Stadiums

March 28th saw a brand new stadium have there debut match, any guesses? Red Bull Arean! Red Bull Stadium is a brand new facility built in New York used by the MLS Club New York Bed Bulls. They were using Giants stadium but with the lack of a soccer specific stadium the fans could never really enjoy the came at its fullest potential. Now with this multimillion dollar state of the art facility the fans can get into the game which will end up bringing an atmosphere never seen before in the USA during a MLS game. This stadium seats 25,000 people and sold 24,572 seat in the home opener against Chicago which NY ended up winning 1-0.

“There aren't words to describe it, to be honest with you,” Red Bulls defender Tim Ream said. “Coming into the league, I didn't expect to be playing in front of crowds like this. The fans are unbelievable. They push us. We want to play our best for these fans so they can enjoy the experience.”

I hope to see this more across North America and expecially cant wait to see BC Place Stadium to be finished their renovations for the Whitecaps Maiden season in the MLS in 2011. Stadium like these obvioulsy cost a lot of money but they do end up bringing in a huge revenue.

On other news about stadiums we go to Italy. Juventus FC will be moving out of their current home Stadio Olympico that is shared with Torino FC and into a state of the art stadium built by New Holland Construction which is also their current shirt sponsor. Unfortunately we will have to wait until the 2011-2012 season to see this masterpiece. The stadium is projected to cost about 150 million euros and seat over 40,000 people but the best part is is that it will be a fan friendly stadium meaning the fans will be close proximity to the playing field, similar to what you see in England. This stadium not only is just a stadium but connected to the stadium will be a Juventus Museum, restaurants, pubs, and even a shopping mall. They have turned this site into an all day site to help promote a day at the stadium with Juventus. Should be a great site once its done.