Re: [nas] Red Bull Park Groundbraking Sept 19... seriously

A friend of mine attended the first game of the new phase of construction 
for the Atlanta Silverbacks' stadium. For that game, it held some 4,000+ 
spectators in stands with seats plus an overflow crowd on a grass 
embankment. He told me it looked pretty good and that the Silverbacks have a 
schedule to expand the stadium to MLS-size capacity. My understanding is 
that they don't have a strong ownership group at the moment, so an MLS bid 
would probably be a while. Maybe a nice, new, big stadium would attract a 
nice, new, big investor.

Eric


> From: "Matthew Bernhardt" <bernhardt.7@osu.edu>
> To: "nas@americakicks.com" <nas@americakicks.com>
> Subject: Re: [nas] Red Bull Park Groundbraking Sept 19... seriously
> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:53:43 -0400
>
> Hey all,
>   I'm glad to hear some progress is being made on this - not only for the  
> New York club, but also for all the other MLS clubs that will have their  
> share of the league losses reduced by getting the league out of the  
> Meadowlands.
>   However, some of my skepticism still remains. I don't think we've heard  
> a date for a groundbreaking before - so that's progress, instead of the  
> usual "more information in 60-90 days" refrain. But, this project has  
> moved forward in fits and starts for its whole existence - so it wouldn't  
> surprise me to have more delays ahead.
>   My threshhold for believing any stadium project is a reality is usually  
> equipment moving dirt (not just a ceremonial groundbreaking, but  
> on-the-clock construction guys moving dirt with smoke-belching machinery).  
> With the promises we've all heard from New York before, my threshhold for  
> them had become much higher - it had become stadium ushers tearing  
> tickets. With the involvement of Red Bull now in addition to AEG, I'll  
> move my threshhold back to its original point - equipment moving dirt.
>   On a related note, does anybody have any pictures of the Silverbacks  
> stadium finished? The Silverbacks site, that I could see last night, only  
> has construction pictures available.
>
> Matt
>
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