British Reactions To Future MLS Stadiums! (One Stunned Us)

British Guys take a look at some Future MLS Stadiums that are due to be hosting MLS games in the next few years. One of these stadiums left us amazed and we've never seen something like this before!
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Chapters: • MLS Stadiums 2024
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Original Video: • Future MLS Stadiums
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[@Zitolos]

For san diego , depending how they market the team to the local community, they absolutely could sell out the 35k. One of the reasons why mls hasn't done anything in SD before is because most of the latin population all support Tijuana Xolos. But there are alot of people in SD and Chula Vista that can be reached!

[@coyotelong4349]

Xolos have got to be on the other side of the border fuming… SDFC will strip away a ton of their support This was a no-brainer by MLS to expand to San Diego

[@1stutterafter]

The women’s team SD Wave regularly having over 20k attendance at Snapdragon

[@sdot5389]

@@coyotelong4349Will make a great derby when they meet up in Leagues Cup or other completion.

[@devinfleet1834]

Plus san diego, aside from the Padres, have been shafted by the sports world, with everyone leaving

[@Zitolos]

@@devinfleet1834 great point! Padres , Wave and SDFC sounds like a good time in the valley

[@nosleeptillhumboldt]

Interesting timing because renderings for a potential New England Revolution stadium were literally released a couple hours ago

[@JuanNunez2023]

For New York City FC's stadium, yes. There was a bit of negotiating with the community required to get the stadium built. The two main hangups were about sharing parking with the New York Mets stadium and getting a police precinct built for the community. Technically the stadium isn't fully approved yet, but it's 99% likely it will be. It's in the final stages of approval.

[@Jrock2339]

So background info on where they are building the new NYCFC Stadium: That area across the street from Citi Field used to be all auto body shops and an over all industrial neighborhood. The City of New York opted to put that space to better use and there are rumors of a casino also going in there. -A Native New Yorker, NYCFC Fan and just a nerd for stadiums

[@sdot5389]

It’s also the same subway stop as the US Open Tennis Grounds. Will be a busy place in the summer.

[@stevenygabbyperez695]

Don Garber, the commissioner of the league, has always wanted smaller stadiums that are easier to fill up. MLS teams used to play in cavernous stadiums for other sports where 15,000 fans look like an empty stadium. The standard when these stadiums started was usually around 18,000 except in a couple of markets that went bigger. By the pandemic, all of the new stadiums were between 20-25k with notable exceptions like Atlanta United. I hope they will increase some at least to 30k by the time they are built, especially Miami and NyCfc.

[@stevenygabbyperez695]

When MLS says soccer specific, they don't mean soccer only. For example, Atlanta United play in the same stadium as the falcons, but the stadium was designed for both sports and can be easily arranged for soccer. Snap Dragon was built for all of these sports, and the University was hoping to have an MLS team come to San Diego to play there.

[@ImTheDudeMan471]

Manny Machado, MLB Padres 3rd baseman, is part of San Diego FC ownership. You can see him at 8:00 in the video

[@DNReacts]

Thanks for the info 🙏🏼 will look out for him when I watch it back!

[@AKUNJIG]

I still remember when he played in the Minors before the Orioles called him up. Was a very proud O's Fan when I saw him at the Press Conference.

[@sdot5389]

At least he’s taking all that money that he’s stealing from the Padres and using it back in the community.

[@apferrando]

A few things brothers. Soccer specific refers to the size of the field, accommodating a proper size of at least 120x75 with square-ish corners so you can properly set up for a corner kick. I’m sure there’s videos of Beckham trying to take corners at Giant Stadium with his back on the wall taking 1 step into the kick. For New York, the project is what it is because it already sits on Corona Park “across the street” (which is several tracks for trains and the subway and a street, to be fair) and next to Citi Field (Mets) and the Billie Jean Tennis Center (US Open grounds) so there’s really a whole lot of nothing for ‘livable’ space there without crossing the park or the bay to the east. The area being used for the stadium was called the Iron Triangle… basically a bunch of car service garages set up in metal shanties. If you saw it in its heyday, it’d look seedy and dangerous. That’s been almost entirely abandoned and leveled already. Miami, by contrast, is occupying the space of a closed golf course, so they’re returning some green space to be publicly available.

