I never even been there, and I live here! I was thinking Rose Garden by Lincoln at first. But a San Francisco club would be cool.It would be cool to have SF/SJ sport rivalry.
Yeah the one across from Lincoln HS is the one I meant but I posted the wrong one...... A San Francisco club would be cool but thre is no owner , no investor and no stadium plan or land for that matter, on the horizon.
Why not rename the SJ Earthquakes the BA Quakes or BA Concord? A San Fran stadium would be the perfect location?
Again where will they put it and who will build it? Lew Wolf has just said he won't build it so who else will step up?
From David Alioto's post earlier today (bold added by me): Absolutely as it should be, particularly for a team rightfully and thankfully named the San Jose Earthquakes! Still, it could be neat if San Francisco got an MLS expansion team sometime in the future so that we'd have annual home-and-away Bay Area derbies between the San Jose Earthquakes and the San Francisco San Franciscans. -G
Originally Posted by David Alioto We are all committed to making the stadium a reality in San Jose and San Jose only!
And if both SF and Oakland got an MLS expansion teams sometime in the future, there could be three-way Bay Area MLS derbies between the San Jose Earthquakes, the San Francisco San Franciscans and the Oakland Oaklanders. -G
Maybe if he gets both Jim Nabors & Ruth Buzzi, I would be convinced.....LOL! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHtWHRBtjUU"]YouTube - The Lost Saucer Opening Sid And Marty Krofft Jim Neighbors Rith Buzzi[/ame]
Make that the San Jose Earthquakes and the Oakland Stompers. I've given up on San Francisco on the basis there's no one who has the vision, there's no land--the last time that the City government got involved was 5 years ago, and the only viable spots would be either the parking lot south of AT&T Park (which has since been planned for retail/commercial/condos) or where the future 49ers play presuming they get a stadium (possible New Candlestick) instead of Great America in Santa Clara. Pier 30-32 is reportedly being earmarked for being commercial and a possible port for ships. For people who has seen how San Francisco politics is organized, it will be red tape after red tape in trying to secure building a SSS and given where their priorities are, it would have to come out of pocket--or they would have play in temporary grounds like Kezar, which doesn't meet the capacity of MLS standards. Moreso, that place won't be expanded if you have to add the neighbors who won't go for it, or the Parks and Recreation Dept--which I think is the custodian of those grounds. If there is someone with a vision for Oakland, the obvious location is the Coliseum provided the upper deck is covered (much like they do so for the baseball A's and the soccer Sounders for example).... Too bad they couldn't build a tradition after the first year, having to move up to Edmonton afterwards. And as for the Earthquakes--they are staying put for the long haul. Get a SSS down there (within a 10-15 mile radius of San Jose) and they've secured their future in the South Bay Area for a very long time. Mostly, call them the San Jose Earthquakes (not the Bay Area or Golden Bay Earthquakes--going by those monikers are a mixed bag). Good thing David Alioto cleared things up on the matter. If the A's owners didn't want to take a risk they would have waited until later rather than come back soon. Economic factors have set the project back but then again--there's going to be challenges in putting such a project together.
I have lots of friends on the San Jose boards but this would be a dream come true for me. I do not want to offend any of my Earthquake friends especially you Falvo but I am so sick of hearing about the "history " of San Jose. I was there in the NASL days as a boy and they were great but a team here in San Francisco would be unreal. There are so many good things about the Quakes but there as so many negatives about the city and the fan base and it has to do with the demographic of the South Bay. I will support the Quakes because they are all we have in the bay area but if we got a team the derbies would be on Baby!. AH to dream the impossible dream of a stadium devoid of soccer moms and people who should be watching golf on TV. A SSS at pier 30/32 on the water would be amazing. Maybe in my life time. By the way this thread is so over due. By the way San Francisco Seals since people are all about history
come to think of it, if buzzi and nabors redesigned the tech museum maybe it would become a world class museum look, SJ quakes represent all of the bay area. Its SF's team as much as SJ's or Oakland's...thats why Woolf has territorial rights to the whole region. Even if they played at the coliseum or the stick, it would still be called the SJ Quakes...for historical purposes. Quit your lying SJ people, you know you drive up here (SF) for work and play and thats why the Mayor's office statistics show that SF doubles in size during the workday (to 1.6mil).
It's a shame that defending San Jose always becomes some divisive action against the rest of the Bay Area.
I was just commenting that it goes both ways nothing towards you per say. Just an observation so I don't think I am the one that needs to relax.
AGAIN I ask where is this phantom SF owner and where exactly will this projected SSS be built and when?
Golden Gate FC Bay City FC why not have a team for the whole Bay Area like New England does and call them Bay Area FC or something else a lot more places to build an SSS Is Candlestick being demolished when the Niners get a new stadium?
There already is a team for the whole Bay Area and has been for over a decade, save 2006-2007. It's called the San Jose Earthquakes and thankfully will continue to be for quite some time. Though if Earthquakes Soccer, LLC did somehow agree to waive its official exclusivity to the entire Northern California market, the home-and-away derbies between San Francisco's MLS expansion team (likely calling either Candlestick Park or Kezar Stadium home) and the San Jose Earthquakes (in Buck Shaw Stadium until The [Corporate name] Epicenter at San José opens, likely in 2012 or maybe even sooner, depending only on when a stadium naming rights sponsor can be found to complete the rest of the stadium funding that's already in place) could indeed rock. -G
I herd Gavin Newsom say on Gary Radnic's KNBR radio show last week that he wanted the Earthquakes in SF.....