The MLS Stadium Thread

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by fairfax4dc, May 20, 2016.

  1. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Coliseum has Mexico vs. Nigeria and a Hip-Hop festival, which I guess is a downtown thing, coming up.

    A big advantage over SoFi is the grass pitch which makes it ideal for soccer and rugby.
     
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  2. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Honestly being outdoors in Southern California is a huge advantage both the Rose Bowl and Coliseum have over SoFi. I'll never understand why they didn't put at least a retractable roof on SoFi in the one place you really don't need a roof at all other than for extra insurance for non-sporting events the place holds in March. The rest of the year the roof would have been open and it would have been gorgeous as always in SoCal.
     
  3. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Rose Bowl is the only So. Cal stadium bidding for 2026.
     
  4. mbar

    mbar Member+

    Apr 30, 1999
    Los Angeles, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm almost certain the roof at SoFi is 100% so they can project comercials and shit on it. No consideration given to the crappiness of not having grass.

    I have to say the Raiders were genius going for that retractable grass field (a la that WC 2002 venue and Arizona Cardinals). Expect to see a LOT more international soccer events in Vegas. Gold Cup final just the start.
     
  5. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah I mean I think theirs made a mistake not going retractable roof too ala Phoenix's NFL Stadium (which has both the field tray and the retractable roof), but given it's Vegas it would have been closed most of the year anyway due to heat so it's understandable.

    But you're right to not even include that in SoCal was just dumb. I get why they went with the fake grass, two football teams would be murder on a real grass field and they don't grow particularly well in many indoor or semi indoor venues without the tray. But I stand by the notion that ads or not, putting a sealed dome on a stadium in one of America's nicest weather cities was just freaking asinine. Luckily for LA they still have two venues of sufficient size and pedigree to host major international soccer events even if they're both a century old.
     
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  6. oknazevad

    oknazevad Member

    New York Red Bulls
    Oct 24, 2005
    North Jersey
    It's not really a sealed dome, though. It's more like an umbrella, completely open all around the sides, with full air flow and outside temperatures. Also, the EFTE roof is quite translucent, and let's in plenty of sunlight, albeit diffusely. Did they really need it in LA? Probably not. But it seems like a pretty nifty idea for a future Tampa Bay Rays ballpark since they definitely need a roof there to avoid constant rain outs.
     
  7. oknazevad

    oknazevad Member

    New York Red Bulls
    Oct 24, 2005
    North Jersey
    On a completely different question, as I haven't been able to find it anywhere, anybody know what the field dimensions at Q2 are?
     
  8. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not seeing it anywhere either.
     
  9. DCW531

    DCW531 Member

    City SC
    Jan 31, 2017
    St. Louis, MO
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  10. oknazevad

    oknazevad Member

    New York Red Bulls
    Oct 24, 2005
    North Jersey
    Thank you! Now to update the Wikipedia article.
     
  11. Nerroth

    Nerroth Member

    Feb 9, 2008
    Ontario, Canada
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    #5612 Nerroth, Jun 29, 2021
    Last edited: Jun 29, 2021
    I just posted about this stadium over in the Japan portion of the boards, but I was wondering if it might also be worth taking a look here at the recently-built Sanga Stadium by KYOCERA (if this has not been done already; apologies if so), if only to compare and contrast it to recent and pending soccer-specific stadium projects in the U.S. and Canada:



    It's in Kameoka, a satellite city to Kyoto proper. That said, it is located adjacent to JR Kameoka Station, which reportedly isn't too long a travel time to reach from JR Kyoto Station.

    As far as one can judge from the far side of the world, it looks like an impressive "MLS-scale" stadium, not least as the club it was built for is still in the J2 League as of 2021. But then, given the Buddhist origins of the word "Sangha" from which the club's current name is derived, perhaps there is an unintended message buried in there about not getting too attached to one's worldly concerns... (After all, one of the club's main sponsors says in its name to "leave luck to heaven".)

    As an aside, the stadium is too new to show up on Google Maps' satellite view - but you can walk around it virtually using Google Street View.

    Are there any design features used here which you might like to see adopted - or perhaps avoided - for new soccer-specific stadia on this side of the Pacific?
     
  12. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    The angles give me a banc of California stadium vibe. The striking feature is the solar panels...
     
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  13. VioletCrown

    VioletCrown Member+

    FC Dallas
    United States
    Aug 30, 2000
    Austin, Texas
    Club:
    Austin Aztex
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  14. VioletCrown

    VioletCrown Member+

    FC Dallas
    United States
    Aug 30, 2000
    Austin, Texas
    Club:
    Austin Aztex
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I just read through the Austin Chronicle article on Q2 a couple days ago, and you'd think, Austin being Austin, it's something Precourt might have had happen for Q2. Then again... Precourt.
     
  15. The Marquis

    The Marquis Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 13, 2007
    Washougal, WA
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, more Solar Panels on Stadiums would be a great feature. Lots of open real estate on those roofs.
     
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  16. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How so? Banc of California Stadium doesn't really have angles.

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  17. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    I guess I just mean the little stands, the Banc has a whole bunch of little stands separated from the grandstand on one of the sides. Makes it look more complex.
     
  18. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    There is no plan B from what I hear. The franchise might be in existential danger.
     
  19. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  20. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
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  21. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I mean I get why MLS let them into the league with no solid stadium plan in place, but man has that policy been hit or miss. And man are they inconsistent on it.

    Sometimes they're insisting a stadium plan be in place, like Sacramento, only to have the ownership group never actually be there. Other times they're letting teams in with no stadium plans at all, like NY, and it blows up in their face the other way.
     
  22. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Where did that Foxboro 143 quote come from in your post? I don't find it anywhere.
     
  23. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Haha deleted... I wonder if it's fake news?
     
  24. DCW531

    DCW531 Member

    City SC
    Jan 31, 2017
    St. Louis, MO

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