Sporting Kansas City

[earthling]

Game compressed into 13 minutes. Fun to watch...

http://www.mlssoccer.com/video/2013/12/ ... -salt-lake

[chaglang]

Great game, great atmosphere. I'm starting to regain feeling in my extremities.

The RSL fans out there were very nice. Passionate, but didn't get offensive like the Fire fans can.

[AllThingsKC]

The RSL fans I encountered were quite rude. But, still not as rude as Chicago or Houston fans.

[mean]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY

[earthling]

Is Sporting Park designed in a way to allow adding more seating, like another deck? Might be time to start thinking about it. If not, poor planning.

[kboish]

Is Sporting Park designed in a way to allow adding more seating, like another deck? Might be time to start thinking about it. If not, poor planning.

Yes. The stadium is built to add second tiers on the east and north stands. It would add another 10k to the capacity. They likely want 3-4 years of a sold out stadium before any expansion. But, they are able to do each stand separately. They could add just a few thousand over the cauldron, then wait a few years and do the much larger expansion above the east stand.

[beautyfromashes]

Should have been DT like every other MLS soccer specific stadium being built.

[earthling]

Is Sporting Park designed in a way to allow adding more seating, like another deck? Might be time to start thinking about it. If not, poor planning.

Yes. The stadium is built to add second tiers on the east and north stands. It would add another 10k to the capacity. They likely want 3-4 years of a sold out stadium before any expansion. But, they are able to do each stand separately. They could add just a few thousand over the cauldron, then wait a few years and do the much larger expansion above the east stand.

Good to hear. Maybe they should (maybe they did) start earnest planning now and have a design ready to go so that in a couple years if things still looking good they can refine it, pull the trigger, start construction and be ready by following year.

Fans likely already know this but for us casual observers just saw a report that only a few teams were profitable a few years ago, now it's 10 (and 2 more broke even) and should continue to improve.

And MLS avg attendance was higher than NBA and NHL in 2012 though Chivas not helping avg this year...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Leag ... attendance

[pash]

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[phxcat]

That's good to hear. We are on the smallish end of MLS capacity, so it would be nice to be able to get toward the other end. At the same time, though, it appears that we are only one of a few teams that consistently sell out, and that is something that seems to create an incredible atmosphere, and I wouldn't want to mess with that. I wold be OK with taking their time, making sure that those seats are able to be filled as we expand. That place is so much different from when I used to go to games at Arrowhead!

[brewcrew1000]

The Wizards are on that list 8 times for the lowest average attendance for an MLS team. What a turnaround a new stadium and a good team can do for your attendance.

[KCMax]

Should have been DT like every other MLS soccer specific stadium being built.

I thought very few were. Dallas, New York, Chicago, LA, and Colorado all have theirs out in the burbs. San Jose's if they ever build it is by the airport. Columbus is in kind of a burb-y area off the highway.

But I agree, would be awesome if ours was downtown. Baseball stadium too. One day we'll get this right.

[earthling]

The Wizards are on that list 8 times for the lowest average attendance for an MLS team. What a turnaround a new stadium and a good team can do for your attendance.

And Sporting KC avg attendance this year (19,709) was higher than STL Blues (17,263) even though STL arena (for hockey) has slightly more official capacity. Only 4 NHL teams had higher avg attendance than SKC. At least SKC could eventually add capacity, harder to do with indoor arenas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL_attendance

[AllThingsKC]

SKC is the only pro sports team in KC with more than 1 Championship.

[bobbyhawks]

SKC is the only pro sports team in KC with more than 1 Championship.

Such a simple stat, but it really puts things into perspective fantastically.

[KCMax]

SKC is the only pro sports team in KC with more than 1 Championship.

Its kinda weird they said in the telecast it was KC's first championship since the '85 Royals. Uh, what about 2000 with the Wizards?

[grovester]

I think they said it was the first one captured at home since 85. 2000 wizards were on the road.

[KCMax]

I think they said it was the first one captured at home since 85. 2000 wizards were on the road.

Ah. I think that distinction is so silly. They did the same thing at the World Series. First HOME World Series clincher for the Red Sox since 1918.

[brewcrew1000]

We have also won the championship in two different states and the team has technically not moved. What other sports franchise can claim this?

[KCMax]

We have also won the championship in two different states and the team has technically not moved. What other sports franchise can claim this?

The NY Giants won a championship in 1956 in Yankee Stadium in New York, and were champs in 1986 playing home games in the Meadowlands in New Jersey.

If the Washington-based football team ever wins another championship (not soon after yesterday's debacle!) it will be after playing home games in Maryland.