The investor-operator of Columbus Crew SC is “pleased and grateful” for Austin City Council’s decision to move forward with stadium discussions, clearing way for the club’s potential relocation to Austin, Texas in 2019. Following a marathon meeting that lasted into the early hours of Friday morning, City Council voted unanimously to enter into negotiations with investor-operator […]
Author: Evan Weese
The 10th District Court of Appeals in Ohio on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by Crew SC investor-operator Precourt Sports Ventures and Major League Soccer as they attempt to relocate the club to Austin, Texas, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Precourt and the league had appealed a Franklin County Court of Common Pleas order pausing the lawsuit […]
Austin City Council is hung up on the details of Precourt Sports Ventures’ stadium proposal, leaving relocation of Crew SC from Columbus hanging in the balance. After their first review of the $200 million stadium proposal Tuesday, council members still have questions, according to various reports from local media. Of particular concern is the financial […]
FC Cincinnati’s addition to Major League Soccer will have no bearing on the fate of Ohio’s existing club, according to league commissioner Don Garber. Speaking in Cincinnati during Tuesday’s announcement, Garber said the expansion makes it no more likely or unlikely that Columbus Crew SC is relocated to Austin, Texas. “It really has no effect […]
The investor-operator of Columbus Crew SC is sharing its vision for a soccer stadium in Austin, Texas. Precourt Sports Ventures, which last October disclosed plans to relocate Major League Soccer’s original club, has unveiled a rendering of a stadium site at McKalla Place in Austin. The site plan, posted to MLS2ATX.com, shows a canopied venue […]
The city of Columbus won a small victory Tuesday in its lawsuit aimed at keeping Columbus Crew SC from relocating to Austin, Texas, in what marks the first legal decision since club ownership and the city began tussling late last year. Judge Jeffrey Brown agreed to pause the lawsuit for 90 days, partially accommodating the […]
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Columbus Crew SC has agreed to a one-year extension with midfielder Federico Higuaín, the only player in club history to register 50 goals and 50 assists in regular-season action. The Designated Player contract extension runs through the 2019 Major League Soccer season, the club announced Thursday. In his seventh season with Crew SC, the Argentine […]
The city of Columbus says Crew SC ownership is engaging in “factual misdirection” while trying to “run the clock” on its lawsuit aimed at keeping the team from relocating to Austin, Texas. City Attorney Zach Klein on Monday accused Precourt Sports Ventures and Major League Soccer of trying to avoid discovery in the lawsuit while […]
Major League Soccer and the investor-operator of Crew SC have filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit aimed at keeping the team in Columbus. Citing arguments against the validity of Ohio Revised Code 9.67, the “Art Modell Law,” MLS and Precourt Sports Ventures say the lawsuit filed in March by the city of Columbus and […]