According to an article in Tuesday's Houston Chronicle, Houston city officials are balking at providing additional funding for the Houston Dynamo's new stadium. And that could spell yet another move for the MLS Cup defending champs.
The Dynamo, who relocated from San Jose in 2005 due to stadium-financing issues, are seeking funding to offset costs of a proposed $100 million stadium to be built downtown. The Houston-area government officials set aside six city blocks for the stadium but are refusing to chip in for the stadium to make the operations profitable for the Dynamo owner-operators.
Houston won consecutive MLS Cups, playing at Robertson Stadium on the University of Houston, and seeks a permanent home inside city limits. But talks have stalled and the self-imposed deadline for negotiations (April 1) has passed. Now, in a letter to Houston Mayor Bill White, Garber has threatened to relocate once again.
According to the article Garber said, "While another relocation would be equally traumatic, we both must consider our options to ensure that the team has a path to economic success."
But White and other city officials might call Garber's bluff rather than risk political damage by diverting city funds to a sports stadium project during such tough economic times.
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Please move to Tampa and reincarnate the Rowdies! please, please, please. it would be like my birthday, christmas, hanukkah and kwanzaa all wrapped in one!! woo hoo!
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