Kinda feel bad for the A's. The Warriors and Raiders up and leave the complex, and all that's left is a baseball team with the worst makeshift stadium in the league. That's got to be depressing playing home games there with crowds smaller than minor league games
The worst part that before renovations it was one of the best ballparks in the league. The Raiders forced Oakland to ruin the stadium, then almost immediately started threatening to leave unless they got a new one. Meanwhile, the A's aren't getting much help because the city is STILL paying off the renovations.
Still, considering how the A's are averaging less than 3000 fans a game, and the success the Raiders and Knights are having in Vegas, I think the Athletics join there sooner than later
Demolished stadiums always makes me think of when they announced they were going to destroy the silver dome where the lions used to play. They set the date and had live footage and when they went to blow it all up...the damn explosives didn't work. Even when the lions hadn't played there for over a decade, the silver dome still was the home of failure
Cleveland in a dome makes a ton of sense. Apparently part of the reason their QBs have never been elite is the winds off of Lake Erie messing with their accuracy, though that hasn't stopped Browns QBs from sucking as much on the road as they usually do at home.
I always liked that baseball has stadiums that go back a century like Fenway and Wrigley that ownerships groups have dedicated to renovating and preserving, rather than replacing. Heck, the Monster seats weren't even added until 2003, and Wrigley didn't even have lights for night games until the late 80's!
Even in the 1980s people in the neighborhood didn't want Wrigley to have lights for the nighttime games. Eventually a compromise was struck and that the Cubs still play a lion's share of games in the daytime to this day. Same with the rooftop bleachers when the 1060 Project saw Wrigley undergo it's major structural overhaul.
I disagree. Fenway Park and Wrigley Field should have been replaced a long time ago. Many of the stadiums built at the same time as those ballparks were torn down over 50 or 60 years ago, replaced by ill-suited multipurpose stadiums (for both baseball and football) in the 60's and 70's that subsequently have been demolished and replaced by modern facilities.
Arrowhead and Kaufman stadiums have such unique, modern and enduring architecture I would hate to see them go....but understand how age has become a major issue. I remember in the 70s how absolutely peaceful and comforting it was to watch a game at Royal Stadium, with the fountain, the open field beyond, and before being so junked up with advertisements, etc.
Both KC stadiums were renovated recently. I live here and love both stadiums and they are in great shape. The area around never did develop but fans go to games and use the space for grilling and tailgating.
I agree with many of my fellow Royals fans that we don't need a new stadium. If built in downtown KC many fans won't go. The new ownership group should focus on building a winning franchise.
As a KC fan who goes down to arrowhead once a year, I get that the stadium is old. But replacing it would feel like taking such a massively essential part of the team. It’s an absolutely DAUNTING place to play. Good luck replacing it with something better.
I'm not from there but I hear you. You know where else used to be a DAUNTING place to play? The Actual Orange Bowl in Central Miami. The Hurricanes haven't been the same since. The Dolphins Stadium is like 30 minutes from campus. Chiefs should think long and hard before moving.
Unfortunately the NFL and team owners define better differently then fans. Gotta get them luxury suites, after holding cities hostage with the threat of moving away and getting tax payers to foot the bill.
Royals move downtown, they tear down Kauffman and build new Arrowhead in it's place, that is likely what it's going to take for KCMO to keep the Chiefs.
@@User31129 Kansas City, KS is just about 30 minutes from current Arrowhead. The big factor is there are hotels and lots of entertainment right in that area, and it's growing quite a bit too, so the Chiefs could get a new stadium with all the infrastructure already in-place.
Not a Washington fan but lord do I wish they'd play at the old RFK location. It's appropriately placed, fitting in perfectly with the geometric 18th century design of DC and providing neat aerial shots too! Also, I'm a big fan of teams that actually play in the city they represent.
I also appreciate when teams play for the cities they represent. The Carolina panthers stadium is very underrated. It is literally in the middle of uptown Charlotte and is a nice stadium with above average capacity. It is also very steep so no matter where you sit you get a great view
I'm glad that the Eagles still play in South Philadelphia (after moving there with the Phillies in 1971), yet while Jeffrey Lurie had the site selected (an abandoned food distribution center on Darien Street and Pattison Avenue east of the old Spectrum), the Phillies almost railroaded the Eagles as the former wanted to put their new stadium in Chinatown north of the Vine Street Expressway (I-676) and local opposition nearly forced the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to cancel the proposals unless the Phillies built their new stadium in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. Thankfully the Phillies did comply, because had they did not, the Eagles would have either relocated to either New Jersey or Delaware, or even left the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area altogether and relocated to Los Angeles (with the latter causing the same uproar that happened when the bankrupted former owner Leonard Tose almost sold the team to a group of businessmen from Arizona that would have taken the team to Phoenix).
