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Scene Story on CSG https://www.clevescene.com/news/metroparks-approves-purchase-of-downtown-site-for-cleveland-womens-pro-soccer-stadium-45154098

You are absolutely correct that most of them don't make it to the finish line AND around here most of them also don't make it to the starting line.

d**k Pace parting with Cumberland portfolio. https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/developer-d**k-pace-takes-step-toward-leaving-business

Joline. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/downtown-getting-the-nashville-treatment-with-new-honky-tonk-opening-on-east-4th-street

Great News for Mansfield area. Will thise compete with Lodi? https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/22-million-sports-complex-expected-to-bring-soccer-tournaments-business-boom-to-richland-county

Looks good. When are they supposed to open?

Approval. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/24-story-university-circle-apartment-building-approved-by-cleveland-planning-commission/ar-AA1rcBLm?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=fd5f72b34141477388791e8e25e8e7c6&ei=24

NWSL tidbits.

I-Team talks to mayor Bibb. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/i-team-goes-to-the-mayor-about-browns-stadium-talks/vi-AA1qVFE9?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=aaafa4b4e9d14b69911a85c2258b72fc&ei=10

Phase-in move-in process in 2025 https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/sherwin-williams-hq-research-center-move-ins-slip-2025

Tremendous opportunity. https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-metroparks-cleveland-soccer-group-acquires-lot-proposed-womens-soccer-stadium/95-52a501db-65f6-4b38-bf13-5dbf728b1433

Metroparks approve the purchase of approximately 13.6 acres of land from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the City of Cleveland https://www.crainscleveland.com/sports-recreation/metroparks-approve-land-purchase-downtown-soccer-stadium

KJP - Great article and very informative. But I have 3 questions - 1) Is CSG still considering a training facility for the men's NextPro team next to the stadium. I had assumed that if they acquire Notre Dame College campus that the training facility for both the men's next-pro team & women's NWSL team would be at Notre Dame College campus. Please correct me if I am wrong 2) If environmental studies take up to 240 days ( eight months ) and they need to wrap-up financing with the 90 million public funding bond issue - I cannot see construction starting until May 2025. This is not enough time to build a state of the art Stadium to be ready for the start of the 2026 Season which is approx March 2026 if they are AWARDED the franchise unless they play the 2026 Season at a temporary site like Huntington Bank Field or if the NWSL pushes the start of the franchise to 2027. 3). What happens if CSG is not awarded a franchise ( Cincinati is ready to go). IS CSG still going to go through with the stadium if they have to get a women's team in a lower league. What do you know?

The Dome Build on Builders Exchange. https://fox8.com/news/i-team-construction-companies-eyeing-possible-dome-build-for-the-browns/

Stadium Tidbits https://fox8.com/news/i-team/new-developments-in-browns-stadium-talks-i-team/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/cleveland-mayor-meets-with-haslam-sports-group-about-browns-stadium/ar-AA1qhBXn?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=7948ba79a01e4d6f9659ca6e2a0f4147&ei=15

Are you referring MGK as Machine Gun Kelley or someone/something else

I want the Browns to stay Downtown and i would like a dome. If needed they could stay at CBS until the FAA allows Burke to close and start construction of a dome ( This could be 5-10 years down the road. I have no problem with 100 acres of Burke becoming parking for Jimmy's World. For those people who think that parking is not in the best interest of prime Downtown land they are dreamers and smoking some really good stuff if they think 490 acres would get filled with prime apartments ETC. It will take 2 centuries to infill it. WE have parking craters all over Downtown that need to be filled first. It has taken over 30 years to fill Prime public square land to Sherwin Williams. Also what this also does is that 50 years down the road when they are talking new dome again they can build it on the spot where the 100 acres of parking is. I say go for it.

And what is the Downtown Cleveland population in comparison to the downtown St Louis population

If passed this private equity investment could be used for building a dome in Brook Park if they decide to build it there.https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41013650/nfl-owners-approve-private-equity-investment

I wonder how Cleveland stacks up. Cincinnati has an MLS stadium that they could play in. WE don't have a financing plan wrapped up. I don't recall City/county voting on the 90m public money. Even if they were awarded the franchise doesn't it take 2 years to build a stadium. Am i missing anything.

If something was ever actually built in there - how would they actually get in there as it is surrounded by RTA tracks & more train tracks

50 years ago Baseball & Football shared the same stadium. Today everyone has their own. The NBA/NHL share the same arena. I bet you that in the near future each team has their own arena.

Expansion talk.

I don't know if this is bad news or not. https://www.sportico.com/leagues/soccer/2024/nwsl-expansion-cleveland-cincinnati-denver-bidders-1234794059/ At the bottom of the article. (This story has been corrected in the headline and the second paragraph to remove Cleveland from the list of potential expansion groups with meetings in New York. While a Cleveland group is actively seeking an NWSL expansion team, Sportico cannot confirm that it definitely met with the league this week. The story has also been updated in the 10th paragraph to clarify the Angel City valuation in July’s stake sale.)