Amongst other things ... Here's the rest: http://washingtontimes.com/sports/20040130-113437-6987r.htm Here's the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative: http://www.anacostiawaterfront.net By the way, yes, Haydon has his facts wrong. Barclay was P-40 and didn't count against the cap.
Santa Clara isn't that far from San Jose. The two times I went to Spartan Stadium from Santa Clara, it was about a 30 minute drive.
Actually, the cities are almost adjacent IIRC. As the crow flies they're probably no more than a few miles apart. San Jose does sprawl though so it'll take longer to get to certain places from Santa Clara. Nobody.
As Knave sez, Santa Clara borders San Jose. In fact, San Jose's airport (SJC) -- which United usually uses for away games against the Quakes -- is actually in Santa Clara. Unfortunately, Spartan Stadium, the Quakes current home, is on the southeast side of the city and pretty out of the way for most area folks, especially those up in or near San Francisco. Moving the stadium to Santa Clara would shorten my weekly pilgrimage for live professional soccer by at least 10-20 minutes (depending on traffic) and significantly increase the odds of making it to weekday games.
Thanks everyone for the info. I know this isn't too on topic, but without having to scrounge through all the other boards what do you West Coasters think of that possibilities.
I don't really understand what's being proposed there. The only stadium I know of in Santa Clara is at Santa Clara University and, if I recall correctly, that stadium is so small the even the Quakes would be more or less assured a sellout at every game. Santa Clara has denied proposals to build ballparks in years past. There was a move at one time to relocate the Giants down there. I just doubt their ever going to get a stadium built there. The proposal that I think makes the most sense is the Fremont proposal. I was born and raised in the North Bay. In all those years I never once went to San Jose. The simple reality is that San Jose (indeed, Santa Clara County in general) is not central to the San Francisco Bay Area. By locating the Quakes all the way down in San Jose you pretty cut yourself off from everyone in the North Bay, much of the East Bay and all of the area around Contra Costa County. That's stupid. In an ideal world the Quakes would be located in Emeryville. When Ikea wanted to open a store in a place that was accessible and convenient for most everyone in the Bay Area they chose Emeryville. It's highly unlikely that a stadium could be built in Emeryville. But Hayward and Fremont are rumored to be interested (Fremont apparently has something of a plan). Those cities are on the southern end of the east bay. They’re a little more south than I think would be ideal but they would be an improvement over the current location. Although, I'm not sure that'd be the most convenient location for people on the Peninsula. But Bird could probably speak better to that issue. ... edit addition ... Here's an article on the Fremont site: http://www.theargusonline.com/Stories/0,1413,83~1968~1927088,00.html Here's the main thread on this over on the Quakes board: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93674 I chimed in on the fifth page.
Well, portions of the overall project (nothing stadium related) are starting to be doled out. http://www.waterfrontdc.com/ The company attached to this was just selected this past week for some of the development around the SEFC.
OK, that's interesting but this link is for a project on the Potomac River not the Anacostia. There is a big exhibit at the National Building Museum about the planned development of the Anacostia river: http://www.nbm.org/Exhibits/current/DCBuilds.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/w...ode=&contentId=A28168-2004Jan18¬Found=true K
My bad. I was in a hurry. However, Forest City Washington, Inc. of Bethesda was indeed selected last week to develop the Southeast Federal Center. (This is not the DOT headquarters which is already being built). Forest is partnering with SMWM of San Francisco, Shalom Baranes, Robert A. M. Stern of NYC, and the constructors are Whiting-Turner and Tompkins. Details of the devlopment remain to be negotiated. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/globest/index.html?ts=1075924951 The info. is out there, I just don't want to copy the information.