ACBJ Study: Philly - City That is Most Primed for MLS Expansion

[Zman Gunner]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11329765/

Not a lot new in this one although this article puts Philly in a positive MLS light compared to other MLS expansion candidates (i.e. Cleveland, Milwaukee, St. Louis, San Diego) which are supposedly cities overcrowded with sports teams without the sufficient personal income base to support another team.

The article mentions the top 10 cities ripe for an expansion team in a specific sport. LA getting a NFL team is #1, Philly getting a MLS team is #2. Rochester is the only other city in the top 10 that is ripe for MLS expansion team (i.e. Portland makes the Top 10 list but as a MLB expansion city candidate).

If there only was an investor.................

[SoccerPrime]

Great post, here is the exact page for Philly (nice to see the MLS logo there):
http://www.bizjournals.com/specials/2006/0213/sports_expansion/2.html

[Looper121]

Nice articles. But again, it's a lotta fluff.

Although, the repetition of these kind of articles is bound to eventually attract investors. I wonder if there is a possiblitly of an investor that isn't necessarily in the Phila Area. Not to conjure the Tampa/Miami thing that didn't work out so well, but could there be a chance of one of the other owner groups stepping up to develop a team here?