Soccer in Nashville

[Jamie Hall]

3 hours ago, nashvylle said:

https://www.mls2nashville.com/single-post/2017/06/28/Major-League-Soccer-Commissioner-Don-Garber-to-Visit-Nashville

Let's pray attendance is great, the commissioner comes back impressed, and the meetings go well!

I wish he'd come a few weeks ago during the NHL playoffs -- he really would've been impressed by the way Nashville can get behind its teams.

[nashvylle]

I am sure he saw pictures.

[NissanvilleTitans]

Speaking of NHL, check out my beer bottle

[markhollin]

Sport Illustrated says that the attrition rate on MLS expansion city applications linked to stadium issues could be high...

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/06/29/sports-illustrated-mls-stadium-requirement-could.html

[titanhog]

3 hours ago, markhollin said:

Sport Illustrated says that the attrition rate on MLS expansion city applications linked to stadium issues could be high...

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/06/29/sports-illustrated-mls-stadium-requirement-could.html

I have a feeling that if we can start out with a fully funded proposal, we'll stand a very good chance of getting a team.  I think a lot will depend on how much $$ the private group (owners) are willing to put in.

[Flatrock]

2 hours ago, titanhog said:

I have a feeling that if we can start out with a fully funded proposal, we'll stand a very good chance of getting a team.

Agreed. I gave this a 20% shot a few months ago. But with the latest developments  (other cities dropping out, Nashville's incredible and highly visible NHL support and N'ville mls stadium funding sources ) - I'd give us better than even, say 60%. 

[markhollin]

How the MLS bid for a team in Nashville could get a big boost dependent on attendance at the Gold Cup match this Saturday at Nissan Stadium:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/07/05/how-nashvilles-mls-expansion-bid-could-get-big-boost-gold-cup-match/442468001/

[Rockatansky]

On 6/13/2017 at 9:22 AM, PHofKS said:

Greater London – 8,173,941

• West Midlands (B'ham) – 2,736,460
• Greater Manchester – 2,682,528
• West Yorkshire (Leeds-Bradford) – 2,226,058
• Nashville, TN 1.9 million
• Merseyside (L'pool) – 1,381,189
• South Yorkshire (Sheffield) – 1,343,601
• Tyne & Wear (Newcastle) – 1,104,825

 

Where is Glasgow? The greater region is 1.7m+ according to Wikipedia.

[PruneTracy]

1 hour ago, Rockatansky said:

Where is Glasgow? The greater region is 1.7m+ according to Wikipedia.

Of all the quasi-political discussions we have here, the issue of Scottish clubs in the Premier League is about to be the most out-of-place.

[smeagolsfree]

You have to remember with those numbers in Great Britain is that there are no other major competing sports, like Baseball, football, basketball, hockey, not to mention all of the major collegiate sports. Yes there are some basketball franchises there, but sports is dominated by soccer.

[bigeasy]

No football, hockey, or major college sports? What a horrible place to live

[tragenvol]

Cricket....there's cricket.  A few years back a buddy and I were in the basement bar of the restaurant across from our hotel just tucked away from the Thames and the heart of London.  The restauranteur offered us primo tickets to cricket's World Cup hosted by England...we politely refused the offer.  He said he understood...as it was a bit like our baseball.

[jmtunafish]

5 minutes ago, tragenvol said:

Cricket....there's cricket.  A few years back a buddy and I were in the basement bar of the restaurant across from our hotel just tucked away from the Thames and the heart of London.  The restauranteur offered us primo tickets to cricket's World Cup hosted by England...we politely refused the offer.  He said he understood...as it was a bit like our baseball.

And rugby.  The Brits are nuts for rugby.

[tragenvol]

Fireworks are bad.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news/nissan-stadium-damaged-by-fireworks-shell-days-ahead-of-usmnt-game/19xkirrcynj3w1qqi12e707y5n

 

[bigeasy]

Good thing that firework went towards the stadium and not the people watching on the riverfront.

[claya91]

1 hour ago, tragenvol said:

Fireworks are bad.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news/nissan-stadium-damaged-by-fireworks-shell-days-ahead-of-usmnt-game/19xkirrcynj3w1qqi12e707y5n

 

Fortunately, the proper planning was in place so that all that was impacted were a few seats in an empty stadium, not a car, a house, or people. I'd say we mitigated the risks well.