I think I heard that the Olympic games about 20 years ago or so in Athens actually used a stadium structure that was used during the original games back more than 2000 years ago.
Terry Donahue Pavilion, it's luxury boxes and club seats gave Rose Bowl an extended life as a college stadium for UCLA and the yearly game, but it's definitely not NFL quality to this day.
over 100 years ago they were making baseball stadiums that lasted at least 80 years hell some are still standing, it's crazy how these teams need new stadiums after 20-25 years
(average NFL owner)..."I WANNA BRAND NEW STADIUM EACH YEAR!!! FOR FREE!!! AND IF I DON'T GET IT I'LL HOLD MY BREATH UNTIL I TURN BLUE AND MOVE THE TEAM!!! WHAAAAAAAAA!"
Fenway and Wrigley have each had hundreds of millions of dollars worth of renovations in the past 15-20 years, and while that has kept them usable and modernized them in a lot of ways, in other ways their age will always be apparent. It's not as if these 100 year old stadiums lasted this long on their own.
What Snyder is doing is done by cities when they want to knock down historical sites, nature based negligence basically ignoring upkeep to drive down the value and usefulness of the venue to force the local municipalitys hand in knocking it down and in Snyders case under the threat of relocation of the redacteds to a new market entirely. Regarding the location, the redacteds had a prime opportunity to go back to the site of RFK and build a new stadium. Unfortunately Snyder likes money and decided to play DC, MD and VA off of each other for funds until he pissed off the most powerful mayor in the US Muriel Bowser. Maryland basically dedicated themselves to the Ravens so that leaves Virginia. My guess is that Snyder is eyeing the Sterling site. While 45 minutes away from DC It sits in Loudon County which is both the fastest growing and wealthiest county in the United States. It also has Dulles Airport.......which sucks but if the Redacteds move there it might help them rival Reagan and BWI
You think Dulles doesn't rival Reagan or BWI? Basing off 2019 numbers cause they stopped making sense after. Reagan served 23.9 million passengers. Dulles 24.8 million. And BWI 26.9 million. Dulles is already holding it's own against them. Note* Not a Dulles fan boy. I fly out of BWI cause I'm cheap and fly Spirit.
I have been to Dulles a couple times, if that's the case, their could be a metro station to the commanders stadium like the metro has a station to the Washington baseball team
The Rays argument is largely between St Pete (current location) and Tampa where it should actually be. Look at the Lightning in Channelside, they sell out constantly. St Pete is just hard to access for the majority of Bay Area residents
I used to mock Rays fans all the time until I actually met someone from the area who enlightened my dumb ass into why the Trop is so terribly attended. a huge part is that it is a nightmare to travel to the Trop if you live in Tampa. Even people who live in St. Pete's have told me how much of a pain in the ass it is to get to the Trop. Just seems like very little logistical thought went into building it in the first place. Damn shame really b/c the Rays fans i know are really dedicated. Plus they have that stingray tank which is cool
Seeing videos on demolished stadiums reminds me of my hometown abandoned stadium, Old Cardinal stadium in Louisville Ky It was demolished in 2019 and I’m really sad it was. Yes it was old, abandoned, and rotting away but my god it was iconic, even though I never got to go for it
I still remember the day that Tiger Stadium in Detroit was demolished in 2009. Wrigley Field and Fenway Park are the same age, and those towns found ways to keep history alive. Comerica Park is pretty sweet but that's beside the point.
I was stationed in Hawaii from 2020-2022 and absolutely loved driving by the stadium by the H1-H3-H201 interchange. Truly a beautiful stadium and one of the most historic, for rather unorthodox reasons too. It’s an absolute shame to see it go, but it had to. It’s in very poor shape today, an alarming amount of the metal supports to the stands and other parts of the stadium are badly corroding due to the rainforest-level precipitation. It’s sad, but it’s necessary to replace it.
