Stadium update article

[OldSchool]

Last year’s unusually wet winter held back construction on the future home of the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers in Inglewood, forcing the stadium’s developers to push back its opening day to 2020.

But scarcely a drop of rain has fallen this winter, and construction is now moving right along.

Builders of the 70,000-seat arena announced Wednesday that thus far roughly 6 million cubic yards of dirt have been excavated, 45,000 cubic yards of concrete poured, and eight cranes brought to the construction site.

A massive structural retaining wall, which will support the stadium, is now 65 percent complete, and the outline of the ovular structure is taking shape.

Work on the project is about to ramp up. About 850 workers are now employed on the stadium on a given day, but that number will more than quadruple by next year.

At that point, work will have begun on the glassy roof canopy, which builders promise will be constructed using the help of “one of the largest cranes in the world.”

That’s par for the course for this particular project, which seems to be gunning for nearly every available superlative.

With a projected cost of $2.6 billion, the stadium and surrounding entertainment district and urban village will be the costliest NFL complex ever built (it could also be the most expensive for fans). At 3 million square feet, it will be the largest stadium in professional football. Its 120-yard video screen (dubbed Oculus) will be the biggest around.

As the renderings below illustrate, the screen will encircle the top of the field like a glittery halo. Above the screen will be a clear roofline allowing light to shine down on fans assembled in seats or luxury suites (there will be 275 of them).

Here’s a closer look at what the stadium will look like when complete:

 

[OldSchool]

More construction pics, these are just some of the pics in a 2nd article and yes I refused to put that idiot in a chargers hard hat in here.

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/01...er-stage-for-rams-chargers-and-fight-for-l-a/

 

[Corbin]

Looks freaking amazing! I can't wait to watch a game in that bitch!

Question?
Don't get the screen... how is it going to work? the same picture across it with a stop and start point? Or multiple cameras? It's interesting asf.

Almost want to quit what I'm doing and go help with the construction! lol

 

[OldSchool]

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/spo...gers-show-off-progress-new-stadium/109137412/

 

[OldSchool]

Looks freaking amazing! I can't wait to watch a game in that bitch!

Question?
Don't get the screen... how is it going to work? the same picture across it with a stop and start point? Or multiple cameras? It's interesting asf.

Almost want to quit what I'm doing and go help with the construction! lol

Good question on that, I think I read somewhere it's one giant screen but it'll be showing the same thing in different quarters. One each end zone and one each sideline. Hard to tell that's still a ways away and will depend on technology I'd guess.

 

[Corbin]

Good question on that, I think I read somewhere it's one giant screen but it'll be showing the same thing in different quarters. One each end zone and one each sideline. Hard to tell that's still a ways away and will depend on technology I'd guess.

I'm a techie so always think of shit like that. Man we should have a ROD event there for the first game. That would be awesome asf!

 

[Karate61]

This stadium is going to be insane.

My daughter worked at McDonalds. She frequently struck up conversations with a customer. Turns out that customer is the Corporate Safety Director, Inglewood Stadium of Champions. My daughter told him what a huge fan I was. Guess what? He offered to give me a full tour of the stadium before it opens to the public. How luck is that?

 

[STLRam]

The seating capacity will be about average for an NFL stadium which doesn’t bother me as long as fans show up, and from the preview pictures it looks to be outright the best ooking stadium in the NFL.

But someone with more knowledge than me...please explain why the Chargers are sharing this stadium with us. That’s a disgrace IMO.

 

[rking4441]

The seating capacity will be about average for an NFL stadium which doesn’t bother me as long as fans show up, and from the preview pictures it looks to be outright the best ooking stadium in the NFL.

But someone with more knowledge than me...please explain why the Chargers are sharing this stadium with us. That’s a disgrace IMO.

The reason stems back to the Rams getting permission to move back to LA. Part of the negotiations involved giving the Chargers and Raiders each a one year window to decide if they wanted to co habitat the new stadium with the Rams. The stadium is said to have two complete office facilities for both teams. Seeing as the City of San Diego didn’t approve a new stadium for the Chargers I think it was an easy choice for the Spanos family.

 

[Merlin]

Excited to attend a game there man, it's gonna be live.

One thing that cracks me up though is how none of the example photos have Rams fans in them. It's a minor thing, but if I'm Stan Kroenke I woulda had the people walkin around in Rams regalia. Why? Because F Spanos, that's why.

 

[Q729]

They might as well have just made the stadium shaped like the NFL shield.

 

[bluecoconuts]

But someone with more knowledge than me...please explain why the Chargers are sharing this stadium with us. That’s a disgrace IMO.

Because baby Spanos threw a tantrum. His stadium plan was terrible, it was basically a big show to convince the other owners to let him mooch off of Stan.

 

[kurtfaulk]

Looks freaking amazing! I can't wait to watch a game in that bitch!

Question?
Don't get the screen... how is it going to work? the same picture across it with a stop and start point? Or multiple cameras? It's interesting asf.

Almost want to quit what I'm doing and go help with the construction! lol

that screen looks like it's gonna be irritating as fuck for the people in the upper decks. it will be in their line of sight when they look at the field. unless the pictures have the scaling all wrong.

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[Corbin]

that screen looks like it's gonna be irritating as freak for the people in the upper decks. it will be in their line of sight when they look at the field. unless the pictures have the scaling all wrong.

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Nah... I’ve seen pictures where it’s at eye level. Couldn’t be that stupid. Lol

 

[JonRam99]

that screen looks like it's gonna be irritating as freak for the people in the upper decks. it will be in their line of sight when they look at the field. unless the pictures have the scaling all wrong.

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It's fine - the rendering viewpoint is probably 20 to 30 rows up at one end zone, and you can see almost all the upper decks - if you can see them, they can see you & the entire field. From the upper deck, you might not be able to see the other upper deck but you can see the field.
This is a problem though: from the upper decks, I think the backside of the oculus will block your view of ANY of the scoreboards on the inner side. I haven't seen any renderings showing that both sides will have screens, only the inside. If this is the case, no-one will ever buy any nosebleeds - it's too far from the field to see the action, and the big screen scoreboards will be blocked from view.

 

[Merlin]

I dislike the oculus type scoreboards. Dallas did it right IMO.

 

[SteezyEndo]

More construction pics, these are just some of the pics in a 2nd article and yes I refused to put that idiot in a chargers hard hat in here.

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/01...er-stage-for-rams-chargers-and-fight-for-l-a/

Local 416 on 4th pic. Starting to look better. Just hope this rain season won't put another delay on it.

 

[Fidelis]

I’m just happy they are back in Cali

 

[kurtfaulk]

It's fine - the rendering viewpoint is probably 20 to 30 rows up at one end zone, and you can see almost all the upper decks - if you can see them, they can see you & the entire field. From the upper deck, you might not be able to see the other upper deck but you can see the field.
This is a problem though: from the upper decks, I think the backside of the oculus will block your view of ANY of the scoreboards on the inner side. I haven't seen any renderings showing that both sides will have screens, only the inside. If this is the case, no-one will ever buy any nosebleeds - it's too far from the field to see the action, and the big screen scoreboards will be blocked from view.

Yeah, I'm not saying you won't see the field. I'm saying you'll see a halo above the field. That can't be good.

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