Two years before they kick off, the newly minted franchises in Vancouver and Portland are already competing off the field. As we reported earlier this week, Vancouver had already sold 5,000 season ticket deposits less than one week after the franchise announcement. Now, word comes out of Portland that within the first 48 hours of [...]
Filed under: Contracts and Transfers, Expansion and Stadiums | Tagged: expansion, MLS, Montero, Portland and Vancouver, Seattle, WPS | 4 Comments »
Few sports leagues guard their finances more closely than MLS, but efforts to bring a franchise to Portland brought many long hidden numbers to light. In a report prepared by HVS, many MLS financial numbers became public for the first time. The report is here. The report projects MLS finances from 2011 (when Portland enters [...]
Filed under: Expansion and Stadiums, Sponsors | Tagged: expansion, MLS, MLS ticket sales, naming rights, Portland, Soccer Business, Sponsors, stadiums, Vancouver | 3 Comments »
Four of the World’s largest soccer clubs will be touring the U.S. this summer in the “World Football Challenge“ The event boasts Inter Milan, Chelsea, Club America and AC Milan in a series of matches across the U.S. Venues include the new Cowboys’ stadium, Foxboro and Palo Alto. The event is run by Creative Artists. [...]
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With MLS announcing Portland as the League’s 18th Expansion Franchise, St. Louis appeared to be the big loser. Since the announcement, Commissioner Garber worked hard to dispel that belief. In an article published in the in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Mr. Garber indicated that the League would work hard to steer investors to join Jeffrey Cooper’s [...]
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The Vancouver Sun is one of many media outlets announcing that March 18, 2009 will be the day that Vancouver is announced as the next MLS expansion franchise. The team will begin play at a renovated BC Place in 2009. According to reports, the Vancouver Whitecaps of the USL (following the Seattle model), will transition [...]
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First Kick 2009 is just days away, and the League’s newest franchise is directly in the cross hairs of MLS fans. They have sold the tickets; more than 20k season ticket sales have been announced for 2009. They have landed the big name sponsor; Microsoft has signed on for $ 4 million for over five [...]
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We’ve posted before about how Seattle seems to be doing almost everything right in the lead up to its inaugural MLS season. The Sounders have now upped the ante with a bit of “guerrilla marketing” around the Emerald City. Park benches, statues and more have been covered with Sounders gear. The pictures definitely are worth [...]
Filed under: Expansion and Stadiums, Marketing | Tagged: expansion, Jeffrey Cooper, MLS, Portland, Scarf, Seattle Sounders, St. Louis | 7 Comments »
Just weeks after announcing a sponsorship deal with Amway Global, the Earthquakes have announced their 2009 marketing campaign. The campaign will combine 4 television ads, billboards and bus advertising. The Quakes will highlight Joe Cannon and Darren Huckerby through all of the mediums utilized by the campaign. San Jose also announced a new radio partnership [...]
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As part of our ongoing examination of MLS expansion targets, it is now time to explore Vancouver’s bid for 2011. Jeff Mallet, Greg Kerfoot, Stev Luczo and Steve Nash (yes that Steve Nash), are the men leading the charge to bring MLS to Vancouver in 2011. The proposed team would play at BC Place Stadium [...]
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Last week, we posted about Portland’s efforts to land a Major League Soccer Franchise in 2011. On Tuesday, Merritt Paulson, the owner of the Portland Timbers and driving force behind the Portland bid, took his pitch to the Oregon Legislature. Paulson is asking the Legislature to revisit a 2003 bill that would use Major League [...]
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