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I wasn't able to make it down there, but I did listen to it on KFNS - very exciting!

I have tons of pics. I'll try to upload them this afternoon. I ran into Steve Patterson there and he interviewed a couple of officials, so i would check out urbanreviewstl.com later this afternoon.

Nice work! In the last year, I've had the chance to meet Soderberg, Shimmy Gray and Cheryl Levick, and they're all genuinely nice people and I think the arena will help make their jobs a lot easier.



Do you know if they're tearing down all of the Grand Forest Apartments? It wouldn't be any great loss if they did.

DeBaliviere wrote:Do you know if they're tearing down all of the Grand Forest Apartments? It wouldn't be any great loss if they did.

If Grand Forest Apartments are the ones on the south end of the soccer field (Hermann Stadium), then the answer is no. Or so I was told. Only part of them will be demolished.

^Scrutinizer would be correct. Not sure how many exactly they are taking down, but I heard up to a third. And definitely no big loss there.

shadrach wrote:They could tear the rest down to expand the stadium for our new MLS team.

YES!!!!!



That area would be perfect. You'd have the Metro Link a few blocks away.



In the past SLU has said they weren't interested, but I imagine if someone waved enough $$$ around, that could change.

My vote for MLS stadium location is the current Manchester Commons:



It's in the heart of the city, well served by 44 & 64 - close to Dogtown pubs and restaurants - a stadium may leave some room for Manchester Avenue streetfront development as well. If a greenway is ever established along the RR tracks - extending from the potential Chouteau Lake - this would pass nearby also. I think this site would be close enough to some of the ethnic enclaves to draw many fans - hispanic, croatian and asian immigrants would be big supporters of the team.

shadrach wrote:

DeBaliviere wrote:I wasn't able to make it down there, but I did listen to it on KFNS - very exciting!

You said you couldn't make it there, but you're in the background on the first two photos; behind the guys with the shovels.

Damn, I thought I would be able to go unnoticed!

I've very excited for this project. It could be a major key to SLU becoming a great basketball program.

Anything is possible.



But those are lofty goals.

I just want to make the Big Dance. Every year. Is that so much to ask?

No, that is not too much to ask. Soderberg's goal is to be a perenial top 20 team.

That will be tough, but I'd be perfectly happy to be at the level of Creighton, Xavier, etc.

The Central Scrutinizer wrote:

DeBaliviere wrote:We were actually discussing our lack of football team over at billikens.com. Many similar schools have non-scholarship Division I-AA teams, and I wish that we did too. Marquette has a club team, and I'd be totally happy with that as well.

It takes a hell of a lot of dough to start a football team. I just don't see it on the SLU radar.

And neither does Cheryl Levick: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports ... ootball%22

^

There's always hope for a club team though!

Here's the webcam that shows updates of the arena site. it's pretty rad.



http://clayco.oxblue.com/cam5/

Alonzo P Hawk wrote:Here's the webcam that shows updates of the arena site. it's pretty rad.



http://clayco.oxblue.com/cam5/

That's the coolest webcam I've ever seen. Granted, it's not live but that's a cool interface.

Change the cam5 on the url to cam1 and it takes you right to the SLU Research Building being built at Grand and Chouteau...same interface.

Atlas wrote:Change the cam5 on the url to cam1 and it takes you right to the SLU Research Building being built at Grand and Chouteau...same interface.

Cool: thanks.



I'm going to scroll through the other urls and see if the shower in the womens lockeroom comes up.

any word on whether the "student village" is still being considered? If I recall correctly the idea of developing a loop like area around the stadium died with the stadium moving from the LIndell area to its current locale. I'm all for the new stadium but I wish it was set in a more urban context - i wish there could be a network of bars and such surrounding it. The current location seems to allow only for the - now ubqitous - "green slu field with fountain"

There is a press conference scheduled for 2 p.m. today to announce the naming rights.