Hoping for the same man. Would imagine they'd prioritize the acoustics given it would double as a small concert venue. Hopefully it will be designed for plenty of atmosphere no matter who is performing there. Would love to see a partial roof (and a terrace at one end!) to help enclose some of the noise. Hopefully we'd get an all-grass field angled the right way to the sun so it grows. Be sure it's measured nine times but cut once though. Ideally the Revs can leave the turf monster in Foxboro.
It wouldn't have to be that much smaller. If the Revs are putting a stadium in Boston, I think 25,000 might be the right size. They're going to want to host USMNT games there and this is probably a location they'll need to live in for a long, long time. In fact, it probably would behoove the Revs to design it for modular expansion if the club ever finds its business will require an upper bowl of seating.
While we're at it, F*ck Superliga. Let's host the Patenaude Cup every year instead, invite a club team from one of the Yugoslav successor states, Argentina, and Uruguay for a friendly tournament this time of year. THAT would raise the profile of this club and this league.
I really like the idea of honoring Patenaude. But rather than international teams, why not make it a Cup competition involving MLS teams. A league inside a league. Patenaude played professionally in New England (Fall River Marksmen), Philadelphia (Philadelphia Field Club), and New York (Newark Americans, New York Yankees, New York Giants). A three team Cup Competition? Which ever club earns the most points in head-to-head meetings, etc? The Revs, Red Bulls, and Union could even wear throwbacks occasionally.
Yeah, exactly - something distinctly regional, sort of a Beanpot of the Northeastern teams. Revs, NYRB, Philly, DC. Some random Weds in May or June then do the next round the following week. Rotate host cities every 4 years and play a double header, then winners play. Great Lakes Cup - Toronto, Montreal (include the Frenchies), C-bus, Chicago. Portland, Vancouver, Seattle for the Great Northwest Trophy or something. Colorado, RSL, KC, Dallas. etc.. Make it a regional tourney week where everyone plays in that cup all around MLS so there's no competitive advantage for anyone.
I was reading the threads on this board and ya'll are either fired up angry or on the edge of defeatism. It seems to me like the Inner Belt site might work out for the Revolution. I photo-shopped PPL Park onto the Inner Belt site at scale. And here it is. A rendering of the possible New England Revolution stadium in Inner Belt Somersville, MA. I suck at photoshop. I know that. But, you can see the site has potential.
Only problem is that I think that's the area that the maintenance facility is slated to go. Otherwise, damn - I forgot my change of clothes.
Might be a problem, but then, most talk of a stadium in Somerville to this point has suggested that a stadium could be built over the maintenance facility.
Please. Let's all slow down here. We know the plan is to make sure it's just right, like tailoring a fine suit, we measure nine times and cut once. So let's not forget about the underground stadium plaza T station, ample room to retract the plush kentucky blue grass field with its exposure to the full Boston sun, and a fully retractable roof, to enclose the stadium on those harsh early/late winter matches. Oh it's coming, trust me.
Correctamundo. Where the maintenance facility goes is where the stadium goes. Quick note on the various bits of stadium porn: I doubt the stadium is going to have an ocean of asphalt around it.
Except kiddie. And animal. (Agree to this post as quickly as you can, so the Feds don't go Pete Townshend on you!)
Apologies. It seems I used the incorrect time scale for this project, so Bob had me go back to the drawing board if you will. Measure, measure, measure. Note the entire maintenance facility is now completely underground. A new high speed monorail station, located just above the park, serves locals in the area who want to attend. Finally, while it maxed out the budget, five inter-community transport stations have been located on the site to efficiently single beam crowds of up to 500 individuals from the outlying suburbs, cities, and the farthest reaches of New England. We're going to do it right. Trust me.
I was gonna axe where the storage area for everyone's rocket backpack was, but I forgot about the last two "measures" that pushed out the project so that technology became obsolete.