Ideas for MLS League Design [Superthread] IV
Continued from here Please keep the discussion to MLS and not other leagues. Thanks.
View ArticleIs San Antonio a contender?
Seems like a potentially good market for MLS, and the NASL club is drawing well. Really well.
View ArticleWithout Miami for 2018, should MLS...
Whitout Miami team for the 2018 season, should MLS give a early entrance to other candidate city, moving Miami to 2020? I think Sacramento should get this "promotion" above all other candidates cities,...
View ArticleWhy Austin's move is not going to work and why the crew will end up in San...
MLS wants a downtown location. Austin does not have any land available downtown. What little room they do have left is going to offices, hotels, parking garages, and banks. Austin is extremely business...
View ArticleIs current round of MLS expansion a failure?
Is the current round of MLS expansion a failure? MLS is only able to announce one team this year, meaning they will be forced to announce 4! expansion teams next year (including Miami) or delay the...
View ArticleWhy media markets are crucial to the MLS expansion strategy...
From Deloitte's 2018 Football Money League report... Revenue Sources for Top 20 Teams in Europe: 45% broadcast rights (i.e. TV, radio, live stream, etc.) 38% commercial (i.e. jersey/kit and other...
View ArticleLas Vegas is Viable II
Continued from here. It got so long we have to start over. I personally would like to see the downtown stadium get built. However 200M for the stadium and franchise fee isn't enough. The league wants a...
View Articlewho will be 27 and 28?
lots of options, lots can be changed, but during the Cincy interviews Dom name dropped Sacramento, Detroit, San Diego, Las Vegas and San Antonio in particular. We also know that MLS is moving away from...
View ArticleCrew to Sacramento?
Sac Bee article on ownership search, with a surprise regarding a tie-in to the Crew relocation: http://amp.sacbee.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/city-beat/article213123774.html Personally, I'm...
View ArticleSeeking suggestions for "Candidate Cities" clean-up
Who moderates this section of BS? The list of cities in the Candidate Cities forum is really funny. http://www.bigsoccer.com/forums/candidate-cities.1062/ It only has 1 of the 3 confirmed expansion...
View ArticleSoccer-specific stadium sizes?
I curious to see how much land everyone thinks a MLS team needs to build a stadium on. The guys over at the Quakes forum think a 13 acre parcel of land is big enough. However, I think its way too...
View ArticleWhat would you refer for re-alignment?
With MLS apparently headed to expanding to 30 clubs. What do you think the league should do when it comes re-alignment?
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Oklahoma City's MLS future?
Oklahoma City Riversports Rapids, debt free venue funded by MAPS 3 initiative Oklahoma City official will consider placing a new soccer specific stadium on the MAPS penny sales tax initiative that...
View ArticleWho would be MLS' new club?
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/soc...cle_e30ee7e6-0761-53b7-b2de-0adc8b6226ad.html It was revealed today that the 28th club is a race between St. Louis and Sacramento. Of these two who deserves to be...
View ArticleDo owners get a piece of the expansion fee?
Sorry if this has been hashed out before, and I realize the arcane nature of MLS' ownership structure may make this hard to figure out. But I posted in a New England thread that as long as Kraft...
View Article32?!
Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber made some minor news recently by revealing the league will eventually expand to 32 teams after the official announcement of a 30th expansion club before the...
View Article30th MLS franchise going to Charlotte
Official announcement coming December 17. We made it
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