(10-05-2017 08:32 PM)Renandpat Wrote:  

(10-05-2017 08:06 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  A 40,000 seater with San Diego St in mind but compatible for soccer with the university in charge of operation and scheduling would be an ideal scenario. MLS can use tarps if they don't need the whole capacity to make things seem less cavernous (the Crew once played in 100,000 seat Ohio Stadium, now that's a real cavern). That's also enough size to still host a decent bowl game but I suspect that Vegas, Levi's, and the new LA NFL venue will be higher on the pecking order.

Ideal for the university, but not MLS.

The "Friends" have put Popolus on retainer, but it isn't like there are dozens of stadium architect options. They'll must also get a CA based firm too.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/spor...story.html

Populus is already very familiar with making football/soccer friendly venues though.

Quote:Brass tax is that SDSU started a $500M capital campaign in 2007 and just reached that goal in 2014, but upped it another $250M to just meet that this April.

The goals was $500 million. They hit that and in '14 they upped it to $750 million.
This year they finished at over $800 million.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news...story.html

Quote:How long will it take them to raise monies for both the land and stadium?

The school will not be likely paying for the land. The CSU system will by likely issuing bonds.

Quote:Most of the capital campaign money was through the school's NPR affiliate with athletics only raising half that.
http://thedailyaztec.com/78221/news/sdsu...this-year/

What does that have to do with the price of tea in China? They're going to be building a campus expansion on the site. Not just a stadium. So who cares where the money comes from?

Quote:Outside of Papa Doug Manchester, who are their money families?

John Moores, Leon Parma, Bob Payne, Jack Goodall and several developers like Dennis Cruzan, Fred Pierce, etc...pretty much everybody on the "Friends of SDSU" list.