The Portland Timbers on Wednesday released renderings of the long-awaited proposed expansion of Providence Park. The proposal would expand the stadium by approximately 4,000 seats and raise the capacity of Providence Park to approxomately 25,000 perhaps as soon as the beginning of the 2019 MLS season.
The increased capacity would bring Providence Park above the median effective capacity for MLS stadia, and would make it comparable in size to Orlando City’s new stadium and New York’s Red Bull Arena.
The expansion plan calls for a 93-foot-tall, four-level addition to the east side of Providence Park that would be steeply tiered.