FO explanation of the current status of the stadium please.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin on September 22, 2009 at 11:14pm

Yeah, did you check out the link to CW 39 Jorge Vargas interview with Oliver Luck earlier this summer? I was soooo excited to finally get an update from the Froont Office & then............................nothing since.

Just got a glimpse of San Jose's proposed new stadium, Lew Wolff Earthquakes owner is making it happen along with the city of San Jose.

I know OUR DYNAMO front office have been WORKING HARD to strike a deal for a new stadium. But, some Houston City Officials & Politicians are sooooo short sighted & indifferent that they are holding Everything up in limbo......GOD I hate politicians!!!!

How sad is it that Philadelphia Union already has a stadium being built as we speak & they don't even play until next season nor even have any players on the roster yet for that matter.

Crap I'm not a big fan of the proposed downtown eastend location for the Dynamo Stadium/ sharing with TSU for a myriad of reasons. BUT, as of NOW beggars can't be choosey I'll take what we can get......as long as it gets done!!!

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Permalink Reply by James Cooke on September 23, 2009 at 7:24am

I'd have to admit that it's sad and ridiculous that we have yet to break ground and build a stadium even after winning championships in the first two years of the club's existence. Hopefully win a third and start up a dynasty - Houston Dyna-sty.

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Permalink Reply by Martek on September 23, 2009 at 4:40pm

El Franco Lee needs to calm down with this and delink it all. His own advisers -- one of them mayoral candidate Gene Locke (this is not an endorsement, simply a statement of fact) -- told him that county participation in the TIRZ and stadium plan as designed is a good and right thing to do. Any attempt to link the Astrodome into this project would be a disaster, and inappropriate to boot. The fate of the Dome is a completely separate issue that involves the Rodeo, the Texans, etc..

The stadium needs to be built where it's planned and how it's planned. The time for major plan changes is over. Hopefully this will happen soon.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Jacob on September 25, 2009 at 10:05am

Do the fans need to make this a major issue again? Do we need to start showing up at county meetings "en mass?" Mass e-mails again to put this in front of these short sighted politicians looking for votes?

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Permalink Reply by Jimmy on September 25, 2009 at 11:21am

HA!! IF that's the case, there should be a mass call to gather as many Dynamo fans as possible at Luckys (or one of the lots around it) and march the 5 or 6 blocks down to their downtown offices. Be even cooler if a couple thousand Orange showed up. But if something like that at this stage is counterproductive then I guess I'll just have to settle for beer at Lucky's.

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Permalink Reply by Web on September 25, 2009 at 8:40pm

I would love to do this sometime. We had the rally back way back in the Spring on the site, that was cool. It would have to be at a time when lots of people would be free.... this weekend would have been great, since there's no Dynamo game.

Maybe before the next weekend game, we could all rally at the downtown site in our flag-draped and painted cars, horns honking and Dynamo music blaring, maybe a little tail gating, then parade to Robertson en masse. That would be cool.

But would anybody notice?

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Permalink Reply by James Cooke on September 25, 2009 at 4:53pm

Sounds like a damn good idea, Yimmy. I'd make the walk myself with a the average stadium attendance of Orange fans: 16,000 Orange fans. Walk down with Dynamo flags singing chants and what not.

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Permalink Reply by Kym on September 25, 2009 at 6:19pm

Count me in! Just tell me where and when.

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Permalink Reply by dcori on September 25, 2009 at 6:23pm

Well let's hope everything is resolved before the next mayor is elected. God forbid that it would be Annise Parker! We need to make sure that doesn't happen!!!

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Permalink Reply by James Cooke on September 25, 2009 at 6:28pm

We seriously should put up signs all around Houston and greater Houston saying, "Help the Houston Dynamo get a stadium. Don't vote for Annise Parker."

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Permalink Reply by dcori on September 25, 2009 at 6:58pm

I think it would also be a good idea to do that at the next home game. You know everyone there really wants our stadium. Don't forget there's also alot of people against it and if they don't know she's against a new stadium we wouldn't want to alert them by putting up those signs and then we'd be helping her get their votes just because of that!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Jacob on September 27, 2009 at 10:42am

Let's see. If we have the usual 15-18 thousand at the next regular home game and we have volunteers handing out 15,000 simple flyers stating "Support the New Stadium. It is Good for Houston and Annise Parker Doesn't."

Bound to be some Chronicle reporter taking pic or too, maybe the TV station as well. Might shake Annise up a little and raise the stadium awareness as well.

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