New Houston Stadium

[__wowza]

http://houstondynamo.io-media.com/

not trying to rim another team, not trying to provoke an "OMG THEIR STADIUM IS SOOOO MUCH BETTER THAN OURS !!1!!1eleven" argument, but fuck their stadium is nice.

the stop behind the goal where there's a covering is the supporters section. looks pretty snazzy.

[levyashin]

my son and i are planning to go there aug .25th.we will see first hand.

[jazzy]

expensive seats......

[LesH]

Quote from http://www.houstondynamo.com/stadium

"BBVA Compass Stadium will be a state-of-the-art, open-air stadium designed to host Dynamo matches as well as additional sporting and concert events. When it opens in 2012, the 22,000-seat stadium will be the first soccer-specific stadium in Major League Soccer located in a city's downtown district."

Idiots!
Where's located BMO field?

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PS:
Edit: Well, my bad, looks that I'm the idiot, because the area where BMO is, is not considered downtown.

[gomesv]

expensive seats......


Their VIP section is more than TFC.......but for the rest of the stadium, much cheaper for better seating

[UltraSuperMegaMo]

Quote from http://www.houstondynamo.com/stadium

"BBVA Compass Stadium will be a state-of-the-art, open-air stadium designed to host Dynamo matches as well as additional sporting and concert events. When it opens in 2012, the 22,000-seat stadium will be the first soccer-specific stadium in Major League Soccer located in a city's downtown district."

Idiots!
Where's located BMO field?

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PS:
Edit: Well, my bad, looks that I'm the idiot, because the area where BMO is, is not considered downtown.

You could probably call BMO downtown, it's pretty subjective. In the context of other MLS stadiums, in very centrally located. Where's the imaginary downtown line start?

[boban]

You could probably call BMO downtown, it's pretty subjective. In the context of other MLS stadiums, in very centrally located. Where's the imaginary downtown line start?
Our stadium is downtown but really downtown.
I'm pretty sure downtown's western border is Spadina. Some argue it's Bathurst, but that's it. Our stadium is just outside those borders.

[TFCREDNWHITE]

Our stadium is downtown!

[Mark in Ottawa]

Whether a stadium is "downtown" or not is immaterial.
The question is ... can you get to it easily?
Is it within walking distance of enough mass transit hubs to give you a way to get there and out again easily?

In those respects BMO does fine.
Unfortunately here in Ottawa we have no such facilities.

[Eastend]

I hate the fact that Apple doesn't have flash.

[Razcle]

Nice looking stadium. I like the idea of having two bowls for every section as i believe you can get better support organized in the tighter section. Image how unifided 112 would be if we departed from the top half of the section. Same would go for Usec and NEE.

[__wowza]

I hate the fact that Apple doesn't have flash.

what? you mean your ipod or ipad?

[boban]

Our stadium is downtown!
From the greater context of the GTA (miss, oakville, pickering,) sure it could be construed as is.
But from Toronto proper no its not.
Liberty Village is considered the western part of the city, not downtown.
Same goes as the Ex.

[Whoop]

Looks like they got a roof.

[jazzy]

Their VIP section is more than TFC.......but for the rest of the stadium, much cheaper for better seating

not really my similar seats at bmo are approx $400 for the same at Houston _ $700...........not vip at all

[james]

meh, whether BMO is in downtown or just a few kilometres outside of this imaginary downtown line isn't really important. BMO is right in the city next to the QEW, main Go Train Route and Street Car Routes. Couldn't ask for anything more then that.

As for other soccer specific stadiums such as LA, Dallas, Philly, Salt Lake City, Colorado, Kansas, and Chicago i don't think any of them even play inside the city lines let alone downtown. Good to see Houston actually playing in the heart of the city.

[TFC_Allez]

That is a nice looking stadium! ....I wish......you know what...its not even worth it :(

[rocker]

good to see Houston finally getting a stadium.... they had to move San Jose because of stadium issues... then they played in that college football stadium. Those fans have waited a long time for their own stadium. We should consider ourselves lucky we got a decent SSS right from game 1. I sure can't complain about the views from my seats.

[Oldtimer]

From the greater context of the GTA (miss, oakville, pickering,) sure it could be construed as is.
But from Toronto proper no its not.
Liberty Village is considered the western part of the city, not downtown.
Same goes as the Ex.

It all depends on your perspective.

For folks that live in Northern Ontario, Peterborough is part of "Toronto."

It's hard to argue that BMO Field isn't easy to get to compared to some MLS stadiums in the middle of nowheresville, and there are a lot of interesting restaurants and such in the neighbourhood.

[rocker]

if you map the distance between the downtowns of both cities and the stadiums, there's barely a few kilometers difference.

[LittleOzzy]

Now this is a nice looking stadium with plenty of room for expansion. Completing the seating full circle over time looks like it would be no problem.

http://www.mlssoccer.com/sites/league/files/imagecache/620x350/image_nodes/2012/02/quakes%20stadium.jpg

[__wowza]

Now this is a nice looking stadium with plenty of room for expansion. Completing the seating full circle over time looks like it would be no problem.


i liked the old mockups of their new stadium better. ill see if i can find the pictures anywhere.

[korussik]

Full circle makes for a much better atmosphere I find...

[zamperina]

Full circle makes for a much better atmosphere I find...

Like This?

