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Originally Posted by Aeneas
I ask this question while almost completely ignorant on the MLS...why would a soccer league want covered stadiums. I know we have awful weather sometimes, but if I were to go to a soccer game, I would want to be outdoors.
Maybe there are indoor MLS teams, as I said I have no idea.
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It doesn't matter so much at a certain latitude; unfortunately for us, we can get snow right until June, and as early as September. Considering the MLS season is from May until November (including playoffs), this does matter.
A covered stadium helps to greatly reverse the possibility of fans not buying tickets because of extreme weather conditions... this includes rain and slight drizzles.
Despite its enormous cost (a separate issue) for the renovated BC Place, that place is magnificent to watch the Whitecaps in. That specific stadium is huge, and they tarp off the upper bowl, but you can have a new covered stadium with 40,000 - not 60,000 seats. BC Place was there before the Whitecaps moved in.