Orlando City an MLS Favorite

Discussion in 'Orlando City SC' started by haaamean, Sep 9, 2011.

  1. OleGunnar20

    OleGunnar20 Member+

    Dec 7, 2009
    Club:
    Manchester United FC

    people like that woman just upset me ... it isn't her tax money that is being spent ... it is TOURIST tax dollars ... and yes, sure could they spend some of the money on community things like better schools and police and etc ... sure, but let's not mistake the fact that putting a stadium in that shitehole that is paramor might just help spur the place into being less of a shitehole ... which would be good for the community.

    not to mention $20M is a drop in the bucket .... in that very news segment they are spending $25M on some arts center (which is good by me) which won't have nearly the community impact of a soccer stadium and subsequent MLS team in Orlando. and i love how the news article doesn't mention word one about how much of the total cost to get MLS in Orlando (Stadium + Expansion) the team itself is willing to foot .... which is well over 50% of the estimated total cost ($150M-$170M).
     
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  2. shawnvb

    shawnvb Member

    Apr 30, 2013
    Missouri
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  3. ChuckDzzNutz

    ChuckDzzNutz Member

    Jan 27, 2012
    Florida
    Club:
    Rangers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Honestly, with the stadium being a done deal . . . if Orlando isn't announced as the next MLS expansion side, then something shady is going on at MLS Headquarters.
     
  4. soccermilitant

    soccermilitant Member+

    Jan 14, 2009
    St.paul
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Its still not done yet
     
  5. ChuckDzzNutz

    ChuckDzzNutz Member

    Jan 27, 2012
    Florida
    Club:
    Rangers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Am I missing something or did I misread? I thought what I read earlier today stated that if Orlando is awarded the Franchise, that the stadium is a go . . . at least the 85 million dollar version, but I'm sure they'll be hitting the state up for more during the next session.
     
  6. soccermilitant

    soccermilitant Member+

    Jan 14, 2009
    St.paul
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    its got to city and county commissionors.
     
  7. Sempuukyaku

    Sempuukyaku Member+

    Apr 30, 2002
    Seattle, WA
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And survive this lawsuit.

    (I'm pretty confident that lawsuit will be dropped like a bad habit. But still)
     
  8. FlipsLikeAPancake

    Jul 6, 2010
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The agreement announced today was an agreement between the mayors of Orange County and Orlando. While it's certainly good they are throwing their weight behind the project, it's not up to them. As soccermilitant pointed out, it's up to city and county commissioners, who are expected to vote on the proposal in the next few weeks.
     
  9. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  10. FlipsLikeAPancake

    Jul 6, 2010
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Meh I'm not worried. I think talking about a lawsuit is actually a sign of how close this is to happening, since you wouldn't sue someone for making a proposal. I think the talk is just trying to intimidate the government from passing the funding.
     
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  11. WorldGame

    WorldGame Member

    Aug 28, 2002
    Orlando
    Sun. 8/11/13:
    - beat Seattle Reserves 2-0
    - set new regular season attendance record with 10,697
    - beat previous regular season attendance record by more than 1,100
    - pulled level with Richmond at top of USL table
    - will meet Richmond @ Richmond this Wed. 8/14
     
  12. WorldGame

    WorldGame Member

    Aug 28, 2002
    Orlando
    I read where the lawsuit will fail if it doesn't disappear first because:

    a) it's being brought by a community activist (a bit of a crank and scrubhat, apparently) who's run for and lost mayoral primaries at least a few times and this is his scheme-of-the-week to get his name known

    and b) the reg that the lawsuit claims has been violated in fact explicitly provides for using hotel taxes on stadia, convention centers, etc.
     
  13. ChuckDzzNutz

    ChuckDzzNutz Member

    Jan 27, 2012
    Florida
    Club:
    Rangers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Funny, when I read that I immediately thought of this guy in Orlando whose radio show I used to produce when I lived there. His name is Doug Guetzloe. I googled him to see if this was who you wre talking about only to discover he's currently in the midst of a 15 month prison sentence for tax fraud.
     
  14. ChuckDzzNutz

    ChuckDzzNutz Member

    Jan 27, 2012
    Florida
    Club:
    Rangers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  15. SoccerPrime

    SoccerPrime Moderator
    Staff Member

    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think you just need to put in ZIP.
     
  16. ChuckDzzNutz

    ChuckDzzNutz Member

    Jan 27, 2012
    Florida
    Club:
    Rangers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    true . . . made me register and you get 5 premium stories a month
     
  17. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    yeah sorry, I was going to cut and paste it instead but then I knew that I'd very likely get slapped by the Mods...
     
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  18. MattXG

    MattXG Red Card

    May 17, 2010
    Orlando is a done deal.

    Christ I noticed a couple weeks ago MLSsoccer.com was reporting on OCSC's crowd size....hell, there were a whole bunch of OCSC reports on MLSS.com

    It's as good as done.
     
  19. FlipsLikeAPancake

    Jul 6, 2010
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not until they finalize their stadium plans. I agree that it's exceedingly likely that Orlando City gets a team, but the stadium is the important last piece.
     
  20. antnee7898

    antnee7898 Member

    Oct 19, 2007
    South Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Late Oct vote now im hearing, back from mid Sep. Will it go into Nov or Dec?
     
  21. ChuckDzzNutz

    ChuckDzzNutz Member

    Jan 27, 2012
    Florida
    Club:
    Rangers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

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