MLS is making major progress on building soccer stadiums. Which league have better stadiums overall in 2-3 years time? MLS or FMF or rest of CONCACAF? Can someone post FMF stadiums with capacity? Thank you. Los Angeles (Galaxy and Chivas USA) Capacity: 27,000 Chicago Capacity: 20,000 Denver Capacity: 18,000
Salt Lake Capacity: 20,000 New York Capacity: 25,000 Under Construction; Completion date: Spring 2010 Philadelphia Capacity: 18,500 Under construction (spring 2010 completion)
Kansas City Capacity: 18,000 Under Construction; Completion date: Spring 2011 Seattle Capacity: 67,000 New England Capacity: 68,000 Houston and San Jose are almost done with their financing of theor stadium (completion 2011). No rendition of the stadiums yet.
Vancouver 2011 Capacity: 22,000 Portland 2011 Capacity: 20,000 Red Bull Arena will be an amazing stadium when it's finished. Currently about half done.
I don't think anyone in there right mind would doubt that overall, the USA has the most modern and nicest stadiums in the region. I mean, they arguably have the greatest stadiums in the world in every major sport. But does having the most modern and aesthetically pleasing stadiums make them the best stadiums in CONCACAF? In my opinion, it takes a lot more than that. A stadium needs to have history as well as being nice to look at, and the USA (or MLS) just doesn't have that. Maybe in 20-30 years they might, but right now, many of their stadiums are not even soccer-specific, let alone have enough history to compare with other CONCACAF nations. With that said, i think Mexico currently has and will continue to have the best football stadiums in the region. Most, if not all have some form of football related history and are just great stadiums for playing football. Again, maybe they can't compare to MLS in terms of how nice they look, but IMO, overall they are better. In terms of stadiums from my part of the world, well there really is only one that i'd say fits the criteria for what a truely great stadium should have. It's easily the best stadium in El Salvador and has arguably as much history as all our other stadiums combined. Of course i'm talking about the Estadio Cuscatlan. For another angle, click here. An honerable mention also has to go to Estadio Jorge Magico Gonzalez. Sadly though, it's one of the many stadiums in El Salvador with plenty of history, but due to a lack of money is just completely run down.
Wow, I had no idea MLS stadiums were that small in capacity. I think it might be because i'm constantly hearing about the Galaxy and their capacity is just under 30,000 that I assumed the rest to be around the same scale. Are teams even profitable with stadiums in the 18-20,000 seat range? Mexican league is getting a handful of new stadiums, but i'm too busy to go retrieve the images. I'm sure someone can take care of this soon.
Estadio Azteca, home of America and El Tri. Capacity 105,000(+5-7k) Estadio Jalisco, home of Chivas and Atlas. Capacity 66,500 Chivas is opening a new stadium in the next two years. It will have a capacity of 45k.
Estadio Azul, home of Cruz Azul. Capacity 35,000 Estadio Nemesio Diez, home of Toluca. Capacity 27,000
Estadio Hidalgo, home of Pachuca. Capacity 30,000 Estadio Teconologico, home of Monterrey. Capacity 33,000
Estadio Universitario, home of Tigres. Capacity 51,000 Estadio Victor Manuel Reina, home of Jaguares. Capacity 23,000
Estadio Corona, home of Santos. Capacity 20,000 (building a new one) Estadio Tres de Marzo, home of Tecos. Capacity 30,000.
Estadio Andres Quintana Roo, home of Atlante. Capacity 20,000 Estadio Alfonso Lastras Ramirez, home of San Luis. Capacity 30,000
Estadio Olimpico Benito Juarez, home of Indios. Capacity 23,000 Estadio Morelos, home of Morelia. Capacity 41,000
Re: El Estadio de Futbol Monterrey | Future home to Club de Futbol Monterrey | Est. Capacity 50,000 There are several other futbol stadiums under construction in Mexico. stay tuned...
These two stadiums will be duking it out to see who gets the title of the best soccer stadium in the Western Hemishphere, not to mention going toe to toe with any soccer stadium the world has to offer.
Indeed. Both stadiums are heavy hitters. Estadio Chivas | Club Deportivo Guadalajara http://www.estadiochivas.com.mx/ Estadio de Futbol Monterrey | Club de Futbol Monterrey http://www.estadiodefutbolmonterrey.com/
Nuevo Estadio Corona, future home of Santos. Capacity 28,000 It is important to remember that the stadiums posted here are all first division stadiums. There are a couple of beautiful stadiums that belong to second division teams. Monterrey's future stadium sure is cool looking.