all the pics are missing
all the pics are missing
Drone footage of new BMO Field (including customary trolling by an Impact fan in the comments lol):
http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/0...vation-project
Some shots from the GO Bus today
That gap is ridiculous, still grateful for the upgrades...but wow!
Can the whole upper stand on the west side be replaced? it's atrocious! :P
Not when your close up.Originally Posted by JavierMartini
Looking forward to being in the seats in 4 weeks minus 4 hours.
what a ugly roof
Good to see clear shots of it now without all the scaffolding.
I like it more than no roof at all, but this isn't what I envisioned.
It seems to lack the intimacy that a lower roof and side walls would provide.
Anytime there is both rain and wind (which mostly what we get), those roofs will leave thousands exposed to it (including the entirety of the south end).
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
After driving by last night, I honestly think it looks like hot garbage - but (not to sound like an after-school special) it's what it's like on the inside that counts.
Toronto 'til I die - but I think they're trying to kill me.
That's the same with pretty much any stadium though.
I'm wondering what this will all do for the gnats, which are due to be around the opening weekend if past dates hold up.
http://www.blogto.com/city/2015/05/t...ed_to_toronto/
Probably nothing.
I can imagine that's what's going to eventually happen, along with update press boxes and such. This all looks like they built a roof for a larger stadium, and the east stand is the only completed one.
Probably something similar to Tim Horton's Field
Last edited by RealG-TFC; 04-10-2016 at 01:27 PM.
This.
Actually, it isn't. But to each his own, I guess.
I agree with those who are saying this only really makes sense for a bigger stadium.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
sorry, I should have said every stadium where the roof doesn't cover a significant portion of the field. I'd like to think I've been to quite a few different stadiums both in NA and in Europe, and in my experience it's sort of a given that if it's raining and you sit in the first couple rows you're gonna get rained on, even with a regular old roof like you'd find at most grounds in Britain.
But yeah, at some point the west side is going to get knocked down regardless, it seems.
Last edited by molenshtain; 04-10-2016 at 03:14 PM.
If only it were a few rows.
If I was to guess, I say 2/3 or 3/4 of the fans will not be protected in a driving rain.
Only the upper deck on the east side is really protected.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
Having been down there, I would say all of the West except the top 4 rows will be protected. Rain don't come from the East in these parts.
first 5-10 of lower west will get wet -- even though under the roof, they will get it blown on them b/c the roof its so far up from them. although lower 119 is under two roofs might not get wet.
Mlse have always called it a canopy, not a roof. Traditionally a canopy is for shade, not protection from rain. Of course people expect to be protected from the rain but that's not whats been built.
If the stadium has as many empty seats as it did most games last year, you'll be able to pick a dry spot depending on the wind direction etc, no problem -- especially when the weather is bad.
While most of the time the winds and storms come from the west-northwest,
the big storms with massive rainfalls and winds come from the east.
Last edited by Petor; 04-11-2016 at 06:05 AM.
Uh, Buffalo and New York are not our weather patterns.
Our bad weather almost always comes from the west. Been watching this for all my life. That's the weather pattern in Southern Ontario. Summer storms off Lake Huron that make it to us and thunderstorms that basically come up from the South West towards our area.
Last edited by OgtheDim; 04-11-2016 at 06:27 AM.
Seems to me that when we get rain and wind it's swirling around all over the place - I know this because any perceived advantage or disadvantage in the second half often seems to have changed, by the second half.
I think a lot of people are getting wet.
I wonder what affect putting these high "blades" up there will have on wind conditions generally - that could be interesting.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
I am pretty sure they will put skyboxes up there under the westside roof eventually. Trend in sports now to put all the skyboxes on on side, Levi stadium and ford field biggest examples. Hamilton's new stadium is like this a bit too. they just build out and up like the current press box, except all the way across the west side, probably can fit 3 levels of skyboxes under the roof
yeah most british stadiums the roofs actually slope down towards the pitch and are all closed in.
This is different. people on the edges, top and bottom will get wet.
Bestikas just opened their brand new stadium to their fans.
Now THIS stadium has a roof. BMO Field has a canopy/umbrella.
http://imgur.com/a/dxOPV
incredible, i visited the old innonu during year 1 of the construction.
to see this...is incredible.
Yes,hat is a proper roof.
However, once the grapes grow in on BMO's canopy, it will feel cozy like an 'old country downtown backyard'.
Besiktas also has a significantly bigger brand and much higher revenue than we do. yes, their new stadium is nicer. They have a significantly bigger incentive and opportunity to build that sort of stadium because of their circumstances.
We'll get our version of that eventually. Rome wasn't built in a day.
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