Posted May 2, 2017, 7:43 PM
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Portland Timbers Unveil Providence Park Expansion Plan
One of the great soccer stadiums in North America is about to get a significant upgrade.
The Portland Timbers unveiled on Wednesday their plan to add 4,000 seats to Providence Park with a massive, four-teared expansion of the stadium's east side. The $50 million privately-financed project could, pending City approval, be finished by the start of the 2019 MLS season.
“Providence Park is one of the most special stadiums in sports,” said Mike Golub, Timbers and Thorns president of business in a club release. “With our proposed expansion, we will enhance the incomparable fan experience and intimacy and provide the opportunity for some of the more than 13,000 members of the waiting list to become season ticket holders.”
After exploring expansion possibilities for well over a year, the Timbers partnered with Allied Works Architecture to produce a plan — influenced by the iconic near-vertical stands at La Bombonera in Buenos Aires and the Shakespearean Globe Theater in London — that will raise the stadium's capacity to over 25,000.
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...continues at the Portland Mercury.
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