2016 - 2017 Football Thread - Page 234

The Portland Timbers are moving forward with a privately funded $50 million stadium expansion plan that would add four new levels and approximately 4,000 new seats to the east side of Providence Park.

The Timbers, who unveiled a rendering of their expansion design Wednesday, have been in active discussions with the City of Portland as they've zeroed in on a viable plan and are set to submit their proposal to the City's Design Commission this week.

"We felt it was imperative to see how we could transform the stadium and add capacity to both meet the demand that we have for tickets and also position the club to be viable and competitive for years to come," Timbers President of Business Mike Golub said. "That has been the impetus for this process, which we hope is beginning to reach fruition."

The Timbers have been looking at ways to expand seating capacity at Providence Park for more than a year as they strive to meet demand for tickets - the club has 13,000 fans on its season ticket waiting list - and keep up with growing stadium capacity across MLS.

The design calls for the construction of four new levels and a larger roof on the east side of the city-owned Providence Park, as well as the widening of the sidewalk and a covered arcade on SW 18th Ave. The first level of the new section will include enclosed club seating, the second and third levels will be for general seating and the fourth level will be for group seating that can be reserved by companies and large groups. There will be stairs and two high speed elevators leading up to the new levels.

No existing seats will be impacted by the new construction, except in that the new roof will cover more seats on the east side of the stadium. All of the new levels will also have their own concession stands, bars and bathrooms.

While the project is a considerable investment, it will be 100 percent privately financed by the Timbers and the club believes that it will ultimately be economically beneficial for the City of Portland, which collects a tax on every ticket the Timbers sell.

On April 27 2017 16:33 Pandemona wrote:
Both barca and real winning with huge score lines and Real made 9 changes in theirs, not sure how many changes Barca made but wow....

Spurs 40 yard shot beating keeper for Palace the difference in there game which was annoying T_T
Arsenal win by an own goal and Middlesborough beat Sunderland at home to condone Sunderland to bottom of the league.

On April 27 2017 16:33 Pandemona wrote:
Both barca and real winning with huge score lines and Real made 9 changes in theirs, not sure how many changes Barca made but wow....

Spurs 40 yard shot beating keeper for Palace the difference in there game which was annoying T_T
Arsenal win by an own goal and Middlesborough beat Sunderland at home to condone Sunderland to bottom of the league.