Official Statement from Kansas City Wizards President Robb Heineman Earlier this week, the Wizards announced an exciting new joint venture with Kansas City Parks and Recreation. Within the month, we plan to break ground on a state-of-the-art training facility in Swope Park, a large and attraction-filled destination park in the heart of Kansas City. As we continue to make progress towards a world-class soccer-specific stadium, speculation continues to swirl around where the Wizards will play their home match inventory in 2007. We appreciate the fact that the Kansas City community, including media outlets and Wizards fans, remain interested and involved in our process of finalizing a 2007 venue. We also value the dedication of our season ticket holders for remaining loyal throughout this period of uncertainty, and please be assured that we are actively working to finalize a ticketing plan that will best serve all Kansas City Wizards fans. As has been reported, the organization recently learned that Arrowhead Stadium is a viable option as a 2007 venue. Recent reports have also linked the Wizards to Ray-Pec High School, Rockhurst High School, College Boulevard Activities Center, Truman High School, William Chrisman High School, and more. Out of respect for the process we have run around this crucial decision, we will not comment on any of these reports until we have an agreement in place with a facility. We will announce the location of our 2007 venue after the Wizards practice on Tuesday, February 6th. Robb Heineman Kansas City Wizards President
It seemed like good PR till the Star story broke a few hours later with quotes from Heineman. Then it looks like a mis-step.
Heineman did say that they are "finalizing" the deal. We all know what can happen before final signatures when it comes to stadium situations.