Memorial Stadium-->Sounders Park?

by Ike Fontaine on Nov 25, 2009 1:51 PM PST

With the news that the Seattle School District is no longer interested in running memorial stadium it is time for Sounders FC to pounce on that site. They could/should build an awesome 30-35K soccer only stadium with a grass pitch. Big International matches and playoff game could still be played at Qwest, and the new "Sounders Park" could be used for Bumbershoot and other outdoor summer concerts with a view of the Space Needle. Make this happen...it make sense on a lot of levels.

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Except for the level where the footprint that Memorial Stadium sits on

is nowhere near big enough for an MLS park and there’s already a plan for it: http://bit.ly/7As1Q9

by Matthew on Nov 25, 2009 4:31 PM PST reply actions

But will the School District approve of the Sounders taking the land for a stadium?

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by tomkanti on Nov 26, 2009 2:00 PM PST reply actions

The Sounders will not build a stadium for themselves how stupid would that be. They are fine in qwest field.

by gstommylee on Nov 27, 2009 2:32 PM PST reply actions

QWest

QWest was built for soccer already. Why would they build another for soccer ?

Plus, the Sounders are thinking they will have 30k in just season tickets, so what are you going to do build a 50k-60k stadium at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars ?

Also, did you see what a hard time the SuperSonics ( RIP ) had in getting public money for a stadium. Not going to happen.

by Charles J on Dec 22, 2009 6:47 AM PST reply actions

This would be nice, but unworkable

If the Sounders were to build a SSS, would they realistically have the expansion-of-seating capabilities that are available in Quest? The Center would be a nice location for the team, but parking is already horrible down there.

For the time being, Quest works well for this team. Why mess with it?

On a related note, would a grass field even be workable with Seattle’s rainy climate? Has anybody done an analysis of what it would take to maintain a grass pitch up here?

by magistermilitum on Dec 25, 2009 1:52 PM PST reply actions