AUSTIN, Texas — Columbus Crew owner Anthony Precourt got a major boost to his effort to move the Major League Soccer club to Texas when the Austin City Council voted Wednesday to move ahead with a plan for a new, privately funded stadium on city land. Precourt has been courting Austin for a potential move […]
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After a series of twists and turns in a now 10-month-old Columbus Crew relocation saga, the Austin City Council is expected to vote Wednesday on a proposal that would give Crew investor-operators Precourt Sports Ventures a pathway to move to Austin for the 2019 MLS season. The vote, as reported by ProSoccerUSA last Thursday, would […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”231″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Precourt Sports Ventures has released renderings for a stadium at the city-owned McKalla Place site in north Austin, Texas. The renderings revealed Thursday come a day before Austin city staff is expected to release its report on the nearly 25-acre location. Austin City Council […]
Precourt Sports Ventures sent a letter to Austin City Council on Tuesday afternoon detailing a community benefits package it says is worth in excess of $326 million over the next 25 years in exchange for landing a possible Major League Soccer stadium site at McKalla Place. Anthony Precourt, owner/operator of Columbus Crew SC, has narrowed […]