Beware no stadium no team - TalkSoccer

**Frank Cunha** · 22-04-2008, 02:11 AM

The Commissioner means business, he did it to San Jose and that's the reason you got a stadium, so beware

from the Commissioner blog

I just received a research report on last weekend’s top 50 sports programs among Hispanic men. You might be interested to know that the TeleFutura MLS game was more popular than the Lakers/Spurs NBA game, the Yankees/Red Sox game on ESPN and the Masters on CBS.
As you can imagine, I was very surprised that Mayor White in Houston released to the media a letter I sent to the Dynamo ownership group. The letter stated my concerns with the lack of progress with the team’s discussion with the city regarding a stadium partnership. And anyone who read the letter knows, I was not threatening the Mayor in any way.

The Dynamo, no different than the Texans, Rockets and Astros, need a stadium of their own, and have offered to provide far more private capital to the deal than was required by the owners of the city’s other sports teams. Team President Oliver Luck has been working with the city to creatively construct an agreement that does not in any way take funding away from any key city services.

**Lemmy** · 22-04-2008, 02:14 AM

what a tough character, but it would mean that there will need a lot more investments so teams like the Red Bulls can get a soccer specific stadium

**Frank Cunha** · 22-04-2008, 02:17 AM

Red Bulls new stadium should be up for next season
Red Bulls put all of the money upfront, and it seems Makita wants a part of the action

but for Houston this is a warning, by the way Philadelphia ball park should be ready in 2010