Beckham's group sold final piece of land to build new MLS stadium in Miami

[vegster]

Wow... just WOW ! can't wait to get my felt tips and crayons out and start designing their uniform !

 

[Easy 10]

Not sure this is really a "fatal flaw" is it? It's just the way it is there. The big advantage is that if you're pìssed off that your owner/chairman isn't doing his job properly, you can safely walk away in the knowledge that you'll be able to come back once he's fcked off.

Although this brings me to the REAL fatal flaw with US sports - that owners can get taxpayers to pony up for a new stadium, then threaten to just up sticks and move elsewhere if they don't chip in for a shiny new $500m stadium 15 years later.

Granted, the lack of a promotion / relegation aspect isn't a "fatal flaw" from a USA perspective, as their major sports have always thrived without it. Its just not in their sports culture, I guess you won't miss what you've never had. I just find it a bit of a turn-off personally. I love watching MLB, but I must admit, following a team that is trundling along in 4th or 5th, a MILE off the pace for a crack at the playoffs with more than half a season still to go and nothing really to play for, can get very ho-hum.

I appreciate that's just the way their sport is structured though. The sheer size of the country also dictates that for practical reasons, the divisions need to be regionalised as well, which promotion / relegation would not work with.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Is the name of the team Futbol Miami?

 

[Albion my Albion]

There are some American sport enthusiasts that feel relegation/promotion could work.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Their PPG of 1.15 is better than the Albion's.

So are a lot of National League sides. The quality of the league means a great deal.

 

[Wozza]

So are a lot of National League sides. The quality of the league means a great deal.

Sorry, I missed off the smiley.


Rent-a-crowd well drilled here. DB welcomed on stage to chants of "Walking in a Beckham wonderland".

 

[KZNSeagull]

Darling Dave was described on the radio this morning as a "cultural icon". Gawd help us.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I've watched quite a bit of the MLS (Seattle Sounders being my team) and although it's clearly improving, it's still pretty shit. Sort of bottom of the Championship / decent League 1 standard but with added drum banging, loud hailers and completely organised chanting and flag waving. Like a higher quality Crystal Palace but played in great stadiums instead of a decrepit, piss stinking cowshed filled with muppet chavs.

Difficult to get excited about really but I hope it continues to improve. The potential in the US is clearly massive with the population, the facilities and the emphasis on sport in schools and colleges. Maybe we could get a feeder club....... Miami and Aventura Albion FC.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Sorry, I missed off the smiley.


Rent-a-crowd well drilled here. DB welcomed on stage to chants of "Walking in a Beckham wonderland".

I missed the carsasm.

I may be naive but I really think there are incredibly "football/futbol hungry" fans in Miami and that is not a rent-a-crowd.

 

[Wozza]

I may be naive but I really think there are incredibly "football/futbol hungry" fans in Miami and that is not a rent-a-crowd.

For sure. Great they're all sitting in a corner, spontaneously signing in Spanish for the CEO (!) and in English for Beckham.

 

[Wozza]

"We're going to have drums, chants, pre-game, post-game, a march to the stadium!"

I'm out.

 

[Lower West Stander]

I wonder how much Beckham is really putting into this?

There’s lots of references to “investors” and he doesn’t seem to have spent a huge amount of time in the city. Everything he seems to do these days is style over substance and closely managed by Simon Fuller.

In theory Miami should be a great place for an MLS franchise - with its huge Hispanic population but it’s just never happened. Might go thecwY of his awful wife’s “fashion design” business


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[Lyndhurst 14]

But not as good as the Amex - and with US construction costs no way will it end up costing only $966M

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2019/oct/23/david-beckham-inter-miami-unveil-966m-stadium-plans-video

 

[Springal]

I wonder how much Beckham is really putting into this?

There’s lots of references to “investors” and he doesn’t seem to have spent a huge amount of time in the city. Everything he seems to do these days is style over substance and closely managed by Simon Fuller.

In theory Miami should be a great place for an MLS franchise - with its huge Hispanic population but it’s just never happened. Might go thecwY of his awful wife’s “fashion design” business


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He'll be the face of it and have some investment but it'll be VC backed or similar. A bit like Salford was with the Class of 92. Singapore-based Peter Lim owns 50% of the club - and also Valencia which is why Gary Neville got the job there. But no-one talks about Lim, just the others.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

New York Redbulls supposed to be playing Inter Miami on March 21 at their temporary stadium.

It's going to be tight...................

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-7898753/Inter-Miamis-new-stadium-construction-site-home-game-TWO-MONTHS.html

 

[vegster]

New York Redbulls supposed to be playing Inter Miami on March 21 at their temporary stadium.

It's going to be tight...................

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-7898753/Inter-Miamis-new-stadium-construction-site-home-game-TWO-MONTHS.html

Is Beckham daily being tattooed with a countdown date on an a previously untattooed area of his body ? Poor David, must be hell being out of the news.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Is Beckham daily being tattooed with a countdown date on an a previously untattooed area of his body ? Poor David, must be hell being out of the news.

Couldn't grow a proper beard to save his life