10-05-2017, 07:04 PM
I'd be floored if a soccer team could even get a thousand people out for a game. The Rangers are drawing over 5000 people on average to their games but I dunno if anyone has measured what kind of economic impact it has on the few local businesses around it. I would imagine if it was a bigger draw there would be more people trying to set up shop near the place, but there's really only the value village plaza that is a close walk to the Aud... I think the economic impacts of sports stadiums generally aren't a good value for spending public monies... even if the sports crowd can sustain a bunch of bars just on game days what are the staff supposed to do the rest of the week?
I think putting up a soccer stadium where the old football one was at the Aud is a good idea.
I think putting up a soccer stadium where the old football one was at the Aud is a good idea.