There's a lot of stuff that went into that happening. You had teams moving to the West Coast in the 50s, which lead to new stadiums being built and old ones torn down. Then in the 60s and 70s you had the "multipurpose stadiums"-cities decided that rather than build a new football _and_ baseball stadium, they'd build one that could handle both sports. They were OK, I guess, for football, but it made watching a baseball game a lousy experience. What's more, many of these "cookie-cutter" stadiums looked almost identical, so if you turned on a baseball game, you couldn't be entirely sure if it was in Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, or St. Louis without seeing which team was wearing their home uniforms. Fortunately, a couple of decades later they finally figured out that a multipurpose stadium didn't make anybody happy and they started building sports-specific facilities, so now only (I think) Oakland and Toronto have multi-use stadiums, but the Rogers Centre in Toronto is really cleverly designed so when it's used for baseball it feels like a baseball-only facility, and there currently isn't a football team that calls it home. But all this switching around means that fans in most cities have come to expect a brand new stadium every generation. Don't get me wrong-they'll bitch about the cost, but they still want a new stadium.
Owners love good looking state of the art stadiums but don’t want to pay for it or any upgrades. They’ll moan about moving until someone gives in. People will vote for it if the team is good or beloved. As an example, Green Bay and Wisconsin would build a new stadium from scratch if need be.
As someone who lives in Charlotte, I feel like it is getting close to being a lock for the Panthers to move to San Antonio. I think David Tepper intended for the headquarters project in South Carolina to stall no matter what as a way to have leverage to get a new stadium in Charlotte. However, I think he underestimates support in the city, especially in the form of a half cent sales tax. Maybe he knows this already and the intention all along has been to get the team to San Antonio.
@@TOTN17 the MLS team prevents many aspects of the lawsuit at Louis brought against the rams for leaving their stadium empty. If anything, the MLS team just gives Tepper more fire power. The stadium and city and too "crowded".
I knew the Trop would be number 1 lol. I hope we get a new stadium in the Ybor neighborhood. Something with a modern interior but a facade that looks like it came from the 1910s. Also, Arrowhead is on my NFL stadium bucketlist. It would be a crime if they demolished it. It's mid-century curves are more aesthetically pleasing than Lambeau, imo.
I wonder if they have looked at options to make the trop less warehouse like inside? The entire wall behind the outfield fence should be renovated to glass or even made to open up like as done in Miami. Build a plaza out that wall and make it part of the stadium experience.
I hope that even though it was mentioned, the Royals don't leave Kauffmann Stadium. I've had the privilege of seeing the Royals play there and it is one of the most beautifully designed ballparks in the MLB. Renovate it all you want, but I feel the Royals should stay in Kauffmann.
when I was a kid, I loved seeing the water fountains whenever the Sox played the royals on TV (I grew up in Chicago). Would love to visit one day although it definitely appears as though time is running out
@Lighthouse in the Storm because there’s gonna be newer and state of the art stadium like SoFi Stadium. People aren’t gonna want to go to a stadium that’s in poor condition or has bad parking/commute like fedex field or even soldier field. Of course there’ll be old stadiums that won’t be going anywhere like Lambeau Field and Arrowhead but people are gonna be expecting a better experience when going to games from now on
I’d love to visit Highmark in Buffalo before it’s torn down. Fantastic atmosphere that won’t be able to be replicated as well at a new stadium. Same to be said for the Saddledome in Calgary. It’s such a cool venue that I need to visit before it closes.
I have been to two Bills games....froze my ass off the first time. The fans make it. It is a serviceable stadia, but there is no great view, no real urban feel (it is out in the edge of the metro and it is all but country) . The architecture is meh....but the fans make it fun. Great tailgate no matter the weather and on a clear day in the upper deck you can see Canada, where about 10 percent of the crowd is from. As for the Saddledome, weird roof means the upper deck view across is not really there as the roof dips with the clock/video screen. I know it is a fun building when the Flames are good though.
As a Chiefs fan it would be really sad to see Arrowhead go. It’s one of the few stadiums still not “modernized”, which I like. Lot of memories watching KC football in Arrowhead, I just hope we stay in Missouri!
Even when the A’s leave the Coliseum the Oakland Coliseum will still be there for many years afterwards. The Oakland may end up being like RFK stadium is now where there’s no clear date for when demolition will be
I think you missed a huge one, with Melnyk dead and new ownership on the way Ottawa has been saving a huge plot of land downtown for an arena. In fact the sens were supposed to be playing there by now everything was approved and shovels were about to hit the dirt, but then Melnyk fucked it all up. An announcement will be made about it in June so it might be closer to actually happening than any of the other honourable mentions here. When we built our light rail transit system we have 2 stops that were supposed to serve the arena but now service an empty field. Something big will be coming to that spot and everyone here thinks it's a stadium
And here we are two months later, and it's been announced as in the works. The Canadian Tire Centre is in such a remote part of town moving to the a more central ovation just makes sense.
