News: Stadium News, Speculation & Possible Truthiness XXVI: Petitions and Goff and Development, Oh My!

Not to mention convincing MLS, LLC to allow such an entity to control a team. Not likely.

 

You're probably right my good friend, but keep in mind that the league does learn, and it saw how Seattle allowed its fans to rename the team, and it's learning about PR value. And imagine the PR value in an announcement like this.

 

All hope rest in these investors eh? God I hope there are investors... ******** it, why can't Will break us in a share as supports, not buy the team, but let us invest in a collective percentage? Why not? This would be the easiest way to show how serious we are AND we could have our dollars earmarked for a stadium... plus it give an idea of what their core fanbase is, voting with our dollars, etc.

 

You would be surprised at what people would do if they could get rid of certain people in the current management...

 

It would also require a whole lot of financial information to be made public, which MLS is not going to allow.

 

this is perhaps old news to you guys but I found this little circle jerk insulting to DCU and soccer in general.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...-the-next-50/2011/10/06/gIQAQNqfYL_story.html

I mean some lip service is paid to making a smaller stadium, but a VELODROME?!? Come on! No respect for one of Washington's most successful teams in the past 15 years?!?

 

if option a was to move to Baltimore and option b was to donate (a reasonable amount - say $500 to start with) to Will to keep the team here - I would vote for option b. I don't need to know the inside information from MLS .. just a legal document Will provides to shareholders that he would not move the team - assuming that he gets a stadium deal lined up. I would go for that ... cmon Will give us a little glimmer of hope here!

 

Rather than pooling our money, lets just all agree to each buy 1 lottery ticket per week, with the intention of using any/all winnings on a new stadium.

 

shall we debate the odds of winning the lottery (and convincing the winner to turn over the winnings) vs. getting a sizable # of donations?

 

Which leads me to what I like to call plan L (Poplar Point=plan A; Prince George Co.=plan B, etc.).

The supporters groups set up collection boxes each week at the tailgates. People donate what they want or can, maybe some bake sales, car washes, etc. The idea is to buy lottery tickets. We wait until one of the lotteries reaches, say, $200 million, which after taxes should be enough to get started. We don't buy the team. We build the stadium and lease it to DCU for $1/year or whatever.

I'm sure there are enough bright legal types to set this up and work out the details.

Yeah, Plan L.

asitis

 

That's not as good as my "Plan U." I'm going to trap a unicorn, sell it, buy the team and build a stadium (in my back yard).

 

No need to trap a unicorn. I'll sell you one. What are you offering?

asitis

 

I assume that Knave has a chart for this.

 

So who owns the land now? can we just secure the land first, and build a dirt cheap temporary field maybe with 8-10K capacity until finding a new inverstor(s)?

 

if you buy the land they will come?

actually - anyone know if Costner is a fan of the MLS?

answered my own question .... no .... but from wikipedia ....

"Costner is a fan of the London football team Arsenal F.C. While filming Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, he had the opportunity to attend a game and has followed the team ever since.[35]"

 

Shall we debate the odds of winning the lottery, getting a sizable donation, and actually getting a stadium done in the next five years

 

Let's somehow get him to one of the MLS games. I guess he lives in LA? so preferably LAG. He may become a fan.

 

"DC United Unveils Field of Dreams" ..

I like the way that sounds.

 

May we all live so long...

 

Not DCU stadium-specific, but...

What Should Happen to RFK Stadium?

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2011/10/11/what-should-happen-to-rfk-stadium/

 

We all know this is code for a DC United museum that will be part of the new stadium.

 

That's gonna be one hell of a despair number...

 

this!

hell, just paint some lines on the grass and throw up a few bleachers and call it a day!

 

Moderators are held to standards?

 

High Standards ..... low expectations