BMO Field construction thread

[Ivy]

They'll just use those actual seats! ^^
Blue and all...

[Petor]

They don't have to - they can use retractable seats like they have at the ACC that fold up and are rolled away into storage



You can see them here in this video

http://torontoist.com/2011/04/up_all...canada_centre/

I guess they will do the same with the capo stands?

[Blizzard]

Feedback after the game was the stadium in Vancouver provides a competitive advantage:
1) they can open the roof and still have the cold come in which affects latin american clubs
2) the cdn players get a comfort level with the surface, where its totally new for visiting clubs
3) atmosphere is way better the way the sound echos off the roof even with 20k

time will tell if they can get 20k out for other clubs, but i think it will be a while before games come back here

If we make it to the Hex with five games to be played, that's when we'd see something back here at BMO. It'd be nice if we could get El Salvador but I'm not sure of the timelines.

[jimiv]

They'll just use those actual seats! ^^
Blue and all...

Yikes, I read that wrong and got really sad.

Wouldn't retractable seats give a better bounce when jumping up and down, they certainly will be louder then concrete.

[Ossington Mental Youth]

Me too but under the remaining seats are there not washrooms and storage areas?
How are they going to slide those seats underneath the remaining ones?

No clue, looks like that pic is in my area 117, think theres a ladies bathroom and thats it under our area

[Blizzard]

No clue, looks like that pic is in my area 117, think theres a ladies bathroom and thats it under our area

They'd only have to retrofit those first few rows to give them the space that they might need. There was never any plan to rebuild the entire south end, just the few rows at the front.

[Ossington Mental Youth]

They'd only have to retrofit those first few rows to give them the space that they might need. There was never any plan to rebuild the entire south end, just the few rows at the front.

yeah, im in the fourth row so we will prob be in there.

[Eastend]

Apperently 1 of the roof sections is up. If someone passes by can you take a pic and post it?

Dom

[mowe]

Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/jdriscoll2/status/670721155439849472

[Ivy]

Lol #Argos #GreyCup #thisisourhouse.
Is it normal to feel blood pressure rising?

[Areathrasher]

From TFC twitter

[Pint]

Looks like the manager of premium seating is saying that south end will be retractable again. Idk if he is out of the loop (doesn't really need to know about south end stuff) or if plans have changed back again.

Even though i was told first hand by someone much more sr than this person the stands would be removable, i always wondered how they would get them out of the stadium.

[Detroit_TFC]

Just a dumb thought: doesn't the concave shape of that roof seem problematic for snow accumulation? I wonder if will have heating elements to get the snowpack off.

[jabbronies]

Based on the quotes out of Vancouver from floro & CSA last week and the very small crowds they were getting here, don't think there is much chance in the near term of getting games coming back here. Unless crowds start to drop off there too.

CMNT should stop worrying about how many people come to the games and start worrying about being ranked 102 in the world behind powerhouses like Faroe Islands, Antigua, Gabon and Mali - all of whom I'm sure play in shittier and less packed stadiums than BMO Field.

[gmacpheetfc]

CMNT should stop worrying about how many people come to the games and start worrying about being ranked 102 in the world behind powerhouses like Faroe Islands, Antigua, Gabon and Mali - all of whom I'm sure play in shittier and less packed stadiums than BMO Field.

Chicken meet egg.

They're projected to move to 88th as of December.

[Mateo1985]

There is a huge gap in between where the roof meets the top of the east stands. The sounds will be escaping through unless there is like a wall behind the last row of seats that will go directly to the roof. Rain will also be pouring on everyone in the last rows. I wonder if they will leave it like that

[Ivy]

There is a huge gap in between where the roof meets the top of the east stands. The sounds will be escaping through unless there is like a wall behind the last row of seats that will go directly to the roof. Rain will also be pouring on everyone in the last rows. I wonder if they will leave it like that

That gap isn't huge... Did you see the gap in the south??

[Mateo1985]

That gap isn't huge... Did you see the gap in the south??

They got something above the south already? Anyone got a pic?

[Ivy]

Just the rendering.

[Pint]

That gap isn't huge... Did you see the gap in the south??

Shhhh don't mention that with larson potentially around lol

[OgtheDim]

Hmmm. Girders. Was that in the renderings?


Oh, just temporary.

[Auzzy]

There is a huge gap in between where the roof meets the top of the east stands. The sounds will be escaping through unless there is like a wall behind the last row of seats that will go directly to the roof. Rain will also be pouring on everyone in the last rows. I wonder if they will leave it like that

That gap isn't huge... Did you see the gap in the south??

Yes the gap will be huge over the south end; also very large in the west end (as the new roof goes above the old mini-roof); and not too bad over the east end.

[Ivy]

Yes the gap will be huge over the south end; also very large in the west end (as the new roof goes above the old mini-roof); and not too bad over the east end.

Where did you see that the roof will go over the current roof? That seems crazy.

[Eastend]

Ivy,

Not sure how to post the image but here's a link:
http://www.blogto.com/upload/2014/11...5-bmofield.jpg

[OgtheDim]

Hmm....most of the storms come from in Toronto is out of the west. That big hole on the top of the West side will do nothing for storms like the one where they didn't let us in at first.

[Eastend]

In that image, it appears that the east side will be closed off.

[SoccMan2]

What a joke of a roof over the south and even the west stands, if your going to put in a roof over the stands why not do it properly why the fucken huge gap, either do it right or don't do it at all what's the purpose, who comes up with doing it that way bunch of fucken morons!

[jimiv]

Ridiculously high roofs with big gaps seems to be an MLS thing, Colorado, Chicago, LA, Philadelphia all have the same thing. It appears that the design is more sun screen related then precipitation protection. I do notice that most of them fill in the gaps with ad banners however.

[TheGoodson]

the purpose of the high roof has nothing to do with TFC...

As discussed many times over this was done so that BMO can be expanded with temporary seating for the Grey Cup (which no one watches) and the winter classic

[Areathrasher]

Ridiculously high roofs with big gaps seems to be an MLS thing,

There are fairly substantial gaps between the tier and the roof at the Emriates, Stade De France and Estadio De Luz to name a few.



Porto and Corinthians stadiums also have the massive gaps that the south end will have




Must be trendy with architects