Soccer-specific_stadium

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Soccer-specific stadium Soccer-specific stadium Soccer-specific stadium (or football-specific stadium) is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada, coined by Lamar Hunt, to refer to a sports stadium whose primary purpose is to host association football matches. An SSS may host other events such as other sporting events (mostly lacrosse, gridiron football and rugby football), and concerts, but the design and purpose of an SSS is centered on soccer. These venues tend to be located in the suburbs outside the city limits instead of in the city itself, with the current exceptions of Columbus, Ohio and Toronto. Some facilities (namely Toyota Park, Pizza Hut Park, and Columbus Crew Stadium) have a permanent stage at one end of the stadium used for the express purpose of staging concerts. A SSS typically has amenities, dimensions and scale suitable for soccer in North America, including a scoreboard, video screen, luxury suites and possibly even a roof. The field dimensions are within the range found optimal by FIFA — 110-120 yards (100-110m) long by 70-80 yards (64-75m) wide,[1] wider than the regulation American football field width of 53⅓ yards. Lastly, the seating capacity is generally small enough to provide an intimate setting, between 18,000 - 30,000 for a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise, or between 5,000 - 15,000 for a franchise in the United Soccer Leagues (whose attendance is subject to more variation), as opposed to the much larger American football stadiums in which most MLS teams were compelled to play at the league’s inception (generally 60,000 - 80,000). The seating capacity for USL Premier Development League fields ranges from 1,000-5,000. The first major SSS in Canada is BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario. The term "football-specific stadium" is sometimes used in countries where the sport is known as football, although it is not as common in countries where football is the dominant sport and thus football-specific stadia are quite common, or in countries where baseball is dominant (Far East, Central America and the Caribbean). The term tends to have a slightly different meaning in these countries, usually referring to a stadium without an athletic track surrounding the pitch. List of soccer-specific stadiums Major League Soccer (MLS) Current MLS stadiums * = projected Proposed soccer-specific stadiums United Soccer Leagues (USL) Current USL stadiums Proposed soccer-specific stadiums Other soccer-specific stadiums Past soccer-specific stadiums See also • List of American soccer stadia by capacity • List of Canadian soccer stadia by capacity • List of football (soccer) stadiums by capacity • Major League Soccer stadiums • Women’s Professional Soccer stadiums Notes and references [1] "Laws of the Game 2006" (PDF). FIFA. July 2006. p. 6. http://www.fifa.com/mm/ document/affederation/federation/ lotg2006_e_1581.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-06-22. Although the official Laws of the Game allow for pitches in adult matches to be 100-130 yards (90-120m) long by 50-100 yards (45-90m) wide, the more restrictive range is specified for international matches. [2] Also used by the Los Angeles Sol of Women’s Professional Soccer. [3] Also to be used by the Dallas Sting when they enter WPS in 2010. [4] Also used by the Chicago Red Stars of WPS. 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stadium Club(s) City Columbus, OH Carson, CA Soccer-specific stadium Capacity Opened Cost (Millions USD) 22,685 27,000 1999 2003 28.5 150 Columbus Crew Stadium Columbus Crew Home Depot Center Los Angeles Galaxy, CD Chivas USA[2] FC Dallas[3] Pizza Hut Park Toyota Park Dick’s Sporting Goods Park BMO Field Rio Tinto Stadium Red Bull Arena Chester Stadium New Kansas City Wizards stadium Frisco, TX 21,193 20,000 18,776 20,522 20,008 25,189 2005 2006 2007 2007 2008 2010* 80 98 130 62.5 115 220* 115* 130* Chicago Fire[4] Bridgeview, IL Colorado Rapids Toronto FC Real Salt Lake New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union[5] Kansas City Wizards Commerce City, CO Toronto, ON Sandy, UT Harrison, NJ Chester, PA Kansas City, MO ~18,500 2010* ~18,500 2011* [5] Also to be used by Philadelphia Independence, slated to enter WPS in 2010. [6] The stadium will also be used by Saint Louis Athletica of WPS. External links • BigSoccer, online community for fans Stadium discussions • Footballmatch