I will confirm the rumor. Jags will be renovating. They had the stadium inspected and its primed to be renovated. Fan complaint number 1 is shading the east side of the Stadium for sure.
Theres not any really serious discussion about replacing First Energy, its probably just going to get another renovation. Carolina, and Tennessee are looking way more likely to be replaced right now based on recent news.
The Browns owners have actually been involved in a project to renovate the lakefront district in Cle, and local rumor is that they prefer a new stadium near the east side of downtown to open up more lakefront real estate
Minnesota here - I remember growing up with the Metrodome where both baseball and football were played. It smelled funny with moldy concrete and gray and white colors everywhere. Also at baseball games there was a huge 50 gap between third base and the sidelines. Some of the best nosebleed seats were 30 feet from the worst good seats. Just an all around goofy and stinky design since they were cramming a rectangle and a diamond into a giant square. Then we had a huge debate on whether we needed a new stadium and public funds should go toward it. Afterall, the Metrodome worked fine, didn't it? It turned out the answer we a huge YES. The new stadiums are so nice. It turned out we led sheltered lives throughout the 80s and 90s. It got so that it was harder to get minor league baseball tickets than Twins tickets. The Saint Paul Saints had a wonderful stadium! Each game was like a special event. (side note - if you remember the blowing up of disco records at Wrigley field - that guy who came up with that owned the Saints. He knew how to take care of fans and make the games fun!) After the opener at the Twins new stadium, nobody ever remembered what the Metrodome looked like.
I live in Wisconsin, but I love traveling to the Twin Cities. it truly is a great place. Target Field is FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. One of the most underrated ballparks in America. I haven't been to a Vikings game there, but man...U.S. Bank is such a huge upgrade from the Metrodome like you so brilliantly described lol. even the old TCF Bank Stadium where the Gophers play is pretty damn good for a school that's not known for having elite football teams year after year. Definitely was a great decision to destroy the Metrodome I have heard the ballpark where the Saints play is incredible too. The only thing i know about it though is the farmers' market lol
As a Chiefs fan I think they should stay at the current location because if they move down by the speedway there will be a lot of traffic from the near by shopping centers. Also the Royals should definitely not move to down town because traffic is even worse down there.
The Royals are taking a page out of the playbook that made ballparks like St. Louis, San Diego, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and San Francisco very popular in the 2000s-2010s. You're going to see less and less of ballparks like you have in KC and Milwaukee...which are absoltuely nice but off highways and in the middle of nowhere. Nowadays, people go to baseball games to see the ballparks and the area around them as opposed to the actual games lol. Downtown ballparks make a ton of money b/c of all the renewed interest to check out the restaurants and nightlife around the area i agree with you though...any ballpark in downtown is just a traffic nightmare. I remember visiting in San Francisco and walking to their ballpark. Absolutely gorgeous...but it was nice to walk by all the traffic and thank the Lord that i was not driving that day lol
3 problems with the Chiefs moving to Kansas. Coming from a non Chiefs fan in KC and not attacking just from what I’ve seen of the proposal these are the road blocks I see: 1. Chiefs fans complain about how far Arrowhead and Kauffman are from downtown as it is, there is nothing really out there besides the stadiums. Moving them to the speedway would be further away, and the same problem exist with where they are now, outside of the Speedway and Sporting KC there isn’t too much out there. 2. Kansas is dry on Sunday’s until 12. If you live by the state line you cross it constantly sometimes without knowing it and if you cross into Kansas they will not sell alcohol on game days before noon. 3. The money that the Chiefs bring in would be a major loss to the state, and cost the Chiefs money too because even though it wouldn’t be a super long move, it is going to another state with different tax codes and things we don’t think about. Missouri will basically give the Chiefs whatever they want because the Chiefs are just bigger than the Royals. I think they should try to get closer to downtown like the Royals are doing
Yeah, Michigan was dry before Noon on Sundays (and Thanksgiving Night and Christmas Night) until like 2011. It's a real backwards way of doing things. Not everyone is Christian or has kids. You legit couldn't go to a bar after having Thanksgiving dinner with your family, had to wait until Black Friday. I'm glad that's over with.
