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FC Dallas, Pizza Hut Park to Announce Major Stadium Event Tomorrow

January 23, 2006 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release


DALLAS - FC Dallas and Pizza Hut Park will host an historic press conference on Tuesday afternoon at 12 p.m. (CDT) on the second floor suite level at Pizza Hut Park. FC Dallas Investor/Operator Lamar Hunt and other executives from the Hunt Sports Group are scheduled to be present at the press conference as will Nelson Rodriguez, the Senior Vice President of Soccer United Marketing (SUM) International, FC Dallas President and General Manager Michael Hitchcock and a series of local dignitaries.

This press conference will begin promptly at 12 p.m. in the Suite Lounge, therefore media members are asked to arrive before then in order to set up any equipment. The proceedings will last approximately 30 minutes after which Tres Meridas of Frisco will cater a lunch for all attendees downstairs in the Verizon Wireless Club.

FC Dallas 2006 season tickets are on sale now. There are a wide range of seating options available, starting at just $180 per ticket for a full season plan which includes all 16 FC Dallas regular season home games, as well as four bonus games. There are also significant discounts available on FCD's ten and five-game ticket plans. Call 1-888-FCD-GOAL or visit www.fcdallas.net to reserve your spot at Pizza Hut Park for the exciting 2006 FC Dallas season.

FC Dallas, a charter member club of Major League Soccer, began play at Pizza Hut Park, a new 20,500 seat soccer specific stadium, on August 6, 2005. The 145-acre facility is located at the intersection of Main Street and Dallas North Tollway in Frisco. Pizza Hut Park will accommodate Major League Soccer matches, major concerts, international soccer matches and High School football. Adjacent to the stadium are 17 regulation-sized, tournament-grade soccer fields which will be utilized on a year-round basis. On November 13, 2005 Pizza Hut Park hosted Major League Soccer's championship match, MLS Cup 2005 live on ABC Sports. The event saw a record crowd of more than 21,000 fans in attendance and was broadcast in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information, log on to www.fcdallas.net.


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