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-17,000 Season Tickets sold so far, 63 Corporate Suites reserved, $20 million sponsorship with Microsoft. -Next month begins open tryouts, to be filmed for a Joe Roth produced reality show, concluding with a final tryout to be shown live on February 1st following the Super Bowl. Viewers will be able to select the three finalists. -Today's ...

Construction workers are getting the site ready, in preparation for an official groundbreaking expected in mid-November, according to Sakiewicz. “We already have a couple million dollars of equipment moving a lot of material and there’s plenty of dirt flying,” Sakiewicz said. “There has also been significant progress with the off-ramps. ...

UPDATE: A total of seven cities have submitted bids to MLS today:  Atlanta, Miami, Montreal, Ottawa, Portland, St. Louis, and Vancouver.  Speculation continues at this hour regarding negotiations been the NY Mets ownership group and MLS on a potential stadium site next to the new Mets stadium.  Nothing out of Las Vegas at this ...

On October 14, Eugene Melnyk and Senators Sports & Entertainment formally submitted their bid to MLS for an expansion franchise for Ottawa for the 2011 MLS season. "When we officially launched our bid on Sept. 16, I believed it was imperative that to bring an MLS team to Ottawa and build a stadium of this scope and calibre required, among other ...

St. Louis group makes it's MLS expansion application. The changing economic landscape could affect how Major League Soccer looks at expansion, but Jeff Cooper remains "very" optimistic. Cooper's group, St. Louis Soccer United, presents its official application for an MLS expansion franchise to the league today, the deadline for such ...

Arthur Blank, who already owns two pro sports franchises in Atlanta, is aiming for a third. Blank's management and investment company, the AMB Group, announced Tuesday it has submitted a bid for a Major League Soccer expansion franchise. He already owns the Falcons and the Arena Football League's Georgia Force. Image via Falcons365

FC Barcelona will officially submit a bid to bring an MLS team to Miami. Barcelona announced on its website that it would partner with Miami resident Marcelo Claure, a Bolivian cellphone magnate and owner of FC Bolivar, to launch a team in Miami. Claure is the CEO of Brightstar Communications, a multibillion-dollar company that is one of the largest ...

Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL and founder of Home Depot, is pondering a bid for an MLS team that would begin play in 2011. “We have had discussions with Arthur Blank and his staff recently and those discussions are positive,” said MLS Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs Dan Courtemanche. Image via Daylife