That's what Wizards President Robb Heineman posted tonight over on Bigsoccer. Heineman said that "Unless the world falls apart, we will break ground this year." So while news hasn't really been forth coming in regards to what's going on with either the Legends deal or a potential deal on the Missouri side, it appears that things are definitely very close. Click to continue reading...

That's the message from Kansas Governor, Mark Parkinson, to the Wizards and OnGoal in regards to the STAR Bond deal the state offered the team. If the Wizards are going to be building at the location out at the Legends, it'll be using the $230 million package that the state of Kansas has presented. Parkinson announced today that the deal they offered to the Wizards was final. Click to continue reading...

The thought a few weeks ago that the Wizards were going to the Legends or bust for their permanent home, but Robb Heineman has posted to the contrary last night on Bigsoccer. While the Legends site appears to still be leader, Heineman says that more needs to be done by the state of Kansas to ensure the stadium gets built there. Click to continue reading...

The state of Kansas has come to the Wizards with an offer for the STAR Bonds for the development out at the Legends facility. It's not the $155 million that the Wizards and OnGoal had asked for last week. It's $10.5 million less than that, the state has offered the Wizards and OnGoal $144.5 million in STAR Bonds. Click to continue reading...

While the Wizards and OnGoal are still working with the state of Kansas on getting the STAR Bonds approved for the Wizards stadium out at the Legends, the local representatives are starting to push the state to approve the STAR Bonds. State Senator Kelly Kultala of Kansas City, KS, and Representative Kevin Yoder of Overland Park along with Wichita Representative Jason Watkins have put pressure on Kansas Commerce Secretary David Kerr about this deal. Click to continue reading...

The work to get the Wizards stadium built out at the Legends continues to move ahead, and today we find out that the Wizards and OnGoal have "sweetened" the deal for the STAR Bonds that would help finance the building of the stadium. According to the KC Business Journal, the Wizards, OnGoal, and Cerner have made some changes to their request to the state in hopes of getting the STAR Bonds. Click to continue reading...

Last night on the Jimmy Conrad Show, Robb Heineman spoke candidly about the Wizards stadium complex out in Kansas. There's some good information about the complex and some vague details of the amenities at the stadium as well. During the discussion, Heineman states that they are hopeful to have the stadium open just after the All Star break during the 2011 season. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards are still working with the state of Kansas to get the approval of the state government to get the STAR Bond extension approved. Robb Heineman has been spending plenty of time lately in Topeka talking up the project to the state government. The team is now looking for fans to contact the state of Kansas and their legislators to talk up the development. Click to continue reading...

The other week while I was out at CAB for the Wizards game, I stopped by the Wizards new stadium location right across the street from Nebraska Furniture Mart. Here are a few pictures of the site. The first picture is looking back towards the site from around the corner of 40 Highway and Prairie Crossing. Click to continue reading...

So tonight was the big game out at Arrowhead between Chivas and Club America. First I want to touch on a few other things.
Before the game tonight, the Wizards held a Season Ticket Holder Event out at the training facility that included dinner and a Q&A session with Robb Heineman about the new stadium plan out at the Legends as well as the plan out at Bannister. Click to continue reading...

After what seemed like a really slow process when dealing with the city of Kansas City about the 3 Trails Development, things seem to be moving a lot faster with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and the development out at the Legends. Earlier today, after the story came out, the Unified Government called a special meeting to review the stadium complex. Click to continue reading...

It's been a while since Wizards fans have heard anything about what was going on out at the old Bannister Mall site. The last we heard was that the project had stalled due to the state of the economy. It had also been a while since we'd heard from team president, Robb Heineman. Well now we hear about and from both at the same time. Click to continue reading...

Oscar de la Hoya

Recently there has been some chatter that the Houston Dynamo will have a big announcement this week. Since the Dynamo signed Mexican forward Luis Angel Landin on Thursday, its seems that this will be one of three things: an announcement related to the 2010 MLS All-Star Match, an announcement related to the potential friendly against either Club America or Chivas in October, or an announcement related to the construction of a soccer specific stadium for the Houston Dynamo.

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Rendering of the proposed Richmond Heights Stadium.
For comparison.....
Proposed Collinsville Stadium

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So many stadiums....So few investors. File this under, interesting but only if Jeff Cooper or someone else has the cash to properly enter MLS.

From St Louis Today:
Update (2:10 p.m.)
While Gateway Real Estate Partners hopes to build a Major League Soccer stadium in Richmond Heights (see full story below), it's doing so without the explicit support of the group that's trying to bring an MLS franchise to St.

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Previously, DC United and the District quietly began discussing possibilities. Now the DC Business Journal reports they're looking at another site: Buzzards Point.
Here is an excerpt:

All the properties that have come up in D.C. United stadium talks have been publicly held.