Latest Pic of Houston Stadium...

http://a.yfrog.com/img861/4774/66okd.jpg (http://yfrog.com/nx66okdj)

http://a.yfrog.com/img611/3540/1bgyf.jpg (http://yfrog.com/gz1bgyfj)

[james]

Like This?

Latest Pic of Houston Stadium...

http://a.yfrog.com/img861/4774/66okd.jpg (http://yfrog.com/nx66okdj)

http://a.yfrog.com/img611/3540/1bgyf.jpg (http://yfrog.com/gz1bgyfj)

thats is fucking nice. Kansas and New York got nice stadiums as well but they just aren't right in the city like Houston is. I think once this stadium is complete it will join my favourite stadiums in the League with the old school Portland stadium!

I know some people say renovating BMO field stands, interior work, and adding a 2nd deck, closing in the corners, adding some roofs exc. is a pipe dream but Toronto is going to need to renovate at least some of BMO field in the next 10 years or less if they want to keep up with the new wave of modern stadiums in MLS.

[boban]

Looking good ...
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/150906_10150667561571150_20105631149_9491430_15519 1487_n.jpg

[Whoop]

Looks nice.

[Detroit_TFC]

That's downtown? More like near downtown.

[james]

That's downtown? More like near downtown.

you really do get technical there on the downtown it's like a 5 min walk from the sky scrappers from that view. g:D

Anyways it's looking fucking nice!!

[Detroit_TFC]

you really do get technical there on the downtown it's like a 5 min walk from the sky scrappers from that view. g:D

Anyways it's looking fucking nice!!

Not a a criticism, just an observation. Houston fans are over the moon about it and rightly so. It's made me more more likely to go to an away game there, I imagine that is true with others around the league as well.

[Code Red]

Looking good ...
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/150906_10150667561571150_20105631149_9491430_15519 1487_n.jpg



I have to admit, I'm green with envy.

[Petor]

I have to admit, I'm green with envy.

On that note, Montreal's reno of Saputo might be a little late. ;)

[DavydMT]

On that note, Montreal's reno of Saputo might be a little late. ;)

late? they had nice promo out only two weeks ago that june 16th is the date


http://youtu.be/kILzRm_INxM

[Petor]

http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/04/26/montreal-vp-stade-saputo-will-be-ready-june-16-debut

Eyebrows were then raised when a giant slab of concrete fell from the ceiling of an Olympic Park underground parking facility on March 4. Then came a report from a local radio station, which indicated that work would not be completed before Stade Saputo’s opening game against Seattle.

Should the stadium not be fully completed, says Legendre, the emphasis will lie on the aspects needed to actually play a game and welcome 20,341 fans, namely the grass and the stands.

The club has nevertheless insisted progress was good and the deadline was expected to be met. Personnel are on the construction site every weekday and work overtime on most weekends in order to deliver a fully renovated stadium.

They are cuttung it very close, very close!

[troy1982]

One more week to go

http://www.mlssoccer.com/sites/league/files/imagecache/620x350/image_nodes/2012/05/BBVA.jpghttp://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/13/00/51/2886261/3/628x471.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/546691_10100830081696588_16739419_53076123_9147503 46_n.jpg

[__wowza]

first game here this week.

http://www.mlssoccer.com/sites/league/files/imagecache/620x350/image_nodes/2012/05/BBVA.jpg

http://www.houstondynamo.com/sites/houston/files/imagecache/620x350/image_nodes/2012/03/GLP_DYNAMOSTADIUM_030212-47.jpg

[Redcoe15]

Fuck, but that looks nice. We should all head down there for a road trip (but not during the summerish months, the combined heat and humidity is brutal, as I've experienced).

[__wowza]

@troy1982 (http://redpatchboys.ca/forums/member.php?467-troy1982): none of those pictures showed up at my computer at work (im at my desk and posting this from the break room). way to render my post completely irrelevant :lol:

[rocker]

Fuck, but that looks nice. We should all head down there for a road trip (but not during the summerish months, the combined heat and humidity is brutal, as I've experienced).

Geoff Cameron says the fans will need cold towels...

http://blog.chron.com/soccer/2012/05/hot-bbva-compass-stadium-should-provide-home-advantage/

[Yohan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c-LBveiBYgY

as much as I love BMO Field, I am jealous of BBVA Compass Stadium

[David_Oliveira]

Wow. Just wow

[rocktml]

wow................fuck!

[tfcleeds]

I'm jealous.

[Red CB Toronto]

That is a beauty, right up there with Red Bull Arena. The thing it has going for itself is being downtown as opposed to the boonies of Harrison, New Jersey in the case of RBNY.

[West220Side]

I'm so FUCKING jealous.

[adam1001]

Beautiful ground. And less than half the cost of Redbull Arena!
It's amazing how far this league has come in just a few short years.

[Code Red]

Beautiful ground but I still prefer RBA and LSP. Congrats to Dynamo fans.

[Whoop]

Beautiful ground. And less than half the cost of Redbull Arena!
It's amazing how far this league has come in just a few short years.

Love how steep the stands are.

And the league sure has. New stadiums for NYRB, Sporting KC, now Houston.

The US definitely has the stadium infrastructure for another World Cup bid. They have the big American football stadiums plus smaller 20,000+ stadiums too.

Really helps USA Soccer.

[QSIM]

Yeah the steep stands are fantastic, especially in the corners. The ground is modern, yet still has an intimidating feel.

[Redcoe15]

Stunning!

[Couchy81]

Very nice, a stadium to be proud of.