The stadium scoop: Safe standing zones, and more on five new MLS venues

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The stadium scoop: Safe standing zones, and more on five new MLS venues

October 14, 20166:10PM EDT

Five MLS teams are moving into new homes in the next two years — and at least two will come with one added bonus for fans. In a first for the league, they’ll be able to stand for a full 90 in safe standing zones constructed specifically with supporters in mind.

Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC will start play in 2017 followed by LAFC in 2018, and the stadiums of all three MLS expansion teams are on track to help them cement new and unique identities. Meanwhile, teams with two of the oldest stadiums in MLS will level up to brand new stadiums. (That’s Orlando City SC, whose Camping World Stadium started life as a WPA project in 1936, and DC United, whose legendary, aging, full-of-soccer-history RFK Stadium opened in 1961.)