Is a privately funded stadium Downtown the only answer?

Aerick · 05-04-2006, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by GeNioS

Did you read this before you hit submit? "While being honest in your public dealings is the desired method...." Desired method....desired method? Send the team to Phoenix any day before I knowingly allow my own government to lie to me, especially over something so overall unimportant in the grand scheme as a soccer stadium.

Yes, I read it, and yes I believe it. If you believe that the world of politics is ACTUALLY a "play nice" kind of environment, I've got some beachfront property to sell you in Florida. We should all strive for the type of utopian political environment that we can be happy with, but to say "I'm not going to play the game because you don't play nicely" is being very naive.

Oh... and you'll lose everytime.

SoccerPrime · 05-05-2006, 06:15 AM

Have we heard yet when the Checketts press conference is?

Before Saturday's match?

RSL_Fan · 05-05-2006, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by SoccerPrime

Have we heard yet when the Checketts press conference is?

Before Saturday's match?

I heard on the news last night it will be today, but no time was given.

Merrill · 05-05-2006, 08:57 PM

Saturday at 4:00p

Jose Luis Luviano · 05-07-2006, 03:49 PM

It's like Cal State Fullerton football!

(Cal State Fullerton used to have 3 home football games per year, because they made more money in road guarantees and renting their stadium out to high school football and the LA Salsa.)

If I am reading this correctly, the WPSL Utah Spiders have 2 home games this year. In which they will probably outscore RSL in its home games. But that's off topic.

If the Utah Spiders still exist (which is hard to tell from their web site), Uncle Dave could pledge to let them play in his stadium. I'd be up for a Double Header.

With a deal like this in place, maybe Foudy, Chastain or someone like that could help lobby for a deal. "If you don't let us have some money for land for a stadium, you must hate women's athletics" is pretty far from being the most heinous thing ever to be said during a quest for a stadium subsidy.

SoccerPrime · 05-22-2006, 09:12 AM

For fun, old FairPark RSL stadium graphic

and although I loathe to link to Taxpayers website, I cannot find the original Des News link:
http://www.utahtaxpayers.org/UTA-news/2005/dnews_5.29.05.pdf