OT: MLS team is building itself 2 stadiums

[Sean Miller Fan]

Not sure I've ever seen this before but David Beckham's new Miami team has built a new 18,000 seat stadium in Fort Lauderdale on the site of an older stadium (which Florida Atlantic played in before their stadium was built) as a temporary home and a permanent training facility while their "game stadium" in Miami proper on the site of a city golf course they bought is constructed.

If we're keeping score, that's 1 MLS stadium being built on a city golf course. The game of golf is dying as we know and courses are closing all over. Are there any city golf courses near Oakland? Asking for a friend.

 

[ThePanthers]

Pitt needs 2 on campus stadiums to show they are serious about football.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

It remains to be seen how long it lasts but golf just had a great year. Courses had record numbers of rounds played. Orders for clubs are taking longer from manufacturers.

And anyone’s fantasy of a stadium being built in Schenley Park - that will remain a fantasy.

 

[HopeandChangeforAntoons]

Not sure I've ever seen this before but David Beckham's new Miami team has built a new 18,000 seat stadium in Fort Lauderdale on the site of an older stadium (which Florida Atlantic played in before their stadium was built) as a temporary home and a permanent training facility while their "game stadium" in Miami proper on the site of a city golf course they bought is constructed.

If we're keeping score, that's 1 MLS stadium being built on a city golf course. The game of golf is dying as we know and courses are closing all over. Are there any city golf courses near Oakland? Asking for a friend.

That land is marked for the UPMC Bob O’Connor Center for Pot Hole Related Injuries with an adjacent Hyatt Suites for families of out of town patients to stay. There will be a TGIFriday’s in the lobby if you want to grab some extreme nachos or jalapeño poppers and a Bud before a hoops game.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

That land is marked for the UPMC Bob O’Connor Center for Pot Hole Related Injuries with an adjacent Hyatt Suites for families of out of town patients to stay. There will be a TGIFriday’s in the lobby if you want to grab some extreme nachos or jalapeño poppers and a Bud before a hoops game.

What about an Antoon's?

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Pitt needs 2 on campus stadiums to show they are serious about football.

LOL but I'll take just 1.

 

[HopeandChangeforAntoons]

What about an Antoon's?

Local flavor? Might be a nice niche. Maybe a more sanitized yet also more expensive version. Think Slice on Broadway at PNC Park. Nah, let’s just go with another Primanti’s.

 

[Pitt79]

Bob O'Connor Golf Course

www.thebobgc.com

Schenley Park, but I enjoyed playing there back in the day, late 80s and early 90s it cost $5 to play a round, I'd hate it if they trashed it for a stadium.

 

[bayardstreet]

They can’t sell the Schenley golf course because the Ryder Cup is being played there in 2028.

 

[pittdan77]

Not sure I've ever seen this before but David Beckham's new Miami team has built a new 18,000 seat stadium in Fort Lauderdale on the site of an older stadium (which Florida Atlantic played in before their stadium was built) as a temporary home and a permanent training facility while their "game stadium" in Miami proper on the site of a city golf course they bought is constructed.

If we're keeping score, that's 1 MLS stadium being built on a city golf course. The game of golf is dying as we know and courses are closing all over. Are there any city golf courses near Oakland? Asking for a friend.

I really appreciate how you spend so much of your free time trying to connect something that is totally irrelevant to Pitt's situation.

 

[Pitt79]

I really appreciate how you spend so much of your free time trying to connect something that is totally irrelevant to Pitt's situation.

With all his outside the box ideas, just concentrate on some business ideas like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg instead of obsessing over building a football stadium in Oakland, for a mediocre football program

Then become billionaire and build Pitt a stadium!

 

[wbrpanther]

I really appreciate how you spend so much of your free time trying to connect something that is totally irrelevant to Pitt's situation.

You noticed that, huh?

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

They can’t sell the Schenley golf course because the Ryder Cup is being played there in 2028.

I must admit, I did not know that.

I wonder how low some of those guys could go on a course like that?

 

[Pitt79]

I must admit, I did not know that.

I wonder how low some of those guys could go on a course like that?

If you could birdie every hole you'd be at like 49?

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

If you could birdie every hole you'd be at like 49?

