With Indy’s soccer future in balance, city to go all-in on MLS

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4 thoughts on “With Indy’s soccer future in balance, city to go all-in on MLS

  1. The easiest thing to do is to let Ozdemir have a small percentage in the ownership of the new MLS team. Built Eleven Park as rendered. Let other developers help built Elven Park along side Keystone Group. The site is already shovel ready. The city doesnt have to spend extra to tear down the heliport. Keystone group already done the hard part. Dont let Eleven Park turn into a shell of what it was suppose to be like the Ambrose project on the GM Stamping plant site. Mayor Hogsett and his administration needs to work with Ozdemir to get Eleven Park built. I could be wrong but whoever these outside investors are that’s funding the MLS expansion in Indy, I doubt the site is the issue but more so on the political posturing the mayor is doing. Indy needs to look united and show that the city support developers that are trying to transform Indy into some thing major in the midwest amongst its peers

    1. Good call- the playbook is already out there. Nashville SC and Nashville’s MLS bid by Ingram. City-backed MLS bid is announced by a group separate from existing USL team. Public goodwill is somewhat restored with a later purchase of existing USL team (XI here) for a discount created by such threat of moving forward without the old team. Fans kinda win (if they accept the trade of USL for MLS/supporter involvement), new team definitely wins. This was separate from the Nashville SC/Nashville FC situation prior to MLS bid.

      Potential key difference is in Nashville, both sides were somewhat friendly publicly after Ingram announced the MLS group bid. Here, I don’t think the full MLS ownership stack has been announced. That’ll be just as interesting. I’m guessing tier one of Simon, Cuban, etc. and a second non-controlling/ceremonial tier of other fabulously wealthy people on a lower level + heavy sports interest already: Towriss, athletes, celebrities. Tier 2 can come on later, also see Nashville/Cincy.

  2. After how Mayor Hogsett has treated The Eleven group, why should any prospective company thinking of doing business with the City trust him?

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