BC Place Retractable Roof announcement today...

Discussion in 'Vancouver Whitecaps' started by vancouversoccerman, Oct 23, 2009.

  1. TheIronShiek

    TheIronShiek New Member

    May 31, 2009
    Club:
    Vancouver Whitecaps
    Now there is something I didnt know!
     
  2. OleGunnar20

    OleGunnar20 Member+

    Dec 7, 2009
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    can i just say i have been drooling over all of the video and pictoral stadium porn over at bc place 2011 website. but i have a question that maybe some folks closer to the Whitecaps can explain to me.

    I understand that the soccer configuration will be 22K and the BC Lions config will be like 56K. Is that correct? Is anybody sure how they are going to acheive these two configurations? Because from the looks of the two renderings below it looks like the roof somehow raises and lowers to reveal or cover up the upper bowl seats? Is that correct?

    interiour (soccer configuration)
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    interiour (canuck pointy ball configuration)
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    From the video presentations it doesn't look like the roof is shown to be able to do that (it just shows the center section being retracted into the "basket") but the renderings make it look like that so I am confused. And what do Vancouver fans think about a new soccer only stadium on the waterfront. The drawings I have seen show it having an awesome view out over water sort of like Philly's new PPL Park but it doesn't look as neat or cool or sexy from the outside as the new BC Place. Is there a prefernce amongst fans for one stadium over the other (or location)? Is the eventual idea to have the Whitecaps in the smaller waterfront stadium but use the BC Place for big rivalry games with SSFC and Portland?

    Anyway thanks for any help you guys can provide.
     

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