Stadium Discussion

Where Do You Want The Stadium?

  • Manhattan

    Votes: 54 16.7%
  • Queens

    Votes: 99 30.6%
  • Brooklyn

    Votes: 19 5.9%
  • Staten Island

    Votes: 7 2.2%
  • Westchester

    Votes: 18 5.6%
  • The Bronx

    Votes: 113 34.9%
  • Long Island

    Votes: 6 1.9%
  • Dual-Boroughs

    Votes: 3 0.9%
  • Etihad Island

    Votes: 5 1.5%

  • Total voters
    324
I’m surprised it took 538 pages to seriously consider outer space.
Then there's no reason to wait to discuss building it in the past when there was more open space to work with in the city.
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Have we discussed desired stadium atmosphere at all in this 539-page thread? I'm trying to brainstorm how we can make it feel unique.

Any thoughts on an arena-style atmosphere? Atlanta has a little bit of this with their giant roof and video board, but imagine it with steep grade seating.

I'm thinking steep grade seating, a safe-standing supporters wall behind one goal, a giant video board, and lots of lighting and upbeat music. Maybe a heavy, low roof to keep sound and atmosphere in.

I loved when they run lights around the banner displays at Yankee Stadium during goals. Turn that up to 11. And be willing to turn on and off the main lights and use spotlights for pregame and goal celebrations.

The actual result will likely be a lot more middle-of-the-road, but I hope it's unique in some regard.
 
Have we discussed desired stadium atmosphere at all in this 539-page thread? I'm trying to brainstorm how we can make it feel unique.

Any thoughts on an arena-style atmosphere? Atlanta has a little bit of this with their giant roof and video board, but imagine it with steep grade seating.

I'm thinking steep grade seating, a safe-standing supporters wall behind one goal, a giant video board, and lots of lighting and upbeat music. Maybe a heavy, low roof to keep sound and atmosphere in.

I loved when they run lights around the banner displays at Yankee Stadium during goals. Turn that up to 11. And be willing to turn on and off the main lights and use spotlights for pregame and goal celebrations.

The actual result will likely be a lot more middle-of-the-road, but I hope it's unique in some regard.
When waiting in line for concessions or restroom, I want unobstructed views of the field and/or video screens in the concourse. All too often, with the lengthy wait for those two (also see RBA as a bad example of waiting) the play and atmosphere on the field is lost on those poor souls in concourse purgatory.
 
Not that this has much more relevance beyond the Moon and time travel, but...

In New York, an Influential First Lady Redefines the Position

From the start, Mr. de Blasio was insistent on her having a title beyond first lady, according to past and present city officials, and quickly installed her as chairwoman of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, a nonprofit that works in tandem with City Hall. There was an internal debate about having the mayor’s wife solicit private industry for money, but Mr. de Blasio pushed past those concerns.

The fund raised $45 million in her first two full years at its helm, including six-figure checks from real estate, energy and finance industries, according to federal tax and city records. She said she makes fund-raising calls weekly.

Susan Lerner, executive director of the watchdog group Common Cause New York, called the nonprofit, which predates the de Blasio administration but was not previously run by the mayor’s wife, a “backdoor way to curry favor.”

“When you donate to it, you expect that the mayor knows you’re supporting his priorities and his program,”
Ms. Lerner said.


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