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innov8ion wrote:^ Not to mention St. Louis! It's "Sahn Lou-wee"

Communist!!!

Framer wrote:

DeBaliviere wrote:Most St. Louisans wouldn't know how to properly pronounce "Real."

Uh, I guess I'm one that doesn't know either. So how is it pronounced?

RAY-AL

i hope we dont get a team! they would be a major competitor for google keywords with me

FlatFeeKing wrote:i hope we dont get a team! they would be a major competitor for google keywords with me

No they wouldn't.

This team isn't in St. Louis City. Why would the team be named after anything relating to St. Louis history. I would vote for St. Louis Sprawlers.

We should call them the St Louis Hoosiers, and the official uniform would be cutoff blue jean shorts, a Busch beer wife-beater tank top, and a Dale Jr. baseball cap.

Tysalpha wrote:^ If teams were named after their host city's present situation, St. Louis wouldn't be the only sprawlers out there.

Just let it go. Doug hates anything that isn't in city limits.

Hate is a strong word. I would rather see this stadium in an area which needs new office and residential along with the tax revenue they generate, like perhaps Wellston or East St. Louis. Besides the benefits of revenue, they are more centrally located and near transit.

^So are many including people like Patterson and Michael Allen. Hopefully we will see more people move here from the far flung suburbs and also from other cities. I think a good way to make our City and region more attractive is to help municipalities like East St. Louis, who can't turn on traffic lights, advance. The view of the East Side from the riverfront is horrible. It needs to be developed. A stadium in ESL could be a catalyst for development which would improve the City aesthetically. So if the stadium isn't going to be in St. Louis City, I can think of better places than Collinsville. But I am sure philanthropy and regional pride probably isn't a factor. This is why I am for the stadium being located elsewhere.

I would love to see something like this come in to ESL, and develop the area around it with housing, stores, etc. ESL needs all the help they can get in getting some revenue.

Wikipedia wrote:
Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada. It was coined by Lamar Hunt to refer to a sports stadium whose primary (but not only) purpose is to host football (soccer) matches. An SSS may host other events such as other sporting events (mostly lacrosse and gridiron football), drum and bugle corps competitions, and concerts, but the design and purpose of an SSS is centered on soccer. These venues tend to be located in the suburbs outside the city limits instead of in the city itself, with the current exceptions of Columbus, Ohio and Toronto.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer-specific_stadium



Very few soccer-specific stadiums are built within city limits. Sprawl or not, thats the way it is.

Juice13610 wrote:

Wikipedia wrote:
Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada. It was coined by Lamar Hunt to refer to a sports stadium whose primary (but not only) purpose is to host football (soccer) matches. An SSS may host other events such as other sporting events (mostly lacrosse and gridiron football), drum and bugle corps competitions, and concerts, but the design and purpose of an SSS is centered on soccer. These venues tend to be located in the suburbs outside the city limits instead of in the city itself, with the current exceptions of Columbus, Ohio and Toronto.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer-specific_stadium



Very few soccer-specific stadiums are built within city limits. Sprawl or not, thats the way it is.

Having been to the Columbus stadium, while it may technically be within Columbus city limits, it is no where near the downtown urban core.

"The way it is."



Innovation and comparative advantage does not come from following the status quo and what everyone else does. We need to stop that if we want to be unique and The Place to Be.