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Luka Boyd

(49 posts)

6. We had soccer teams before

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 07:29 PM

Mar 2017

We had soccer teams before and they werent supported. This is a baseball town, nobody cares about soccer. If the team owners think this is such a surefire money making proposition let them fund the stadium. We let the Rams go rather than build them a new stadium using public funds. I dont believe that having a soccer team will benefit the average citizen in St. Louis to justify the tax expenditure, unless you are a restaurant / bar owner or will sell merchandise.

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Voters could bring the MLS to St. Louis with soccer stadium vote [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP

Cool shenmue Mar 2017 #1

Sorry.. NO public money for sports. pangaia Mar 2017 #2

Yes gordianot Mar 2017 #4

Local Sports media commentators promote public money. gordianot Mar 2017 #3

let the corporate jocks pay for their own stadiums. no taxpayer $$ msongs Mar 2017 #5

We had soccer teams before Luka Boyd Mar 2017 #6