Crew to Austin in 2019..(Maybe)

Phrasing!

 

I've been here all along, but I'd gladly take a Manhattan.

I know they've touted that number, but apparently they have a spreadsheet that shows it broken down. They'll have to "show your work" as I say to my son when looking at his math homework. The city will want property taxes if they gift the property. Precourt would love to lease the property at below market value and not pay any property taxes (wow, just like he has here!). Negotiations will start there. My point is that he very likely needs more than just the land and the city has every incentive to give him the land, they don't have much to do any more than that. So, the fact that they've settled on the site is no reason for doom and gloom.

 

I believe so.

 

Possibly Texas has some special law on disposing of publicly owned land, but most likely they can give it to Precourt or sell it to him for $1. It's already been through environmental remediation but will require some infrastructure upgrades to host a stadium. They also are talking about moving the rail station closer.

When privately owned it would become taxable property so PSV will most likely ask for tax abatements in addition to the improvements needed in the area.

 

That presumes that MLS wants anything at all to do with Columbus. I'm not sure that's true--especially if Cincy gets a team--when they will find out that selling 30K tickets at $5-10 each (and I do give them a lot of credit for that) is not quite the same thing as selling the same seats at $30-50 a pop. While it is an NFL town (which may be the only "metric" ML:S is looking at), it's smaller than Columbus, already has major competition for the summer sports dollar in the Reds (whose tickets tend to be on the lower end of MLB's price scale, meaning that Cincy fans are likely to expect the same from MLS), and is not growing anywhere near as fast as Columbus. MLS has really poisoned the market with their public statements and actions. Cincy may be hard pressed to get any state money given that Cleveland legislators have long
memories and Central Ohio legislators are not likely to approve anything for MLS if the Crew move. Unless they go MLS2KY.

 

Well, except I fear that Austin as a major league sports virgin will buy PSV's line of "I'll still respect you in the morning"

 

Rob Roy straight up with a twist.

Nor would they seem likely to try very hard.

Which is why, all of a sudden, PSV building a "world class" stadium is going to bring them$400 million in fantasyland dollars.

It will be hilarious to see them explain where all of it will come from. I can barely wait.

Not even remotely.Precourt is still going to need Austin to come up with millions one way or another - and certainly for infrastructure- and there would seem to be almost no local sentiment which would be in favor of that.

And of course that leaves aside the fact that, as many people have noted, nobody is going to sign any kind of contract with Fratboy until they know he's clear of Mike DeWine, who seems to be in a feisty mood.

No cause for gloom at all. Get some popcorn instead cause watching Suttle lie for his dinner will be a riot..

 

It would be hard to do that as it is already 2018 last I looked. Unless you are using a Jewish or Islamic calendar....

 

I used to play on a field like that up in Worthington off Indianola.

 

Sure, but anything over and above the property will have political consequences.

There was a NIMBY factor when a homeless RV park was proposed for the site. There may not be quite as much for a stadium but it is likely to be greater than 0. Add in giving MORE than just the site and that factor rises.

 

Spreadsheet, my ass. This group of owners is used to getting everything handed to them from cities they are truly baffled by the road blocks they have encountered. It's obvious by now they expected a huge bag of goodies and have no plan B.

 

That second article.... Yeesh.... Even the link to the Ohio law article was wrong (went to San Antonio).

I was bored enough to actually hunt down the article he meant to reference. Wow, that was Rosy-Colored Glasses optimism.

"They could sell them the team and then not let them play in MLS!" I am sure that more than a few judges would see that as not selling a professional sports team then...

 

Their parallel path (Plan B - City of Columbus) has or is blowing up in their face.

 

I was in Cincinnati for a party last weekend and most of the folks there attend a few FCC games. Not one wanted to see them replaced with MLS. They like the cost and all the restaurants/bars in the area. They also aren't fans of MLS shenanigans and realize they would be a have not.

 

But Court-Jest hired the best financial team on two wheels
Meet Mr. Smoken Mears - Genius

 

Sorry was reading/thinking 2019 on all these

 

Understandable... But I was puzzled there for a minute.

 

Truman’s one-handed economist.

 

You know, one big problem we have is that while everybody claims to understand that this is a war, whenever the other side does anything besides curl up in a fetal position and suck their thumbs everybody starts pricing cyanide capsules.

Precourt had a terrible week going, what with the DeWine filing and Crewsmas generating some enthusiasm and so he -or more likely the PR people - came back by trying to step on the news with this McKalla "announcement" which of course contains no news at all:

FratAss is excited about the possibilities at McKalla. He looks forward to further review and the exciting prospect of blah blah blah blah blah. It's nothing. It's just noise. And halfof you went looking for the fainting couch. What a bunch of little girl blouses.

Look, people, as I said before, this is getting uglier by the week and is most definitely going to get even uglier before it's over.

If you want to fight this despicable piece of garbage, great, welcome to the fight. But if every time Precourt or Suttle or one of their bought-and-paid-for stooges at the Statesman American writes something or says something you're going to need therapy and people around here have to spend a day or two patting you on the head, drying your tears and turning on the lights to prove there's nothing under the bed or in the closet, then screw it. It's not worth it having to drag you mopes around like anchors.

My advice would be to pull on some big boy pants and if you can't figure out how to help then at least make an effort to recognize the game here.

 

CCTV footage of the MLS Lawyer at the moment DeWine requests the league's financial records as part of the Discovery process...

 

I think you accidentally copy and pasted your post from earlier in the week.

 

I’m new here, sort of, so don’t roast me—at least not yet.

According to Mike Duffey, AP is not going to be here in any sort of way. Then what is AP’s end game? All in on Austin or sell 100%?

He just doesn’t want to sell, and other than our vague law, he won’t unless forced to. Would the league step in a force him to sell, or to reason with him? I don’t think so bc it seems that owners like him in their own little circle (just referring to two that I know really) and wouldn’t force their buddy to sell.

Someone present me with a counter argument bc this is what is bouncing around in my head every day.

 

I keep seeing these FC Cincinnati tickets offered in internet forums, but wonder where I can buy them. The seats I get are $20 after the 20% discount from OSSRC. I get those because the ones that list for $30 are sold out.

Now, they do offer general admission seats in the south end zone for $10, but I liken those to the bleacher seats that the Reds offer in left field at GAPB for something like $6.

Now, Crew ticket prices aren't much higher. I think I was paying something like $30 two years ago just outside the Nordeke.

 

That ********ing Andrew King and his tweeting lies.


Puppies and rainbows, dude. Sweetest, nicest people you will ever know.