Home Depot Center Vital Statistics

Facilities

• Soccer Stadium
• Tennis Stadium
• Track & Field facility
• 30 Tennis Courts (hard and clay courts)
• 9 Soccer Training Fields (one natural surface)
• ADT Event Center – Indoor Velodrome (opening in 2004)
• Three-mile jogging trail with 12 fitness stations around the perimeter of The Home Depot Center
• Stadium Club

Home Teams

• Los Angeles Galaxy – Soccer Stadium anchor tenants
• U.S. Soccer Federation – National Team Training Headquarters
• USTA – USA Tennis High Performance National Training Center
• USA Cycling – National Team Track Training Headquarters
• USA Track & Field – Official Training Site
• AVP – Official Training Site

Seating

• Soccer Stadium – 27,000 capacity
  • 42 Luxury Suites plus 6 Event Suites
  • 1,500 Club Seats
• Tennis Stadium – 8,000 permanent seats, expandable to 13, 000
  • 19 Luxury Suites
• Track & Field facility – 2,000 permanent seats, expandable to 20,000

Total Cost

• $150 million

Fan Conveniences

• 17 refreshment stands: 15 in Soccer Stadium, 2 in Tennis
• 1,600 sq. ft. TEAM LA store featuring official team merchandise
• 160 television monitors
• 4,000 parking spaces added to 4,000 existing CSUDH parking spaces
• 12,000 sq. ft. Stadium Club restaurant
  • 300 person capacity indoor seating/150 person capacity outdoor seating
  • Open daily to the public
  • Features various championship trophies plus 29 medallions of teams and sports federations associated with The Home Depot Center

Event Facilities

• Two-level support building of 144,000 sq. ft. including shared facilities/amenities including:
  • 10 Locker/Dressing Rooms
  • Team-exclusive locker room for the Los Angeles Galaxy
  • 3,000 sq. ft. Weight Room
  • 2 Training Rooms
  • Player Lounge
  • Commissary
  • Laundry Facilities
  • Press facilities
  • Storage
  • Office space

Jobs Created

• More than 1,000 construction-related jobs
• Approximately 300 permanent/part time jobs

Site Dimensions

• 125 acres
• Elevation – varies throughout the site:
  • Main concourse: 77’-0”
  • Main entrance at Avalon Blvd.: 23’-0”
• Video screen dimensions: 21’-0” by 28’-0”

State-of-the-Art Technology and Building Materials

• Soccer Stadium canopy material: Teflon-coated fiberglass material (Chemical Fabric Corporations Sheerfill II)
• Soccer field drainage is below surface system with train pipes at 15’0” on center, connected to the storm drain system
  • It is estimated that each natural grass field will require some 300,000 gallons of water annually for irrigation
  • Recycled water program – only recycled water (no fresh water) will be used for the natural grass fields for irrigation
• Track material: Mondo Super-X

Construction Figures

• 35,000 cubic yards of concrete volume
• 240 tons of reinforcing steel for concrete and masonry
• 210,000 sq. ft. of masonry walls
• 2,800 tons of structural steel
• 145,000 lineal ft. (excluding irrigation) – 2/3 of which is underground
• 800 plumbing fixtures
• 325,000 sq. ft. of drywall
• More than 2,000,000 cubic yards of earthwork moved
• More than 900,000 sq. ft. of sod used
• More than 21,000 tons of sand applied to fields as a base for the sod
• More than 10,000 plants, flowers and trees planted
• 200 people – average work force per day with a peak of 600 people per day

Key Dates

• Groundbreaking February 26, 2002
• Home Depot Naming Rights announcement July 9, 2002
• First Galaxy team visit June 24, 2002
• Start of excavation April 1, 2002
• Completion of excavation June 15, 2002
• First concrete pour May 5, 2002
• First stadia pour August 6, 2002
• Start of canopy erection November 25, 2002
• Completion of canopy fabric April 8, 2003
• First piece of sod placed in Soccer Stadium April 23, 2003
• Last piece of sod placed in Soccer Stadium April 29 2003
• First event at The Home Depot Center
  • Home Depot Track & Field Invitational June 1, 2003
• First event in Soccer Stadium
  • L.A. Galaxy Home Opener vs. Colorado Rapids June 7, 2003

The Home Depot Center Programming

• Los Angeles Galaxy
  • 15 Home Games, opening on June 7, 2003
• MLS All-Star Game August 2, 2003
• MLS Cup November 23, 2003
• San Diego Chargers (NFL) Training Camp July 25 – August 22, 2003
• USTA will operate all community-based tennis programming

Other Upcoming Events

• Women’s Tennis
  • JPMorgan Chase Open presented by Audi August 4 – 10, 2003
• Cycling
  • World Junior Cycling Championships July, 2004
• Track & Field
• The Home Depot Track & Field Invitational June 1, 2003
• IAAF World Cup in Athletics September, 2006
• College Soccer
• NCAA 2004 Men’s College Cup December 10 & 12, 2004
• Beach Volleyball
• Grand Slam Olympic Qualifier September 17 – 21, 2003
• Outdoor Concerts
• The Dave Matthews Band July 26 & 27, 2003
  

 

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