Earthquakes Get Their Stadium

After spending nearly two decades playing in college stadiums in the Bay Area, the San Jose Earthquakes opened the 18,000-seat, soccer-specific Avaya Stadium March 1 for an exhibition game against the Los Angeles Galaxy.

With the technologically advanced stadium, team offices, training facilities and practice field all on one site near San Jose’s airport, the organization says it is finally in position to capitalize on the growing interest in soccer in California’s Bay Area.

“Thi in San Francisco, a two-acre fan zone with food trucks and entertainment for kids and suites and club seats at field level. The seats are also three different shades of blue with a few red ones mixed in to honor the colors of past Bay Area soccer teams. The pattern is a code and whoever figures it out first will win two tickets to the 2018 World Cup. The steep seating is expected to make for a louder environment and keep fans closer to the action and there is also an all-standing supporter section behind one goal.

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