LOL. There is a hell of a lot more to do out at the Legends/Racetrack than there is at the stadiums current site. Everyone would pour out into the casino or Legends shopping center after each home game. And you better believe they would get rid of any restrictive alcohol laws in order to get the stadium.
A resident of KCMO will tell you that moving downtown is a bad idea because the traffic would be atrocious. It already is just trying to get into Arrowhead and the K
@@elibosley8413 Really wish KC would implement a light rail system just like St. Louis. Have it run all the way out to Johnson County that is. It'd be the only way to justify moving the K downtown.
Johnson County is actually one of the most overall weathist counties in the country (Mahome's mansion is in there), so thier plan is to use their excess tax revenue to outbid Kansas City itself to take the team from MO.
I like that last design concept for the Trop, almost looks like a tarp for a roof but then the open walls in the outfield that looks into the Bay is a nice touch.
The Titans stadium is looking more and more like it's being replaced soon. They released renderings a week or two ago with a price tag included. Nashville is definitely ready for the super bowl and final four
There's nothing wrong with Arrowhead; just keep it repaired and it will last another 50 years. Its location at the intersection of two major highways [I-70 and I-435] makes it fairly quick to get to from all parts of the metro, and there is lots of parking.
Don’t hold your breath for a new aloha stadium. I live 5 minutes from it, and I have been in Hawaii for 8 years. It has taken those 8 years to move the Honolulu rail about 3 miles and build 2 stations. So given that maybe aloha stadium 2.0 will be done by 2075.
If these stadiums were replaced by current stadiums, here are my thoughts Toyota Center < Gila River Arena NHL ready arena and former home of the Aeros Centre Videotron < Gila River Arena Same as the Toyota Center, home of the QMJHL Remparts Fedex Field < Audi Field Former home of the DC Defenders from the 2020 XFL SeatGeek Stadium While almost 20 years old, it's better than the dump in downtown Las Vegas Ballpark < Oakland Coliseum This or Cashman Field would be the best spot as a TEMPORARY stadium Sutter Health Park < Oakland Coliseum Fun fact there were plans to bring the A's to Sac Town in the 80s but plans fell through, again though this would just be temporary Childrens Mercy Park < GEHA Field If the KC Kansas stadium were to be built Mercy Park would be a good venue so the team could get used to the area Steinbrenner Field < Tropicana Field If the Rays need a better home, Steinbrenner Field in Tampa or BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater would be good temporary venues
I wish the Rays could build a new stadium where Steinbrenner Field is now, but I don't think the Yankees would go for it, and I'm not sure the site is big enough anyway. It would be a great location though.
As a Bears fan, I LOVE the idea of them moving out here to the suburbs, especially since the site is just a few miles off Interstate 90 and 290, so it's still a short commute from the city!
@@spike3082 what would work is a retractable roof, so a game could be played outdoors in the warmer months like September but close it if NFL ever decides to host the Super Bowl there
I think moving it to the suburbs is also very beneficial as the city is known for its revolutionary suburban sprawl in which I have lived my whole life.
The part that gets me about the Trop is that they built the ceiling too low! They have rings on the roof to indicate home run, ground rule double, and pop out.
Funny how this stadium was specially built to attract the White Sox or MLB Giants to relocate. That never happened. Even 30 years ago people knew playing 81 home games in Florida was a bad idea.
What's outdated about it? All the seats have great views of the field, the scoreboard is large and modern, there are lots of bathrooms and snack bars under the stands, and the huge parking lot holds all the cars and tailgaters.
@@DJ_afroASH Funny, I live 10 minutes from the Coliseum, and the only games I go to there are Giants games. But, then again, I also make the trek to 3rd and King a couple dozen times a season.
Baseball stadiums are the best looking stadiums by far. There’s no question at all. Other sports stadiums are just seats seats seats seats. Baseball stadiums have nice views in the outfield and they’re unique
Went to the Aloha bowl a couple weeks ago and it’s now used as restrooms for the flea market around the stadium and in the parking lot also for some reason the field is still somewhat maintained
If the Bears do build a new stadium at Arlington, the horse track will be greatly missed. Arguably one of the most beautiful grounds in the country, and the victim of shrewd business.
