Go to the link related to the new stadium in Harrison, New Jersey, for the MetrosStars. Write letters to all New Jersey Senators and Assemblymen encouraging them to consider Senate Bill 1401 and Assembly Bill 2352 http://www.metrostars.com/stadium/harrison/talkback.html
Do they *really* care what someone that can't vote in New Jersey and isn't within gameday driving distance thinks? If so, then let me know and I'll contribute.
Metros supporters in NYC are being asked to write letters, etc. Liam, of course, wants both the Metrostars and Bob Bradley to sink into the swamp without so much as a training penny left behind, so I wouldn't expect him to be supportive. (That said, I really can't stand the Fire or DC, but I would write a damn letter if I thought it might help either of them get a stadium. Good stadiums mean MLS' survival.) But yeah, tourism in general has taken a big hit since Sept. 11, and tax revenues are way off. So I should think that if a few key senators from the state of New Jersey thought thousands of people would go to games in Harrison with out of state money and contribute to the state and localities' bottom line, and pay down the bond for the stadium, they might be a bit more inclined to be supportive. This stadium isn't going to cost the state all that much, if (big if) all goes according to plan. But the feeling that nobody cares if it gets built is as much of a hindrance as anything else.
Can't blame a dude for trying. I'll write letters or sign petitions for other teams' stadiums when it's rather clear my voice with others' will help, as it was with the McKinney thing which would have been a stadium I'd have gone to twice every year. Here it's just a matter of a legislative vote, and I don't make many trips to NJ. Don't take it too personal, though. Heh.