CDNFootballer Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Just throw some Nexxfield portable turf on it : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: How does that address the question? Saying they want something is not the same as guaranteeing it will actually happen. Good to see people are making it clear that they need to do something about this though. 5 hours ago, RS said: It's not nitpicking. There are permanent football lines at Alumni Field, and the only comment from the team is that they "want" a clean field for soccer. That's great and all, but hardly confidence-inspiring stuff. 4 hours ago, RS said: He didn't say "we will have no football lines." He said we don't "want" them. It's an intentionally vague answer. If they pull it off, great. But that's about as clear a non-answer as someone can give. 2 hours ago, Sébastien said: Agreed. The answer sounds way more like "We hope there won't be football lines" than "There won't be football lines." Maybe someone should follow-up with the rep and see if they clarify. If they don't, that'll speak volume. Can we stop this now? I thought they were clear the 1st time around Edited March 5, 2019 by Ansem NVsoccer, Kent, Zem and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Will be interesting to see how they achieve that. kmacphee and 1996 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Ansem said: Can we stop this now? I thought they were clear the 1st time around Good on you for following up, but let's not pretend like that first response by Ben was clear. Seems like they'll be going the green paint route, unless York9 is paying for new turf at Alumni Field (which would be impressive given the hopefully temporary nature of their stay). Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 48 minutes ago, RS said: Good on you for following up, but let's not pretend like that first response by Ben was clear. Seems like they'll be going the green paint route, unless York9 is paying for new turf at Alumni Field (which would be impressive given the hopefully temporary nature of their stay). FC Edmonton tried the paint route when they had lines on the Clarke turf, it wasn't acceptable they said so didn't go past the test stage. New turf would be pricey, the portable Nexxfield turf cheaper but still at least 500k. Maybe they can borrow Montreal's Big O Nexxfield portable turf.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 I would think that if MediaPro are making payments to clubs those payments are earmarked for things like turf upgrades so their product is watchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 The key problem is that it's not York 9's stadium and they were only supposed to be there for part of this season and York U are planning on moving their teams to York Lions stadium so why would York U want the trouble and expense of having unmarked turf installed at Alumni Field? Fingers crossed the solution used is Nexxturf tiles, but that could be problematic once the York Lions football team starts to be active in terms of training sessions and games from August onwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikmacdo Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: The key problem is that it's not York 9's stadium and they were only supposed to be there for part of this season and York U are planning on moving their teams to York Lions stadium so why would York U want the trouble and expense of having unmarked turf installed at Alumni Field? Fingers crossed the solution used is Nexxturf tiles, but that could be problematic once the York Lions football team starts to be active in terms of training sessions and games from August onwards. I dont get what York U is doing, they should have one of the fields natural grass and have the soccer team play there along with York 9 and keep the football team on the other field. Ivanovski94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 If it's anything like UWO in London, the Canadian football fraternity on campus will be doing their best to mess things up for soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 9 hours ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: The key problem is that it's not York 9's stadium and they were only supposed to be there for part of this season and York U are planning on moving their teams to York Lions stadium so why would York U want the trouble and expense of having unmarked turf installed at Alumni Field? Fingers crossed the solution used is Nexxturf tiles, but that could be problematic once the York Lions football team starts to be active in terms of training sessions and games from August onwards. Nexxfield takes about 12 hrs or so to setup/remove so wouldn't be too problematic imho. Bbeto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KW519 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Looks like this will be my favourite to visit. Any future plans on a 4th stand? DrummingInMySleep and Ivanovski94 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 20 minutes ago, KW519 said: Looks like this will be my favourite to visit. Any future plans on a 4th stand? Plans are to put a 4th Grandstand on the pole side (after its moved) for 2020 increasing capacity to 8000. Chad_Impact, Winnipeg Fury and KW519 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2SKI Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Having the beer gardens right behind the benches could be fun Keegan, KW519 and Chad_Impact 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, KW519 said: Looks like this will be my favourite to visit. Any future plans on a 4th stand? wait wait wait.....are those people sitting on the field eating? it looks like they're sitting around tables. 2 hours ago, C2SKI said: Having the beer gardens right behind the benches could be fun i dunno people are dicks. Edited March 9, 2019 by matty SuperCanuck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) "York 9 FC has confirmed it will play its inaugural Canadian Premier League season at York Lions Stadium. The club says the north end of the York University venue will feature a multi-tiered "safe standing area to create a true football atmosphere for the club’s loudest supporters." The team will play on natural grass in 2018. The stadium is being converted to artificial turf after the CPL season." https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/york-9-fc-play-inaugural-cpl-season-york-lions-stadium/ Edited March 20, 2019 by CDNFootballer Cheeta and ted 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 ^^^That's the rendering for Alumni Field where they won't be playing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCanuck Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 7 hours ago, CDNFootballer said: "York 9 FC has confirmed it will play its inaugural Canadian Premier League season at York Lions Stadium. The club says the north end of the York University venue will feature a multi-tiered "safe standing area to create a true football atmosphere for the club’s loudest supporters." The team will play on natural grass in 2018. The stadium is being converted to artificial turf after the CPL season." https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/york-9-fc-play-inaugural-cpl-season-york-lions-stadium/ Are they going back in time and playing last year? MtlMario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAK Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 8 hours ago, SuperCanuck said: Are they going back in time and playing last year? I was going to make the exact same post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCanuck Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 hour ago, LAK said: I was going to make the exact same post If you were York9, you could have gone back in time and beat me to it. LAK and Kent 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 I know there has been talk of modular or pop up stadiums but what about stands built from shipping containers? Senorpopps and ted 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 At least it's creative... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Something more for L1O, PLSQ and elite amateur sort of level. ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senorpopps Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Would be hard to build a 5,000 stadium on those alone unless you get creative and stack them somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stouffvillain Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 On 3/20/2019 at 2:56 AM, SuperCanuck said: Are they going back in time and playing last year? That's the plan, then they would be founded before Forge, Valour and be eligible for CCL this season. LAK, Kent, MtlMario and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 CDNFootballer, Greatest Cockney Rip Off, Kent and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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