Don Garber said today that 3 of the 4 expansion franchises are "already spoken for."

If I'm Don Garber I'm gonna wait on the Falcon's proposition (if it is one) to see how Orlando, Miami, San Antonio, Minnesota, Sacramento etc. work out.

I'm sure he'd prefer a team in a SSS and a city that is passionate about soccer.

Atlanta (unfortunately) has neither.

 

Minnesota would be the same as Atlanta.

Maybe just a better Stadium location.

 

I'm a member of "MLS Miami Bid" we also have a facebook page, on this page Tropocal Park is one of many sites locations being discussed for a possible MLS soccer stadium. But of all the locations being discussed, this site seems to be less problematic than other sites around Miami. But regardless of where the site is in Miami, it will be a uphill battle to get another stadium built in Miami-Dade after the Miami Marlins stadium deal fiasco with the city.

 

http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/mls-a-step-closer-to-atlanta/nZt3R/

Atlanta.

 

LOL if it does, otherwise LOL still. But come on, IT'S FUN! Good clean wholesome mindless nerdy time wasting fun but fun non the less.

 

My 4 next teams ( my hope ) : San Diego, Phoenix , San Antonio and Miami.

 

Unless they expand to 5-6 DPs, I don't see Miami being a real moneymaker. Will just reinforce MLS as a retirement league.

 

As expected....I stand by what I said that if the stadium gets built then Atlanta will get a team...anyone who thinks otherwise is of their rocker

 

Any MLS team will have to play at Sun Life or Marlin's Park. There won't be another stadium built in Miami for at least a generation. You can thank Jeff Loria for that.

 

You mean built with mostly public dollars I assume.

 

I mean period. Even if some ridiculously rich owner agrees to pay 100% of the land and construction costs, the people in Miami will still criticize it and the team won't get any tax breaks or incentives. You must understand, people in Miami feel very angry and hurt by the Marlins Park experience. They have no appetite for new stadium construction...no matter who pays for it. If you want a new SSS in Miami, come back in 25 years.

I am an Earthquakes supporter. We've been renting stadiums from local universities for years. It's not a great solution...even as an interim home. Garber has said that it isn't about having a SSS; its about owning your stadium and controlling the revenue sources. So, MLS is fine with Seattle and New England using NFL stadiums because these stadiums are "owned". The team gets to keep the parking revenue, and the concession revenue, and not pay rent, and can depreciate the stadium for tax purposes. MLS will be more than happy with Arthur Blank in Atlanta.

Want to own the MLS franchise in Miami? You better already own a stadium in Miami.

 

Of course.

Owners stopped building stadiums the day they realized that they can hold a city hostage over the sports team.

 

You can't get theyah from heah.

 

That assumes MLS wants to start copying Bob Kraft's formula for irrelevance.

Atlanta is a terrible sports market to begin with (the Braves have the best record in the NL and they still don't draw), but the whole arrangement Blank is proposing reeks of the MLS 1996-2001 beta testing phase.

 

The Revs suffer from both a terrible location and an ownership that treats the team like an afterthought. Don't let anyone fool you into thinking otherwise. Brazil played Portugal at Gillette two nights ago. Bob Kraft presented Neymar with a personalized Patriots jersey.

Looks like the new Georgia Dome would be in a good location, but the red-headed stepchild arrangement doesn't work.

 

Is everyone here completely forgetting Detroit? If the Apostolopoulos family wins the bid to build the high-rises and SSS downtown it's game over. Detroit has the fanbase, ownership group, stadium plan, geographic location, and media market to succeed. The only thing that is even slightly in doubt is the corporate sponsorship since VW is a league sponsor.

Their economic situation is completely irrelevant. They do very well in attendance for all of their sports teams consistently. They're getting a team if they win this bid.

 

I'm not doubting you, but if the economy of the city is stalling that leaves less disposable income for soccer games. Just my 2 cents. It still may work though.

 

Detroit's economic woes are more complicated than the media would lay out.

They are the prime example of the doughnut effect, or white flight. The poor never recovered from the recession and are the primary resident population of Metro Detroit.

On the other hand there are vast suburbs of affluent Michgonians(sic?) who are doing just fine. These are the people that go to Red Wings, Pistons, Tigers and Lions games.


Again, in the end its all about a potential owner. But if one turns up, the market in the Detroit CMA is more than enough to support a team.

 

That is because a lot of Detroit's money is in its wealthy suburbs

 

Very interesting!

 

San Diego has a team. It's called Club Tijuana.