News: MLS to Indianapolis

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  1. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Depends on what you mean? The city council did pass a legislation to create a special taxing district to pay for Eleven Park.

    https://www.wthr.com/article/sports...park/531-197ac04d-f9c4-4688-b659-bbafd4523107

    I'm not sure what other negotiations were required as Keystone had already purchased the land and the city and state had passed legislation to pay for their part of it.

    If it weren't for the human remains being found on the site, it likely would have been well on the way to completion. It is, however, worth pointing out that it was known that the cemetery was located there, it just wasn't known if there were remains as the land hand been developed and redeveloped many times and, allegedly, the remains had been moved to another cemetery in 1931.
     
  2. JDogindy

    JDogindy Member

    Nov 20, 2014
    Club:
    Indy Eleven
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  3. antnee7898

    antnee7898 Member

    Oct 19, 2007
    South Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Anybody have any news about the Rules & Public Policy Committee meeting today?
     
  4. antnee7898

    antnee7898 Member

    Oct 19, 2007
    South Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Rules & Public Policy Committee give their initial approval to the Mayor's stadium proposal. Indy Park seems all but dead no matter what outcome. Seems the majority of voters don't want to lose an MLS chance and don't see Indy 11/Eleven Park being capable. Ziemba gets another opportunity to act like a shill only wanting what he wants not caring how bad a deal Eleven Park is, sorry that guy rubs me the wrong way. So, on to June 3.

    https://wibc.com/350628/city-county...tial-approval-to-mayors-mls-stadium-proposal/
     
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  5. JDogindy

    JDogindy Member

    Nov 20, 2014
    Club:
    Indy Eleven
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The public hearing was very nasty, as expected, and predictably, both sides are sore about their viewpoint. The Eleven Park group feel left out and dejected, thinking the city is abandoning them and being wasteful without addressing anything in public, while the mayor's group addressed that perhaps the Eleven Park group should not have chosen a damn graveyard in the first place as well as that they never signed any contracts to begin with. Still, it passed 6-4 with one voter abstaining albeit in support, so it goes to the general vote in the City-County board as early as June 3rd.

    I also know that this debate is going to inevitably join party lines, where donut county transients and Indy Republicans will subconsciously back Eleven Park, which will ironically toxify the Indy Eleven brand and somehow make the MLS team and it's forgone destiny as the 40th City FC moniker more appealing.
     
  6. antnee7898

    antnee7898 Member

    Oct 19, 2007
    South Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No way they pass up on "Racing" Indianapolis, right?
     
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  7. JDogindy

    JDogindy Member

    Nov 20, 2014
    Club:
    Indy Eleven
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's Major League Soccer. Blank FC is just second nature.
     
  8. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Indy Eleven tried that, but IndyCar Series raised concerns about it, so they had to go with Indy Eleven
     
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  9. antnee7898

    antnee7898 Member

    Oct 19, 2007
    South Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
     
  10. antnee7898

    antnee7898 Member

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

    JDogindy Member

    Nov 20, 2014
    Club:
    Indy Eleven
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The City County Council meeting just ended, with the proposal passing 16-8 with one voter abstaining, killing Eleven Park and moving the site to the heliport.
     
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  12. antnee7898

    antnee7898 Member

    Oct 19, 2007
    South Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  13. antnee7898

    antnee7898 Member

    Oct 19, 2007
    South Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hopefully BYB evolves or disbands and forms a new sg to support a would be MLS team. We all know that a LARGE majority of them will indeed go to the games. They sure do demand a lot without a leg to stand on. I guess in a perfect world, both teams can exist.
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  14. JDogindy

    JDogindy Member

    Nov 20, 2014
    Club:
    Indy Eleven
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I get the passion, but this is the same group that also had their eyes on Major League Soccer way back in the NASL days. It's just that the city decided that they would have to go a different direction and did it without their discretion, causing a lot of hurt feelings.

    Could this have been avoided by talking about the plans? Perhaps, but likely someone in the Batallion would likely have slipped up and spoken in public, jeopardizing the idea. Also, Keystone was all set on the waterfront from the start, regardless of anything else, and the city already was burned on CityWay to invest in another expensive apartment complex.
     
  15. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If Indy Eleven goes under, a vast majority BYB's members will go to the new team. If it doesn't, then a number of their members will shift to the MLS team. *shrug* How many would shift over in a situation where the Eleven still exist would largely depend on the ownership group and how well they position themselves as something other than a "minor league" team. And yes, I know USL is not minor league, it's just the most apt comparison for most US sports fans.
     
  16. RobtheAggie

    RobtheAggie Member+

    Sep 10, 2001
    Middle Georgia
    Club:
    Rochester Rhinos
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This podcast had a really good discussion about what was going on prior to the aforementioned meeting. I learned a lot, it is from the BYB perspective.
     
  17. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Mayor outlines next steps in city's effort to bring Major League Soccer team to Indianapolis


    https://www.wthr.com/article/news/l...tate/531-4dc036a2-3afb-4976-9458-0fcfecc4a445

    At the mayor's breakfast for Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration Monday, Hogsett made it clear he will not build a soccer complex without an MLS team.

    "I want to make it clear to the people of Indianapolis, I am not Bill Hudnut and we're not going to build a football stadium without a team. We will build a soccer-specific stadium If and only if MLS wants to bring a club to Indianapolis," said Hogsett.
     
  18. antnee7898

    antnee7898 Member

    Oct 19, 2007
    South Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Any news from the state about the stadium?
     
  19. JDogindy

    JDogindy Member

    Nov 20, 2014
    Club:
    Indy Eleven
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Unfortunately, no. There's been some pushback by the Eleven Park consortium, like them purchasing the hotel that would be torn down on the property, but nothing else has been brought up and likely won't until January when the state assembly meets up for session. The MLS stadium is also tied to various projects around the city under development, so additional funding is based on their success.
     
  20. JDogindy

    JDogindy Member

    Nov 20, 2014
    Club:
    Indy Eleven
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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