Soccer Stadium

[Jedi Master Cane]

to be honest, I could give two rosy rat's asses less about MLB, but that is just me.

+1000

I'd trade the Marlins for a MLS team in a heartbeat.

 

[INCaneFan]

Every country outside the US view soccer as one of the best sports.

While not every country views it as the best sport, most do. The World Cup so.far has been absolutely one of the best in my lifetime so far. Too bad it only happens every four years, but that's part of the appeal.

 

[FromDeeeeep]

soccer will never take off in the US.. we have may too many pro sports taking away talent (Football, Basketball, Baseball)

the MLS should of paid off some of those corrupted FIFA members to get the Word Cup in the US instead of Quatar then and only then there might of been a chance to spring board MLS

MLS+Becham should of considered building a much larger stadium instead and having UM loby this with them.


I for 1 don't give a crap about soccer and little by little am starting to admit that we are never going to leave Sun Life Stadium and there for I am sort of happy we have this canopy (which by the next big hurricane is going to lift up the stadium and drop it in hialiah

It's not about whether soccer will take off. It's about our city government being a bunch of knuckle dragging idiots.

Miami makes its money two ways - tourism and wealthy people moving down here from other places.

Europeans and South Americans love soccer. David Beckham is a huge brand all around the world when it comes to soccer. If he sets up a team here and builds a pretty stadium, that's FREE ADVERTISING for the city of Miami all around the world. You don't think he'll go around the world promoting Miami and his team?

The lack of having any business sense or brains here by our city government just makes you throw your hands up. This was a no-lose situation for Miami, but they managed to **** it up anyway.


If it were up to me, I would just give him the Museum Park location.

Why? Because I know Miami.

Nobody's going to use that ****ing park. Are people going to sit out at a muggy park when they could go to the beach instead?

I know Miami, and I can tell you exactly what's going to happen to that park. It's going to fill up with homeless people, and it's going to become very dangerous with drug deals and so forth going on at night. Nobody is going to use it.

Great going, Miami.

Seriously? You want to hand over prime waterfront land to millionaires and a billionaire so they can build a soccer stadium that we're not even sure anyone wants? This actually pretty un-Miami....we're usually the suckers that fall for this ****.

A boat slip next to AAA is prime waterfront land? Ok sure

 

[BigCaneAl]

soccer will never take off in the US.. we have may too many pro sports taking away talent (Football, Basketball, Baseball)

the MLS should of paid off some of those corrupted FIFA members to get the Word Cup in the US instead of Quatar then and only then there might of been a chance to spring board MLS

MLS+Becham should of considered building a much larger stadium instead and having UM loby this with them.


I for 1 don't give a crap about soccer and little by little am starting to admit that we are never going to leave Sun Life Stadium and there for I am sort of happy we have this canopy (which by the next big hurricane is going to lift up the stadium and drop it in hialiah

It's not about whether soccer will take off. It's about our city government being a bunch of knuckle dragging idiots.

Miami makes its money two ways - tourism and wealthy people moving down here from other places.

Europeans and South Americans love soccer. David Beckham is a huge brand all around the world when it comes to soccer. If he sets up a team here and builds a pretty stadium, that's FREE ADVERTISING for the city of Miami all around the world. You don't think he'll go around the world promoting Miami and his team?

The lack of having any business sense or brains here by our city government just makes you throw your hands up. This was a no-lose situation for Miami, but they managed to **** it up anyway.


If it were up to me, I would just give him the Museum Park location.

Why? Because I know Miami.

Nobody's going to use that ****ing park. Are people going to sit out at a muggy park when they could go to the beach instead?

I know Miami, and I can tell you exactly what's going to happen to that park. It's going to fill up with homeless people, and it's going to become very dangerous with drug deals and so forth going on at night. Nobody is going to use it.

Great going, Miami.

Seriously? You want to hand over prime waterfront land to millionaires and a billionaire so they can build a soccer stadium that we're not even sure anyone wants? This actually pretty un-Miami....we're usually the suckers that fall for this ****.

A boat slip next to AAA is prime waterfront land? Ok sure

Is this serious?

 

[Awsi Dooger]

Smart move by Beckham, even if it were forced upon him. Other than Pat Riley and other members of the Heat organization, the city of Miami is simply overmatched in this era. Nobody of special caliber in any capacity related to sports. I would certainly take my chances in Los Angeles above Miami.

Soccer is indeed booming in the United States. I had my doubts until I saw all the telling signs, like the dramatic increase in year round articles in major sports pages throughout the country. Same for TV coverage, like premier league telecasts and updates/highlights on NBC every weekend. Sometimes it's the lead story. That would have been unimaginable not too long ago. The capper was when my brother in law told me about his relative who owned a chain of soccer themed apparel stores. I visited the Orlando version about six months ago. I was amazed. Those stores are vibrant and booming. They had jerseys from all the worldwide stars, and televisions with highlight segments running non stop. The stores were full of older teenagers salivating over specific jerseys, with their younger wide eyed siblings tagging along, learning the ropes. Mom and dad were carting the selected jerseys over their arms to the pay counter. My brother in law told me that the chain is being pursued by major shopping malls throughout the country, hoping to be on the list for the next wave of expansion.

Fans of my age still want to pretend it's still like the '80s or '90s or earlier, when soccer was touted as the coming rage, but you knew it would never happen. That's not the case anymore.