Agree, Arlington will be missed. I was 12 years old when I seen the great Secretariat run and win there. ChurchHill Downs had control over it's demise, as well as the state. Churchill didn't want to risk putting any other type of gambling at the track, as it is majority owner of Rivers Casino which I believe is in Des Plaines, Il. which is maybe a half hour drive from Arlington. Indeed a shrewd business.
UTree went in-depth and was fair with "The Trop," reminding people "Tampa Bay" isn't simply "Tampa" or "Hillsborough County" even though the Bucs and Lightning play there. The Rays are in "Tampa Bay" which has several definitions, but for sports is Tampa-St. Petersburg which are two cities in two counties across the actual Tampa Bay. Based on how people are moving, we'll have a third football team which will fit nicely behind the Bandits, we think Tampa Bay Jets might work because of our Air Force Base, New York people won't mind, they'll just move here. It'd make a lot more sense than moving the Rays. Anyways, as the UTree breakdown covers, we don't want to drive over an hour from where most people live to get in and out even for an afternoon game. Do it once, it SUCKS, you understand. One problem has been the Mayor of little St. Petersburg in coastal Pinellas County was been married to keeping the Rays in St. Pete at all illogical costs. Tampa-Hillsborough has great location ideas nearer to where people would like to see a game, but we also hate taxes, especially after the Bucs Stadium. We also don't like Stu Sternberg. How much we watch the team and we go all out for our other champions, who play in actual TAMPA, is obvious, we're watching. The Montreal misadventure didn't help and Manfred should be fired. If we get a Jeff Vinik (Lightning owner and major developer in down near Amalie Arena of the Lightning) atop the Rays with Jerry Jones's wallet and ego, we may get the Major League version, not A-Ball at Steinbrenner Field version, of the Tampa Yankees! Bronx hates you boys! Come share a stadium! Don't call Tampa fans apathetic, New York football fans are so embarrassed they barely let Buffalo stay in the state, atleast our are in Tampa... BAY!!!
It was a great idea to have the Rays play some home games in Montreal. The fans in Montreal are coming out to Exhibition games, plus an American League East team in Montreal has natural rivalries with Toronto and Boston, plus the Yankees in the same division.
The Roman Colosseum lasted for centuries, but the stadiums we build as a so called "advanced civilization" cannot last more than a few decades. Architects should be ashamed of themselves.
Yotes fan here and I'm happy we are leaving Glendale. Never should've went there from the start but it happened. I'm not happy about sharing with ASU and having a reduced stadium capacity because if it but would love it if we can get an arena built in Tempe. It's going to be hard trying to watch games the next few seasons....
Georgia Dome's weakness was exposed when a tornado hit the dome during the SEC basketball tournament and the remaining games had to played at Georgia Tech.
As someone who saw the last game at old Municipal Stadium and the first game at Arrowhead Stadium, I can state without reservation that leaving Arrowhead would be a MAJOR mistake by the Chiefs! Chiefs fans are used to going there, there is plenty of parking, easy egress in and out, the tailgating is 2nd to none, the sightlines are superb, the atmosphere is unmatched, the history of the facility is exceeded only by Lambeau Field in Green Bay, the area is safe, the infrastructure surrounding the facility is outstanding and the overall game experience is truly one of the best in pro football. Leaving Arrowhead for a facility on the Kansas side would be (IMO) an enormous mistake and I am a native of Kansas. If you want to spend money on a new stadium, think about saving a chunk of it by upgrading Arrowhead in various ways. Then if you're hell-bent on spending the other portion of the cash, maybe set up a fund that helps to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless and comforts the elderly. The Chiefs are a community-based team, so why not spend a large portion of any proceeds generated on those who are less-fortunate in the Kansas City Community. Who knows, those acts of benevolence might help the Chiefs pick up a few more die-hard fans. And in the court of public opinion, those acts of kindness would go a long way. Long Live the AFL!!!
Why not just build up the area around the sports complex. IMHO There are two hotels already there (one is closed) but add some family friendly events. The possibilities are endless
I'd disagree with the statement about the Rays not having a fanbase that cares about them. They have a fanbase -- it's just on the other side of the bay. If a suitable site on the Tampa side came to fruition, I think we'd see the team's average attendance go WAY up.
It's amazing how little time these stadiums last before they become "old." Other buildings last a long time and they remain standing while stadiums have to constantly get replaced.
