News: Screw you Lucy - Buzzard Point Stadium News Thread

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  1. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Side discussions not related to the actual stadium and surrounding area development will be deleted.
     
  2. greatscott

    greatscott Member+

    Dec 21, 2002
    Richmond
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If every day were like today I bet all the steel would be up.
    They got lots of stuff flying today, especially noticeable with the roof.
     
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  3. fairfax4dc

    fairfax4dc Member+

    Dec 5, 2008
    Fairfax, Va
    LA and Minnesota webcams are worth checking out if you haven't been there in a while. It's a winter wonderland at Allianz Park, but work continues. The liquor store in the foreground is doing booming busness.

    It's too bad we don't get a real webcam, sitruc's outstanding still photography not withstanding.
     
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  4. Eastern Bear

    Eastern Bear Member+

    Feb 27, 1999
    Great Falls, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    LA requires flash which I don’t do. I did t realize Minnesota was already under construction. Will look for that one.
     
  5. fairfax4dc

    fairfax4dc Member+

    Dec 5, 2008
    Fairfax, Va
    I did figure out how to get flash working. It's worth it if I spot Garrison Keiler entering the liquor store.
     
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  6. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I've been watching them install seats in LA.

    It wasn't until today that I realized that not only does the Entertainment and Sports Arena for Monumental Sports and Entertainment have two webcams, they are the same type that only update every 10-12 minutes.
     
  7. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The mobile site streams without flash as I can watch it on an IOS device.

    Just pop this in a mobile browser and you should be fine.

    https://www.lafc.com/stadium/cams

    You can also use a mobile plugin on a desktop browser to request the non-flash stream.

    James
     
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  8. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    Both webcams are online today.
     
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  9. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What is "topping out" - is it related to our league standings during or before 2004? ;)
     
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  10. dcchelseafc

    dcchelseafc Moderator
    Staff Member

    DC United
    Sep 2, 2005
    Naptown
    Club:
    DC United
    Its a strip club term.....

    Hope they make as big deal as the other DC stadium was the other week.
     
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  11. pr0ner

    pr0ner Member+

    Jan 13, 2007
    Alexandria, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    LOL.

    Goff says that it's for the installation of the final steel beam for AF.

    Agree with @dcchelseafc that the club should make a big deal out of this.
     
  12. usadcu

    usadcu Member

    Aug 25, 2005
    Alexandria, VA
    I'd take our league standings in 2006 or 2007...but yeah, I think this franchise has "topped out" enough already.
     
  13. usadcu

    usadcu Member

    Aug 25, 2005
    Alexandria, VA
    Someone with more construction knowledge can correct me, but I think topping out ceremonies involve a small tree being hoisted up with the last piece of steel, right? I wonder if it will be a "Charlie Brown Christmas tree" kind of thing for this one.
     
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  14. D C B 2 3

    D C B 2 3 Member+

    Nov 18, 2007
    VA
    I like seeing that NE corner begin to fill in a bit more. There is a single beam that rises above the others giving us a sense of the height of the clubhouse and how much it will help to enclose the space.

    I can't stand those open plan stadiums like Chicago and Colorado so the more enclosed the better.
     
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  15. Sang_Culé

    Sang_Culé Member

    Jan 23, 2015
    DMV
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    that beam is actually the lights, the actual building will a little bit shorter than the elevators. if i'm seeing this the right way
     
  16. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    At some point last night/this morning it looks like some rows were removed at the top of the southern portion of the east stand.
     
  17. Adler

    Adler Member+

    Aug 20, 2003
    das Schloss Adler
    Club:
    DC United
    Correct.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topping_out.

    "Nowadays, the ceremony is often parlayed into a media event for public relations purposes."
     
  18. dcchelseafc

    dcchelseafc Moderator
    Staff Member

    DC United
    Sep 2, 2005
    Naptown
    Club:
    DC United
    reducing capacity?
    :)
     
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  19. Falc

    Falc Member+

    Jul 29, 2006
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Seats not sold!
     
  20. D C B 2 3

    D C B 2 3 Member+

    Nov 18, 2007
    VA
    Yep, I think you are right. (The virtual seat finder on the Audi Field site was helpful to take a look at the clubhouse.)
     
  21. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They probably forgot to put in a handicapped viewing area ;) Or they put in the wrong prefab section, it belonged somewhere else instead.
     
  22. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
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  23. usadcu

    usadcu Member

    Aug 25, 2005
    Alexandria, VA
    I think the rows were removed to make room for installation of the scarf machine.
     
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  24. dcchelseafc

    dcchelseafc Moderator
    Staff Member

    DC United
    Sep 2, 2005
    Naptown
    Club:
    DC United
    Final Concourse layout :)
    Your welcome.
     

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  25. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    Who is going to estimate field size based on that?
     
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