Bring MLS to Detroit

Discussion in 'Detroit' started by footygal, Aug 6, 2013.

  1. footygal

    footygal Member

    Jul 27, 2010
    Detroit
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Hey gang take a look at this fb page it has 17,000 people in it. WOW thats fantastic does anyone know who is running the page? www.facebook.com/detroitmls
     
  2. Delklb99

    Delklb99 Member

    May 7, 2004
    It's not clear who is running it, but there was a letter from the leader of the Triple Play group that wants to build a stadium downtown on there encouraging people to keep supporting it.
     
  3. Zxcv

    Zxcv Member+

    Feb 22, 2012
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  4. antnee7898

    antnee7898 Member

    Oct 19, 2007
    South Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  5. SJJ

    SJJ Member

    Sep 20, 1999
    Royal Oak, MI, USA
    Club:
    Michigan Bucks
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The plans for teams 21, 22, 23 may have hit a snag at step 23, although this may only be a temporary delay:

    Source: Miami MLS bid lags

    September 14, 2013

    quote: "cities for three of the four expansion teams the league hopes to add by the end of the decade have already been identified, with a league source confirming that that list is comprised of Orlando, Atlanta and Miami."

    "But that same source said the lack of a suitable stadium is currently holding back Miami’s bid"

    http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1553020/miami-mls-franchise-bid-lacks-suitable-stadium-source-says

    I guess MLS has grown to the point of being able to dictate where cities can put their stadia (like the League having nixed Pontiac).
     
  6. ChinaBlue

    ChinaBlue Member

    Sep 18, 2013
    SYoshonis repped this.
  7. antnee7898

    antnee7898 Member

    Oct 19, 2007
    South Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  8. SYoshonis

    SYoshonis Member+

    Jun 8, 2000
    Lafayette, Louisiana
    Club:
    Michigan Bucks
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I really wish that the reporter, who got a lot of things right in this piece, would have mentioned something about SUM, and how easy it is for a team owner in any sport to make a profit and report a loss. I also would have liked to see a comparison of the number of teams in other sports that report a loss.

    And what a co-owner of Derby County would know about the ability of a Detroit MLS team to make a profit, I don't understand.
     
  9. antnee7898

    antnee7898 Member

    Oct 19, 2007
    South Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    One spot officially down only 3 more to go.
     
  10. Taly

    Taly Member

    Feb 25, 2001
    Big Al's Brewery, WA
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  11. SJJ

    SJJ Member

    Sep 20, 1999
    Royal Oak, MI, USA
    Club:
    Michigan Bucks
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wayne County's choice of developer for stalled jail site expected to be announced Wednesday
    1:27 PM, October 29, 2013


    http://www.freep.com/article/20131029/NEWS01/310290113/Wayne-County-Jail-site-developer

    A special Wayne County group charged with choosing a potential buyer for the stalled $300-million county jail site is expected to make its decision known to the Wayne County Commission on Wednesday.

    The panel of county officials is expected to make a presentation to the commission during a Committee of the Whole meeting scheduled for 2 p.m.

    ...

    County officials held meetings in late April and early May with representatives from Quicken Loans owner Dan Gilbert's Rock Ventures group and Triple Properties Detroit, which owns the Penobscot Building and the Pontiac Silverdome. Those two groups are among three finalists from five submitted requests for information on the site.
     
  12. antnee7898

    antnee7898 Member

    Oct 19, 2007
    South Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  13. SYoshonis

    SYoshonis Member+

    Jun 8, 2000
    Lafayette, Louisiana
    Club:
    Michigan Bucks
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Most likely, for now.
     
  14. SJJ

    SJJ Member

    Sep 20, 1999
    Royal Oak, MI, USA
    Club:
    Michigan Bucks
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #17 SJJ, Mar 5, 2014
    Last edited: Mar 5, 2014
    http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...-theme-qa-session-mls-commissioner-don-garber

    Detroit got a brief mention, starting at 16:02, in the Don's pre-season presser. He says, "Mike Duggan is a soccer fan; that's kind of a cool thing!" (refering to the Detroit mayor), and was at the Red Wing - Maple Leaf hockey game in Ann Arbor. In the end, he says that Detroit is not on a short list, but never say never.

    This was the middle portion of a Midwest-expansion discussion (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Detroit, Minnesota) [expansion cities were done alphabetically, and ironically, the Midwest cities were bunched together], where he says to Cleve, Cincy, and Dayton fans, "Support the Crew," implying that expansion to those cities is probably not on the horizon.
     

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