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 <boyz...@gmail.com> 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 <ju...@wiredotter.com> > 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 <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> I'm pretty sure BMO field is used exclusively for TFC games. > >> > >> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:28 PM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> > >>> 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:322161 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
