Wealthsimple Stadium (Ad Company Geniuses, 0s, Août Poisson Architects)

[SaugeenJunction]

Mods, please delete this if it isn't appropriate.

BlogTO posted this on their Instagram. It's supposed to be a "stadium downtown", and looks like a new build and way too small to be the rumoured Rogers Centre renovation. An announcement is supposed to come later this week.

http://instagr.am/p/B1HedialLoi/

 

[raptor]

Just a friendly reminder that Toronto needs a proper soccer stadium for the 2026 world cup. Perhaps it could be converted to Baseball afterwards.

 

[SaugeenJunction]

Just a friendly reminder that Toronto needs a proper soccer stadium for the 2026 world cup. Perhaps it could be converted to Baseball afterwards.

They do, but there are longer-term plans to upgrade BMO Field to 40k capacity before 2026. BMO is a new and great stadium. I'm wondering if this is for the Toronto Wolfpack or a Toronto Canadian Premier League soccer team.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Not that the rendering is great or even necessarily illustrative but based on it the site will have to be west of Spadina north of the tracks.

AoD

 

[DSC]

It;s BlogTO so I am holding back any excitement.....

 

[Jon77]

Longshot for Esports?????

 

[innsertnamehere]

Longshot for Esports?????

That's my guess. it would match the size of the building in the rendering. It's too small for baseball or soccer.

 

[raptor]

They do, but there are longer-term plans to upgrade BMO Field to 40k capacity before 2026. BMO is a new and great stadium. I'm wondering if this is for the Toronto Wolfpack or a Toronto Canadian Premier League soccer team.

I'm not oblivious to BMO, but this is the World Cup, so 40k is not that much

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Toronto Defiant for Overwatch?

AoD

 

[Jon77]

And the new COD team

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Where’s the RGB?

AoD

 

[SaugeenJunction]

Not that the rendering is great or even necessarily illustrative but based on it the site will have to be west of Spadina north of the tracks.

AoD

Yup, you're right. I'd say it's built over the tracks, where Rail Deck Park is supposed to be.

 

[Obsidian]

I'm not oblivious to BMO, but this is the World Cup, so 40k is not that much

40k is enough for the group stage and early knockout rounds. The smallest stadium for World Cup 2018,was 35k and most were between 42 and 48K. Later rounds would not be played in a 40J stadium though.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

What a bizarre way to announce this, if legit.

 

[Richard White]

What a bizarre way to announce this, if legit.

It is BlogTO so it may just be clickbait. Knowing BlogTO all of Toronto may be soon be up in arms at this new stadium