Jeremy Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikenswin Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Nm The game is Argentina vs Bosnia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 Sorry. Typo. That's what I meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Season ticket holders will be getting unique one time use codes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 You'd think MLS would be taking notice of all the interest in soccer in St. Louis. City-Chelsea, Real Madrid-Inter, now Argentina-Bosnia (and rumors of a USA-Bosnia game before the World Cup). Give us a team, make Ibisevic our first designated player signing (ambitious, but not THAT unrealistic, especially if it's a couple years down the road), and we'd easily draw 20K a game. Obviously we'd need an owner and stadium, which doesn't look good at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 You'd think MLS would be taking notice of all the interest in soccer in St. Louis. City-Chelsea, Real Madrid-Inter, now Argentina-Bosnia (and rumors of a USA-Bosnia game before the World Cup). Give us a team, make Ibisevic our first designated player signing (ambitious, but not THAT unrealistic, especially if it's a couple years down the road), and we'd easily draw 20K a game. Obviously we'd need an owner and stadium, which doesn't look good at this point. You're last sentence negates the first two. As long as there is no owner and stadium the MLS can't help us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 You'd think MLS would be taking notice of all the interest in soccer in St. Louis. City-Chelsea, Real Madrid-Inter, now Argentina-Bosnia (and rumors of a USA-Bosnia game before the World Cup). Give us a team, make Ibisevic our first designated player signing (ambitious, but not THAT unrealistic, especially if it's a couple years down the road), and we'd easily draw 20K a game. Obviously we'd need an owner and stadium, which doesn't look good at this point. -not taking a shot but I expect to hear similar chants of 'let's get an NBA team' after the upcoming Bulls exhibition game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 presale password is SKCUSRECCOS, but you have to type it in 3 times for it to work. I think we need to get a few more soccer threads going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 -not taking a shot but I expect to hear similar chants of 'let's get an NBA team' after the upcoming Bulls exhibition game True, but I'd say the main difference is that MLS is actively looking to expand, while, as far as I know, NBA is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 You're last sentence negates the first two. As long as there is no owner and stadium the MLS can't help us. +1 as much as I would love for it to happen, it's just hard to see it happening in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurk Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Looks like there will be a round of general presale. ARGENTINA VS. BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA SOCCER MATCH PRESALE The Argentina National Team FC, led by Barcelona star Lionel Messi, will face Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday, November 18 at Busch Stadium. Argentina recently qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. If Bosnia-Herzegovina fails to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, they will be replaced by a team to be determined. As a valued Cardinals fan, you are invited to participate in an exclusive presale on Tuesday, October 8 at 2:00 p.m. CT. Presale Date: Tuesday, October 8 Time: 2:00 p.m. CT Password: SOCCER http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stl/ticketing/soccer.jsp?loc=presale&group=ru&partnerId=ed-7647579-607992543 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Man Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 You'd think MLS would be taking notice of all the interest in soccer in St. Louis. City-Chelsea, Real Madrid-Inter, now Argentina-Bosnia (and rumors of a USA-Bosnia game before the World Cup). Give us a team, make Ibisevic our first designated player signing (ambitious, but not THAT unrealistic, especially if it's a couple years down the road), and we'd easily draw 20K a game. Obviously we'd need an owner and stadium, which doesn't look good at this point. I'm not so sure our ability to fill stadiums for a handful of exhibitions matches featuring the best players in the world means we could draw 20k per game over a full season (17 regular season home games) for a (presumably) mediocre MLS team. As a soccer fan, I will attend every big time exhibition game that comes to town, but I have no interest in annually committing 17 weekend dates to a team of which I have no emotional attachment. That's not to suggest that the St. Louis market couldn't support an MLS team, but marketing wise it's a completely different animal compared with the Special Event matches we've been getting in 2013. re: the lack of a stadium or owner... The only way I see it happening is if Kroenke really intends to keep the Rams in St Louis and 5 or 10 years down the road (if the Rams aren't so awful, and soccer is even more mainstream than it is now) he manages to get St Louis County to kick in $200-300M towards a new stadium (presumably at the Fenton Chrysler site) on the dual conditions that it will keep the Rams in STL for 30-40 years and that it will land St Louis an MLS team, with the NFL kicking in $200-300M, and Kroenke covering the rest. Kroenke would have majority ownership of the stadium, and in addition to the 27+ Rams/MLS games, he could book the big time exhibition matches that the DeWitts are currently getting. and that scenario - while plausible - is not likely because voters are unlikely to approve any kind of tax increase for a sports stadium. In 2004, St Louis County voters overwhelmingly passed an amendment to the county charter that mandates referendums for any public funding for the development of a professional sports facility. ultimately, I'll settle for 2-3 world class exhibitions a year over 17 MLS games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milwaukeebill Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Rams won't leave st. Louis. Kroenke loses too much money if he moves them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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