BMO Field expansion plans and renderings released

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by carnifex2005, Mar 5, 2014.

  1. carnifex2005

    carnifex2005 Member+

    Jul 1, 2008
    Club:
    Vancouver Whitecaps
    #1 carnifex2005, Mar 5, 2014
    Last edited: Mar 5, 2014
    There is a meeting tonight to discuss the plans below. The final product looks pretty good. Plenty of light for grass as well with the full roof.


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  2. carnifex2005

    carnifex2005 Member+

    Jul 1, 2008
    Club:
    Vancouver Whitecaps
    Some additional info a Reddit user found from various tweets:

    • Hybrid grass will be installed
    • New video boards and sound systems
    • Additional washrooms
    • Transition from Argos game to MLS game will take 5/6 days
    • Planning to offer free GO Train passes to season ticket holders
    • Construction starting at the end of this year. Concourse and East stand expansion to be done by May 2015, everything else done by May 2016.
    • No early May games at BMO in both 2015 & 2016 due to construction (will have to schedule games at the SkyDome or start the season with a road trip)
     
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  3. jayd8888

    jayd8888 Member+

    Aug 22, 2006
    Denver CO
    30k would sweet if they hit they all the time!
     
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  4. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    So long CNE backdrops.
     
  5. PhillyMLS

    PhillyMLS Member+

    Oct 24, 2000
    SE PA
    #5 PhillyMLS, Mar 5, 2014
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    Also......



    So people might as well stop complaining because it is happening regardless of what you think/want.
     
  6. fuzzx

    fuzzx Member+

    Feb 4, 2012
    Brossard
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Excellent. Looks fantastic.

    Exactly what we speculated. I'll wait for better pics of the separate roof, but I feel like it'll work
     
  7. Darkwing McQuack

    Darkwing McQuack BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 11, 2011
    Morrisville, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Looks awesome, but not what I pictured in my head, lol.
     
  8. tab5g

    tab5g Member+

    May 17, 2002
    That place is gonna be loud(er).
     
  9. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    Wait... that was a legitimate concern?

    o_O

    I thought that was just me joking when this was first rumored.
    :ROFLMAO:
     
  10. evangel

    evangel Member+

    Apr 12, 2007
    That would be seriously sweet for us attendance nerds. Most leagues around the world have at least 2 teams with big time average attendances that pick up the league average.

    Right now, we only have Seattle. It would be great to have another consistent 30k+ team.
     
  11. MLSFan123

    MLSFan123 Member+

    Mar 21, 2011
    Boston Area
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Is the 5/6 days mostly due to the retractable seats?
     
  12. carnifex2005

    carnifex2005 Member+

    Jul 1, 2008
    Club:
    Vancouver Whitecaps
    For grass repair apparently. The retractable seats at BC Place take only a few hours to roll out.
     
  13. ThreeApples

    ThreeApples Member+

    Jul 28, 1999
    Smurf Village
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    5-6 days could cause some tricky scheduling during playoffs, since both leagues have playoffs around the same time.
     
  14. fuzzx

    fuzzx Member+

    Feb 4, 2012
    Brossard
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    huh, that IS an issue. someone should ask.
     
  15. crazypete13

    crazypete13 Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 7, 2007
    A walk from BMO
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Argos can only ever have one home playoff game a season and it's one of two dates known well in advance - if they host a Grey Cup that would be another - but again would be well known in advance.
     
  16. MLSFan123

    MLSFan123 Member+

    Mar 21, 2011
    Boston Area
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I don't understand. The grass repair should need to occur when changing from TFC to Argo config, not the other way around, if I am understanding the grass area the retractable seats will affect.
     
  17. fuzzx

    fuzzx Member+

    Feb 4, 2012
    Brossard
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    It's not stated, but I would imagine the grass underneath the stands during soccer games is artificial. That is the easiest way to do it.

    The 5-6 days is most probably paint related. getting paint off real grass without destrying it is not an easy process.
     
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  18. ThreeApples

    ThreeApples Member+

    Jul 28, 1999
    Smurf Village
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yes, and then TFC gets a home playoff game on the same weekend (or the weekend of a late-regular-season Argo game) with 4-7 days notice?
     
  19. fuzzx

    fuzzx Member+

    Feb 4, 2012
    Brossard
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Well Seattle and NER already have that problem, worst case they play a Wednesday and get 3 days between games. Playoffs are already played on substandard surfaces.

    Also there is a change in the playoffs in 2014 and going forward. The team with the higher seed can choose to go first or not. This might give the league room to resolve such conflicts.
     
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  20. crazypete13

    crazypete13 Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 7, 2007
    A walk from BMO
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Looks like the Grey Cup weekend could conflict with the semifinal leg 2 - eastern semis and finals would be the prior two weekends. Argos can host one of those dates or none.

    Here's hoping for that problem ;)
     
  21. ThreeApples

    ThreeApples Member+

    Jul 28, 1999
    Smurf Village
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Seattle and NE deal with it by playing on consecutive days with full lines if they have to, and don't have any reconfiguration of the seating to deal with. If the 5-6 day requirement is really about the lines and the moveable seats can be installed quickly, then they can just play soccer with the CFL lines if they have to, and that answers my question. Will give BigSoccer something to melt down about, anyway.
     
  22. SoccerPrime

    SoccerPrime Moderator
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    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    MLS "first world" problems. Imagine TFC worrying about that? :p
     
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  23. fuzzx

    fuzzx Member+

    Feb 4, 2012
    Brossard
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Also the Grey cup will only be in Toronto every 5-8 years. The chance of TFC going that far in such a year is remote enough that they'll deal with when it occurs.

    The real conflict is the CFL division semi finals and finals on the 2nd and 3rd Sunday of November.

    These can conflict with earlier rounds. But the solution is simple.

    TFC plays normally on Saturday, then the Argos play with soccer+football lines on Sunday.

    Alternatively if the Argos play Sunday they can do their best to clean up by Wednesday or Thursday for TFC midweek.
     
  24. EmpedoxFCB

    EmpedoxFCB Member

    Apr 20, 2009
    New Jersey
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    These renderings show a kind of "Anfield-ish" feel to it, don't they? I like this.
     
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  25. Indiscretion

    Indiscretion Member

    Aug 6, 2007
    Atlanta, GA
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Absolutely beautiful. I can't wait to see it
     

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