You're probably right, the people spending the money on stadiums feel that it will be at least twenty years before soccer needs bigger stadiums. Still, this is much better than it was and it's better to slowly build a solid base. When the NFL and AFL merged in the 60s they were so far behind baseball (and even smaller than college football) no one expected it to become the most successful league in the US. Who knows, the same could happen with MLS.
New renderings released yesterday
Great for them.. and looking at the area I understand the cost point.. there is an electrical sub station that needs to be moved in order to fit the stadium in the space they want to put it in.
Nice. So jealous for D.C. fans. They deserve this.
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Hiring Populous to do the final design is a great decision in my opinion. Biggest firm around for a reason. For folks who are unfamiliar with the company's name....for years they were known as HOK Sport.
Seems a trend in MLS to go with this firm.
AEG also has a long-standing relationship with them. Here's hoping TL pushes them on MLSE. Nothing against BMO's previous designer - BBB and SCI who are hired by MLSE regularly - but Populous is a step above.
Yes these both looked familiar to me as well but I think braga is a 30,000 seater while national is much smaller in scale (12000?). But in a really cool spot looking over the water. Even the airport runway comes out over the water if I remember. Oddly both clubs and stadiums part of birminghams European adventure a couple seasons ago.
nacionals backdrop definitely hits the mark like many mls stadiums from the first wave of SSS. I guess that is a thing of the past with the focus on roofs although philly's has one of my favourites!
http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/sit...ark%20wide.jpg
Happy that there is another quality stadium being added, i just wish they could also eliminate all the plastic pitches (3 remaining now).
The Aviva Stadium is an amazing stadium. I've been lucky enough to go there for a soccer game (Man Utd vs An Irish League XI). Obviously a friendly, but it was good fun. DC's new stadium looks like its going to be a beaut, and I will look at heading down to DC for an away game once that is open
Looks similar to SKC. Most likely same capacity.
hey roof... you come here often?
your lookn FINE
Nice!
I'd say that right now, the design of the roof is BMO Field's last best option for creating a really good look for the stadium. We can't do much about the stands and administrative buildings - they're already built and I don't see the club investing in a redesign for them. But TFC has a chance now to really make the place look classy by putting up a good, strong, and well-designed roof.
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And it's official
^And porter flies direct to D.C.
Away trip now a go!
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They deserve it. So happy for them.
Couldn't happen to a better set of fans
Great news
Great news for the DC Supporters & the MLS as a whole...
I've been twice to DC to see TFC / United and both times the supporters were fantastic and welcomed us to their awesome tailgate... I hope & trust the club will take care of these guys/gals well...
Carts...
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I love going to dc I hope it is easy to get to the new stadium. so where is the new stadium going to be