[@irishyankee]

The NY stadium is being built literally abut Citi Field, home of the Mets. You can see the scoreboard in the video to see just how close it is. Also the tennis US Open complex is within walking distance, Arthur Ashe Stadium being the main court.

[@eleslie9409]

It has been a long battle for NYCFC to get their own stadium especially since they always wanted it to be in the city and city bureaucracy. But that area of Willets Point needed to be re-done. Currently when you go out there on one side you have Citi Field for the Mets but then it had a bunch of auto shops next to it and just wasn't the best of areas. Across the way to the south is the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (home of the US Open) so in the summer time, the area is already a hub for sports. It doesn't mention adding a park or anything because technically there is one there already.... just google map the area and you will see on the other side of the Tennis complex is Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home of former World's Fair and next to that is Botanical Gardens.The NYCFC stadium will now occupy where the auto shops were next to Citi Field, you can see Citi Field in the diagrams shown it just wasn't labeled so literally just a road dividing the two stadiums. It's pretty accessible being there, the 7 subway line and the LIRR (Long Island Rail Road) trains have stations between the two sports complexes already, LaGuardia airport is a "stones throw" away, and two of the major bridges nearby bringing people from downstate area and Bronx right into that region of Queens. It was much easier for Red Bull to set up shop years ago in New Jersey and avoid all the city politics with their stadium,but then they also didn't live up to their plans they had given and for yearssss it was an empty wasteland around the stadium until officials came knocking and were like umm you had so many years to do this and this and nothing is done so the area around it now was rushed.

[@dennislopez1272]

Great stuff, lads. MLS Commissionar Don Garber wants smaller stadiums on purpose. Around 25,000 capacity, for the new ones being built. I live in Miami, so its moving along. Miami Freedom Park is being constructed on what used to be a public golf course. They are going to make the place a huge athletics complex. It consists of "The soccer village" (public soccer fields and other soccer related businesses and restaurants). The baseball fields and Waterpark, are being integrated as well as other restaurants, shopping and a huge tech hub. It sounds like it's gonna be a pretty awesome area. Thank heavens it's almost all privately funded. As far as, "what i would change?" Im not sure. I think they've got the right idea.

[@user-cs4fg1rm5k]

Shell stadium in Houston also host NWSL Dash and SWAC football for TSU, as well as hosting international matches that aren't big enough to fit in NRG. It probably could host concerts if it wasn't so close to Minute Maid Park.

[@Yankee-Football]

Nice video again guys :) we have some good stadiums in other sports, and with football growing in the US it'll be interesting to see how these stadiums turn out and future ones.

[@JoeVideoed]

I live in Portland & have been to Providence Park to see the Thorns play (NWSL team). 1 thing I think they could do there is round the corners to where the hospital building begins on both sides to give it a more enclosed feel & get more butts in the seats. The stadium's now in the middle tier when it comes to attendance & a few thousand more people would help the team's bottom line & make the environment even louder than it already is.

[@donviajero2580]

The issue with Snapdragon is that while its not only used for soccer, it was designed specifically for soccer with an MLS club in mind.

[@riccorich]

It's multi use stadium, like every other MLS stadium

[@DashRiprock513]

And it's open because the weather is always perfect there....

[@H-Vox]

@@DashRiprock513I was wondering why no canopy... SD does have amazing weather but still seems like the stadium would need shade. Although I just looked it up and apparently they plan to have mostly afternoon/evening games

[@ZeRo-bx7lp]

To be honest, I'm gonna miss seeing NYCFC play in baseball and football stadiums. I was really a fan of having two teams to cheer for at Yankee stadium.

[@Zhiperser]

Soccer specific doesn't mean nothing else happens in the stadium; just that it is built for soccer to be played there. There must be dedicated facilities etc.. Quite a lot of soccer stadiums in the US double as concert venues which is why the horseshoe 3 sided stadiums with a giant screen dominating the 4th side is so prevalent.

