Would San Antonio be a good place for the MLS to expand to.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2 ... ign=Unpaid
With expansion talk burning hot around cities like Sacramento and Miami, Ivy Taylor, the mayor of San Antonio, reiterated this week her desire to bring MLS there.
According to San Antonio Business Journal reporter W. Scott Bailey, Taylor told him by text message, City staff has been in discussions with private entities, including Gordon Hartman, regarding the pathway to pursue this opportunity. Hartman currently owns the citys NASL team, the Scorpions, and helped develop their soccer-specific stadium, Toyota Field.
While Hartman had no update for the Business Journal on his own involvement in the project, MLS Dan Courtemanche confirmed the league is still interested in San Antonio. San Antonio remains a candidate for expansion, he told Bailey.
San Antonio mayor reaffirms interest in MLS expansion
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It's a good soccer town. The only downside is playing there in May through August (I suppose it's not so different from playing at Real SL), unless you want a start time of about 11 p.m. or they can find a way to grow grass in the Alamodome. The US-Mexico game played there last spring was huge, but that was on a temporary field.
[quote=""nksports""]It's a good soccer town. The only downside is playing there in May through August (I suppose it's not so different from playing at Real SL), unless you want a start time of about 11 p.m. or they can find a way to grow grass in the Alamodome. The US-Mexico game played there last spring was huge, but that was on a temporary field.[/quote]
Orlando is at least as bad as San Antonio in the summer. Orlando has kind of paved the road in the South, Atlanta is benefitting from that, and while I know Dallas draws miserably and Houston not much better (never mind the published numbers), San Antonio is in that sweet spot. It's doable. Established stadium built with expansion in mind doesn't hurt.
Orlando is at least as bad as San Antonio in the summer. Orlando has kind of paved the road in the South, Atlanta is benefitting from that, and while I know Dallas draws miserably and Houston not much better (never mind the published numbers), San Antonio is in that sweet spot. It's doable. Established stadium built with expansion in mind doesn't hurt.
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