Armada Stadium Update

[tufsu1]

Everyone has been wondering where the team will play next year...and now we have the answer

http://www.armadafc.com/news/detail/uuid/xe465l9t4fox1t0hlggpzcsb6/jacksonville-armada-fc-to-set-sail-in-2015-on-floating-soccer-pitch#.Uzrb-PldUgw

I've already made the call to reserve my pitch-side floating bleacher seats!

[edjax]

So April Fools. 

[copperfiend]

It's too bad too.

Because that would be all kinds of badass.

[KenFSU]

I know it's April Fools Day, but you probably shouldn't jokingly suggest an idea that is significantly cooler than what you can actually deliver. Kind of sets the stage for a letdown when the actual home field plan is released.

[ProjectMaximus]

Ha, I took a bunch of photos of the stadium in Singapore last fall and was thinking this looks like they crudely photoshopped it into our shipyards area.

Also called the phone number listed at the bottom of the article to see if they had a special funny pre-recorded message but it seems like it's just business as usual over there.

[blizz01]

How awesome would/colud THAT be?  Nice advertising for Maxwell House in the background too.  Hmmmm.

[Ajax]

I just got an email from the Armada that they sent out to people who made season ticket reservations.  It's a link to a survey - they're asking for input on where we want their temporary home to be (JU, UNF or the baseball grounds), where we would like to see them build a stadium (downtown, South Jax, Town Center, Westside/OP or Northside), among other questions.  If you made a season ticket deposit but don't get the email, reach out to them.  Unless you don't want them to play downtown - in that case, please forget that you saw this. 

[KenFSU]

I just got an email from the Armada that they sent out to people who made season ticket reservations.  It's a link to a survey - they're asking for input on where we want their temporary home to be (JU, UNF or the baseball grounds), where we would like to see them build a stadium (downtown, South Jax, Town Center, Westside/OP or Northside), among other questions.  If you made a season ticket deposit but don't get the email, reach out to them.  Unless you don't want them to play downtown - in that case, please forget that you saw this. 

It appears as if the Armada do intend to build their stadium downtown.

Per a Times-Union story from today:

The Armada kicks off next April, but hasn't announced where it will play yet. Livingstone said they're looking at a temporary facility, perhaps the University of North Florida or the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, for the first few years.

But he said the team hopes to build a downtown stadium by 2018.

Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/business/2014-06-24/story/jacksonvilles-own-soccer-team-armada-fc-plans-networking-party-thursdays#ixzz35bQhVvj3

[Ocklawaha]

Fun with scribble maps, take the Akron Zips 30,000 seat stadium and plop it all around downtown. Some really nice fits! Dito the Florida Atlantic 30,000 seater. Perhaps we should post some suggestive doodles?

C O L O M B I A !!!  JA! JA! JA!

[ProjectMaximus]

But he said the team hopes to build a downtown stadium by 2018.

From what I understand, they'd really like to be downtown but the main hangup is the expense of installing and removing the field for every game at the Baseball Grounds. So building a stadium downtown in the future wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[John P]

Combining the Jaguars practice field with the soccer field at the Shipyards would make a lot of sense

[edjax]

Is there room for a stadium at the Shipyards?  Seems like space would be tight for a full blown stadium. While I realize at first it may only be a 10k or so stadium, I believe you would want to be able to expand it in the future to something like 25-30k if hoping to ever move to the next level.

[copperfiend]

Combining the Jaguars practice field with the soccer field at the Shipyards would make a lot of sense

Or putting it where the existing practice fields are.

[Ocklawaha]

Just some quick fooling around, but it does give you an idea of a 30,000-35,000 seat stadium.

[edjax]

Thanks. Looks tight in actual area of shipyards. Perhaps time to rethink the moving of the fairgrounds. As that space and current Jags practice field would work if they move those to shipyards.