new redbull field for 2009

[nascarguy]

08/19/2008 2:35PM
Red Bulls' new stadium begins to take shape

Red Bull Arena is scheduled to open next September

By Dylan Butler / MLSnet.com Staff

http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/images/2008/08/19/OYYorLyM.jpg The Red Bulls broke ground on their new stadium, which will be called Red Bull Arena, on Tuesday. (RBNY)




HARRISON, N.J. -- Before it was just another construction project, a nondescript piece of the Harrison Redevelopment Project.
But with the ceremonial erection of a steel beam Tuesday morning, the New York Red Bulls new soccer-specific stadium is now officially starting to take shape.
"It's something tangible that people can see," said Erik Stover, Red Bull New York managing director. "If they're driving by on (Interstate) 280 or if they're on the PATH, they see it coming out of the ground and you know it's a reality. Before today you look and it just looks like a dirt field. But over the next few weeks, next couple months, the building is going to start taking shape and there's really no turning back."
On Tuesday, the Red Bulls also announced a change in the name of the facility, which they hope will be open Sept. 2009. The stadium will now be called Red Bull Arena after being called Red Bull Park.
"That concept is something that's been around for quite awhile, to be honest. Now that we have complete control of our project and our own destiny, it's a name that's more in line with what Red Bull is doing worldwide with soccer, with our club in Salzburg, with the academy in Sao Paolo and Ghana and of course the club here and our academy," Stover said. "There's a lot of synergy there with what Red Bull is trying do worldwide."
The steel that was erected was the corner piece of the West building, which will house the home and visitor locker rooms, stadium offices, three clubs, 1,116 club seats, 30 luxury suites and press facilities. In about a month, structural steel will begin for the main seating bowl and roof.

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[werewolf]

let me be the first to say...SHITE!

When are they going to officially call themselves New Jersey? Should be better stadium then that concrete relic they are currently in.

[nascarguy]

oh the red bulls are shite

[adampz]

its a kick ass stadium, much nicer then bmo, theyll have real grass too right? only problem is theyre way the fuck out in jersey. WAY out in jersey

[nascarguy]

yeah there field is right by where the NJ DEVILS play . there is no more room in ny city for them to play. but i say we go piss on the new field next year

[TFC-Tyler]

good for them.

[Dirk Diggler]

Even though its way out in NJ, the stadium is apparently really close to a PATH station so unlike the Giants stadium, it is better served in terms of public transit.

[Corpand]

Thank god, NO team should be exposed to play the beautiful game on a field designed for a different sport.

[Cashcleaner]

http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/images/2008/08/19/OYYorLyM.jpg

^ Bit small isn't it? And I got no idea why they'd fill the pitch up with a giant red bull.


Oh wait, that's the new stadium logo. Nevermind.

[james]

yeah there field is right by where the NJ DEVILS play . there is no more room in ny city for them to play. but i say we go piss on the new field next year

the New Jersey Devils moved to downtown Newark this year. From my understanding Harrison where Red Bulls are gonna be playing is a bit on the outskirts of Newark...i think.

[james]

Even though its way out in NJ, the stadium is apparently really close to a PATH station so unlike the Giants stadium, it is better served in terms of public transit.

they also said they are doing shuttle busses from New York City (probably Manhatten or somethin) to Red Bull park. So its sapose to be easier for fans to get to the stadium then Giant stadium currently is!

[ensco]

Harrison is a problem. All the backers of this are excited because it's right at the PATH station (NY's Go train equivalent) but Jersey is Jersey (unless it's NFL football you play).

It's another Toyota Park, in the middle of nowhere.

[NF-FC]

HA! september 2009 is not gonna happen. I'll put money on Philly's stadium being finished first

[rocker]

i still can't see them filling it... they've never had an average of 25000 fans in Giants stadium, even in the best year (their first). secondly, people in jersey don't support their pro teams as well as other cities (hockey, basketball). they don't even fill playoff games in an arena.

secondly, if New York gets a team (in the city limits, I mean) then you'll probably lose some fans who will side with the real NY team. they'll fill it for NJ vs NY games, but I seriously doubt they'll get 20000 a game for the other ones.

[JonO]

they also said they are doing shuttle busses from New York City (probably Manhatten or somethin) to Red Bull park. So its sapose to be easier for fans to get to the stadium then Giant stadium currently is!
??? Definitely shuttle buses already from manhattan (port authority bus terminal) to Giants stadium

[Angelo1405]

Red Bull Park (RBK) sounded like a real futebol stadium and it was a great name. and what happened to this "plan" set out a week ago:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/goal/posts/redbulls.aerial.533.jpg

http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/2007/11/large_20071128redbullcloseL.jpg

http://www.aon.at/StaticFiles/aon/Themen/News/Sport/EURO2008/Diashows/Bilder_Salzburg/Salzburg_Rasen10.jpg


And now theyre replacing it with some Curving, up and down thing ??? the picture above is the stadium for "red bull salzburg", somewhere in europe, it WAS set to look exactly like it. not anymore i guess....oh wait, i think the logo is confusing me, sry :{D

Red Bull Arena...psh....

[Damien]

Arena? I thought Arena's are enclosed?

