They've been installing a glass facade on the exterior over the last week or so. That's probably the last outwardly visible thing they'll be doing for the expansion.
The start of new pitch...#RCTID | #BAONPDX pic.twitter.com/LzKxOsbzHK— Providence Park PDX (@ProvidencePark_) May 6, 2019
The new attendance of Providence Park will be 25,218 #RCTID #BAONPDX— Jamie Goldberg (@Jamiebgoldberg) May 7, 2019
Video with some drone flyovers. Edit: Also, great run down of the stadium during the media visit. https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/po...uction-photo-gallery-portland-timbers-thorns/
============= Now if this was a beautiful grass field being laid, this stadium , if its possible, would be even better than it already is. To me, its the Fenway of Soccer.
And I learned some terrible news. Some changes to a business trip means I miss the home opener in this stadium. FYI, I haven't been to a home Timbers match since 2013.
Wow, that really sucks. Sorry for your luck. If it's any consolation, I haven't been to a Timbers home match since 2015 and likely never will be able to get to one again.
So is there less seats then there used to be behind the one goal? What is that large building behind the goal where the new big screen tv is. Is that building new? Sorry, haven’t been paying close attention.
It is the Multnomah Athletic Club. It has been there for a very very long time. The club has existed for over 120 years. Not sure if it has been in that same building/area the whole time, but yes that building has been there well before the existence of MLS Timbers. The club used to own the stadium. The stadium has been there since 1926. Edit: I think that building has been there in some form since 1910.
I have always thought of it as the Fenway of US soccer too. See my post above. That stadium has existed since 1926. I'll never forget the first time I saw video of the fans at a Div II Timbers game. Whatever league that was. It blew me away. I had no idea there was any US pro soccer team playing in such a historic stadium.
Actually, it has been an athletic field and connected to the MAC since 1893. There is even a newspaper article that a soccer match was played there that year. http://portland.daveknows.org/2010/08/16/first-soccer-game-at-pge-park-october-21-1893/
T2 soft opening in 10 days! https://www.timbers.com/post/2019/0...-matches-featuring-t2-prior-official-relaunch
76 is a sponsor. We have one of those balls at BBVA Compass Stadium as well. Ours lights up for goals. Portland's may also.
BTW, I only knew that 76 also sponsored the Timbers because of this tweet by 76 in 2018 during the playoff round between the two teams. It was not popular in Houston especially since 76 is owned by Phillips 66 which is based in Houston Let’s go @TimbersFC! Good luck in the semis. We’re not going to sit until the game is over. We hope that helps you win. #MLSCupPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/LIZaFXfHj4— 76 (@76) November 3, 2017
Not that it adds anything to the current discussion, but growing up in California in the pre-expansion 60s, you showed which baseball team you supported by where you got your gas, Chevron / Standard meant you were a Giants fan. Union 76 meant you were a Dodgers fan.
Not as bad as 2005 when FC Dallas played an MLS game at Pizza Hut Park before the "official first game" at Pizza Hut Park.
it seems there was another MLS team that had a soft opening regular season game, but I can't think of who it was. It feel like they didn't open all the seats for this game. I could definitely be wrong.
This is a cool history of Portland's stadium https://expo.oregonlive.com/sports/...dium-has-served-many-purposes-since-1926.html