I am not sure I would put MLS in the same league (pun intended) as the NFL, MLB, NHL or NBA quite yet. ;)
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 5:32 PM, morgan l <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's why they sell the naming rights for $20 - $30 mil. And beg cities for > tax breaks, and threaten to leave/move if they don't get them, just like > every other major sporting league. > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Seems like a costly requirement. Even a small 18,000 seat stadium has >> got to be pretty ass-pensive to build. >> >> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > All new MLS teams are required to have soccer specific stadiums as >> > part of the franchise process and existing teams have all been >> > upgrading. One of the things they found as costly mistakes in the >> > early years was that stadiums not designed for soccer just kind of >> > produced a lousy experience. They weren't the right shape, they had >> > too many or too few seats, it just wasn't conducive to enjoying a >> > match and consequently, the teams suffered. When teams started >> > building stadiums that we designed for the sport, they found that fans >> > enjoyed it and showed up. A bright light went off over organizers >> > heads and that became a big point for the MLS. I think that Columbus >> > might have been the first MLS soccer-specific stadium, but I don't >> > recall for sure. >> > >> > In the case of Portland, we're renovating and redesigning an existing >> > facility (PGE Park) and evicting the AAA baseball team. There were >> > plans for the AAA team to play elsewhere in town but that has been >> > caught with some hangups, so their future is uncertain at the moment. >> > The park is pretty old but the upside to that is that it is centrally >> > located, right downtown, so it's got great lightrail service right to >> > the stadium. They are planning on reworking the field layout and add >> > in something like 6,000 more seats. Last I recall, I think they had >> > decided on a regular capacity of about 18,000 and a special game >> > capacity of about 22,000. >> > >> > Judah >> > >> > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> I'm pretty sure BMO field is used exclusively for TFC games. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:28 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> >> >>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> > >> >>> > I guess that Portland is just really a soccer city. We average almost >> >>> > 10,000 per game for our USL team. The Timbers are moving up to the >> MLS >> >>> > next year and I suspect that they'll be able to sell out the 20,000 >> >>> > seats on a regular basis. >> >>> > >> >>> >> >>> Kansas City is building a soccer-only stadium to house our MLS KC >> Wizards. >> >>> It's my understanding that they will be the only MLS team to have their >> own >> >>> facility...I think....??? (Unless Portland's arena is soccer-only). >> >>> >> >>> I don't really know if KC is a soccer city or not, but we support the >> >>> Wizards pretty well, and on any given summer evening, our parks are >> >>> littered >> >>> with organized pick-up soccer games. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322162 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
