Uncertainty around the $40-million franchise fee appears to be growing as the St. Louis bid group is reportedly okay with the fee as long as credit markets improve. The Miami bid group indicated it would pay $40 million as long as no one else pays less.

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“Clearly with trying economic conditions, it’s a concern for every business as to how they’re investing their dollars,” Dan Courtemanche MLS senior vice-president of marketing said. “But we still have more interest in MLS expansion now than at any other point in our history.”

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