Potential Soccer Stadium | Portland peninsula

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Great crowd on hand at Fitzy! Are there plans to expand the capacity for soccer games? I know the old capacity was over 6k for American Football.

Pawtucket's new soccer stadium is a diamond in the rough and holds nearly 11k. I know URI may play their 2026 home games there when Meade has their East stands replaced. Portland will benefit from a larger stadium, and deserves one.

I hope we can get a UMaine football game down in Portland, possibly against UNH. I know they played Delaware at Fitzy years ago. Regardless, the upgrades will help Portland in the pro sports department.
 
It's a now a wait and see after this season if improvements continue with additional seating, large video screen, additional concessions, etc. The city needs a long-term plan for the sports complex and the first thing that needs to be addressed is parking! Central garage, addition to the ice rink and a training facility sponsored by new balance
 
PWMFlyer said:
It's a now a wait and see after this season if improvements continue with additional seating, large video screen, additional concessions, etc. The city needs a long-term plan for the sports complex and the first thing that needs to be addressed is parking! Central garage, addition to the ice rink and a training facility sponsored by new balance
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USM garages are a 5 min walk with over 2,000 spaces.
 
markhb said:
@Redfern , you guys did it! Congratulations!
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We did it!!! Can you believe how long ago we started this post???!!! Fitzy looked great. Realizing the track wasn’t as problematic in broadcast as we thought. Of course I would love to do more but we just need to settle in for a bit and focus on winning. Hope whoever went had a great experience and is excited for more!!! ~ C
 
Eventually replacing the bleachers with real seating would be marvelous!
 
Portlander said:
Eventually replacing the bleachers with real seating would be marvelous!
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It will be a fight, but the track needs to go to make it an ideal soccer stadium. Make this year really great for community and perhaps over the winter break propose that, but with adding something else the opposition will like. The benefit to a fully realized soccer stadium outweighs the idea of inclusion of a track used only for high school. But you probably already have this planned. I'd do that and get USM to participate and build up its soccer programs.
 
Redfern said:
We did it!!! Can you believe how long ago we started this post???!!! Fitzy looked great. Realizing the track wasn’t as problematic in broadcast as we thought. Of course I would love to do more but we just need to settle in for a bit and focus on winning. Hope whoever went had a great experience and is excited for more!!! ~ C
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Congratulations, @Redfern — We so often read here about many great ideas that don’t come to life, but your team has delivered (at least) two major projects over the last 12 months that have significant improvements to the quality of life in Portland. That’s worth noting and celebrating. BRAVO 👏👏

Wishing you many continued successes!
 
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