[markhollin]

Nashville Scene's cover story this week is about our chances of landing an MLS franchise:

http://www.nashvillescene.com/news/cover-story/article/20866401/football-town-hockey-town-soccer-city

Also a side-bar story about the other cities we are in competition with:

http://www.nashvillescene.com/news/cover-story/article/20866402/who-is-nashville-competing-with-for-an-mls-team

 

[Flatrock]

I hope all UP peeps with even the slightest interest in soccer will buy tix and go to the match tomorrow afternoon at Nissan Stadium. Bring friends and family. Pack it out. Yell loudly. If you have to - pretend it's (American) football....or Preds hockey. Please do whatever you can to demonstrate our support of soccer in this wonderful town!! Thanks and sermon over.

[nashvylle]

13 minutes ago, Flatrock said:

I hope all UP peeps with even the slightest interest in soccer will buy tix and go to the match tomorrow afternoon at Nissan Stadium. Bring friends and family. Pack it out. Yell loudly. If you have to - pretend it's (American) football....or Preds hockey. Please do whatever you can to demonstrate our support of soccer in this wonderful town!! Thanks and sermon over.

MLS2Nashville posted on Facebook that over 40K tickets have been sold. Praying we can get the record...

[urbanplanet17]

On 6/29/2017 at 0:14 PM, markhollin said:

Sport Illustrated says that the attrition rate on MLS expansion city applications linked to stadium issues could be high...

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/06/29/sports-illustrated-mls-stadium-requirement-could.html

Haha! So as of now, the only city which meets that standard is Sacramento.

Luckily for the other cities who have submitted a bid, Sacramento has just about everything else going against it (small market, flaky owners, another competing team within a relatively short distance, etc.).

 

Edited July 7, 2017 by urbanplanet17

[Rockatansky]

On 7/5/2017 at 4:17 PM, PruneTracy said:

Of all the quasi-political discussions we have here, the issue of Scottish clubs in the Premier League is about to be the most out-of-place.

My post was in response to following sentence: "Don't laugh, but Nashville would be the 5th largest MSA-ish city in Great Britain... ". The list provided is incorrect as it omits Glasgow. This is what I noted in my post.

[MidTenn1]

10 hours ago, Rockatansky said:

My post was in response to following sentence: "Don't laugh, but Nashville would be the 5th largest MSA-ish city in Great Britain... ". The list provided is incorrect as it omits Glasgow. This is what I noted in my post.

I cut and pasted it as is from wiki. Their list probably should have included Glasgow. My point was and still is that Nashville compares favorably in market size to most British cities. Adding Glasgow doesn't change my point at all.

And I like Glasgow. I haven't been there, but my daughter spent the summer there once on my dime.

[markhollin]

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber, at times glowing about Music City, said Friday that Nashville went from an afterthought to "pretty high on the list over the past 6 months" among 12 cities in the hunt for four MLS expansion spots."

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/07/07/mls-commissioner-nashville-has-risen-pretty-high-list-expansion-team/457318001/

[tragenvol]

Greater than 45K....good job!

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[markhollin]

MLS Commissioner very impressed with Nashville's presentation.  Q&Q from yesterday: "Nashville is just really energized. It's just an exciting, youthful market that seems to have found a lot of different groups to come together and just believe in their city. One of the things that really just popped out to me over the last day, speaking to a lot of businesses that have moved here, is that one of the things that attracted them most to the city is that it's just a good place to live. People are friendly. It's got a can-do attitude at all levels. There's a lot of things going on. There's a lot of culture. There's a lot of creativity. Those things excite us. We think of our league in the same way. We're a league that is trying to create something in professional sports, being the last one in. We want to be in cities that have new energized dynamics so that it can be part of what we offer as we try to build a soccer nation in our country."

Full interview here:
http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/07/09/mls-garber-nashville-expansion-qa/461887001/
 

Story on the recored-breaking attendance:
http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/2017/07/08/47-622-watch-u-s-nashville-set-soccer-attendance-record-tennessee/461967001/