[king10]

Red Bull Park (RBK) sounded like a real futebol stadium and it was a great name. and what happened to this "plan" set out a week ago:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/goal/posts/redbulls.aerial.533.jpg

http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/2007/11/large_20071128redbullcloseL.jpg

http://www.aon.at/StaticFiles/aon/Themen/News/Sport/EURO2008/Diashows/Bilder_Salzburg/Salzburg_Rasen10.jpg


And now theyre replacing it with some Curving, up and down thing ??? the picture above is the stadium for "red bull salzburg", somewhere in europe, it WAS set to look exactly like it. not anymore i guess....oh wait, i think the logo is confusing me, sry :{D

Red Bull Arena...psh....

its now modeled after the arena in Klagenfurt which is just as nice if you ask me

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/austria/klagenfurt_arena1.jpg

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/austria/klagenfurt_arena2.jpg

[Smenge]

The new stadium in New York is a jewel, but not as nice as the stadium planned for Toronto:

http://www.hamiltoncycling.com/images/oldarchives/cne_1969.jpg

[nfitz]

Harrison is a problem. All the backers of this are excited because it's right at the PATH station (NY's Go train equivalent) but Jersey is Jersey (unless it's NFL football you play).It's 4 stops and 20 minutes on the subway from the PATH station at the World Trade Centre; that may be easier to get to from downtown New York than BMO Field is from downtown T.O.

I wish them luck with it!

[Brooker]

wow those pictures look impressive.

good luck filling the seats, though.

[boban]

its now modeled after the arena in Klagenfurt which is just as nice if you ask me

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/austria/klagenfurt_arena1.jpg

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/austria/klagenfurt_arena2.jpg
I was in that stadium just 2 months ago.
I was also in the one in Vienna.
Klagenfurt's stadium blows anything away I was in.
Its a great stadium with excellent views no matter where you sit.
And loud as fuck thanks to the roof.

[boban]

wow those pictures look impressive.

good luck filling the seats, though.
Actually they won't have a problem filling it.
The issue will be more about how to expand.

[king10]

Actually they won't have a problem filling it.
The issue will be more about how to expand.

really were talking about the redbulls hear... avging 12 00 fans

[Redcoe15]

i still can't see them filling it... they've never had an average of 25000 fans in Giants stadium, even in the best year (their first). secondly, people in jersey don't support their pro teams as well as other cities (hockey, basketball). they don't even fill playoff games in an arena.

secondly, if New York gets a team (in the city limits, I mean) then you'll probably lose some fans who will side with the real NY team. they'll fill it for NJ vs NY games, but I seriously doubt they'll get 20000 a game for the other ones.
:rant:They'd better fuckin' fill that stadium. It's a pathetic embarassment that an area of about 18 million people can only average 12,000 per match that doesn't have Beckham on the field. And, on top of that, the thought that MLS would add a second team to that area, while the first team can't draw flies if you covered the field with shit, would be downright insulting to other cities who love soccer and can't get into the league.

[GhostPK]

Their new stadium looks like shite... wait, I just can't see past the team.

[troy1982]

Pics from today of the steel going up

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd310/Thundarian52/Red%20Bull%20Arena/RedBullArenaSteel006.jpg

[James17930]

That stadium will be the jewel of the league when it's built, and they'll fill it considering it's so easy to get to by public transport.

I can't wait until they extend the subway in Toronto out to the Ex. (ha ha)

[DinamoTFC]

Here's an upate of Redbull Arena with some pictures. They also have a webcam on www.redbullarena.us (http://www.redbullarena.us)

http://redbullsreader.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/sept-30-08-no3.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1S3brXeITQ/SNvz9S3HPCI/AAAAAAAAAa0/_FBsIzz0uOI/s1600/screen%2Bshot12.bmp

http://redbullsreader.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/progress-north-end-concourse-10-7-08-6.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1S3brXeITQ/SOQ7orx2E1I/AAAAAAAAAeg/PJr2qwgYS8E/s1600/m10.JPG

[james]

really were talking about the redbulls hear... avging 12 00 fans

ya they only get 12,000 but thats because they play on a field covered in NFL gridlines everywhere. I dont know about you but i would never pay money to watch games played on that shit. ITs hard to even watch those games on TV. IF TFC played at a stadium like that i bet alot less fans would show up to watch.

Hope is fans in NY will start taking the team more serious now with a sick new stadium.

[james]

ya i herd its not that far from NYC. And good transportation. Easier to get to then Giant Stadium.

[James17930]

Wow -- it's moving along pretty fast -- maybe they actually will have it done for next season. Might be a mid-season move over there a la RSL.

[TorCanSoc]

Original post had a link the article opened with ... "But with the ceremonial erection of a steel beam Tuesday morning".. I'm so immature, I couldn't make it through the rest of the article.

[Cashcleaner]

its a kick ass stadium, much nicer then bmo, theyll have real grass too right? only problem is theyre way the fuck out in jersey. WAY out in jersey

I would hold my opinion about the stadium until it's built and people are going through the gates. Remember when the first concepts of BMO Field were released? Take all the images of the proposed RB Arena with a grain of salt.

[Shakes McQueen]

I'm actually pretty stoked to see what the stadium looks like when finished. RSL's new stadium looks great too.

Makes it more likely that MLSE will upgrade our facility, as well.

- Scott

[james]

I'm actually pretty stoked to see what the stadium looks like when finished. RSL's new stadium looks great too.

Makes it more likely that MLSE will upgrade our facility, as well.

- Scott

all we need to make my dream BMO field would be to add a stand to the North End similar size to what the south end is now. Maybe adda 2nd deck to the south end. Then add a roof on all 4 stands, add some grass and it would be sick!