[@hunterjuneau7037]

Nashville SC fan here! I love Geodis Park, I think it's one of the best stadiums in the league. My only complaint is that it's a struggle to get to! If I were to change one thing, it'd be to improve the transit access to the stadium, especially from downtown

[@jwestphal1978]

Side note, the builders that are currently building the new Buffal Bills stadium are the same group that built the Spurs stadium a few yrs back.

[@mattw8910]

I thought those two were oddly similar now I know why.

[@sdot5389]

You mean the architect, not the actual construction contractors. Populous is a very experienced stadium architect. They literally do like 80%+ of the pro sports stadium designs in North America.

[@andrewunderwood8534]

I could be mistaken, but I think the San Diego stadium was built to have a potential large expansion in case an NFL team comes back.

[@staceybert1975]

Inter Miami CF stadium has so much space is because it's being built onl a old golf course next to Miami International Airport.

[@supersasukemaniac]

You saw in this video that America has it's own Pro Rugby competition, Snapdragon Stadium is massive by our Rugby standards, the only Rugby Specific stadium in the league (used to have two Infinity Park in Glendale Colorado was the other, but the now American Raptors withdrew a few years ago) SaberCats Stadium in Houston only has about 4,500 capacity and the other stadiums rage from 3,000 to 10,00 with the league itself averaging about 1,000

[@exeterjedi6730]

I'd have thought a rugby-specific stadium would be around 10-15,000. Thinking of Exeter Chiefs with about 11,000. You want as many people as possible, but you then need to be realistic. MLR won't have found its level yet, as rugby is still under the radar.

[@johnsmithton292]

To add to the talk about soccer specific stadiums; I think there is a lot of confusion around what that means. I've watched MLS since the very first day it kicked off. For years the issue was playing in stadiums that were far too large and that they had to pay rent for. Lamar Hunt built the old Crew Stadium and suddenly the team went from bleeding money to at least coming close to breaking even. That was where the idea of soccer specific stadiums came up. It was a way to move from expensive rental agreements into a situation where the team was able to keep most of the revenue. The odd man out for most of that were the New England Revolution. Their owner also ran the NFL stadium they play in so they were almost always close to breaking even. When the Seattle Sounders came in was around the time that it switched from "soccer specific stadium" to "stadium that the owners control the revenue". It is why Charlotte plays at an NFL stadium and Atlanta plays at one as well. Their owners (and hence the team) get the gameday revenues and thus get to make money off hosting the games. If it can fit a proper field and won't try to take a team for all they've got then MLS is fine with teams not playing in custom seat stadiums.

[@elimiddleman5606]

You guys calling it soccer is incredible to see lmao you’ve come so far

[@KevinQuinn81]

I swore I wasn't going to comment on NYCFC's stadium, but I can't help myself but only because I want to clear up a couple of things that you commented on right in a row at about 6:48. 1. While, yes, it is very difficult to get that much open area in New York where there isn't any already, Flushing Meadows Corona Park is already right across the railroad tracks from Citi Field and this new stadium. It is home to a large amount of open space, the Queens Zoo, The Queens Museum, and the USTA National Tennis Center which hosts the US Open. 2. This is also all a stones throw away from LaGuardia Airport which used to have interrupt play at the old Shea Stadium all the time until they finally adjusted the flight traffic patterns on game days.

[@LilRedRasta]

Just for reference a few MLS teams regularly get 35k. Some get 50k+. MLS is the 7th most attended league in the world. The newer clubs go with 25k because they prefer having a full stadium than a partly empty one. It makes the atmosphere better, looks better on TV. It also helps them artificially jack up prices if seating is limited and there is greater demand.

[@riccorich]

Siccer spe ific doesnt mean soccer only, there are existing stadiums that accomodated soccer measurements like Atlanta

[@exeterjedi6730]

Toronto FC will be expanding their stadium for the 2026 World Cup. Going from 30,000 to 45,700. The stadium has been steadily expanding over the years since the team started, it started at about 21,000. TFC have had some bad seasons, but they managed to get around 25,00o in average attendance. I wonder if the place will echo, although Canada's national team has been doing well so might fill the place.

[@staceybert1975]

NycFc Stadium is being built next to The NY Mets baseball stadium.