If Dan Snyder has any say in the building of the Commanders' new stadium, it's virtually certain that traffic to the next stadium will suck because he doesn't mind thousands of fans stuck in traffic driving to his stadium, but he absolutely HATES people taking public transportation and NOT paying him parking fees. I suspect that the new stadium will indeed get built at Landover simply there aren't as many NIMBYs to fight. Sadly, I don't see the team moving back to DC unless someone replaces Dan Snyder as owner. Even so, it will be easier to deal with a place where there is ALREADY a stadium than fighting people who want to keep one out.
Gila River Arena is a good arena on the wrong side of the metro area. The population and money are on the East side and Glendale is on the West side. They get decent (not spectacular) crowds considering where the arena is. They're also loaded with draft picks in the upcoming draft and played fairly decent down the stretch. Ownership doesn't want to move because the area population is booming and a better product on the ice would get fans.
@@brycehoward4139 But the Clippers building their own arena isn't going to cause the abandonment of an older arena, being that Lakers and Kings (and Sparks) also play at the arena and aren't moving anytime soon.
Soldier Field would likely remain as an active stadium once the Bears leave. This is because Chicago Fire of MLS currently use it as their home stadium due to the majority of their fan base living in the downtown area and fans not wanting to travel to SeatGeek Stadium out in Bridgeview 12 miles away. The stadium will likely become soccer specific and capacity reduced once the Bears leave in 2026.
Does anybody know why the Coyotes can't just relocate back to the Footprint Center in Phoenix where the Suns play and share it? I believe they played there for the first several years when they relocated and most NBA and NHL teams share stadiums anyway. It also isn't "basketball specific" like the Barclays Center in Brooklyn is (and even then, the Islanders were still able to relocate there for a couple years, albeit with bad dimensions and sight lines).
Not only is footprint center a basketball specific venue. You have to remember that suns have the right to say they don’t want to share an arena with other tenants. Especially since the suns just recently renovated the entire building to be even more basketball specific.
I believe the sun's said they didn't want them that's why they went to ASU instead. As a yotes fan I'm not particularly happy about it but I'm hoping we can get an arena built in Tempe
The Tennessee Titans are also looking to replace Nissan Stadium. They say a new stadium would cost taxpayers less in the long run versus renovating the current one. Both Nashville's mayor and state lawmakers sound on board.
Makes me feel good with our stadium situations in Houston. Minute Maid Park is 22, NRG Stadium turns 20 this year, Toyota Center will be 20 next year and PNC Stadium will turn 10 this year. So the only thing on the horizon for all of them is renovations to keep them as modern as possible.
But Houston still can't figure out what to do with Minute Maid/NRG's predecessor, the once-Eighth Wonder of the World, the Astrodome. At least Toyota Center's predecessor, Compaq Center/The Summit, has been repurposed as Lakewood Church.
@@gregsells8549 Here's an idea. The Astrodome can be remade into the new Houston Texans practice facility and Harris County's High School football stadium for every team that needs the facility. A win win for both
The NHL's insistence with keeping the Coyotes in the Phoenix market is something else. Building the arena in Glendale was a mistake from day 1. Glendale never negotiated in good faith and what fanbase the team has is mostly located on the other side of town anyways, making getting to the games a chore. Phoenix is also a very fair weather sports market as it is with a lot of transplants who keep their old team loyalties. That's on top of the organization's ownership and competence issues. Just an all around mess.
This team should've been relocated a long time ago to Quebec City, but Canada will never receive a new franchise (through expansion or relocation) ever again as long as Gary Bettman is calling the shots. He still can't stomach the fact that no one wanted to keep the Thrashers in Atlanta and reluctantly approved their move to Winnipeg. And a potential move of the Coyotes to Quebec City will cause a lot of headaches when it comes to division and conference realignment as the Red Wings refuse to move back to the Central Division and the Canadiens and Maple Leafs will also have issues with another Canadian team entering their Atlantic Division
@@willp.8120 Canadians just want to blame Bettman for everything-they could thank him for *not* fighting for Atlanta the way he fights for Phoenix, and for bringing NHL hockey back to a small-market, minor-league sized arena in Winterpeg. But nah, they'd rather just whine and complain that NHL teams still exist in the southern US 🙄
I don't get why stadiums keep getting built way out in the burbs. There is no way the Commies new stadium should be built in Dumfries or the Bears new stadium in Arlington Heights or the Chiefs new stadium in Kansas
Soldier Field being a tolerance is a good way to explain that situation, can't wait until they move. It's like they squeezed a stadium inside the columns.
