Originally Posted by
OKC2017
exactly!!! it takes about half a billion dollars to launch a major league soccer team, granted the league awards you the right to join them. the sacramento stadium, for example, as well as the st. louis and austin stadiums currently in design phase will cost north of 250 million, so this maps stadium proposal valued at 30 some million is definitely not worth the bother. the expansion fee is also about 200 million and the youth/player development academy, training facility, coaches, staff and team executives add up another 50 million to round up the half a billion dollar price tag. so as you mention, it takes multiple business partners committed to the league, to the team, to the sport, to the city and to their capital investment in the long term to hop on board the MLS expansion craze. if you read the sports illustrated article i shared it mentions how the sacramento bid was going nowhere until a couple of multi millionaires and one billionaire joined the ownership group as lead investors and that's when it really got serious contention momentum going. we don't have any of that in okc and therefore this stadium proposal is poised to be one of the biggest mistakes in maps history. make the funks pay for their cute little minor league stadium if they really want it that bad. they got enough assets to secure generous terms from local banks. make them really earn their money and name in the sport.
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