"A week ago Monday, I truly thought soccer was dead and the project was dead. It was clear at that time that it was time to move on. But what has transpired since couldn't have been scripted." — Dave Checketts, Real Salt Lake owner

"What the world knows as the beautiful game will now know it has a permanent home in the beautiful state of Utah." — Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.

"If this is such a great idea, why aren't the banks involved in this? Why do they have to come to the taxpayers to help this out?." — Rep. Neil Hansen, D-Ogden

"It really begins now for us. We have a lot of details to put together and a lot of guarantees and assurances to put together." — Sandy Mayor Tom Dolan

"Well, whatever anyone thinks of the process, the end result is a Major League Soccer team in this community, which is absolutely fantastic." — Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson

"My family and I wanted to stay here in Salt Lake City. We want to make our future here in Utah." — Jason Kreis, Real Salt Lake team captain

"It was the right thing. Significant decisions like this always involve a lot of controversy." — House Speaker Greg Curtis, R-Sandy

"I've come to the conclusion myself that this is worthy of our support, but it comes with a lot of trepidation because our public has not been with us." — House Minority Leader, Ralph Becker, D-Salt Lake