Might be true, but I always liked the fact we honoured our international players by putting their flags up in the south stands! Thought it was a great move, and showed how diverse our city is!Originally Posted by mook-life
Might be true, but I always liked the fact we honoured our international players by putting their flags up in the south stands! Thought it was a great move, and showed how diverse our city is!
how does the diversity of a sports team show how diverse a city is?.... the population of the city would show diverse we are
You make a valid point...touche touch
There was a German flag, when Frings was playing. That's because the flags represent the teams nationality. At the moment, no German, no flag. No Irish, no flag, no Scot no flag, etc.
Last edited by MightyDM; 02-24-2016 at 10:48 PM.
i hope they are and believe they will be, because they were a classy touch. Besides, lots of room between the roof and the concourse on the south end for flags or even six storey buildings.
I can't help but think that the space under the southend roof is left for future expansion.
I can't help but think that the space under the southend roof is left for future expansion.
Well you're not wrong. Many renderings show that the new south end will be temporarily expandable for special events. I seriously doubt we'll ever need that to be a permanent expansion but who knows, maybe 10 years down the road!
Found a pic (albiet an unfortunate one)
Totally agree with below although why not just make it permanent.. 2 events this year alone will need the Temporary South stands..
I agree.
Just expand the south permanently.
Put banners over the second level when not filled with fans.
I think it would look good and help contain the atmosphere.
Between the open north end, space (and I assume structural foundation) for a second south end stand and space for a rebuild of the top of the west stand, those are a lot of options available to expand BMOF.
Who pays to have Princes' Boulevard rerouted?
we can't even fill the stadium as is .... can we fill that first
With that attitude we wouldn't have got the East up. Just sayin'
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
stands on the food building like wrigley field
stadium was largely full before they added waaaaaayy too many seats (8300 IIRC),
Last edited by Onyx; 02-25-2016 at 11:36 AM.
Agreed
Nah, they added that many because
a) there is pent up demand rising that will float this team towards regularly gettting 28K +
b) the various other events can fill those seats
c) its easier to build too big and put a roof on then too small and have to work around a canopy
Samesies.
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
tx.Well you're not wrong. Many renderings show that the new south end will be temporarily expandable for special events. I seriously doubt we'll ever need that to be a permanent expansion but who knows, maybe 10 years down the road!
Found a pic (albiet an unfortunate one)
The capacity looks like they just moved the 2,500 seats they removed from the North, and the few hundred they removed from the front of the south.
Exactly, but some people arent capable of big picture thinking. They cant see further than next week.
I'm very curious to see what kind of ratings the team will get during their home games this year. Considering the majority are at 7 or 730pm time slot. Hoping they draw more.
I didn't think they removed any seats in the south? Those seats in the front are now just portable as they need to be removed for Argo Games only.
Last edited by Fort York Redcoat; 02-25-2016 at 01:39 PM.
Was just reading about Minnesota United's new stadium plans and noticed they are wrapping the openings between the stands/roof with "Translucent PTFE building skin to protect fans from the elements".
http://www.mnunitedfc.com/news/2016/...stadium-design
Wondering if something like this can be feasibly used for BMO as well.
Wow that rendering of the new Minnesota stadium looks great nice and enclosed, however , let's see if that's what the stadium will actually look like once it's built, however , if it is then will be up there with one of the nicer ones in MLS, maybe one day TFC will get a proper stadium that looks like that,one can only dream.
Yea.. early renders always depict the best possible option, which generally speaking is never built. Each project is scaled back. Especially projects that rely on public funding which I believe this Minnesota one will.
lol? The players DO, themselves, live in Toronto… so, it does show a bit of how diverse the city is, if maybe a small sample-size.
Nevertheless, I think it were just a poor choice of words; the lad's probably just meant that it were symbolic of the city's diversity—don't see a need to bust his chops.
Thought the same, myself, and it'd be nice to see them return. Fairly sure I've seen such flags elsewhere, around the league (at least).
Wasnt busting chops....
Right… perhaps yet another poor choice of words, then. "Splitting hairs?" =)
That would be awesome.
Ok back to construction... Any updated Pics or status of whats going on now that the South roof is up??
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