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November 11, 2006
The Merc chimes in
The old saying is, 'better late than never,' right? So the good news is that today, the Mercury News finally ran a story about the Earthquakes Soccer grand opening. Not only that, they got the number of attendees right (a few hundred, versus the reference Mark Purdy made to 'several dozen soccer fans') and they made this accurate observation: "the A's came across nothing like the Anschutz Entertainment Group, the previous operator of the Earthquakes that moved the club to Houston in December." So true.
We're still waiting for a piece that focuses more exclusively on Wolff's offer to build a privately-funded, $100 million stadium, but we'll cut the Merc some slack here because Wolff is playing his cards close to the vest right now. Still, as someone who lives outside the South Bay, I have to say that if a developer proposed a $100 million project where I live, the local papers here would be all over it.
Posted by Jay at November 11, 2006 06:38 AM