Let's play 'the uninformed speculation game' for a minute since it's Friday and you're probably doing as little as possible at your job today. So the British Columbian government announces that they are going to renovate Vancouver's BC Place Stadium and outfit it with a retractable roof. Then it's announced that the USL 1 Whitecaps will begin playing there in 2011. Now MLS commissioner Don Garber has issued a statement on said developments.
Are ducks being put in a row or am I just one of those conspiracy crazies who think that JFK was killed by the CIA if I think that something may be afoot in Weed City? Mind you similar statements were issued in the past about San Antonio (remember that episode?), the initial Philly bid in New Jersey, and the fantasy of a stadium for the Revs so maybe in the long run it will mean nothing.
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The Don says this has to be a temporary step until the Whitecaps build a SSS. They are having a bitch of a time doing that. I interpret this as a desperate move by the Whitecaps to stay alive in the MLS expansion hunt. Until they can figure out how to get a stadium built in their city they won't get an MLS team.
Well, I think we all jumped the gun on this speculation. Seems the Whitecaps president is more keen on joining some new league called the MSL.
"The move to BC Place will allow us to pursue the opportunity for an MSL franchise and will open up a host of additional opportunities that we are excited to bring to Vancouver." said Bob Lenarduzzi, president of Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
http://www.bcplacestadium.com/newsreleases/BC_Place_Future.pdf
Bob, is this (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/01/23/whitecaps-stadium-070123.html) the stadium they can't get built?
I feel like they've been "finalizing" that deal for ten years.
That's the one. Vancouver is the new Harrison.
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