MLS Stadiums Through British Eyes: Impressed Or Not? 🤔

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Miami stadium is only temporary. They open their new stadium and either 2026 or 2027. When they got the team they were having trouble securing land to build a stadium. They threw together a modular stadium, the entire stadium was built in nine months, and as the fan base has grown, they’ve just continued to find places to fit more modular pieces into the stadium.

All MLS teams used to play in football stadiums. The first soccer specific stadium was the Columbus Crew's first stadium in the early 2000s.

I don't think they noticed that providence park for Portland was built in 1926......

LAFC, Cincinnati, Columbus, Houston, Portland, and Miami are probably some of the best teams to look out for this season

NYCC are having their new stadium open in 2027. They just released the full design in a video to the public two days ago and it will be the best stadium in MLS. It will have a 25,500 capacity, which is roughly the amount of tickets that they can sell to a home game at Yankee Stadium, because many seats can’t have tickets sold due to weird angles.

That’s Montréal Tower at 3:31. Built for the 1976 Olympics.

Love how it took them so long to relieve that the stadiums were going in order

So about the only three stands thing, a lot of “soccer-specific stadiums” in particular are/were originally built like that to accommodate a stage for concerts. A lot of MLS teams have built their own stadiums to not share with another local sports team, but they require government funding to do so, the idea being a new stadium bolsters the local economy. That said, it’s hard for a lot of local governments to get behind such a large project where the only professional (ie revenue-generating) sport to be played is soccer. So, allowing for the stadium to easily convert into a concert venue when not being used by the MLS team is a good way to make the project more attractive to local governments.

Allianz Field was host to the Coldest World Cup qualifiyer round. It was -5°F(-20°C) during the game.

I'm partial but Providence Park is just perfect. Almost 100 years old now. History oozes from its wooden bones. The new, stacked East stand really completes it. A light rail stop literally across the street. No empty parking lots around it- just naturally nestled in its neighborhood. In non-Timbers category, MNUFC stadium is quite nice. RSL and CO are absolute shite. Just glorified high school football stadiums, really. On my away wishlist at the moment is to go check out the new Ohio stadiums plus Nashville.

A bit disappointed that you thought the outside of CityPark in St. Louis is boring, but that's understandable. You were spot on about the atmosphere inside though, the fans really make the experience. Hoping for a good second season after the strong start last year.

Miami and NYCFC's stadiums are both just placeholders while their new stadiums are being built, but I think NYCFC will have been there in Yankee stadium for over a decade when their new one is done, shows you how hard it is to build in NYC

St. Louis city is my team. Brand new, in our second season. Soccer is massive in St. Louis so it’s cool having a team to root for.

Children’s Mercy Park is actually named after the children’s Mercy children’s Hospital that is just down the street from the stadium. It’s part of an ongoing partnership that’s sporting Kansas City has with the children’s Hospital.

Rn, Nashville is the highest capacity soccer-specific stadium in the US. Everyone after that is temporary or shared with a different sport

The first stadium (San Jose) is limited to 18k capacity due to neighbors concerns about the project. The club has the plans to round off the corners and increase capacity to 23k or so, but the club owner refuses to put money into the roster so there is still not enough demand to bother with the expansion

The tower you see in Montreal is part of Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. While the stadium was built in 1976, it wasn’t completed until around 1989. Cost overruns and delays resulted in officials putting off completion of the tower and retractable roof. The tower is the tallest inclined tower in the world. The observation deck had stunning views and is undergoing refurbishment that will result in the roof being open to visitors. There are occasions when Montreal will play their games inside Olympic Stadium (capacity around 60,000) but I don’t know the exact rules on that. I’m sure winter-like weather is one of the factors. The stadium used to be the home of the Montreal Expos, a Major League Baseball team founded in 1969 that moved in 2004 to become the Washington Nationals and The Big Owe (a reference to the shape of the stadium’s roof ring and the cost overruns that resulted in loans taking 30 years to pay off) has been looking for a “primary tenant” ever since.

Something to note about Providence Park, is its true roots go back almost 100 years. Multnomah Civic Stadium has been hallowed ground in Portland for sports including soccer for many years. Its history is present all around, and many famous figures have stepped into it at some point in their careers, including the late, great Pelé playing his final professional soccer game of his career against our Timbers in NASL. You don’t get much more historic than that.

BC Place was first opened in 1983, but it was completely rebuilt (roof, supports, seating) in a multi-hundred million dollar upgrade following the 2010 Olympics. So it’s essentially a fairly new stadium.