[@gracielynn9623]

So when it comes to MLS teams with soccer specific stadiums… Old teams that existed before the rule came into place our grandfathered in. They are encouraged to build soccer specific stadiums, but they are not forced to. New teams entering the league must now have a stadium built before they can enter.

[@garydomingos5562]

You guys should react to the Toronto fc /Montreal impact rivalry. One of the best rivalries in the mls

[@DNReacts]

Thank you for the recommendation!

[@gracielynn9623]

The developers keep saying that the new Miami stadium will be ready by the start of next season, but anyone who’s driven by where it’s being built or who has been following the project closely has serious doubts that that stadium will be ready by next year. It’s more likely That it won’t be ready until 2026 or 2027 the earliest.

[@MlTCH]

5:38 a lot of sports stadiums are partially funded by taxpayer money, so affordable homes, schools, parks, office space, and retail spaces are usually part of the overall deal to gain the permits and funding from the city. Anything to benefit the community, whether it be public spaces, education, affordable housing, or attractive retail locations to generate taxes to improve the city.

[@KalenAlmeida]

The Revs just proposed a new stadium the day after this 😂

[@ForestOfSleep]

I'm glad you guys are digging into Soccer in America! Do you have any plans to react to knuckleballer R.A. Dickey?

[@jacquesmassard9226]

i don't know but the snapdragon stadium might be a temp thing.

[@isaacdrost15]

MLS pushes for soccer specific stadiums, but with San Diego FC it’s not a massive stadium, plus it’s brand new so few minor changes needed. Team like Atlanta United average attendance per game is 47,000/ 71,000 total capacity. So it’s not too big for it. Atlanta United rank top in world’s soccer average attendance out of all soccer leagues. But another team like Seattle sounders I could see them building like 35,000 seat stadium down the road at there brand new practice facility. It’s been brought up already. Overall MLS stadiums are growing by at least 5-10,000 for capacity.

[@tommcbeth7853]

Check out the Indy Eleven stadium that's being built in indianapolis there try to get in the mls.

[@anthonyallegra5771]

Haven't seen any hockey season updates in a while. How am I supposed to know if the parade is "on"

[@ctmetsfanmike9262]

Nycfc s new stadium is going to be on the grounds where Citi field is, the home of the Mets. Steve Cohen the owner has been trying to develop that land for a few years now and got the go ahead last year and he ok’d the stadium and he’s getting everything else he wanted there

[@watrandy99]

Don't Everton have a stadium in the works over by the port area? (if they stay in the PL, hehehehehe) YNWA

[@ilovethem9990]

A soccer specific stadium can host other sports but it must easily covert to a proper football pitch. For example Mercedes Benz stadium was built purposely to be configured for American Football or Football.

[@frankymr2]

Iam from san diego , the games probably will sell out , since we are in the border with tijuana Mexico , So i know for a fact many people from mexico will go to games . The border is 15 to 20 min from the border ,and its not located inside the univercity campus as the video says. Its located where the old MLB baseball stadium aka Qualcomm stadium was , so its very central and easy to get from the border via tram. I expect all sell outs too since they are trying to get some Mexican players to play in the team, also Its rummored that the best mexican player hugo sanches to be the head coach .

[@gordieparenteau6555]

Trying to get anything built in New York City proper is notoriously a bureaucratic nightmare, so it's no surprise that it's taken this long to get the stadium approved. It's the whole reason why Red Bull chose to build in New Jersey instead. Land is cheaper and not as many flaming hoops to jump through.

[@RealDiehl99]

I'm surprised the San Diego stadium doesn't have a roof of some sort. The sun and heat could make conditions really uncomfortable for fans during afternoon games.

[@riccorich]

Yeah but really diesnt need one just shade

[@user-cs4fg1rm5k]

The weather is good almost all year round compared to England and other parts of the U.S.

[@gordieparenteau6555]

The ocean breeze negates the heat.

[@RealDiehl99]

@gordieparenteau6555 That's what I was talking about. I figured it would be uncomfortably warm without shade. I know watching afternoon games in Philly can be rough sometimes. That's cool that the ocean breeze cools things down a bit!

[@RealDiehl99]

@riccorich Sorry. I replied to the wrong person. See response above.

