Revolution Stadium groundbreaking "12-24 months" Part II

Well, we are the Hartford Wailers of MLS, since we play in a shopping mall, so that would make perfect sense.

Hey mon! Since whin tha rasta-mon am skay-tin on de ice, ehhh? Dem no fe kyan tayke it awey!

 

Will be green in NO TIME...

Would love to see it as a time lapse..

Man AM I PATHETIC or what?? Dreaming of other fan's stadiums...

 

Stadium porn is just like the other.... when you dream of other girls! ~

 

Exactly. Which is why I'll be selling these in the parking lot tomorrow ...

 

I couldn't make it to the opener, how did the new seating arrangement affect the feel of the ol' razor?

It looked like somewhat of an improvement on tv.

 

I thought it was MUCH better.....the seating definetly made for a better atmosphere!!

 

I thought the crowd and atmosphere was pretty good for a 30-35 degree day.
I don't think Gilette's a bad place to watch a soccer game (sorry for that opinion city folk). It will be interesting to see if a winning team and new config could change things

 

When the stadium in filled for the USA-Spain match this summer we will all see that the only problem with Gillette as a soccer stadium is it's too big for an MLS soccer stadium at this stage of the Leagues growth. If Man-U had Gillette for it's EPL games it would be fine. Anyone who was at the MLS Cup game the Revs lost to LA at the Razor knows with a large crowed the stadium works.

As to location---that's another issue

 

Has Worcester even been discussed?
http://theimageofworcester.blogspot.com/2010/11/pitch-at-wyman-gordon-field.html

Liked the write-up here and it would be easier for the rest of New England to get to rather than putting it in a suburb of Boston.

 

Honestly, it's a terrible idea. It would not be easier for the rest of New England to get to. It would just be easier for Central Mass residents to get to. There are many more people in Boston than there are in Central Mass.

 

It's easy and closer to get to Worcester from Providence, Springfield and Hartford than from some Boston suburb. Not to mention what exactly would be the big difference from going to Boston to Worcester than from Boston to Foxborough be other than the easier commute?

It's going to be a 20,000+ stadium so exactly how many more people do there have to be in an area?

 

Worcester would cut a good 20 minutes off my current ride from CT and save me 20 cents each way on the Pike!

 

Foxboro is already equidistant from the three largest cities in New England. The point of this excercise is to put the stadium in a place that's most easily accessible (ie, not just by car) to the most people. Which is Boston.

 

Jonathan Kraft (Season Ticket Holder Welcome Event, Fidelity Clubhouse 3-28-2011) after lamenting the degree of difficulty in obtaining a Boston area SSS: "At the end of the day, I think Gillette is a great place to watch soccer."

 

Omitting a little bit of context, aren't we?

 

put it in context!

 

A little bit of Stadium Porn for the morning!!

Livestrong is getting dressed!!

http://www.sportingwebcam.com/

 

Greater Boston has 4.5 million residents, with is one third the population of New England. Building a stadium in Worcester would make the Revs such a small market team that Columbus, OH would look like NYC in comparison.

The idea is not to build a stadium that has an equal or worse commute from Boston than Foxborough already is. The goal is to improve upon that and put it in a place where many people actually live. People won't come from Boston and there aren't nearly enough people in Worcester or the surrounding area.

I understand that you'd love a stadium nearby, but when you think about it, it just doesn't make any sense.

A lot. Moving it to a city of 181,000 people won't help matters.

I'm sure it would, but for every fan like you, there would be at least 4 whose commute would be made worse!

 

so, its all about me

 

Thinking that Worcester is a logical destination for a new stadium is (with a capital P) Pie in the Sky.

The only thing that Worcester might have going for it is location. Not going for it and the specific location that was mentioned in the blog:

1) No infrastructure inside the city. And by none I mean zero, zip, nada. Try driving through Kelly square, you'll see what I mean. Also, I don't see Worcester adding the infrastructure (and using the Rt. 146 connector to the Mass Pike as an example doesn't work because IIRC it was built by the state). Worcester has an airport capable of handing a lot of traffic from around the country. It practically sits empty because getting to it is the biggest pain in the neck you can imagine. No infrastructure.

2) Currently Worcester has no significant retail destination. Why? Because no one wants to come to Worcester, for anything. I live in Worcester and do most of my shopping outside of Worcester.

3) Worcester already has a couple of (lesser) professional teams. Check their attendance records. The Worcester Sharks are 25% under the league average. The Worcester Tornados are just about at the league average but only draw about 1,900 per game.

4) The DCU doesn't draw major concerts or events like it used to in the 1980s and 1990s. The Worcester Auditorium sits unrenovated and unused (well, except for holding old court records).

5) Using the commuter rail argument to draw fans doesn't seem like a good idea considering how mismanaged it currently is. People have had 4-hour commutes back to Worcester in recent weeks.

6) Worcesterites have been heralding their city's major comeback for decades now. It hasn't happened and I don't see it happening (anytime soon at least).

 

No, really, it is.

 

Wista? Whaddaya, re-TAAAAAH-did?

Seriously, if you're going to build an "urban" stadium, it has to be somewhere in Metro Boston on a T (not just commuter rail) line. Wonderland and Sommerville would be fine in this regard.

If the Revs spent even close to the kind of money we typically throw out there to build in Worcester, it would be the very definition of what Kraft or Billelo said a few weeks ago with the "measuring" mantra: "If you're going to do a project like this, you have to get it right, or you'll end up paying for your mistake for the next 30 years."

As easy as it is to rag on the slow progress, in this instance they are dead-on. Worcester would be worse than Bridgeview. It would have the convenience of Foxboro combined with the charm of Columbus, without the Annual Meat and Cheese Festival.

 

Worcester Stadium for Revs...

Sofa King We Todd Did. Not to the person who gave it as an option...just if this ownership decided, hmmmm..that's an option!! LOL

 

I get the complaints but what the heck does shopping have to do with the stadium? Do people go to games just to shop? Besides there's the Greendale Mall in the city and 2 others who are just outside the city(Millbury & Marlborough) along with the new Wal-mart they just built.