HERE IS THE FIRST VIDEO OF THE NEW SOCCER CATHEDRAL IN CARSON, CA. Home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, US National Teams, and maybe the 2003 Women's World Cup Final. Depending on the type of computer you have, select one of the following links. Windows Computers - WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER: HDC video Macintosh / Apple Computers - QUICKTIME: HDC video Windows or Mac (Real Media) - REAL PLAYER: HDC video If you are having trouble streaming the video, right click on the link and "Save Target As. . ." it will download to your computer where you can watch it. For people with 56K, this is recommended. If you run Broadband, it should stream just fine. Enjoy.
That is the closest thing to bigsoccer porn you will find, complete with closeups of seats and grass. Rated SSS.
Ok, question. From where you appear to be shooting video inside the stadium, there is green stuff high on the far side of the stadium. I can't tell if that is grass or more seats.
Impressions of Stadium - Big Thumbs Up! First of all, it's a Cathedral to Soccer. The whole SSS crap is too weird for me. I fumble over to many SS'S and it comes out all wrong. I sound like Sylvester the Cat. Next - it's built in a relatively open area in the greater Los Angeles region. So, as you are driving up to it - all you see is the stadium. This gives it a monolithic quality - The roof is the first part you see, then Alexi Lalas Hill, and the back of the scoreboard. As you approach the grounds, there is ample parking BTW, you begin to feel this sensation that FINALLY soccer in the US has come to a MAJOR turning point in which owners and investors REALLY DO LIKE the game and see financial gains by offering such places to watch our teams play. Then, you walk up a set of stairs and are on a concourse which is wide and has all kinds of great food choices. But you still don't really see inside the bowl just yet. As you inch closer to the bowl - and look in - you KNOW that aforementioned sensation is a reality. It's Perfect in there. That's all I can say about it. IT'S THE PERFECT SOCCER CATHEDRAL FOR THE USA. Perfect. Imagine a soccer stadium that WORKS for the MLS? This is it. In many ways its BETTER THAN COLUMBUS (not to dis The Crew and my boy McBride) but we have a roof (sound bounces directly onto the field - IT'S GOING TO BE LOUD IN THERE), a restaurant, an amazing upper deck, and Alexi Lalas Hill (which I'm sure he'll attempt to run up after heading in the game winner vs. Colorado next Saturday (7th) 2pm PST by the way on ABC. Maybe that's 5pm EST). We call it Lalas Hill, it's the grassy area behind the North Zone seats. Anyway - It's perfect.
I heard ESPN2 is going to do about 30 minutes of pre-game before kickoff. They are blocking out 2 1/2 hrs. of programming time instead of an hour.
Under the scoreboard? Grass. I'll back up LA Az's comments. when I went in, I just found a seat (only had three sections opened as there was still work going on) and just soaked up the place. top class stadium. Of course, being able to dig through old jerseys (even some old Andrew Shue stuff) warmup jackets, shorts and other stuff and actually buy them (money to the G's charity) made things even better. What really surprised me was the number of peole there. I didn't think it would be close to as busy as it was. You had to line up for everything! And this was just season ticket holders!!!
that is just too friggin beautiful..... question for those who bought season tix since 96... what was it like to see this......if this was a stadium for the metros, i'd probably cry when i first walked in... congrats.....and i can't wait to see the opener.... god bless phil.
Season ticket holder since day 1. I've actually got mixed feelings about moving to the HDC. yes, the RB isn't the greatest facility (I'd rank the Meadowlands overall way better than the RB) but there was a lot of tradition actually developed there. Tailgating, bacon wrapped hotdogs after the match..things like that. The new stadium is sweet, but for most who when to the RB for 7 years, it's now an hour drive rather than just a few minutes to get to and from matches. Yeah, it's a great facility, but at what cost? The opener isn't even sold out yet. True, the current form may have something do do with that, but if you look closer, the cheapest seats (end line and upper deck) are now sold out. Corners are almost there but if you are willing to fork out the money ($45 a pop) you can still get some decent sideline seats. I've a feeling something is going to give once the 'new' has worn off the stadium. I think there are a lot of G fans already missing the RB. Of course, I'm probably just minority of 1.
No not yet. One reason, in my opinion, is that it's pretty much a secret from the general population as the media has done very little on it. I'm sure the higher ticket prices have something to do with it also. It is close to sold out now though and will be.
I finally saw it in person today. I had a little errand to do down in Carson so - why not ... A few things ... The stadium is gorgeous. They're doing more work around the stadium than I expected - streets, landscaping etc. I hope it's all done for the first match because it was a bit of a mess today. It's a shame the area around it is a bit run-down. Maybe the stadium will help in this regard too.
My believe is the ticket prices are effecting ticket sales more than the usual lack of LA media. It'll be a sell out, but how many comp tix will be given out to reach that level?
Assuming they aren't holding on to a whole lot of tickets for some reason still, such as five game packs, I think it will be sold out in 2 more days at the most judging by what is still left at Ticketmaster.
word on the "victoria St" the word on the street is that next wednesday is an "open" practice. Which means media, fans, season tix holders get to go watch the players workout and get autographs. from what I've heard, their is a press junket going on as well. This "should" hype the stadium. I went to the RB - but never had season seats. couldn't afford them until this season. BUT - I can tell you that the 20,000 fans that showed up on weekends, and the 50,000 fans that came for the 4th of July made the place feel OK. It's still a GIANT arena in which to watch a game. Don't get me wrong, it's 15 minutes from where I live, but it's only 25 minutes to the new stadium. I've driven it in the worst LA traffic (last friday - everyone leaving for Memorial Day weekend) and it's still an easy ride. 710 to the 91 to Avalon. The area (carson) isn't REALLY rundown actually. It's just that NORTH of the 91 is Compton. South of Carson is Long Beach and the industrial docks in the LA harbor. The area on which the stadium sits is Cal State Dominguez Hills, and it's actually very calm there. As far as the sell out is concerned - I'm not worried. I'm sure that as people go and see the place, they'll make the drive. Hell, people drive for many, many miles to watch animal ball and basebore. The question is: Can the Galaxy live up to their new home??
A question from someone who's never been to a game.... what is the average price for a game, just how steep is $45 for a ticket, if at all?