Expansion Rumors Megathread

because this has been going on for some time now....there has to be a point where something has to happen. i doubt beckham has no expiration date on his deal for expansion. after this round of expansion i assume something has to happen ( either Miami happens or sell to next highest bidder)
Ding.... ding.... ding..... that is the $20M question that everybody is asking.
 
Ding.... ding.... ding..... that is the $20M question that everybody is asking.

i think i read somewhere that there was no time expiration on this deal for beckham...which is freaking stupid but then again at the time MLS needed a name
 
The big vote in the City Of Miami is the first week of June, right? I think it's the vote on the last 3 acres of land.
 
The big vote in the City Of Miami is the first week of June, right? I think it's the vote on the last 3 acres of land.

Yes. June 6 vote on sale of the land. If successful, there's then needed about a year of wrangling zoning and permits before the "team" (scare quotes valid until they first take the field / pigs fly) can put shovels to ground. Tracking to open 2021, with potential to begin play in a temporary venue in the meantime.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article151188752.html
 
HUGE day for MLS in Miami tomorrow. I'm ready for it. Just waiting to write a check to be a founding supporter.

It would be the first private only funded stadium in South Florida.
 
HUGE day for MLS in Miami tomorrow. I'm ready for it. Just waiting to write a check to be a founding supporter.

It would be the first private only funded stadium in South Florida.
Let me be the first to say, no matter what happens with the election, come tomorrow evening, we won't be missing you.

Kidding. I think.
 
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Let's not get ahead of ourselves giving any city's local politics too much credit. The vote was 8-1, which is sufficient to override the veto. Some councilmembers are on the fence, might go the other way in round 2, but it's no sure thing.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...ment/sd-fi-electionbudget-20170605-story.html

This is another example of an avoidable failure with local pols. This should never have been put on the agenda if the requisite votes weren't committed. It will be harder now because 8 members have already staked a public position and will not be inclined to reverse course and if they do it will be considerably more costly.

Why does MLS and expansion teams continually fall into these unforced errors?
 
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Well San Diego to MLS is fucked. The City Council voted 8-1 to remove the $5M funding to hold the special election...

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...ment/sd-fi-electionbudget-20170605-story.html

Jeez. Why did they take it to a public vote again? IIRC, they didn't really need to, but actually thought it might improve their chances. Yikes. I don't want to overreact, but with hurdles piling up, I'd re-rank:

1. Miami
2. Sacramento
3. Tampa
4. Phoenix
5. Cincinnati
6. Nashville
7. San Antonio

San Diego, Detroit, St. Louis, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Indianapolis may need to reboot their bids for the inevitable 29-32 range expansion.
 
Let me be the first to say, no matter what happens with the election, come tomorrow evening, we won't be missing you.

Kidding. I think.

I would miss your subtle sense of humor.

It would be weird for me to live in Miami and not buy season tickets because I follow NYC.

NYC will only be downgraded to my #2 side. I really enjoy watching Villa and Harrison play.

Looks like they voted YES 9-4.

At this point it would be a cooler if Miami doesn't play in MLS in 2019.
 
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So I drove up to Atlanta from Miami to visit family and I decided to take in a Atlanta United match tonight at Bobby Dodd Stadium (they don't move in to the new stadium until like August or something).

I reallllllyyyyy hope I'm wrong but I can say with 90% certainty that there is zero chance that a Miami MLS club gets that much support.

I was blown away. Totally packed house. Everyone screaming their brains out in support of their team (Almiron and Martinez scored some really sexy goals) who won convincingly 3-1.


No effing way Miami gets 75% of that turn out for a regular season match.

I'm hammered so hopefully this post makes sense I think I had to edit it 3 times
 
So I drove up to Atlanta from Miami to visit family and I decided to take in a Atlanta United match tonight at Bobby Dodd Stadium (they don't move in to the new stadium until like August or something).

I reallllllyyyyy hope I'm wrong but I can say with 90% certainty that there is zero chance that a Miami MLS club gets that much support.

I was blown away. Totally packed house. Everyone screaming their brains out in support of their team (Almiron and Martinez scored some really sexy goals) who won convincingly 3-1.


No effing way Miami gets 75% of that turn out for a regular season match.

I'm hammered so hopefully this post makes sense I think I had to edit it 3 times

Does anyone think they will?

They're going to be bottom half. Worst case, they're the MLS's Monaco: https://www.transfermarkt.com/ligue-1/besucherzahlen/wettbewerb/FR1

They'll have some star players, build a decent following distributed among the Caribbean, but I'm definitely not anticipating a large local fervor for the club.