+

    Feb 28, 2002
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I thought it was unintentionally amusing that some of the KC fans held up their driver's licenses while they chanted anti-immigrant crap at our fans. Did they believe that a driver's license is evidence of citizenship? Well, who knows, maybe it is in Kansas. ;)
     
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  15. The_Ponce

    The_Ponce Co-President of the United States of Dynamo

    Feb 21, 2011
    Houston, Texas, U.S.
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Some of them raised their licenses, but one of them had one of them fancy passport cards:

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  16. Heft

    Heft BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 20, 2011
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Sporting KLANsas City
     
  17. CeltTexan

    CeltTexan Member+

    Sep 21, 2000
    Houston, TX USA
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Who is K.C.'s Grand Wizard?
     
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  18. metroag

    metroag Da Bomb Diggity

    Mar 2, 2006
    La hacienda
    well if you historically MLS speaking-I'd say Preki
     
  19. redinthemorning

    redinthemorning Member+

    Apr 26, 2011
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Totally spaced on that part of the narrative haha. I had a totally different impression. My beef was with jerks in Chiefs jerseys who tried to get tough with me for no reason. Then there was the staff at the gate. I was rushing in to catch kick-off, and they pulled me back when I was half-way to my seat to pat me down - something they did not do during the regular season. Then there was the dipstick bartender who did not know KABC rules (or maybe she just lied to me, I don't know).

    Norm Stewart was right: never spend a dime in Kansas.
     
  20. Levy2k6

    Levy2k6 BigSoccer Supporter

    Dec 19, 2010
    Section 129, Row A
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Meanwhile at BBVA:

    NSFW



    THIS MIGHT HURT YOUR EYES







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  21. *rey*

    *rey* Member+

    Feb 22, 2006
    Houston
    that 'American Football' set-up looks really nice. i hope the attendees spend a lot of money in the stadium and the game attracts a lot of 1st time visitors. since its a high school game, i assume no beer sales. is that correct?
     
  22. Westside Cosmo

    Westside Cosmo Member+

    Oct 4, 2007
    H-Town
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm going to guess based on the highlights and pictures that they had no more than 5-6,000 at the game.

    I had to laugh, I had Channel 2 on and Randy McIlvoy was live from BBVA Compass Stadium and the game must have just ended in the background when he was on and you could see the BBVA groundskeeper (the heavy guy) walking behnd him on the field inspecting it. It was hard to see how chewed up it got
     
  23. el nordissimo

    el nordissimo Member

    Jul 31, 2008
    "018"
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  24. Danilo-11

    Danilo-11 Member

    Dec 20, 2006
    Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    Venezuela
    You are crazy if you think people in Kansas City know that passport cards exist.
    It doesn't surprise me that they think Houston is in Mexico.

    A field looks so much better as a soccer field than a football field.
    I guess I'm not much of a fan of having a field look like a 100 yard ruler
     
  25. redinthemorning

    redinthemorning Member+

    Apr 26, 2011
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Anyone attend the UH/Texas State game? I'm curious as to how the pitch looked after two straight nights of hell.
     

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