Can’t believe the titans stadium didn’t make the list at all. They are moving quickly to push through a new roofed stadium. Rumor is that they want it open by 2026 to have a shot at the World Cup. They even did a first rendering of the area around a new stadium this past week.
Last I heard there are still no firm plans for what to do with it. At one time, there was talk of turning the bottom of it into parking, and the top part of it into either a retail shopping space or a green parkway ...sort of like an indoor city park. But those plans have been scrapped.
I should have added that the suggested replacement site for Soldier Field in Arlington Heights is only a half-hour from downtown Chicago on the C&NW commuter railroad and there will be no parking problem because the horse racing park and train station are right together on Northwest Highway.
One suggestion for the Tampa Bay Rays is building a new stadium in Lakeland, FL. That way, the ballpark would be right in the middle between Orlando and Tampa...which are only 80 miles apart from each other. That way, the team can serve two cities and fans from both cities only have to drive like 30-40 mins to the stadium 🏟
The moment they sold the naming rights, the Chiefs signed Arrowhead's death certificate (G-E-H-A Field just rolls off the tongue... gag). The temper tantrum thrown by Missouri fans over the ghastly possibility of the new stadium moving a few miles west is both hilarious and sad. But, that's how it is when you live on a state line. Babies gonna baby. THAT SAID, it is even more hilarious and sad to see several stadiums less than HALF the age of Arrowhead falling to pieces or needing to be replaced.
Well arrowhead doesn't have to deal with salt water really and the winters there are not nearly as harsh as at some other places. So it's kind of in prime location to stay well preserved.
It's still Arrowhead Stadium. They sold the naming rights to the field. It's GEHA Field at Arrowhead stadium. Announcers have to say the sponsors, but to every KC fan it's still Arrowhead Stadium and stays that way.
@@nathanbrown8916 Lambeau Field, Fenway, Wembley Stadium, Wrigley Field. These are legends that never sold out. Arrowhead could have stood among titans, but ratted out their reputation for an insurance company nobody knows how to pronounce.
@@badbirdkc Just shows how little you know. Wrigley field was one of the FIRST stadiums to to take on a corporate name... In 1927. Given, Wrigley Field sounds a hell of a lot better than G-E-H-A field at Arrowhead stadium. The whole naming rights thing is just as moronic as leaving a stadium that literally can't be replaced. Kiss the home field advantage goodbye as Arrowhead can't be built with modern building codes. Kiss the parking revenue goodbye too. It would be one thing if Arrowhead was a crumbling shithole but it's still in great shape, and it is still BETTER than several stadiums that are NEWER than it is. I personally don't care if they build stuff on the Kansas side of the state line. Missouri footed the bill for everything for decades, so I can't argue with letting Kansas blow money out of their ass for a while. It just seems stupid to leave an iconic stadium (with arguably the best seating bowl ever built for football) that is easily in good enough shape to renovate again than to spend over twice as much for what? Something shiny to please the simple minded?
This is so backwards.. 20 years old and its falling apart? The ones that actually have lasted and have historical+emotional value are being bulldozed so we can build a stadium with OTHER people's money?? Its almost like these places are maintained like crap or built on the cheap knowing that they'll get a new stadium whenever they want, all they need to do is threaten to move. What a bunch of crap
@Lighthouse in the Storm Thanks :P It all started in the 70's (stagflation oh no) so Keynesian economics were thrown out the window and replaced with crack-pot every-dollar-for-himself BS espoused by Reagan and Thatcher..
I have a goal to see a game at all 30 MLB stadiums. I'm at 21. I made sure to knock Oakland out as that will likely be abandoned before I complete this goal. I still need to go to Tampa though, that's the other one I'm worried may close down before I finish
They have day games all the time. Usually on weekends (only one night game on Sundays) and midweek when the two teams are playing the last game of their series before the teams travel to their next stop.
I lived in Peoria, AZ about 10 minutes down the road from Gil’s River arena and I much rather have driven the 20/30 minutes (without traffic) to Tempe for a better stadium
The A's will move to Vegas while the Rays will move to either Charlotte, Nashville, or Louisville, then the MLB will expand to 32 teams. Coyotes better just move to a city where they care about hockey, like either North Dakota or Alaska.
This summer, the trop is gonna be the only other baseball stadium I’ve been to besides Both the old and new Yankee stadiums. I’m excited to see the difference in quality.
