Rio Tinto Stadium improvements thread

I don't know if this article belongs here but I thought it was interesting anyway. It talks about how young urbanites are the new backbone of MLS attendance.

http://www.citylab.com/design/2014/11/why-the-future-of-major-league-soccer-is-downtown/382942/

It mentions the RioT and it's location. I totally agree with the premise of the article but I don't see RSL moving downtown anytime in the next 30 years. Partly because RioT is in a decent location with its connection to TRAX and partly because Utah is a unique place where a ton of young people get married while in college and dream of moving to the 'burbs. Utah will still have the soccer-mom demographic to cater to while the rest of the league is marketing to people like me (millenials).

 

I'd be happy if it moved further north, just for commute reasons. Overall I think it's in a good location. It's a short walk from trax, so it's good for people that use frontrunner/trax.

 

You've obviously never parked up by the train station. It's like a mob of people before and after a game.

I think the location is great as it's close to me. Beyond that, though, it makes sense to be close to I-15 and fairly centrally located when you consider Davis and Utah counties.

 

I'd tell you how I do it, but then it wouldn't be a secret anymore. So...

 

I use TRAX every game except for the Pioneer and 4th of July games. (How stupid is that?)
I live in Murray so I just jump on at the Murray Central station. The only complaint I have is that your ticket isn't a TRAX pass like UofU games are and UTA has a bad habit of sending two-car trains to pick up fans after the games.

Having lived in Cincinnati for a huge chunk of my life I can't even describe how nice TRAX is for Utah and RSL games (when it's running). I used to go to Reds and Bengals games with 40-60K people all trying to drive into downtown and find a parking spot. It's infuriating. TRAX is a lifesaver. Now, if I can just teach Utahans to properly walk in crowds...

 

while you're at it can you explain to them that the left lane is the fast/passing lane. Not the "hurry, get the hell over there" lane

 

Is there any data that gives a breakdown as to what areas the season ticket holders are from? Something like a zip code breakdown shouldn't be too hard for them to come up with. In fact, I am almost positive that RSL would have somethign like this already....just a matter of getting our hands on it. Would be interesting to see where the most support is coming from.

 

I had completely forgotten about this thread. When I saw it listed, my first thought was, "Mow the drinking fountain."

 

Yes. All the time. From downtown it's ~30 minutes.

Why wouldn't you? It's super easy, it drops you off a block away - and you can drink all you want.

And I'm not the only one. On game days the train is packed with RSL fans.

 

There's not as many of us that do, but I'd say there's generally 20-30 I see getting off of frontrunner. I'm not sure if there's more that ride earlier than we do though.

The 8pm time slot is pretty perfect for frontrunner. You can get to the stadium with just a few mins before kickoff, and I think later on in the season the trax times changed a little, because we were also getting back to the Murray station with a few mins to spare. Prior to that the downside was having to wait an hour for the next train.

 

I work in Ogden and one of my coworkers lives in Layton. They use Frontrunner a lot for RSL games. She tells me getting home is the problem. They usually leave early and get off at the North Temple or SLC Central station. There they can catch TRAX and go to Red Iguana or another pregame place. It's getting from TRAX to FR after the games that's a hassle so I can see why people don't take it.

I take it to work almost every day but that's obviously not what we're talking about.

 

They did seem to change the trax times in the last couple months of the season. When it was an 8pm game during that time, getting back was really quick. I'm hoping it's something they continue to do in future seasons, even if that means running one extra trax train that departs ~10 mins after the game is over.

I felt like game times that started at ~x:30 were more awkward. You'd get there earlier than you'd usually want to be, and almost leave just as late after. If UTA can keep times how they were the last couple months of the season, then it's really not much extra time to take frontrunner instead of driving.

 

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2386

 

Hi all, Galaxy fan here. Not trolling, just read this interesting article about Rio Tinto(your stadium's naming rights sponsor?) and their supposed shady dealings with Congress trying to take over protected sacred land in Arizona.

Thought you might like to know.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/02/rio-tinto-iran_n_6255706.html

 

You are definitely trolling. But, that is beside the point.

We are acutely aware of the way any and all extraction-oriented corporations use their money in politics, against opponents, etc.

We don't cheer for Rio Tinto.

We cheer for Real Salt Lake.

Anyway, how's that Herbalife company with their shady dealings?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/12/us-herbalife-ackman-idUSBREA2A1VC20140312
http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2014/...ical-marketing-practices-bill-ackman-pleased/
http://www.haaretz.com/print-editio...claims-products-caused-liver-disease-1.271952
http://www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S0168-8278(07)00367-4/abstract

Thank you for playing.

 

Actually I thought this article was very interesting, and as a RSL fan I do think it's a issue if the company who holds the naming rights to our stadium is involved in a very controversial and shady deal.

 

I was going to click on the link....but then I saw it was from Huffington Post. They are as bad as Fox News, but on the other end of the spectrum.

 

I'd be more surprised to not see a big company involved in shady dealings.