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Ajax America supposedly were in talks to buy the
then San Jose Earthquakes & develop a soccer stadium in the city. According
to some, the group behind them in Orlando are now bankrupt.
I personally don't think Orlando will see an
MLS team any time soon. Perhaps Miami in the future, even if the current
USL Division One team is struggling with attendance.
Until then for Florida, it's MLS "spring training"
during the off season in areas like Bradenton and games against various
local colleges (e.g. USF, UCF, etc.).
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Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 10:20
AM
Subject: Re: [nas] Resurrecting the
Florida debate
A team in Florida should have been and still should be
located in Orlando – even if Disney is not involved.
On 8/11/06
10:09 AM, "Kevin Lindstrom" <klindstr@flash.net>
wrote:
Same reason that San Jose got moved, and that Dallas
might not have survived if HSG hadn't stepped up to the plate, etc. - no one
was willing to own the team and put a SSS together. Horowitz
(according to what was in the papers) wanted out - he didn't have the
whatever (money, resources, willingness - don't know what specifically, but
whatever "it" was, he didn't have it) to keep going.
What teams are
you specifically talking about? Colorado - since then, has a new owner
and a SSS will be ready next year. Kansas City? They have been
working really hard to find a SSS spot and an owner, and may be moved if it
doesn't work out. New York? Red Bull just put $100 mil into them
and a SSS is apparently still on the way.
Remember, the difference
between a non-SSS rented venue v. a SSS stadium is probably around $2 mil in
losses v. breaking even or making money. At the time, the league had
San Jose, Dallas and Tampa Bay as "league owned" teams struggling with those
losses, which meant that Horowitz had to put in for those losses as well as
his own. Obviously, momentum has changed significantly. HDC, PHP
and TP are now fully operational motherships in addition to CCS, with at
least the Rapids and Toronto FC venues coming on line next season and New
Jersey on the radar screen.
Jeff Moore
<mrmoore01@bluemarble.net> wrote:
Perhaps it is Friday and I'm just
bored? It is also possible, that since
I grew up in the bay area, I am
biased?
However, in looking at current MLS
attendances and comparing them to
Miami and Tampa's........I have to
say.....WTH is the difference and why
were these teams in so much "trouble" and
current ones are not? Admittedly,
the Mutiny were better supported than
Miami, but why ditch both>?
This has probably been discussed before in
depth. However, my curiosity
got peaked again on this.
Explain it as below are the attendances
for the Muntiny and Fusion:
Mutiny:
- 1996: 11,679
- 1997: 11,338
- 1998: 10,312
- 1999: 13,106
- 2000: 9,452
- 2001: 14,479
Fusion:
- 1998: 10,284
- 1999: 8,689
- 2000: 7,460
- 2001: 11,177
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