The Confidential has been occasionally admonished over the years for allowing Metros' GM Nick Sakiewicz to trumpet his stadium proclamations and bemoan the political snarls he's encountered.
Metros fans can't be faulted for distrusting a seemingly endless procession of empty promises, but once the AEG real estate division got its teeth into a vast project of which the Metros stadium is just one component, betting against Harrison was a loser.
Certainly there will be problems and delays for the 25,000-capacity, $100 million stadium scheduled to open for the 2006 season. And MLS must still work desperately hard, as once the allure of a new stadium wears off, fans - like those in Columbus - don't automatically flock month after month and year after year.
With a soccer-specific stadium near Los Angeles and a new one slated next door to New York, MLS has a bit more of the clout it needs in the real world, where what happens to the bottom line is just as important as what takes place between the lines.
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