Minnesota joins the MLS expansion race?

SoccerPrime · 06-21-2005, 06:42 AM

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/sports/football/nfl/minnesota_vikings/11943957.htm

StarsOnSunday · 06-21-2005, 04:26 PM

Sounds good to me. However, Saturday home baseball games this season have averaged about 31,000 fans for the Twins. Could MLS draw 15,000+ sports fans on a Saturday?
What's the weather like in April and October?

Old Ska · 06-21-2005, 04:45 PM

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What's the weather like in April and October?

Well, I'll say this, the first and last snowfalls in SLC usually happen before and after the ones in the Twin Cities.

Stucki · 06-21-2005, 04:52 PM

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Well, I'll say this, the first and last snowfalls in SLC usually happen before and after the ones in the Twin Cities.

Yes, but they usually don't stick. What about temperature?

utah_heretic · 06-21-2005, 05:01 PM

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Yes, but they usually don't stick. What about temperature?

REALLLY COLD in Nov-Mar, but not too bad in Oct. or Apr.

SpiffCoug · 06-21-2005, 05:22 PM

I wonder if the new Vikings owner thinks that by bringing the MLS to Minnesota it will help his NFL team get a new stadium. A stadium that could be used by his football team in the winter and his soccer team in the summer. As a Vikings fan, I'm for anything that gets us out of the Metrodome.

DadOf8 · 06-21-2005, 05:23 PM

Minneapolis/St. Paul is a good sports town. I know the Vikings, Twins, and T-Wolves all get good fan support. I wonder what the soccer climate is like in the twin cities.

Stucki · 06-21-2005, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SpiffCoug

I wonder if the new Vikings owner thinks that by bringing the MLS to Minnesota it will help his NFL team get a new stadium. A stadium that could be used by his football team in the winter and his soccer team in the summer. As a Vikings fan, I'm for anything that gets us out of the Metrodome.

I hate the Vikings, and your little Twins too.

Old Ska · 06-21-2005, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DadOf8

Minneapolis/St. Paul is a good sports town. I know the Vikings, Twins, and T-Wolves all get good fan support. I wonder what the soccer climate is like in the twin cities.

Thunder is consistently a contender in its league, and draws well.

Basically, any big city in the midwest would be a good MLS city. I personally would like to see Milwaukee and Minneapolis brought in as expansion teams in the same year. If KC has to make a move let them move west in that same year. San Antonio may not "really" be out, despite press reports, and a Pacific Northwest team is a possibility.

StarsOnSunday · 06-21-2005, 05:35 PM

I'm all for Portland. Similar to SLC in market size and saturation. Excellent home games for USMNT. And would make for some exciting weather situations on the pitch.