LadyStanley
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Kansas City to make history with first-ever stadium built specifically for NWSL
KC NWSL is about to finish its inaugural season.
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KC NWSL is about to finish its inaugural season.
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Calgary city council should read this article before dealing with any more irrational Flames demands. This facility will be privately funded and good for the owners for not demanding tax dollars.
Depends on where the land is. Here in Calgary the land is centrally located, valuable and should have been purchased by the Flames at fair market value. Something that never occurred to our genius council or city staff.It'll be on public land. Which matters in these debates.
Still, that's a heck of a move and even more curious timing.
Firewall restrictions, but the KC Star offered it's own version of the story last week via MSN ...
Because that would be a super shitty place to plunk a women's soccer stadium in Kansas City when you are trying to grow the game? And the timing didn't align...at all?My first thought on Kansas City is "why didn't they build it in the Kaufman parking lot and when the Royals move downtown..."
Right? I don't know a ton about KC, but I do know those 2 stadiums are in the middle of nowhere and the Royals can't wait to GTFO.Because that would be a super shitty place to plunk a women's soccer stadium in Kansas City when you are trying to grow the game?
I can think of way more middle of nowhere than the Truman Sports Complex. Like, say, where Children’s Mercy Park is located.Right? I don't know a ton about KC, but I do know those 2 stadiums are in the middle of nowhere and the Royals can't wait to GTFO.
Because that would be a super shitty place to plunk a women's soccer stadium in Kansas City when you are trying to grow the game? And the timing didn't align...at all?
Ah the wonders of MLS 2.0. Maybe even 1.5 at that point. When 18-20k suburban soccer-specific stadiums were considered the pinnacle of being the elite in the league.I can think of way more middle of nowhere than the Truman Sports Complex. Like, say, where Children’s Mercy Park is located.
That is… at least in the minds of American soccer fans. We seem to like the concept of mass transit and being more central in the city. The NFL doesn’t exactly burden themselves with that thinking. However, 20 years down the line, will the NFL have made some massive mistakes?
(An aside, as if this needed one. The first Portland MLS game was at Colorado Rapids. Portland’s stadium is just 18 blocks from the Willamette River and 12 blocks from what might constitute a financial district downtown. It’s an easy walk. But Timbers Army rented a bus or two from a Denver pub out to DGSP in Commerce City, and about 12 miles into that excursion, we’re chanting “WE’RE IN KANSAS!” This is a matter of perspective, but I’m thinking the next generation has different expectations of cities. Do not forget that rates of car ownership are down amongst younger people.)