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November 10, 2006

SI.com: "It's still Quakes country"

We're still waiting for the Mercury News to print a meaningful story about Lew Wolff's desire to invest $100 million into the South Bay economy, but thankfully some other publications are picking up the slack.

The latest example is today's story by Jonah Freedman on SI.com. Freedman attended Wednesday night's grand opening celebration and spoke to Wolff as well as several fans, including Casbah head man and perennial media target Guy Gayle. (Who knew that banging on a big bass drum was the key to getting TV time?)

Freedman summarizes the events of the last year and then strikes a note of hope as he relates what he saw at the grand opening, saying "...one of the greatest injustices in the 11-year history of Major League Soccer is on its way to being righted." We couldn't agree more.

Oh, and in case anyone is wringing their hands about the 49ers' sudden interest in the plot of land that SSV once proposed for a soccer stadium, Freedman has this to say about potential locations:

Wolff and his partners have been negotiating with the city of San Jose, Santa Clara County and San Jose State University and could soon strike a deal to build a state-of-the-art arena in one of two sites in the area.

Do you see the City of Santa Clara mentioned anywhere there? We don't either.

Posted by Jay at November 10, 2006 01:50 PM

Comments

Why could you be possibly waiting for anything from San Jose Mercury? The useless newspaper is staffed by ignorant idiots who won't probably be able to save their own life. Burn that piece of garbage newspaper, and move on with life. There is nothing worth expecting from San Jose Mercury News.

Posted by: Roger at November 10, 2006 08:11 PM

Call us eternal optimists. And, in fact, there's a story on the opening in the Merc today:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/soccer/15987229.htm

Posted by: Jay Hipps, SSV at November 11, 2006 06:37 AM

Ah yes, the banjo guy (sans instrument) and our resident percussion player to "ham" it up! ;)

Really, if this holds, I'm hoping for 2008 or 2009!

Plus, don't care for the Merc--they can stick it to themselves.

Posted by: Hawkeye17 at November 15, 2006 09:45 AM