FC Cincinnati received support from Cincinnati mayor John Cranley to close the gap in funding for infrastructure work — roads, parking, improvements — it needs to build the soccer stadium itdeems essential to win an MLS expansion bid. FC Cincinnati — which appears to be in a three-way fight with Sacramento and Nashville for the […]
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FC Cincinnati's Berding: Playing in football stadium is 'fantasy' and money-losing proposition
What’s the difference between playing in an NFL stadium and playing in a soccer-specific stadium you build yourself? FC Cincinnati president and general manager Jeff Berding says that’s the difference between making $12 million over 10 years at the soccer stadium and losing $167 million at Paul Brown Stadium. That’s why he rejects the argument from […]
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FC Cincinnati plan for Cincinnati-based stadium still in limbo
A day after FC Cincinnati set out its case for building an MLS soccer stadium in Cincinnati — it will pay for the stadium if it gets help paying for $70 million-$75 million in infrastructure work onparking, roads and utilities — the Hamilton County commissioners issued their proposal, far short of what FC Cincinnati was […]
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FC Cincinnati's expansion gambit: 'We will 100 percent privately finance the stadium'
In its effort to finalize the missing piece in its bid for an MLS team, FC Cincinnati is ready to privately finance the construction of a soccer stadium. Cincinnati is a tough market towin support for the public financing of a sports facility — it’s done that with the Browns’ Paul Brown Stadium and Reds’ […]
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MLS expansion race: Cincinnati doesn't want to take backseat to Nashville
Under the gun following the decision by Metro Nashville to approve a fundingplan for a soccer stadium at Nashville’s fairgrounds, FC Cincinnati continues to work on finalizing a plan for a soccer-specific stadium, the missing piece in a city that has embraced soccer in abig way in the last two years. After shattering USL and […]
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MLS expansion race: Nashville jumps to front of the line
A year ago, Nashville didn’t even rate as an MLS expansion candidate. In announcing the details of the timetable for the next wave of expansion, MLS commissioner Don Garbersaid last December there were some positives about the market but Nashville was not asfar along as some other bidders. Nashville didn’t form an MLS steering committee until […]
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What They're Saying: Alex Wright
“I was under the understanding that the MLS was looking for soccer-specific venues and based on our experience in this market, a unique environment is one of the keys to success for soccer.” — Alex Wright, one of the co-owners of the NPSL Detroit City FC, on the decision of the city’s MLS expansion group […]
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Detroit throws wrinkle into MLS expansion process
For the last year — several years for Sacramento — groups interested in being awarded an MLS expansion team have been scrambling to meet the league’s requirement that they have a finalized plan fora soccer-specific stadium. That quest has derailed or stalled most the 12 bidders. In recent months, MLS commissioner Don Garber‘s comments have […]
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Report: Charlotte bid for MLS expansion team hits dead-end
Charlotte won’t be in a position to compete for one of the two MLS expansion berths the league is expected to award in mid-December. James Mitchell, the chairman of the City ofCharlotte’s economic development committee, told the Charlotte Observer that an agreement won’t be possible bythe league’s deadline. Of the 12 expansion candidates, Charlotte was […]
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Mike Jacobs joins USL expansion team Nashville SC from Sporting KC
Mike Jacobs, the former NSCAA president, has left Sporting Kansas City to become USL expansion team Nashville SC’s technical director and vice president of soccer operations. Jacobs, Sporting KC’s assistant technical directorsince 2015, will manage negotiations, recruitment and finances related to players, training facilities and other team business and work with technical staff from the […]