San Jose Earthquakes Stadium - Building it Now!

Eww.. looks like a suburban business park with an unnecessary amount of spacing. That amount of parking from the structures looks like overkill, especially considering the amount of parking lots that are in there on the ground. Hard to tell what most of the open space between the office buildings will be. Manicured gardens/plazas? I dunno. Just looks like the type of urban planning that was big in the 80s-90s.. Lots of wasted space, prioritizing the automobile, especially in an area where land value is extremely expensive.

Whatever, though... I'm only interested in what is to the left of this view.

 

Considering we live in an area where the automobile is king it would make sense to prioritize it. The majority of their customers arrive by car, not the still pipe dream BART extension and definitely not Caltrain.

 

currently looking at these club seat renderings on the site, and with pricing.. very nice. have to think about this. the prices and amenities are tempting. have to consult with my accountant (wife)

http://www.sjearthquakes.com/newstadium/clubseats

 

Quakes announce addition of club seats to new stadium

 

wish i could afford it but i like it very much. going a different route with this stadium then all the others in the mls.

 

This is the kind of thing I had in mind when I wrote several months ago that there are many ways to provide premium seating in your venue w/o creating enclosed "luxury boxes". However, as much as I was opposed to them, I don't mind that they wound up building some luxury boxes, and I'm very happy to see that they've sold out.

I just hope that there is room on the concourse somewhere for the "little people", i.e. concession areas or beer gardens where anyone can hang out.

Haven't seen pricing on these seats, but when you compare even the luxury box prices to the completely ridiculous prices and personal seat licenses, etc. for the Niners stadium, it's like night and day. And with the Quakes you get twice the number of a games, and a much better sport .

 

make sure to hit the link i posted for more detailed images of the club seat areas if you have not seen them.

 

My understanding is that the concourse, open to everyone and featuring concessions, is behind the suites and VIP club areas.

The "scoreboard bar" area, also open to everyone, is the "beer garden."

 

Yeah, that's probably what it's going to be. I had hoped that there would be some sections of the suite / club seat area that would not be suite or club seat areas, i.e. concession area or beer garden that is open to the field. But looks like, outside of the "scoreboard bar" area, the concession areas are going to be in the dark dingy recesses of the concourse area behind the suites / club seats. Maybe it won't be quite as dark and dingy behind the club seats because you don't necessarily have to build walls behind them. But behind the suites - probably dark and dingy. That's one of the reasons I was opposed to suites. I think those boxy looking things grey things on the right of this photo are the suites at BMO (?)

 

Business as usual for all Chicago politicians.

 

If they put television screens above the concession booths in the concourse itself at least we could view the action on the pitch while grabbing a beer.

 

Maybe I'm reading this wrong but $2680 is the price for just year 3. The cost for the three-year commitment would be $2500 + $2580 + $2680 = $7,760

The single-game cost for the most expensive club seat is $150 (page 7).
The cost for that same seat for a season ticket holder is $125.
$125 X 20 = $2500 for the 20-game season ticket in Year 1.

Yes?

 

That's how I see it.

 

You're probably right.. I assume the stemware in the photos will be plastic. Hate to see what a nice crystal champane flute will do when a Rams clearance comes sailing into that club suite

 

This passage from the article deserves emphasis:

[Quakes president Dave] Kaval said that the stadium design has improved since it was first proposed by owner Lew Wolff. "The original idea was that it was more utilitarian," he said. "And we are a long, long ways from that. This additional investment has gone into making it better and better."

 

I think it depends where you are in the stadium. It looks like you're right toward the open end and through midfield where the suites are. However it looks like it IS open on the bottom of the horse shoe and moving up both sidelines toward the luxury boxes looking at the newest renderings. So you'll at least get to walk through about 50% of the concourse and still see the field not including openings to seating areas. Which isn't too bad.