MLS Expansion update for July 2017

[MadCardDisease]

https://www.thebluetestament.com/20...ti-nashville-charlotte-detroit-tampa-bay-indy

 

[MadCardDisease]

The biggest revelation was that they won’t be building a dome. Initially Major League Soccer had thought the only way to do a stadium in the desert would be with a roof. According to all these fancy architects though, there are ways to control climate much more efficiently than putting on a roof. Kyle got to learn way more about sweat and human physiology than he probably imagined, but the gist I got from talking with him is that it’ll be a much better climate than Houston and Orlando, who already have teams, despite being in the desert.

Hmmm

I'm kind of skeptical about the new stadium not being a full dome. Will have to wait and see the design to make a final judgment.

 

[Dback Jon]

More good news

 

[Ronin]

 

[MadCardDisease]

North Carolina FC announces Stadium plan:

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017...h-carolina-fc-reveals-stadium-plan-renderings

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The club estimated that the stadium would cost $150 million to construct, and pegged the cost of the entire mixed-use development at $750 million. Malik said that the project would receive “significant” private investment, but indicated that he’d seek public assistance – perhaps in the form of a land deal, perhaps in an exchange that would see the club receive assistance in exchange for leasing office space to the government – during negotiations.

This is a big step for NCFC. However the fact that public "assistance" will be needed in some way or another means that there are still question marks that hurts their chance.

 

[MadCardDisease]

San Antonio mayor says MLS expansion team remains city's focus

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017...r-says-mls-expansion-team-remains-citys-focus

San Antonio mayor Ron Nirenberg reiterated his support for the city's push for a Major League Soccer team last week, stating that the expansion bid headed by Spurs Sports & Entertainment – which owns USL side San Antonio FC – remains a focus for his government.

"San Antonio is a major league city. We should be proud of that," Nirenberg said to KSAT.

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"We kind of think we have a better shot at the third and fourth pick, and we don't know when that would be — possibly sometime next year," Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff said.

San Antonio is slated to receive a AAA baseball franchise, starting in 2019, but Wolff insisted that the city and county have kept MLS expansion as their "primary objective."

Wolff also noted that an expansion to the 8,400-capacity Toyota Field, where SAFC currently play and which would be expanded by 10,000 should San Antonio's bid succeed, would involve some degree of public funding.

"As owners of the stadium, we would work out some arrangement with the Spurs to expand that, where we would share that between the city, the county and the Spurs at some ratio. I'm not sure what yet," Wolff said.

Again public funding makes this bid tricky.

 

[Shaggy]

I still think they should rethink the stadium setup. No roof no matter how you work it to have air flow, it's still going to be uncomfortable to be in there with 20,000 other fans. It needs to have a roof and ac.

 

[Shaggy]

Any updates?

 

[MadCardDisease]

Any updates?

They had one in September that I posted earlier

https://www.arizonasportsfans.com/forum/threads/mls-expansion-update-for-sept-2017.254121/