NJ MLS Stadium develops

from today's GlobeSt (8/21):

UPDATE Last updated: August 21, 2008 09:17am

$200M Soccer Stadium Moves Ahead
By Eric Peterson

"HARRISON, NJ-It's to be a centerpiece for this city's major redevelopment, but for all of the starts and stops, some wondered if the new 25,189-seat stadium for the Red Bulls franchise of Major League Soccer would ever get done. Now, it will apparently happen with the start of vertical construction for the $200-million facility." ...

"Its genesis goes back nearly a decade, when the Red Bulls were known as the MetroStars. The team continues to play its home games at Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands, but their average crowd of 20-25,000 rattles around in that 76,000-seat venue, and the team, which became known as the Red Bulls a couple of years ago, has long been in search of a more intimate venue. That venue is now slated for completion by September 2009." ...

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