But what I really want to know is if the crane from the Netherlands is still in its prime, or is it treating North America as a retirement home?
People just not loving our jewel of a stadium design http://www.bizjournals.com/washingt...g-commissioners-first-take-on-d-c-united.html They seem to fell similar to how I felt when I looked at it and read their weird description in the plans of the "open design":
I agree that the "austere" look of the stadium can be improved, and perhaps the zoning commission review can move the project in a positive direction. However, if the zoning commissioner thinks the renderings "look like a prison," she doesn't know what a prison looks like. This is a ridiculous statement, IMO. Or maybe this is just the cheap click-attracting headline journalists at the WBJ favor?
Maybe since one of the zoning commissioners is a season ticket holder he'll push for a full roof. He indicated that he was worried about noise from concerts. Perhaps an argument could be made that a roof would contain the noise?
Let's see, stadium, athletic competitions and fans -- yep, I'm shocked, shocked I say to discover there is noise in the stadium. What a bunch of tools -- they should get a day job.
They are used to baseball stadiums where it is pretty silent for most of the game except for one or two actual plays and a bunch of piped in PA cheerleading. james
D.C. United's new stadium design reminds zoning commissioner of a 'prison' http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mls...sioner-of-a-prison/ar-BBquwbB?ocid=spartandhp
So they didn't even bother to finish the design. That would explain the exposed girders as well. Shabby work.
Good. It was charming because it was a quirk of design. To make them bounce intentionally is fake, kind of like. A lot with MLS
We have bouncy stands because that the whole section of 100/200 on the supporters side is not on concrete. Its on a moveable (well - it used be moveable) infrastructure that would allow that section to slide to the big empty place behind the north (well - mostly north) goal
I disagree, and I'm a pretty persistent critic of MLS fakiness. For me, it'd be like calling the stadium bar "Lot 8" -- a nod to tradition. But I'm not in the least bit surprised they're not going to do it. Just like I wasn't surprised when they went back on keeping the supporters at midfield.
Yeah, that was certainly a weird comparison. If anything, the stadium looks like the sort of place that wouldn't hold anyone in. RFK, now that looks like a prison.
I think this is a hopeful sign. I want the stadium but wasn't happy with the design. Perhaps this will inspire a bit of a change,....oh, and I'd much prefer a roof over the supports than bouncing stands. TS.
I think the survey they did asking people how much they were willing to pay for tickets in various parts of the stadium is what killed that idea.
Well look at the prices at RFK. Supporters sections are the cheapest and the sections around the supporters groups are cheaper than on the other side. What other stadium in the world has that arrangement for midfield seats? Midfield seats are prime viewing location and anything near the supporters is not prime viewing. Why would anyone degrade the value of the best seats in the house, unless there were a bunch of supporters willing to pay "regular" sideline price? I was never going to stay in the supporters section even if it was at midfield because, at that price (whatever it turns out to be, I know it will be high) I want to see the game without a bunch of flags waving in front of me or random college douchebags barfing all around me.
I can think of reasons, but they have nothing to do with making money or increasing the chances of making money. I understand that that's the only thing that matters, and that's why I said earlier that I wasn't surprised when they went back on their statements in this regard.
It's the best marketing the FO can buy, why not subsidize the seats a bit. Beats a swath of empty seats in the middle on TV, though sports teams don't really seem to care about that at all, they get more money from TV than (non-suite) tickets. Which in my mind is an extra reason to go ahead and subsidize them, but that's rarely how they think. I can see them wanting to put the majority of supporters behind the goal, but I hope wherever along the side I end up buying tickets they don't mind me standing It'll be like the first 2 years where I repeatedly told people behind me in 231 to get loud and stand up whenever they yelled at me to sit down and shut up. I wore them down and won Hopefully the big group around me all can pick a standing sideline section together. We'll see Supporters behind the goal are largely unnoticeable on TV.