Crew Stadium 2.0 - Construction News and Notes

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  1. DGA57v2

    DGA57v2 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Apr 1, 2019
    Not sure. I'll have to watch the original video again as they discuss the East Side.
     
  2. foozer

    foozer Member

    Dec 19, 2005
    Indy
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If anyone's bored and wants to compare Mapfre views to those at the new stadium, I found a convenient page from 2017 season ticket sales.
    These are just renderings after all, but you can really see how much better the new stadium will be when you look at areas like the endzones or upper corners, it becomes clear just how much closer you'll be at the new stadium.
     
  3. crew2112

    crew2112 Member+

    Jan 25, 2008
    Dayton, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Mapfre view finder? Why did I just learn of this??? I hope they keep this up for many years to come. So many memories...
     
  4. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Y'all over here guesstimating about seats none of us will never get to without a phone call from JW (not that JW will never call any of us) and I'm just happy to be looking at sideline seats in 2022.

    I just want a place sit my fat ass down and enjoy a night out. I don't need a damn fireplace or my toes in the grass - though you better believe that if JW ever calls and I get a chance to get my feet on the field my shoes are coming off. I think I've been barefoot on the grass in the House that Lamar Built as much as not. I'll never forget the look on some dude's face at this past Nordecke Cup when I kicked my Nikes off and walked out to midfield like I was walking into Valhalla. Walking on that turf is a special experience.
     
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  5. TKyle

    TKyle Moderator
    Staff Member

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 28, 2014
    Nordecke’s Porch
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Foozer!
    Where you been?
    Why you no come round here more often?
     
  6. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  7. OzweegoSC

    OzweegoSC Member

    Dec 10, 2007
    CMH
    I thank her tremendous efforts. Of course it leads to questions like:
    "The Columbus Crew Experience Center in the Short North is designed as the epicenter of excitement for the new downtown stadium, opening Fall 2021."

    Does this mean the Experience Center is opening in the fall of 2021 or the stadium? All communication for the stadium is July of course. Just want to make sure I am reading this correctly.
     
  8. Crew96Fan

    Crew96Fan Member+

    Jul 27, 2013
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Here’s 213 views IMG_1563.jpg
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  9. Minnman

    Minnman Member+

    Feb 11, 2000
    Columbus, OH, USA
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Gotta be a typo.
     
  10. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Playing on it even more so. One of the highlights of my career was scoring two goals in about 5 minutes there (when they used to do the jersey auction game--full field)--and getting applauded by a couple of KC players on the second. It is a very, very fast field.
     
  11. crewfan_in_columbus

    Feb 25, 2001
    Columbus is home
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It absolutely hurts me down to the depths of my soul that the section numbers STILL aren't correct.
     
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  12. POdinCowtown

    POdinCowtown Member+

    Jan 15, 2002
    Columbus
  13. DGA57v2

    DGA57v2 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Apr 1, 2019
    Looking through the East Field Club piece, which are the seats on the field in red, they have an entrance through the little lounge in white which includes the fireplace towards the clubs. One thing of note is that the club inside has stairs which seems to indicate that the East Concourse Club in orange on top connects to it.

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  14. foozer

    foozer Member

    Dec 19, 2005
    Indy
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    With no games being played, I unplugged from sports for a while. I have a serious habit of lurking without logging in or posting much. With games having restarted and lots of progress being made on the new stadium, it's been fun to be able to follow the Crew again. :cool:
     
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  15. crew2112

    crew2112 Member+

    Jan 25, 2008
    Dayton, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
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  16. TKyle

    TKyle Moderator
    Staff Member

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 28, 2014
    Nordecke’s Porch
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That’s awesome!
    Frankly, as randomized as those look, that should help the stadium look “fuller” on TV than it actually is.
     
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  17. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm fine with getting the seats from Irwin seating as long as they don't get the closets from Closets, Closets, Closets, Closets.
     
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  18. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 14, 2018
  19. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    And I keep reminding myself about what GC96 posted about the things that Nationwide wouldn't let them do at Crew II. He strongly implied that there was some really cool stuff that got nixed.
     
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  20. RunSudoSane

    RunSudoSane Member

    Nov 3, 2011
    Similar feeling, if somewhat different experience. When August Busch III was running Anheuser-Busch, the brewery on Busch Blvd had three soccer fields. The middle field, with seating for about twenty, was kept in pristine condition.

    Every Sunday in the spring and fall I would get to play on that field a number of times. I'd played on fields just as nice or nicer, in bigger stadiums, in front of a lot more people; but, for some reason I always got more excited to play on that field than any other I'd played on. Weird.

    Of course, could have been the ever-present scent of hops in the air. Or maybe the fact that anyone playing or watching games there on Sundays could pull up a cooler and drink to their heart's content, as long as they were drinking Anheuser-Busch products.
     
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  21. RunSudoSane

    RunSudoSane Member

    Nov 3, 2011
    This does not surprise me. Working in the midwest parking industry for 15 years, Nationwide Ins. and its influence in the Nationwide Blvd. area is the only place/group I've ever had serious issues/interactions with pompous assholes at street level while simply parking some cars or running lots.

    That said, I have also met some pretty cool people who ran/run Nationwide Ins. Still, there must be some people inside that company that are serious douche bags.
     
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  22. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I played up there a couple of times in Corporate Challenge. We'd hit the hospitality room at the brewery (the one at the end to the "tour") after the game. But as I really, all of that is long gone--though they still have a decent one at the main brewery in St. Louis.
     
  23. stanger

    stanger BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 29, 2008
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I played there in HS for a season. Fields were beautiful.

    There is still a park on that property and the last time I was going from 71S - 270W there were goals sitting under a few trees on the edge of the park.
     
  24. catfish9

    catfish9 Member+

    Jul 14, 2011
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well after a shit ton of rain last night, it seems the field area is rather dry today. The secant wall must be working. That's good, sure suck if it didn't.
     
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  25. KCbus

    KCbus Moderator
    Staff Member

    United States
    Nov 26, 2000
    Reynoldsburg, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

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