| Jason Levien and DC United 12:34 - Mar 1 with 5685 views | NeiltheTaylor |
Heard an interesting slot on the radio last night about how DC United now have approval for their purpose built stadium and Levien featured prominently. The piece both praised his apparent focus in getting things achieved (leading efforts through difficult legal loopholes, financing etc.), while also being slightly critical of the compromises which had to be made (stadium not quite being "world class").
The biggest beef seems to be that 'tailgate parties' will no longer allowed in the parking lot, it seems because they have plans for the commercial development of the surrounding area.
Interesting insight into how they might view development of our stadium if they secure n agreement with the council anyway
http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2017/2/28/14764426/d-c-united-finally-has-a-stadi
http://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2017/02/27/dc-united-stadium-groundbreaking-buzz [Post edited 1 Mar 2017 12:38]
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| Joe_bradshaw -I thought the cryochamber was the new name for Cardiff's stadium.
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| Jason Levien and DC United on 12:48 - Mar 1 with 5609 views | Banosswan |
$300 million dollars! |  |
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| Jason Levien and DC United on 12:52 - Mar 1 with 5587 views | NeiltheTaylor |
| Jason Levien and DC United on 12:48 - Mar 1 by Banosswan |
$300 million dollars! |
I imagine a fair chunk of that is Washington DC real estate. | |
| Joe_bradshaw -I thought the cryochamber was the new name for Cardiff's stadium.
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| Jason Levien and DC United on 12:58 - Mar 1 with 5554 views | NeiltheTaylor |
"Audi Field" one of the biggest stadium naming rights in MLS:
"The team did not announce the terms of the sponsorship deal, but it is apparently over 10 years long and is one of the richest deals in the league. According to reporting from the SportsBusiness Journal, that number is around $4M per year, which is double what San Jose Earthquakes got for their Avaya Stadium deal. This would place the deal in the top two or three in the league, with LAFC’s deal the largest."
http://www.blackandredunited.com/stadium-news/2017/2/15/14622770/buzzard-point-s [Post edited 1 Mar 2017 13:00]
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| Joe_bradshaw -I thought the cryochamber was the new name for Cardiff's stadium.
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| Jason Levien and DC United on 13:13 - Mar 1 with 5514 views | Banosswan |
| Jason Levien and DC United on 12:58 - Mar 1 by NeiltheTaylor |
"Audi Field" one of the biggest stadium naming rights in MLS:
"The team did not announce the terms of the sponsorship deal, but it is apparently over 10 years long and is one of the richest deals in the league. According to reporting from the SportsBusiness Journal, that number is around $4M per year, which is double what San Jose Earthquakes got for their Avaya Stadium deal. This would place the deal in the top two or three in the league, with LAFC’s deal the largest."
http://www.blackandredunited.com/stadium-news/2017/2/15/14622770/buzzard-point-s [Post edited 1 Mar 2017 13:00]
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The audi liberty?
Nah, sounds too much like a family saloon. | |
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| Jason Levien and DC United on 13:32 - Mar 1 with 5451 views | jacabertawe |
| Jason Levien and DC United on 13:13 - Mar 1 by Banosswan |
The audi liberty?
Nah, sounds too much like a family saloon. |
It would hardly be "Audi" AND "Liberty"! |  |
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| Jason Levien and DC United on 13:36 - Mar 1 with 5437 views | Banosswan |
| Jason Levien and DC United on 13:32 - Mar 1 by jacabertawe |
It would hardly be "Audi" AND "Liberty"! |
D'ya think? | |
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| Jason Levien and DC United on 13:36 - Mar 1 with 5437 views | Ebo |
| Jason Levien and DC United on 12:58 - Mar 1 by NeiltheTaylor |
"Audi Field" one of the biggest stadium naming rights in MLS:
"The team did not announce the terms of the sponsorship deal, but it is apparently over 10 years long and is one of the richest deals in the league. According to reporting from the SportsBusiness Journal, that number is around $4M per year, which is double what San Jose Earthquakes got for their Avaya Stadium deal. This would place the deal in the top two or three in the league, with LAFC’s deal the largest."
http://www.blackandredunited.com/stadium-news/2017/2/15/14622770/buzzard-point-s [Post edited 1 Mar 2017 13:00]
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Be more like Pinetree park or Ron Skinner stadium :) |  |
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| Jason Levien and DC United on 13:44 - Mar 1 with 5402 views | waynekerr55 |
| Jason Levien and DC United on 13:36 - Mar 1 by Ebo |
Be more like Pinetree park or Ron Skinner stadium :) |
It certainly would be if the clown Dineen continues to head up the commercial side of the club  |  |
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| Jason Levien and DC United on 15:49 - Mar 1 with 5212 views | Clinton |
You can build in the ability to easily increase capacity. Derby did it with Pride Park (iPro stadium). Middlesbrough at the Riverside.Both started at about 30 k, increased to about 34k at the cost of about 5 million quid, and as I understand it could easily go to 40k by raising the roof and adding rows of seats. The flexibility was designed in at the start. The design concept pre-dated the construction of the Liberty. [Post edited 1 Mar 2017 15:51]
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| Jason Levien and DC United on 15:50 - Mar 1 with 5207 views | Loyal |
Well, we have already seen how he gets through legal loopholes. |  |
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| Jason Levien and DC United on 19:11 - Mar 1 with 4950 views | whiterock |
Brighton had a 22,000 seater stadium built in 2011 will plans to easily expand, its now 30,000, Last time I went to MK Dons, the stadium had a ring of concreted sleepers above already for seats as an when they needed them, I noticed they were used for the rugby World Cup | | | |
| Jason Levien and DC United on 01:09 - Mar 2 with 4761 views | EasternJack |
| Jason Levien and DC United on 19:11 - Mar 1 by whiterock |
Brighton had a 22,000 seater stadium built in 2011 will plans to easily expand, its now 30,000, Last time I went to MK Dons, the stadium had a ring of concreted sleepers above already for seats as an when they needed them, I noticed they were used for the rugby World Cup |
F@ck mk dons |  |
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| Jason Levien and DC United on 06:56 - Mar 2 with 4690 views | Dr_Winston |
| Jason Levien and DC United on 15:49 - Mar 1 by Clinton |
You can build in the ability to easily increase capacity. Derby did it with Pride Park (iPro stadium). Middlesbrough at the Riverside.Both started at about 30 k, increased to about 34k at the cost of about 5 million quid, and as I understand it could easily go to 40k by raising the roof and adding rows of seats. The flexibility was designed in at the start. The design concept pre-dated the construction of the Liberty. [Post edited 1 Mar 2017 15:51]
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At the time 20,000 was deemed big enough and at the time it was. We had been to Wembley twice in the ten years prior to its construction and taken well short of that figure each time. Nobody could realistically have envisioned the ride we've been on since we moved into the place.
You can argue the toss about whether it should have been constructed in the way you describe (and I have in the past) but those additional costs would have made construction less likely. Ironically we might have been better off building it with a smaller initial capacity and using the money spared to make sure it could be expanded with ease in the future. |  |
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