Venue Detail
San Jose Earthquakes
Revenues From Sports Venues Pro Facilities Report
February, 2011
San Jose Earthquakes
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3550 Stevens Creek Blvd Ste 200 Santa Clara, CA 95117 Phone: 408-241-9922 Fax: 408-554-8886 URL: www.sjearthquakes.com
Owner
Lew Wolff
League
Major League Soccer Western Conference
Venue
Buck Shaw Stadium, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053 Owner: Santa Clara University Managed by: Owner Built: 1962 Capacity: 11,500 Concessionaire: Neto’s Sausage
Ticket prices
Season tickets range from $198 to $720 Single tickets range from $12.00 to $45.00
Attendance
2008 average attendance: 13,755 2009 average attendance: 14,114
Financing
The venue was built for $5 million in private funds raised by Bronco Bench.
Oakland A's owner Lew Wolff reopened the Earthquakes in 2008 as an expansion team. The team formerly known as the Earthquakes moved to Houston.
The team began its new life at Santa Clara University's Buck Shaw Stadium as its temporary venue for the majority of the home games.
The Earthquakes made upgrades to Buck Shaw Stadium including renovating the full-sized practice field, adding approximately 5,000 temporary seats which increased Buck Shaw Stadium capacity to approximately 12,000 seats. The team also installed a portable state-of-the-art digital video board. The project reconfigured the lights specifically for soccer and expanded the hospitality areas.
Buck Shaw Stadium was named after former Santa Clara football coach, Lawrence T. “Buck” Shaw, and has served as a showcase for Santa Clara sporting events since the facility opened in 1962.
In adding a 14th team, MLS is making an exception to its policy that any expansion franchise must have a suitable home stadium. While Wolff and his partners are negotiating with the city of San Jose to build a 15,000-20,000 structure, political and financial hurdles remain.
The hope to open a 15,000-seat soccer stadium in 2012, and no later than 2013. In the past, Wolff has declined to give a timeline on when he might build a privately funded, $60 million facility across from Mineta San Jose International Airport.
“We're taking every step toward a building permit that we can,” Wolff said. “I don't want to overdo it. These are very difficult times.” (Facilities, Financial, MLS, Professional Sports. Soccer)