Stadium Discussion

[Section1Guy]

Anywhere near Citi Field would be just as perfect as South Bronx. You lose Metro-North access, but driving, subway access is basically the same for everyone. That's why they're the two best locations. South Queens, Brooklyn, Westchester, Jersey, or Long Island are all no-gos in terms of broad access.

 

[FredMertz]

I think NYCFC is going to be in Yankee Stadium for some time and I don't really find that to be an issue.

I think the medium-term issue for Yankee Stadium (my preferred site/neighborhood being in southern Westchester) is that, although the bad seats are not much worse than the bad seats at a SSS, the good seats are much, much worse. I bought tickets in 127a and was later told by someone who knows the stadium well that I am going to hate them for soccer.

I believe that after the first season (or maybe even after the first few games), a lot of people in the Category 1, 2 & 3 sections along the third base line are going to want to downgrade their seats to behind the goals. This could create an income problem for the team.

I'm thinking of the Islanders during their darkest days (i.e. any time before this year). They sold the highest rows in the upper deck for $10 or so, so you would go to the game and the first 15 rows would be nearly empty, with the last 15 jam-packed.

 

[whill4]

I don't think that the atmosphere is based on sections being far away from the field as much as the amount of people in the stadium. When I was at football games at Yankee Stadium (has the same distance from field and awkward viewing angles) the place was rocking, because there was 48000+ in the stadium. Also those games had really passionate fan bases. We just need that: people and passion.

But that's 48,000 people. This will be 28k in a 50k stadium. And that's assuming we sell out every game. Which we most likely won't. On really crummy days the attendance may even be closer to 15k. And everyone will be pretty spread out.

I think Third Rail have their work cut out for them.

 

[Buckley]

lafc will have a sss before us...smh

 

[danger]

@whill4 @LionNYC Yeah, I am concerned that it will be less like the sell-out crowd at last week's Penn State/Boston College bowl game (I wasn't there, but you could hear it from blocks away) and more like 20,000 people at a Revs game in the "cavernous" 68,000 capacity Gillette Stadium, with all of the crowd noise swallowed up into the sky.

@Buckley Who knows, maybe South Boston will also have a stadium before NYC does?

 

[LionNYC]

@danger I was at the Penn State/Boston College bowl game and it was amazing. It was also in the 50s in December which made it quite incredible. Yankee Stadium people say you really need the first two tiers to be filled to get the effect of being at Yankee Stadium and also have it look good on tv. They're putting NYCFC Tarp behind home plate since those sections aren't being used. They really should do that in the upper tiers as well and maybe some of the sections in the 2nd tier that are empty.

 

[MagnusPax]

@danger I was at the Penn State/Boston College bowl game and it was amazing. It was also in the 50s in December which made it quite incredible. Yankee Stadium people say you really need the first two tiers to be filled to get the effect of being at Yankee Stadium and also have it look good on tv. They're putting NYCFC Tarp behind home plate since those sections aren't being used. They really should do that in the upper tiers as well and maybe some of the sections in the 2nd tier that are empty.

Sorry but you know what tarps remind me of?

 

[LionNYC]

Sorry but you know what tarps remind me of?

I'd rather look at tarp than empty seats in the upper levels. Here's a better example.

 

[MagnusPax]

I hear you, but that is traditionally what MLS fans think of nowadays when teams have to tarp. And the As example isn't any better.

 

[NYCFCFan10]

Meh, I'm fine with the tarp in this case.

 

[LionNYC]

MLS fans also don't think of a team playing in a baseball stadium, so I think NYCFC can get creative with the venue.

 

[CP_Scouse]

MLS fans also don't think of a team playing in a baseball stadium, so I think NYCFC can get creative with the venue.

this is what happens when someone says "let them be creative"

 

[LionNYC]

@CP_Scouse touché

But that's not being creative, that's just plagiarism and not being honest with citing one's sources.

 

[MagnusPax]

this is what happens when someone says "let them be creative"

Are you referencing the eventual merchandise or awkwardness of the presentation? I think NYCFC has cornered the "lets everyone feel awkward at events" already.

 

[LionNYC]

I wish I could have been at the event. I felt awkward watching the video on YouTube, not even live-streaming.

 

[einwindir]

I wish I could have been at the event. I felt awkward watching the video on YouTube, not even live-streaming.

The best part of the event was the meetup hosted by Brown Bag SC afterward. And also being able to catch up with other members at Terminal 5. The "show" itself was a bomb.

 

[franchise646]

view for the 4 train stop at Yankees Stadium

 

[CP_Scouse]

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view for the 4 train stop at Yankees Stadium

is that where the stadium would go?

 

[Drainyoo]

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view for the 4 train stop at Yankees Stadium

I doubt that they would build in place of those public fields. During the summer they're always packed with little league teams playing. I wouldn't want NYCFC to take that away from the community.

 

[CP_Scouse]

NYCFC should just replace one of the old piers on the west side. or maybe a pier in brooklyn. it cant be hard to make a pier, the city has 100+