Bmo Field Expansion

[Fort York Redcoat]

In terms of Infrastructure projects, stadiums in general. It's not as if they just have the right size & spec of steel beams/support, readily to be fabricated, members have to still be designed & approved and then built & tested. There are many other things that are site specific that you can't pull off a shelf.

In addition, it's not like the construction industry in Canada has a wealth of experience building stadiums. However condo towers? That's what I mean by a pretty standard job.

I think it boils down to a supply chain issue. Take the Velodrome for example, this thing is scheduled to open in a month, as of 2-3 weeks ago all the steel hadn't arrived & there is still 3 months of fireproofing work to be done.

I wouldn't call Tim Hortons field cookie cutter either, by definition there would be many other stadiums just like it. And I don't think there, there may be similar elements. but as a whole, no.

Cheers. That paints us a more realistic picture on what we're all waiting on/ dealing with.

[TFC07]

Interesting development:

Raptors in talks for Exhibition Place practice facility

Read here: http://www.torontosun.com/2014/07/29...ctice-facility

[Haddy]

Interesting development:

Raptors in talks for Exhibition Place practice facility

Read here: http://www.torontosun.com/2014/07/29...ctice-facility

Leiweke mentioned this months ago on PTS. The one that included all the GMs.

I'm shocked it's taken this long to hear more on it.

[TFC07]

Leiweke mentioned this months ago on PTS. The one that included all the GMs.

I'm shocked it's taken this long to hear more on it.

I know Raptors were planing to build a practice facility, but how many people knew they were building it at Exhibition place instead of Downsview?

[Marc"2L"]

Final renderings should be dropping soon no?

[reggie]

like him or hate him...this dude gets shit done...

[Haddy]

I know Raptors were planing to build a practice facility, but how many people knew they were building it at Exhibition place instead of Downsview?

TL mentions the Raps at CNE on this January edition of PTS - the one I mentioned with all the GMs.

Definitely a small detail that seemed to slip through the cracks.

CLIP @ 9:25

[Haddy]

Bon Jovi and MLSE reportedly outbid by Pegula for NFL's Bills

http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/nfl...ula-for-bills/

I'll wait for confirmation but I am not entirely shocked.

Cue the conspiracy theorists.

[kodiakTFC]

Im on my mobile so im not sure how to post a link but there's an bizarre rendering of bmo field seen in the Ontario Place renovation renderings released today. Its basically bmo now but without the north end and a second deck on the east.

[OgtheDim]

[Qman]

wow thats a pretty big second deck.
If that's the roof we are getting ... why even do it. f*cking crap.
Can't really see the north end.

[Qman]

Its probably some "boiler plate" design they just inserted.
Second deck can't be that big, they have stated they will only go out 95 ft.
Roof is supposed to be english style functional to protect the fans from the weather of the lake in the fall, this looks just cosmetic.

[Kaz]

Ya I think that is more a design Ontario Place, not related to BMO directly.


Edit
yep. Ontario Place, nothing to do with BMO directly.
http://torontoist.com/2014/07/what-a...ght-look-like/

[greatwhitenorf]

Stadium, shmadium.

All my great memories of Ontario Place revolve around quart bottles of Ex and 50 at Zum Rhein and Max Webster at the Forum. Bring those good times back.

And my mullet.

[Pookie]

^ CFNY days with a rotating stage … there or Molson Park… is that dating myself?

[Pookie]

Bon Jovi and MLSE reportedly outbid by Pegula for NFL's Bills

http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/nfl...ula-for-bills/

I'll wait for confirmation but I am not entirely shocked.

Cue the conspiracy theorists.

Actually if that is true, that's excellent news for the people of Western NY. After all their support, they don't deserve to have a team ripped out from under them.

[Red81]

hopefully its a mini version of this

[Alonso]

hopefully its a mini version of this

That's be sweet... I'd be happy with something along those lines.

What stadium is that?

[GabrielHurl]

It was one of the stadiums used in Brazil in Cuiaba

[GabrielHurl]

Looks like there is a mould issue at BMO

http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgen...em=2014.BU56.1

[Qman]

Agree as far as view but for all the talk of how badly people want a pretty stadium to go to this sounds like FrankenBMO.

I've heard they are keeping the South end plan muddy until the very last. I think we can all figure out why. That will be the hardest sell with the most options to go wrong.

So much ire on this.

With the all-star game in portland, i thought i would mention that Portland is the ultimate Franken-Stadium but i have been to two games there and its got the best atmosphere of any MLS stadium i have been to by far.

[reggie]

Looks like there is a mould issue at BMO

http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgen...em=2014.BU56.1

jezzz...no wonder I felt sick on and off at bmo the last 7 yrs..

[Fort York Redcoat]

With the all-star game in portland, i thought i would mention that Portland is the ultimate Franken-Stadium but i have been to two games there and its got the best atmosphere of any MLS stadium i have been to by far.

The TA wall makes the stadium disproportionate but makes the loudest section the biggest. I don't see that being a priority here.

[zamperina]

The MOLD issue at BMO is not related to MOULD...

MOLD is found on stuff like old bread while MOULD is used to construct a building...

[Kaz]

The MOLD issue at BMO is not related to MOULD...

MOLD is found on stuff like old bread while MOULD is used to construct a building...

It is UK vs American Spelling.

Mold (a fungus) and Mold (a forming tool) is the same word in the US. Mould and Mould are the UK spelling.

In Canada we tend to us Mold for both most often, but if you have a older person, or a UK Expat writting the report, or their spell check was set to UK english it could mean either.


in this case mould is a fungus, the backgrounder makes that clear

while BMO Field was being prepared for season open on March 22, 2014, mould was discovered in the executive suites and
washrooms. A professional environmental management firm was retained to assess the
extent of the damage and recommend remediation work

[james]

With the all-star game in portland, i thought i would mention that Portland is the ultimate Franken-Stadium but i have been to two games there and its got the best atmosphere of any MLS stadium i have been to by far.

It is the best stadium, has a building right up against the stadium right behind 1 net, while the side stands have things like city roads blocking the side stands from expanding out while the stand behind the other net is the biggest stand, as it was built in a baseball shape. This all sounds like issues that can be a pain in the ass for bigger expansion construction, and the fact the original stand is in baseball shape makes you think the views could be really bad, but actually it has created a bad ass looking stadium, with the best atmosphere no doudt. Many stadiums in the UK are franken-stadiums as well as many stadiums are built in heavy densely populated housing neighbourhoods causing stadiums to have a mix of small and big stands or weirdly shaped stands. It adds to the feel of a stadium, rather then the new stadiums that are built with space and even size stands and perfect shapes and designs.

[james]

Well on the subject, they aren't all franken-Stadiums, but cool, random, ugly and WTF.

Where Zenit Saint Perersburg, Russia, play.


Where Braga play, Portugal

[james]

Croatia



Japan

[james]

Home of NK Imotski, Croatia



and the other side of the stadium

[james]

Signgapore


Home of Kasımpaşa s.k, Turkey