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Lost their debut game at home in front of 1,500 on a very wet night.

 

He might be referring to Austin possibly taking up an expansion slot once the whole Columbus relocation/non-relocation/purchase situation shakes out.

 

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Good luck.
I wonder if the colors will be the stl flag colors, green/blue/white or green/black/white like Enterprise. Im kinda pulling for the Enterprise colors, as that combo isnt being used yet.

 

until Austin comes in

 

Another airport chant!

 

Sporting KC, LA Galaxy and LAFC have created winning team cultures and best-in-class fan experience. Their community-focused philosophies match what we want to create in St. Louis,” said Carolyn Kindle Betz.

#MLS4THELOU
@LAGalaxy
@SportingKC
@MLS
@LAFC

 

Galaxy are community based? Which community or communities? I'm just interested.

 

St. Louis MLS Tax Incentives Up For Debate Thursday
St. Louis Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority will discuss two proposals

https://kmox.radio.com/articles/st-louis-mls-tax-incentives-debate-thursday

 

City board approves tax incentives for Major League Soccer stadium in downtown St. Louis backed by the Taylor family and Jim Kavanaugh
https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/city-board-approves-tax-incentives-for-major-league-soccer-stadium/article_95833a75-5595-5a27-a184-015325f8e494.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share … via @PostDispatchbiz @davidhunn

 

I have a feeling St. Louis is going to be a big time club attendance wise.

 

they have shown so in the past; they used to support an outdoor team, an indoor team, a college team and a women's team all at the same time.

 

Yeah the area was always a hotbed for soccer. I recall the old NASL Stars didn't do all that well with attendance but that was over 40 years ago. The indoor Steamers, Ambush and the college teams always drew well. I don't think it will be another Atlanta but maybe somewhere above a Cincy and below a Seattle Sounders in drawing fans. ​

 

They did? The Stars attendance average was always below 10k and their last year in 1977, they drew 9700. The other years I saw were below 6 & 7k.That was the height of the NASL when more than just a few teams (for that time) were drawing very well. The next year in 1978, they moved to Anaheim and became the California Surf.

From memory, the Timbers ,Sounders, Earthquakes, Whitecaps ,Kicks , Rowdies and even the Roughnecks did better at the gate than the Stars did. San Jose was drawing 17,000 in 74/75 before Pele ever played for the Cosmos.

 

Yeah I’m thinking at that time when the old league was at its peak, or rather from 1978-81, they may have improved in attendance numbers. Probably more than the Surf got during that same period.

 

101ESPN‏ @101espn
With the all the issues STL has had with expansion, stadiums, etc...It's good to see #MLS4TheLou moving the ball swiftly towards the opposing keeper. #MLS Carolyn Kindle-Betz recently spoke with us about what comes next and the great support thus far:

https://www.101sports.com/2018/11/16/mls4thelou-leader-thinks-group-has-an-unbelievable-application-for-an-expansion-team/ …

 

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/col...cle_df2ed587-a75d-51fb-a48c-e0e47463e501.html

Some repeated information, but also some new stuff.

It was previously reported that the ownership group had visited the Kansas City and two Los Angeles stadiums but apparently they toured Red Bull Arena also.

 

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St. Louis soccer stadium plan approved by aldermanic committee, 8-0

http://dlvr.it/QsL0Hc