[@staceybert1975]

Actually San Diego Wave FC of NWSL average about 20k a match

[@gracielynn9623]

I am fairly certain that San Diego FC will almost never sell out. San Diego is right on the border with Mexico, so there are a lot of soccer fans there… But how this team came into existence is certainly not doing it any favors. About 65% of the entire city has hated this team since day one with the way of the city was manipulated by MLS to get this team. The stadium actually was built for soccer, but made in a way where it can also host American football, rugby, and baseball.

[@CarlosMartinez-qc6ly]

Very smalls, maybe 40000 or 35 000. Today it will play Columbus vs Tigres and New England Revolution vs America

[@AKPhilly]

They could've been bigger but soccer is like the 5th most popular sport so anything too big risks having a bunch of empty seats.

[@CarlosMartinez-qc6ly]

@@AKPhilly It supposed that soccer is growing in USA, no? Maybe 10 years after world cup 2026

[@AKPhilly]

@@CarlosMartinez-qc6ly They maybe should've future proofed them a bit, especially NYCFC because 25K is tiny for NY but Miami is a fickle sports market so I can see not going over 25K there.

[@BuwutEdits]

thanks for reacting to MLS pls do 2024 season of MLS its Good im from Usa thx.

[@twistnshakeradio]

M8s look at what The Sd Wave are drawing. They averaged 20,000 last season. San Diego Is football crazy. MLS should do just fine.

[@isaacdrost15]

You guys should also react to USL Championship Stadiums 2024. USL Championship is supposed to be like the EFL Championship but with relegation and promotion. MLS should buy out USL or work together and come up with promotion/ relegation

[@watrandy99]

Open stadium?? It never rains in San Diego, so no roof necessary.

[@brentdavis555]

To be fair to Miami, it is a fickle sport city that can easily have half empty stadiums if the team is not doing well. Especially if you can't get a talent that somewhat equal to Messi once he leaves.

[@coyotelong4349]

Same in Phoenix for the most part

[@dennislopez1272]

A lot of sports cities are like that. The word is that Neymar will be the next guy they will build around.

[@gracielynn9623]

So when it comes to New York City, there’s almost no space to build things. Essentially the only way to build is up. If you want to clear land to build something like a stadium… You’re going to have to make it worth it. New York City is currently experiencing a housing crisis so as part of the deal to clear some land of some old decrepit buildings for their stadium. They also agreed to build 2500 affordable housing units, which will basically be a giant skyscraper of apartments for low income families. The city has also been trying to build another school because they view that their current ones aren’t big enough for the number of students so that was also included. to make it more vibrant they’ve also added retail/shopping centers and 40,000 ft.² of land like a community park. It’s not so much the team giving back, which I’m sure that they are happy to do, but it’s more these are things that they had to do in order to get approval to build in the first place.

[@nasa258e]

Dude, san diego sells out the women's games. We wont have a problem selling out for the MLS. San Diego has a huge soccer culture. Partially due to its status as a multicultural border town

[@guyfaux3978]

The dopey expression "soccer-specific" is really meant to imply "The futbol team is the prime tenant." Heck, Paul Rabil of the Premier Lacrosse League famously said that the size of the pitch in his sport being in the same range as MLS, playing in an MLS park was like a non-reinvention of the wheel. At many universities, the soccer and lacrosse fields are the same patch of ground. If MLRugby ever takes off big, it too would fit in the "soccer-specific" ground.

[@DNReacts]

Then the ground is not soccer specific by definition, so yes, it’s a dopey expression.

[@taegenbrown2894]

First one 🥇

[@donviajero2580]

Miami has never been a soccer town and has notoriously fickle sports fans in general. They already had one previous MLS team fail and Inter-Miami had among the lowest attendances in MLS before Messi arrived. 25,000 is more than enough for the post-Messi period.

[@anthonymartinez9184]

all mid, GALAXY CLEAR, LAF C ASS

[@DeeEditor1]

Galaxy in the mud 😂

[@anthonymartinez9184]

@@DeeEditor1 first place in the league & the west ☝🏼

[@DeeEditor1]

@@anthonymartinez9184 won't last long with that backline