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[Football] Orlando City's new home
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Worried Man Blues
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Do they have a drum?
thedonkeycentrehalf
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Not a chance - half of those people should have left 10 minutes before the end to get their bus or train according to some on here.
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Looks like a proper football ground
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Asked this question the other week on another thread (but never went back to see if it was answered): funny how Americans don't seem remotely bothered about having a roof over seating.
You'd never build a stadium- or at least the seated part of one- without a roof here. Perhaps not even terracing. Washington DC gets some absolutely Baltic weather at times, so it seems odd that they'd stick a load of seats in a new stadium (as per plenty of American football stadiums too) without cover.
Ironically, the Orlando one is all covered, in a far nicer climate, yet in DC, they're leaving bits open to the elements. Different viewing mentality to here, eh?
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Even at this time of year, there'll be days where it's nudging c30 degrees in Orlando when they play mid-afternoon. i'd certainly want a roof between me and the sun for 2 hours or so of football watching!
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Yep, but equally, I'd probably quite like one in DC when it's -10C and snowing horizontally. Yet if you look at (American) football stadiums in places like Green Bay, Chicago and Cincinnatti, they're quite happy to get rained/ snowed/ hailed on.
To be pedantic - if it's snowing horizontally, would a roof help?
I bid this this job and got some insulation work for the company I was with at the time. Las Vegas was really pushing for an expansion team also but couldn't come up with funds for a stadium. It wouldn't have needed a roof to keep out the rain either...
DavePage
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would have to change our colours
Could have a quietly singing small flag waving area, I guess
As the season is March to October I guess the thinking is they'll miss most of the biblical weather.
Evening kick offs would take the edge off the oppressive heat and humidity of the Summer.
To your point though, for American football, teams are only home for 8 games, less if they are scheduled over here.
The fans will pretty much endure any weather as it's so few times a year.
Whereas the reverse is true for baseball, they have approx 57,926 home games a season, morning, noon and night, so they can scoop up thousands of floating 'hey let's pop along to the Nats' fans.
DC has been crying out for a stadium if 'soccer' were to get a foothold in the city.
They currently play at RFK, similar to Fulham playing their home games in the final days of the old Wembley Stadium.
This new build, round the corner from the baseball, ought to really boost the sport in the city.
Indeed. A nice comfy seat and a receptacle for a glass and another for a bottle of wine - NOW you're talking.
worthingseagull
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During times of upset or tension I can see those beer holders being 'removed' and lobbed
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
These are Americans you know not English world championship plastic chair throwing fat middle aged fans.
Much more likely to just pull out a colt45 or Uzi
It comes down to cost. DC United had started off with plans that made their new stadium look like a scaled down version of the new White Hart Lane and seem to be ending up with something a bit like a bigger version of Colchester's new stadium.
Well that, and the fact that the MLS season is played through the summer. Only proper sweltering places like Dallas and Orlando are in need of a roof really. It gets hot in Washington of course, but not so hot that 90 minutes of watching football is that unbearable.