Stadiumguide • World Stadiums 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Club(s) Proposed stadium Proposed sta- City of dium proposed capacity stadium Soccer-specific stadium Current Capacity of Stadium(s) current stadium RFK Memorial Stadium Buck Shaw Stadium; OaklandAlameda County Coliseum Robertson Stadium Stadium in current city D.C. United Prince Ge24,000-28,000 Prince George’s orge’s County SocCounty, cer Stadium MD San Jose New EarthEarthquakes quakes Stadium 15,000-18,000 San Jose, CA 24,603; full ca- Washington, pacity:56,692 DC 10,300; 47,416 Santa Clara, CA; Oakland, California Houston Dynamo New Dynamo Stadium 20,000-22,000 Houston, TX 32,000 Houston, TX Proposed Ottawa Soc- 20,000-30,000 Kanata, OtMLS Ottawa cer Stadium tawa, ON, Expansion Canada Team Proposed MLS St. Louis Expansion Team[6] Portland Timbers Collinsville Soccer Complex 18,500 Proposed N/A Expansion Team, no stadium yet N/A Collinsville, Proposed N/A IL Expansion Team, no stadium yet Portland, OR PGE Park Portland Timbers 19,566 N/A Renovated PGE Park 25,000 Portland, OR Burnaby, BC, Canada Vancouver Whitecaps 15,000-30,000; Gastown, Swangard MLS Expan- Waterfront 22,000-59,000 Downtown Stadium sion Team Stadium and Vancouver, Vancouver renovated BC, Whitecaps BC Place Canada (USL) Stadium 6,868 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stadium Lusitano Stadium Legion Stadium Ezell Park City Park Stadium Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Busch Field Club(s) Western Mass Pioneers Wilmington Hammerheads Nashville Metros Division City Second Second PDL Soccer-specific stadium Capacity Opened 3,000 5,300 1,317 1918 1930s? 1950s? 1970s? 1974 1984 Ludlow, MA Wilmington, NC Nashville, TN Westchester Flames PDL Puerto Rico Islanders Virginia Legacy William & Mary Tribe Central Florida Kraze First PDL NCAA PDL PDL First First PDL NCAA PDL PDL PDL First First First First New Rochelle, 1,845 NY Bayamon, PR 15,000 Williamsburg, 2,271 VA Lake Mary, FL 3,666(?) Virginia Beach, VA Charleston, SC Cary, NC 10,000 5,113 7,000 David Maus Soccer Complex 1995(?) 1999 1999 2002 Virginia Beach Sportsplex Hampton Roads Piranhas Blackbaud Stadium WakeMed Soccer Park Charleston Battery Carolina RailHawks Cary RailHawks U23’s NC State Wolfpack Carolina Dynamo Indiana Invaders El Paso Patriots Atlanta Silverbacks Macpherson Stadium Invaders Soccer Complex Patriot Stadium RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium Saputo Stadium National Sports Center Club(s) Greensboro, NC Mishawaka, IN El Paso, TX Atlanta, GA 1,600 4,985 3,000 3,000 2002 2004 2005 2006 2006 2008 1990 Rochester Rhinos Stadium Rochester Rhinos Montréal Impact Minnesota Thunder Division City PDL First Rochester, NY 13,500 Montreal, QC Blaine, MN 13,000 12,000 Current/Former Stadium Capacity Valley High School Football-Soccer Stadium Expansion Team, no stadium yet 8,300 N/A Des Moines Menace - Liberty Bank Stadium Tampa Bay Rowdies - Unnamed/Rowdies Stadium West Des Moines, IA Tampa, FL 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stadium King George V Park Club(s) National Stadium Memorial SeaHawks CASL teams Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine Various Memphis Tigers Various Seattle Sounders (alt.) Various Creighton Bluejays Various MSOE Raiders Various Rutgers Scarlet Knights Sky Blue FC Club(s) Bethlehem Steel S.C. Fall River Marksmen Fall River F.C. City Bethlehem, Pennsylvania North Tiverton, Rhode Island 15,000 Division City Soccer-specific stadium Capacity Opened 10,000 1925 CONCACAF St. John’s, CIS NL CASL NCAA Local NCAA Local USL-1 PCSL NCAA Local NCAA Local NCAA WPS Raleigh, NC WRAL Soccer Center Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium Mike Rose Soccer Complex Starfire Sports Complex 3,200 1990s 2000 Waipiʻo, HI 4,500 Memphis, TN Tukwila, WA 2,500 2,000 2001 2002 Morrison Stadium Uihlein Soccer Park Yurcak Field Omaha, NE 6,000 Milwaukee, 7,000 WI Piscataway, 5,000 NJ 2003 1994 1994 Stadium Bethlehem Steel Athletic Field Mark’s Stadium Capacity Opened Years Used 1913 1922 Status Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer-specific_stadium" Categories: Football (soccer) venues, Soccer venues in Canada, Soccer venues in the United States, Football (soccer) terminology, Lists of football (soccer) stadiums, Lists of buildings and structures in the United States, Lists of buildings and structures in Canada This page was last modified on 19 May 2009, at 20:14 (UTC). 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