MLS to Snapdragon

[idkk]

On 5/8/2023 at 6:43 PM, TheTedfordTrain said:

How much profit is there if over half the people at the game got in for free? 

IDK, but definitely more than the Save Mart Center, which apparently is dragging your whole athletic department down: https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/college/mountain-west/fresno-state/article274175255.html 

[TheTedfordTrain]

On 5/8/2023 at 10:46 PM, idkk said:

IDK, but definitely more than the Save Mart Center, which apparently is dragging your whole athletic department down: https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/college/mountain-west/fresno-state/article274175255.html 

If 4 MWC football championships and 1 basketball is down, just imagine what we’ll do when we finally pay it off! 

[Old_SD_Dude]

On 5/8/2023 at 11:24 PM, TheTedfordTrain said:

If 4 MWC football championships and 1 basketball is down, just imagine what we’ll do when we finally pay it off! 

Based on that article, it will still lose $2-3M per year even after paid off in 2031. 

[TheSanDiegan]

On 5/7/2023 at 10:25 PM, Nevada Convert said:

Gumby sure filled in nicely. I'd hit that. 

[Fowl]

Looks like it will be announced on Thursday.

[UNLV2001]

 

[RSF]

On 5/16/2023 at 2:34 PM, UNLV2001 said:

 

i'll admit to being wrong here.  I thought LV would reach the finish line 1st.  Not sure what happened with Wes Edens, but it was the opening SD needed to find their sugar daddy.

[UNLV2001]

On 5/16/2023 at 12:40 PM, RSF said:

i'll admit to being wrong here.  I thought LV would reach the finish line 1st.  Not sure what happened with Wes Edens, but it was the opening SD needed to find their sugar daddy.

Might be that SD has a stadium up & ready day one, while LV would need to build one.........and with the A's / MLB stadium deal possible, maybe MLS thought LV was too tied up at the moment 

For me, MLS is about the last on my sports priority list, but I might give soccer a look at the MLS level over the USL team we currently have 

[UNLV2001]

 

[East Coast Aztec]

Well, I am getting older so my memory may be a bit shot, but didn't SDSU's initiative effectively kill any chance that MLS was going to come to SD?  Only giving a few predatory "investors" a lowball, and a backstabbing-for-the-City deal the only option?

 

[RSF]

On 5/18/2023 at 1:42 PM, East Coast Aztec said:

Well, I am getting older so my memory may be a bit shot, but didn't SDSU's initiative effectively kill any chance that MLS was going to come to SD?  Only giving a few predatory "investors" a lowball, and a backstabbing-for-the-City deal the only option?

 

MLS has been more flexible about stadiums recently.  They prefer controlling ancillary revenues which comes with having your own place.  That was the issue involving the stadiums vote(s) in SD.  I suspect, but do not know, that there's a deal between the school and the new ownership group.  Plus, having another billionaire owner always looks good.

[East Coast Aztec]

On 5/18/2023 at 12:11 PM, RSF said:

MLS has been more flexible about stadiums recently.  They prefer controlling ancillary revenues which comes with having your own place.  That was the issue involving the stadiums vote(s) in SD.  I suspect, but do not know, that there's a deal between the school and the new ownership group.  Plus, having another billionaire owner always looks good.

The stadium being up and running was likely a decent contributing factor, especially since the University made no secret from the jump that soccer was something that the University was looking to host as part of its civic obligation.  And though I know it benefits paying down the debt service, the University should not make it too expensive and allow the soccer club to enjoy whatever profits it garners, and not screw them over like other stadium owners do to its tenants.

[AztecMD]

On 5/18/2023 at 11:42 AM, East Coast Aztec said:

Well, I am getting older so my memory may be a bit shot, but didn't SDSU's initiative effectively kill any chance that MLS was going to come to SD?  Only giving a few predatory "investors" a lowball, and a backstabbing-for-the-City deal the only option?

 

Your memory is off on this one.  SDSU has always wanted MLS and met with them many times about the design of the stadium to make sure it was soccer friendly.  

[East Coast Aztec]

On 5/18/2023 at 12:57 PM, AztecMD said:

Your memory is off on this one.  SDSU has always wanted MLS and met with them many times about the design of the stadium to make sure it was soccer friendly.  

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[Old_SD_Dude]

On 5/18/2023 at 1:37 PM, East Coast Aztec said:

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Soccer City marketed their supposed inside track in bringing an MLS franchise here. That was a major appeal, but the public was in no mood to turn the bulk of the 119 acres over to developers. At the same time the public knew it would ultimately develop somehow, and I think most of us (especially the 150k alums) felt that an expansion of the campus, with a stadium and river park, was the most palatable option. The stadium always had to be suitable for soccer given the history here of hosting international games. Just how suitable has been proven by the WSL team, which has smashed all attendance records. In reading the articles from the last few days, the university went the extra mile to reach an agreement with the ownership group and the league. 

[East Coast Aztec]

On 5/18/2023 at 4:25 PM, Old_SD_Dude said:

Soccer City marketed their supposed inside track in bringing an MLS franchise here. That was a major appeal, but the public was in no mood to turn the bulk of the 119 acres over to developers. At the same time the public knew it would ultimately develop somehow, and I think most of us (especially the 150k alums) felt that an expansion of the campus, with a stadium and river park, was the most palatable option. The stadium always had to be suitable for soccer given the history here of hosting international games. Just how suitable has been proven by the WSL team, which has smashed all attendance records. In reading the articles from the last few days, the university went the extra mile to reach an agreement with the ownership group and the league. 

I know.  It was a joke.  I thought the Kermit "but that's none of my business" gif would have made that clear.  Most SoccerCity and anti-SDSU folks were adamant that only SoccerCity would get MLS here.  

 

I guess the bits don't always work.  Back to the writing room...

[Nickp1991]

San Diego has consistently ranked in the top for soccer viewership over the years

[AztecSU]

JMO, but the key was probably that the development of a lot of the site is still open-ended (besides park space) and this will likely provide the MLS club/ownership with the revenue opportunities to make up for not owning the whole thing themselves. A lot of opportunity to make money off that parcel still. 

[albert mac meda]

On 5/18/2023 at 3:57 PM, AztecMD said:

Your memory is off on this one.  SDSU has always wanted MLS and met with them many times about the design of the stadium to make sure it was soccer friendly.  

His post was quite clearly sarcastic.

[Old_SD_Dude]

On 5/18/2023 at 4:47 PM, East Coast Aztec said:

I know.  It was a joke.  I thought the Kermit "but that's none of my business" gif would have made that clear.  Most SoccerCity and anti-SDSU folks were adamant that only SoccerCity would get MLS here.  

 

I guess the bits don't always work.  Back to the writing room...

Nah it’s me. I interpret stuff too literally often times.