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Originally Posted by northernlights99

Great pic of the Olympics, thanks.

The dimensions of the MLS field are 70 - 80 yards wide by 100 to 110 yards long depending on stadium size.

CFL will shrink field to 65 x 130 yards by 2027. Length 100 yards plus two 15 yard wide end zones.

Unfortunately that still leaves Olympic Stadium with not so great sightlines cause the Stadium's footprint follows the original 400 meter oval track so seating is set back.

One solution may be to do what the L.A. Memorial Coliseum did and dig out the field and set it lower to bring seating closer in.

That Stadium suffers from the same problem, a stadium built for the Olympics. The Olympic oval track set back the seats particularily in the end zones. The end zones are a huge distance far back.

The L.A. Coliseum dug out the field and rebuilt it 11 feet lower bringing 14 rows of seats further in closer to the field.

I don't know if this can be done with Olympic Stadium, that's a lot of concrete to hammar out and I believe there are facilities underneath the stadium.

I've been to a game at the Rose Bowl, the seats are closer to sidelines as there was never an oval track.

That would be really cool to see happen for Olympic stadium.

Originally Posted by northernlights99

However there is a wrinkle for the L.A. Coliseum.

As part of the plans to host the 2028 Summer Olympics (assuming Trump allows L.A. to host the Games), the L.A. Coliseum field will have to be raised 11 feet higher back into its pre 1993 position to allow for reinstallation of the 400 meter track !

Yikes ! up and down.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.co...s-renovations/

I do find this to be pie in the sky. we shall see what happens.

That's pretty whack lmao

Thankfully, Montreal probably never has to worry about hosting another Olympics again.. so I hope this could be a viable solution for the big O.