Phoenix Rising's new stadium offers light rail access, but otherwise disappointed on its opening night.
Phoenix Rising welcomed 10,437 fans to its new home near Sky Harbor Airport on Saturday night, breaking the previous club record of 9,236.
The old site had an expansive lawn to the south of the stadium with a video board, picnic tables, concessions and games for kids. The new site is far more cramped, with narrow walkways between concession stands, creating bottlenecks. However, a team spokesperson said the club is planning to add more concession stands going forward. One of those could be a beer garden in the southeast corner of the ground. Currently, there are no concessions on the south side of the stadium.
The team is also planning to add more metal detectors, aiming to alleviate another notable issue — lines entering the stadium. At one point, a line on the north side of the stadium snaked halfway through a parking lot, past nearly 20 parked cars. Fans reported lines of as long as 20 minutes, though the lines cleared by kickoff.“It’s what we’ve wanted for a long time,” said one member of the Bandidos supporters group.St/Washington light rail stop, which is branded in Rising colors.
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