It's been a very long time since I played Schenley Park, but there are several par fours there that guys good enough to play in the Ryder Cup would expect to drive the green. Eagles would be in play on quite a few holes.

 

[Fk_Pitt]

Not sure I've ever seen this before but David Beckham's new Miami team has built a new 18,000 seat stadium in Fort Lauderdale on the site of an older stadium (which Florida Atlantic played in before their stadium was built) as a temporary home and a permanent training facility while their "game stadium" in Miami proper on the site of a city golf course they bought is constructed.

If we're keeping score, that's 1 MLS stadium being built on a city golf course. The game of golf is dying as we know and courses are closing all over. Are there any city golf courses near Oakland? Asking for a friend.

Not on topic but kinda appropriate for this thread. Leicester City just built a new practice facility with 14 fields and a 9 hole golf course. Too bad Beckham didn’t follow that model.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Not on topic but kinda appropriate for this thread. Leicester City just built a new practice facility with 14 fields and a 9 hole golf course. Too bad Beckham didn’t follow that model.

I think thats the plan for their Ft. Lauderdale facility (without the golf course). Their "game stadium" will be built on that city golf course that Beckham is turning into an entertainment complex (shopping, movie theater, etc).

Speaking of golf courses being turned into sports facilities, wasn't Cool Springs an 18 hole course before they built that facility? Also, Peters bought a golf course and built a new HS. There's a few other courses I know which were bought by home developers.

Golf courses are kind of like malls. There was just too many of them. There's 3 Pittsburgh malls that survived. Robinson, Ross Park, SHV. Once the number of golf courses shrink, the survivors will do fine.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

It's been a very long time since I played Schenley Park, but there are several par fours there that guys good enough to play in the Ryder Cup would expect to drive the green. Eagles would be in play on quite a few holes.

The Ryder Cup think was a joke I'm pretty sure.

 

[BFo8]

The Ryder Cup think was a joke I'm pretty sure.

Pretty sure?

 

[Fk_Pitt]

I think thats the plan for their Ft. Lauderdale facility (without the golf course). Their "game stadium" will be built on that city golf course that Beckham is turning into an entertainment complex (shopping, movie theater, etc).

Speaking of golf courses being turned into sports facilities, wasn't Cool Springs an 18 hole course before they built that facility? Also, Peters bought a golf course and built a new HS. There's a few other courses I know which were bought by home developers.

Golf courses are kind of like malls. There was just too many of them. There's 3 Pittsburgh malls that survived. Robinson, Ross Park, SHV. Once the number of golf courses shrink, the survivors will do fine.

I started that thread about Braddock on the other board. That whole area in the east is depressed. One thing I didn’t mention in the thread is that I also drove through where Churchill country club was this week. That’s gone and driving by it and seeing it is sad. It was once a beautiful place. But I suppose you’re right about country clubs. Churchill Country Club couldn’t stay afloat.

in Peters, Rolling Hills Country Club struggled financially too, membership was down and had to close. Washington County school districts like Peters and Canon Mac are growing like crazy, so naturally Peters needed a new school and bought the Rolling Hills property and now have a beautiful campus opening for the red and black Indians. C-M elected to add on to their HS twice instead of building a new one in Southpointe. I remember when Peters was AA and C-M was AAA. Now C-M is 6A and Peters is 5A. People have been fleeing to Washington Country for two decades. No one is fleeing to Woodland Hills, Penn Hills and Gateway. It’s depressing because my roots are in the WH, PH and Monroeville areas.

 

[Fk_Pitt]

The Ryder Cup think was a joke I'm pretty sure.

I forgot to mention, I’m not aware of cool springs ever being a golf course. It was always a mini golf and driving range. My first house was a few blocks from there in the 90’s. It was just a driving range and mini golf then.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

red and black Indians.

I see what you did there.

I thought Cool Springs was a golf course. What was there before the sports facility and townhouses?

I didn't read much of that other thread but its more to do with people leaving Allegheny County's higher taxes. I mean, yea, the East is depressed but Franklin Regional is thriving. Westmoreland County. Its also a factor of which areas of Pittsburgh were developed first. The East and South along the Mon were the old steel mill towns. The homes there were built in the 1800s/early 1900s and the infrastructure is really bad. It is natural that those towns turned into low-income areas when the steel mills closed.