Beckham understands where we're going. Steve Ross still wants to patch an '80s venue. It would be hilarious if we weren't the victims of the stupidity.

 

[RattlerCane]

I think should have came in as parnters with UM from the beginning knowing politics would be involved and yeah I know Miami politics isn't like the rest of the country but clearly being an outsider trying to come in and take such prime real estate as such they should have had a local partner with power in the city such as the university. Clearly the football team needs a new football stadium so it would have played out well for both plus the U will be there forever no telling how the soccer team would have lasted. Business wise they still wouldve held stake in it though.

 

[Gatorhater]

I can't imagine with the large population of Haitians, Cubans, Dominican Republic, etc in SFL, that they couldn't get a good fan base. Every country outside the US view soccer as one of the best sports.

That is because they do not have real football, so soccer IS their best sport! Besides, I am fairly sure that Cuban and even DR considers BASEBALL their favorite sport. I could be wrong; I am basing it on 30 years of watching my Cuban father-in-law listen to baseball on the radio when it was not on TV and NEVER hearing a word about soccer. I suspect soccer's popularity has a lot to do with nationalism. I suspect that places in US where it is popular, are also places where the US flag is considered offensive and we are viewed as the problem in the world. Just saying.

 

[Dingaan1828]

I think should have came in as parnters with UM from the beginning knowing politics would be involved and yeah I know Miami politics isn't like the rest of the country but clearly being an outsider trying to come in and take such prime real estate as such they should have had a local partner with power in the city such as the university. Clearly the football team needs a new football stadium so it would have played out well for both plus the U will be there forever no telling how the soccer team would have lasted. Business wise they still wouldve held stake in it though.

Beckham wants 20,000 soccer fans in a 20,000 seat soccer stadium in a prime venue on the water. At the port or at the FEC slip would have given him a killer venue for that small (right sized, IMO) stadium.

Contrast that with what UM football fans are looking for.

 

[Notsince1985]

soccer will never take off in the US.. we have may too many pro sports taking away talent (Football, Basketball, Baseball)

the MLS should of paid off some of those corrupted FIFA members to get the Word Cup in the US instead of Quatar then and only then there might of been a chance to spring board MLS

MLS+Becham should of considered building a much larger stadium instead and having UM loby this with them.


I for 1 dont' give a crap about soccer and little by little am starting to admit that we are never going to leave Sun Life Stadium and there for I am sort of happy we have this canopy (which by the next big hurricane is going to lift up the stadium and drop it in hialiah

Soccer has already taken off here. MLS already has higher average attendance than the NHL and the NBA, and that's not even counting the millions who watch soccer games from European or Latin American leagues. Soccer is probably the 2nd most popular sport in the US behind American football. The MLS is not the 2nd most popular league, but soccer as a sport is, and I'd bet in 20-30 years, as demographics continue to shift, soccer will push American football as the most popular in the United States. Maybe not among people born in the US, but living in the US.

Heck, here in Chattanooga, our local soccer team, Chattanooga FC draws more people than our AA baseball team, and the soccer team is like the 5th tier of the US soccer pyramid and basically semi-pro. They still draw about 4,500 per game, and outdraw the LA Dodgers AA team, playing "America's Game."

 

[butchs'revenge]

It just makes me laugh that they allowed themselves to be scammed by Loria, but then someone else is going to take on all of the cost burden and they give him the runaround.

its called getting greased, and apparently beckham doesnt know how it works down here

 

[Tad Footeball]

soccer will never take off in the US.. we have may too many pro sports taking away talent (Football, Basketball, Baseball)

the MLS should of paid off some of those corrupted FIFA members to get the Word Cup in the US instead of Quatar then and only then there might of been a chance to spring board MLS

MLS+Becham should of considered building a much larger stadium instead and having UM loby this with them.


I for 1 dont' give a crap about soccer and little by little am starting to admit that we are never going to leave Sun Life Stadium and there for I am sort of happy we have this canopy (which by the next big hurricane is going to lift up the stadium and drop it in hialiah

Soccer has already taken off here. MLS already has higher average attendance than the NHL and the NBA, and that's not even counting the millions who watch soccer games from European or Latin American leagues. Soccer is probably the 2nd most popular sport in the US behind American football. The MLS is not the 2nd most popular league, but soccer as a sport is, and I'd bet in 20-30 years, as demographics continue to shift, soccer will push American football as the most popular in the United States. Maybe not among people born in the US, but living in the US.

Heck, here in Chattanooga, our local soccer team, Chattanooga FC draws more people than our AA baseball team, and the soccer team is like the 5th tier of the US soccer pyramid and basically semi-pro. They still draw about 4,500 per game, and outdraw the LA Dodgers AA team, playing "America's Game."

Whoaaa! Pump the brakes there, Sport. Literally NOBODY watched their championship last year (http://awfulannouncing.com/2013/the-2013-mls-cup-was-the-least-viewed-ever.html), their attendance figures are greatly skewed by the likes of 44,000 dorks regularly showing up to games in a FEW sissy cities like Seattle not to mention the average ticket price to one of these battles of the neutral zone...errr....games is like $20.

 

[4Canes]

Personally I've become much more interested in soccer over the last few years, primarily the USMNT. I haven't missed seeing a match in about two years.
Conversely I haven't watched an MLB game in years.