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Missed this a week ago, but there is currently a little trouble over at the Bannister Mall site. Due to the economy as a whole right now, which is scaring off banks from financing and businesses from expanding and moving, the entire project at the Bannister site is stalled, including the Wizards stadium. Click to continue reading...

19,000 Seat Stadion Evzena Rosickeho- National Stadium of the Czech Republic has a three-sided roof.
This came to us thanks to a loyal MLSR reader who reports that Jay Hipps at Centerline Soccer is stating:
"The images I saw were architectural renderings of what the completed stadium would look like and are currently being used to show prospective sponsors how their brand might be featured in the new facility. Click to continue reading...

The year is over half over already, and that means time to look at my Wishes for 2009 and how they've done so far.
1. Ground breaking on the stadium - The mall is down now and we actually have some renderings, but we still have not seen an official ground breaking for the building of the stadium. Click to continue reading...

The orange men from Space City may very well soon have a home of their own in downtown Houston. It appears the deal to build a home for the 2007 and 2008 MLS Cup Champions has been done with all but minor details to be worked out.
This comes courtesy of Glenn Davis's Dynamo All Access and the Houston Business Journal:

With months of arduous back-and-forth negotiations now completed and financing options falling into place, only minor hurdles remain before construction could begin this fall on the proposed Houston Dynamo downtown stadium.

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A couple reports from Austin, Texas concerning a potential site for a new soccer stadium for the Austin Aztex of the USL First Division. Typical internet discussion breaks out on the Burnt Orange Report story as anti-soccer people begin bashing anything and everything about the sport and a potential stadium. Click to continue reading...

For those of you waiting for some up to date stadium renderings of the Wizards soccer specific stadium, you can now breath a bit of a sign of relief. On Lane4's site for the Trails development, they have posted some new renderings that look to be fairly official renderings of the facility. There are two photos of the new renderings, one and two. Click to continue reading...

When MatchFitUSA.com and we at MLSR challenged supporters around the league to show support for a DC United stadium, many of you answered their call as shown in the photos below
From New England Revolution supporters
From Portland Timbers supporters
From CD Chivas USA Supporters
From Toronto FC Supporters
Of course Portland may be repaying the favor DC United supporters did for them:
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Red Bull Arena construction time-lapse: September 2008 from Red Bulls Reader on Vimeo.

Take a look at what our friends over at Red Bulls Reader have been up to:
RBR has been patiently waiting to unveil this new video series, and today is the day we kick things off. Beginning today, we will post one month's worth of Red Bull Arena construction in time-lapse form every other Thursday, put together from stills taken from the RedBullArena. Click to continue reading...

According to this article in the Kansas City Buisness Journal the stadium that was due to open in 2011 looks increasingly unlikely to open then:

A developer working on the $1 billion mixed-use redevelopment of the Bannister Mall area said hopes of getting the proposed $130 million Kansas City Wizards soccer stadium opened there by 2011 are growing dim.

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Pure class in solidarity with United.Â
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Elusive New England Revolution Owner Robert Craft.
Received by email anonymously:

New England Revs owner Robert Kraft recently attended a confab between execs of IFP-Canada & Tembec, Inc in Montreal. After said meeting wrapped, who did Kraft meet for a rather chummy dinner?

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Things are not looking good at the moment for the Wizards stadium at Hillcrest Road opening up in time for the 2011 season. According to the Kansas City Business Journal, it looks like chances are starting to get very slim for an opening in 2011. Due to the current state of the economy it's hard for the developers to sign any retail or office tenants for the project. Click to continue reading...

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Courtesy of the Official Blog of DC United, Behind the Badge.com:

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We support this march and encourage anyone who is a soccer fan on the East Coast to go down to the nations capital and get behind the push for a stadium there. Imagining DC United anywhere outside the Washington DC Metro are is something most of us do not want to do. So if you are a Toronto FC, Philadelphia Union, Red Bull New York, New England Revolution, supporter, and can spare the trip to march in solidarity along with United then please do so. Click to continue reading...

Germany's 15,000 Seat Paragon Arena Would Be A Splendid Model For An Earthquakes Stadium
Courtesy of CenterLineSoccer:

On Tuesday afternoon, the San Jose City Council unanimously approved the sale of the property at 1125 Coleman Avenue to a group led by Lew Wolff, one of the owners of the San Jose Earthquakes.

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Timeline
2:00 p.m. - RFK Stadium parking Lot 8 opens to the public
2:30-3:30 p.m. - shuttles from Lot 8 to Lincoln Park run
3:45 p.m. - initial demonstration at Lincoln Park begins
4:00 p.m. - fans march from Lincoln Park to RFK Stadium
4:45 p.

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Rumor has it a big rally in DC is being planned to keep DC United in the district by getting team and local politicos to come to some sort of agreement on a soccer specific stadium for the Capital Club.. We have little information regarding it other than it may take place May 2nd or May 9th. Click to continue reading...