Still seems awful quick, doesn't it? And, for our purposes, it doesn't really matter if it's late September or next April because the Riverhounds won't be playing in it until next year.
It leaves all Fall open for W. Penn. high school teams to play football there. The tore-up turf will give us BigSoccer denizens an excuse to criticize the stadium in addition to the fact that it's not expandable to 20K.
Sounds like in the fall, it's going to be primarily used by some high school and college soccer teams. I forget the high school's mentioned, but imagine maybe some of the city schools. And for colleges, I seem to remember them saying Point Park and Carllow College. I think it's the Point Park coach that is one of the staff / assistant coaches with the Hounds.
I was going to call you out for linking to a story from last week, but then I looked at the date on the release and decided I'd rather poke fun at whoever thought last Friday's date was the 25th.
I finally figured out where it's going, and I don't even wanna know how they're shoehorning it in there. The view isn't bad, but the Allegheny shore is better than the Monongahela shore. I know.
That is cool, but every time I look at it, the parking lot is full. Wonder what it's going to be like when fans start coming to matches on top of that.
I know sound like an idiot, but could the Nats come to the riverhounds stadium for like a tiny minnow team in the future?
It's only going to seat 3,500, so it would be the safest bet you could make that the senior national team would never play an actual international there. Not even a minnow. Wouldn't happen.
Yes but the Monongahela shore has a better chance of catching on fire than the Allegheny shore to scare opposing teams. I do hope when this field floods they play the matches anyway... RIVERhounds...duh. Would Pitt be playing matches here ever?
Oy. They're selling PSLs. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Angela Nelson (412) 278-2200 x20 anelson@riverhounds.com PERSONAL SEAT LICENSES AT HIGHMARK STADIUM ARE NOW ON SALE Pittsburgh, Pa. (September 21, 2012) Pittsburgh Riverhounds have announced that individual and corporate personal seat licenses (PSLs) are now on sale at Highmark Stadium. PSLs are valid for all Riverhounds home soccer games. In addition, PSL holders are provided with the first option to buy tickets for concerts and other events to occur throughout the year at Pittsburgh’s newest downtown sports and entertainment venue. A variety of advertising opportunities are available for corporate PSL holders. PSLs are sold in three tiers of seating within the main grandstand: tier one includes seating sections at center field; tier two includes seating in mid-field sections; and tier three includes the outer-most seating sections. A limited number of seats throughout the grandstand have been reserved for PSLs and are selling fast. For more information on individual and corporate PSLs, please contact the Riverhounds sales team at sales@riverhounds.com or call (412) 539-1191. (They always say PSLs are selling fast. The Jets said PSLs were selling fast and Roger Goodell said they were a good investment.)
How is this different from my Revs Season Ticket getting me into all Revs home games, plus pre-sales on other events at the stadium (except Patriots games)?
Because all you had to buy was a season ticket, right? Buying a PSL just gives you the right to then buy tickets on top of the PSL price (at least the traditional PSL does). It's a fee just for fee's sake, but they tell you you can actually sell the PSL on so that someone else then has the rights to buy tickets on top of that. It's traditionally used to finance the construction or renovation of a stadium. I don't believe such a scheme has been used for a soccer stadium in this country before, though it's been used for NFL stadiums since Charlotte.
Normally PSLs are sold when there is some sort of fear factor. "If I don't get this PSL the team will sellout tickets & I'll be stuck without one." Is there any reason for the Riverhounds to expect this sort of demand? I'd think PSLs would supress season ticket sales.
Remains to be seen, I guess. I can't imagine, given how small the yard is, that the worst seats (should you get "stuck" there) are all that bad. Or that there'd be this huge rush to make sure you didn't get shut out of PSL seats.