 

[Fk_Pitt]

I see what you did there.

I thought Cool Springs was a golf course. What was there before the sports facility and townhouses?

I didn't read much of that other thread but its more to do with people leaving Allegheny County's higher taxes. I mean, yea, the East is depressed but Franklin Regional is thriving. Westmoreland County. Its also a factor of which areas of Pittsburgh were developed first. The East and South along the Mon were the old steel mill towns. The homes there were built in the 1800s/early 1900s and the infrastructure is really bad. It is natural that those towns turned into low-income areas when the steel mills closed.

Someone from Baldwin or bethel can chime in. But I don’t think there was ever a golf course there...unless there was a Par 3 at one time. Where the indoor facilities and townhomes are now was just undeveloped land.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

Cool springs has been cool springs for years. And there’s not enough land there for an 18 hole golf course. Not even close. Probably not enough for 9 unless you wanna wear helmets and body armor. And even then it’s not likely.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

Pretty sure?

I think it’s safe to say SMF is nowhere near an expert on golf as he is at college basketball where he knows more than everyone.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

I think it’s safe to say SMF is nowhere near an expert on golf as he is at college basketball where he knows more than everyone.

Yes I despise golf. I am so happy to be watching its demise. I can't think of anything more stupid than spending $100 or whatever to drive around a golf course for 5 hours in the heat hitting a ball.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

Yes I despise golf. I am so happy to be watching its demise. I can't think of anything more stupid than spending $100 or whatever to drive around a golf course for 5 hours in the heat hitting a ball.

Keep up with the ignorance. There’s no demise. Private clubs have struggled and gone under. But as I said above golf just had its best year in a while. Even courses around here that were forced to close for a while had record numbers of rounds. But by all means keep spouting off and demonstrating how clueless you are.

Your $100 statement alone demonstrates how little you know.

And pulling for something to fail that has no impact on you is beyond juvenile. But I’m sure nobody is surprised.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Keep up with the ignorance. There’s no demise. Private clubs have struggled and gone under. But as I said above golf just had its best year in a while. Even courses around here that were forced to close for a while had record numbers of rounds. But by all means keep spouting off and demonstrating how clueless you are.

Your $100 statement alone demonstrates how little you know.

And pulling for something to fail that has no impact on you is beyond juvenile. But I’m sure nobody is surprised.

These eerie photos of deserted golf courses reveal a new normal in America

From Las Vegas, Nevada to Mahwah, New Jersey many golf courses are being replaced with housing developments.

www.businessinsider.com

This article is 4 years old but said 800 courses closed. Like I said, there's too many. I expect many more courses and country clubs to close. Look at it as right-sizing.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

These eerie photos of deserted golf courses reveal a new normal in America

From Las Vegas, Nevada to Mahwah, New Jersey many golf courses are being replaced with housing developments.

www.businessinsider.com

This article is 4 years old but said 800 courses closed. Like I said, there's too many. I expect many more courses and country clubs to close. Look at it as right-sizing.

I’m aware. Lots of course in Myrtle closed for development too. But right sizing isn’t demise.

Still a result of the last boom. Locally Totteridge was at the tail end. They’re still open and doing ok but nowhere near what they had planned. There was another course whose name escapes me that stopped at 9 holes. Don’t know if they’re still open or not. But golf is doing just fine.

And a lot of courses were doing ok. But when offers were made for the land for development it just made business sense to sell.

Fracking too. I know someone through a friend that owns a course. Would have made sense for him to sell too but it’s a bit of a passion for him so he decided to keep the course. Had his best year ever this year.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

The Ryder Cup think was a joke I'm pretty sure.

What? You missed the big announcement that the 2028 Ryder Cup was being played at Schenley Park? How could someone as plugged into the local sports scene as you missed a monumental announcement like that?


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[Sean Miller Fan]

How could someone as plugged into the local sports scene as you missed a monumental announcement like that?


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Golf isnt a sport. Its a hobby. There was a National Pinball Championship in Pgh recently that I also missed.