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Post by Kurt on Nov 15, 2005 19:22:12 GMT -5
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Post by Pounder on Dec 13, 2005 11:33:00 GMT -5
www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/13392462.htmThere were negotiations for a new stadium on a plot of land next to land they want to set aside for the Oakland A's. Were. It sounds like the folks who run the stadium under the auspices of San Jose State would cut off their noses AND eyes to spite their faces. One sidelight: the A's aren't going to San Jose. Baseball has territorial restrictions, and I don't see any chance of baseball sticking a fork in the San Francisco Giants by letting up on this one.
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Post by hossenpfeffer on Dec 14, 2005 2:21:45 GMT -5
Too true. The Giants are OLD SCHOOL baseball money. No way the A's, the vagabonds of baseball history (Phila(howcanyoulosetothePhillies?), KC, Oaktown) will ever move into Giant territory. It was a miracle they got into Oakland in the first place. The Giants were asleep at the wheel, on an LSD high or something when Charlie Finley moved an up and coming KC A's team to the bay area.
And land in that area, despite the dotcom plunge, is prime real estate. Tough to build a SSS in that environment, much less any kind of arena.
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Post by RC on Dec 14, 2005 14:34:37 GMT -5
I've got a solution...
1. Move the Quakes to Oakland/Alameda where they can play on a field containing both football lines and baseball diamond dirt.
2. Change their colors to silver & black (think silver & black vertical stripe jersey, black shorts/socks).
3. Sign either aging reclamation projects (except Clint Mathis, please, since I think he's beyond reclamation) or the meanest, most physical defenders in existance.
4. Play a physical style of soccer, with no prisoners taken. Make forwards truly "quake" when they come into the box. Route 1 soccer please, down the middle...don't care if it's long ball or not, just win (baby).
5. Hire a snarly kind of coach (ala Jon Gruden or Bill Cowher) to tiplify the team. Find an ornery old coot for an owner that's just gonna do it his way no matter what.
6. Give away season tickets to anyone that sits in the "Black Hole" for Raider games to create instant atmosphere.
Keeps a team in the Bay area, at least. (Can you tell I'm a Raider fan?)
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Post by Kurt on Dec 15, 2005 19:03:09 GMT -5
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Post by RC on Dec 15, 2005 21:01:20 GMT -5
Master Blogger posed the questions of how Houston is considered a proven soccer market, a question that has kind of stuck in my mind.
So just for kicks, I emailed MLS, via their website, that question. If I ever get a reply, I will share my new-found knowledge.
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Post by Pounder on Dec 19, 2005 16:17:52 GMT -5
This is all I know...
Houston actually has a radio guy with a weekly soccer show. Who else does?
Supposedly, Houston has the top non-MLS market TV ratings for MLS. Supposedly.
Houston cites good attendance for "international" matches held at Robertson Stadium. Of course, San Jose has the same argument.
My suspicion on the Houston market... I'm setting the over/under for AEG selling to an actual buyer at about 12 months, which may be optimistic only given the timeline that Houston may endure to get a new stadium. This move probably has more to do with the fact that land in Houston is cheap relative to San Jose, as well as some building costs.
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