It's already been confirmed Atlanta are using the fake stuff
http://www.ajc.com/sports/football/s...2cjo4NTlLTD9O/
It's already been confirmed Atlanta are using the fake stuff
http://www.ajc.com/sports/football/s...2cjo4NTlLTD9O/
i knew Seattle, New England, and vancouver play on fake grass (all share with football teams) but why Portland? Out of all teams, that's weird. And Vancouver....can they follow what TFC and Argos have done with real grass? It's better then fake grass for both teams I imagine. I never see a NFL team following tho in USA what Toronto has done, they wouldn't give a shit what conditions the field is in for a MLS team
There is a point where a horribly deteriorated field actually becomes an added source of entertainment. I'd pay to watch the CFL if it was played under these conditions:
The Whitecaps still have plans to move out of the dome for a new ground in Gastown. They got politically hornswoggled into playing on plastic for a few years to help pay down the stadium costs. If they hadn't, they would have faced a hostile political process to get approval for a new stadium. It'll be grass.
The Sounders are also considering building their own stadium which will have a proper grass surface. As for New England, I'm not sure Bob Kraft even knows he owns a MLS team, let alone where or what they play on.
It's a troubling trend in MLS that we are getting more plastic pitches and shared stadiums again.
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
Here. Certain irony here in Toronto. Most of the rest of the country doesn't see any conflict or antagonism between sports.
But there is no confirmation as yet of how many would be connected or how close that connection would be. It's all speculation and planning stages still.
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
A lot of people in the hinterland hate soccer. It's the most polarizing sport out there. Mostly out of fear, fear that it will come in and disrupt the established sporting order, especially football and hockey fans.
Look at how a grass playing surface is killing the Argonauts hopes.
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
Yeah, I thought it would be reassuring to put a face onto this issue. And what a happy face that is. Not only do his football and soccer teams draw well playing on plastic, Jeff is one of the men behind that proposed Trans-Canada Kickball League. This nation’s Great Leap Forward in soccer.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
And a shpritz of disappearing foam.
Careful what you wish for.
I was talking to a Friend of mine who lives in Hamilton and lives pretty close to Hamilton's new Tim Horton's Field and he was saying that other than the Ticat's games there he has not noticed much of anything else happening there, so how does a publicly funded stadium make money with a main tenant that only uses the stadium like what 10 times a year? I'm sure it's rented out for community use like youth and high school teams and adult league sports and stuff but can a stadium like this make money from 10 CFL games and then renting the field out to community sports? When BMO Field had only TFC as the only tenant at least they had TFC had about 20 home dates, so I can't see how a stadium like Tim Hortons Field makes money.
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