News: Screw you Lucy - Buzzard Point Stadium News Thread

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  1. dcchelseafc

    dcchelseafc Moderator
    Staff Member

    DC United
    Sep 2, 2005
    Naptown
    Club:
    DC United
    Nope. The FO expects only season tickets in the stands next year......

    "Expects" the way the team is and the way the FO doesn't care about the casual or supporter, no way does this happen.
     
  2. shawn12011

    shawn12011 Member+

    Jun 15, 2001
    Reisterstown, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    I expected to win $76,000 this morning. I walked away with $4.66 so I guess the United FO can expect the same results.
     
  3. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    He's talking about his team... Chivas USA LAFC.
     
  4. NicktheGreek

    NicktheGreek Member+

    Feb 15, 2001
    To someone who grew up with kids with polio and lost a family member to it there is no sarcastic application for the word..I stand my ground
     
  5. Funkfoot

    Funkfoot Member+

    May 18, 2002
    New Orleans, LA
    An electric atmosphere? That sure doesn't describe the supporters sections at RFK. It's evolved into boring and annoying. Maybe a hand railing makes it more electrifying to watch the game standing up. Or maybe they anticipate something exciting happening on the field?
     
  6. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    Why keep seats if people aren't going to use them?
     
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  7. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sorry to hear that. My mothers side of the family didn't lose anyone but went through the disease. I'm glad its gone.

     
  8. DecadeOfDCU26

    DecadeOfDCU26 Member+

    May 2, 2007
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I like to sit down after a loss to ponder life
     
  9. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    There will be plenty of sections and plenty of chances in the new stadium to do that.
     
  10. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #4385 fatbastard, Jun 27, 2017
    Last edited: Jun 27, 2017
    It's not. Make sure everyone you know vaccinates their kids. Especially if anyone might travel, say in uniform, to Afghanistan or Pakistan.

    I'm intrigued by safe-standing sections, but I wonder if "the country's steepest stands" are the right place for such an idea. hmmmm. I don't like sitting (or standing in front of my seat) at high heights and angles (like Verizon 400s) but maybe not having the stupid seat at the back of your knees helps you feel more balanced. I'm not much of a fan of heights (to put it mildly) so maybe the height is worse than the angle for feeling like you might fall if you jumped around too much. Which at a DCU game you should.

    Anyone have real-world experience with highly sloped "safe standing"?
     
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  11. DecadeOfDCU26

    DecadeOfDCU26 Member+

    May 2, 2007
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm not going to walk around to another side of the stadium to sit in a different seat to cry for 3 minutes
     
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  12. 79United

    79United Member

    Apr 10, 2000
    SW DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I hate to agree but the supporters section has become stale over the past few years. We're a long way from what we were just 8-10 years ago...on the field, in the stands and in Lot 8.

    TS.
     
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  13. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I'm not sure if it was out there Saturday, but some activity is much more difficult to see with the wall nearly completed along the west stands. You can see where columns will be installed. This is why I have alluded to the stands popping up quickly once the foundation is in. There is not much structure to much of the project. The amount of concrete used is very limited and can be done relatively quickly.

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    The north stands are coming along as is visible where the west stand foundation is nearly complete (wall and infill included).

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    These photos are from last night. The lighting is very low and my phone/camera made adjustments for that. The stitching is worse than normal as a result. You can see Nats Park lit up in the background. They were playing the Cubs at the time. The structural steel and the fully assembled new crane can be seen in this photo too.

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    Here is the fully assembled new crane on the site.

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    Since the south building foundation has come up, here are a few photos

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    I'm beginning to see more signs of progress before the east structures begin to go up. It appears some of the infrastructure work that was happening along the east areas of the property may be finished.

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    If I'm annoyed enough by the poor quality of this post later, I may post more photos. I probably won't though. I'm lazy like that.

    That's by design...
     
  14. Sang_Culé

    Sang_Culé Member

    Jan 23, 2015
    DMV
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    what a great job Sitruc! you'll have a beer paid for me everytime I see you in the stadium!
     
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  15. 79United

    79United Member

    Apr 10, 2000
    SW DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Looks like Audi Field is going 'green'

    TS.
     
  16. shawn12011

    shawn12011 Member+

    Jun 15, 2001
    Reisterstown, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's so sad that I cannot get more excited.
     
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  17. DecadeOfDCU26

    DecadeOfDCU26 Member+

    May 2, 2007
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    that's unfortunate
     
  18. shawn12011

    shawn12011 Member+

    Jun 15, 2001
    Reisterstown, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    As a '96er it is.
     
  19. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    Someone can quote the passage about Moses not being allowed to enter the promised land.
     
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  20. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I feel the same and I'm the same guy who feels some strange obligation to regularly check on construction progress.
     
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  21. griffin1108

    griffin1108 BigSoccer Supporter

    Dec 5, 2003
    Virginia
    Reading is fundamental asshat. I guess you're OK with diptheria though.
     
  22. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    and with that - we are done name calling.

    I'm leaving this here:

     
  23. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I saw this announcement earlier and it has been bothering me all day. I really wish they would update renderings. Some earlier renderings showed room for a handful of panels only on places like the primary gate and not the canopies. Now the press release has it being installed on "the stadium's canopy." There are two canopies. I want to dream of a continuous canopy or four. I don't know how much will be part of the stadium or other phases, but the claims are likely dramatically greater than anticipated before.
    Using rough math (and I'm probably/likely wrong), that's more than 3,000 panels.
     
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  24. shawn12011

    shawn12011 Member+

    Jun 15, 2001
    Reisterstown, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Moses and I used to hang out at the local tavern.
     
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