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Real Salt Lake stadium nears completion

This is so exciting! I get the chills every time is see the stadium. This is the new standard for soccer specific stadiums in the US. And what better place to have than in the good 'ol SLC.

Real Salt Lake who?

Cue the ignorant "my tax dollars!!!!" horde in 3...2...1...

MY TAX DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:) I am loving every minute of this.

I can't wait... only problem is Oct. 9th my wife is due...

exclusive luxury suite Dave. I'm sure it will be fit for a King. Since we, the little people, paid for it, do we get to use it too?

I bet the attendence will be higher for state championship games than RSL games.

Soccer? | 6:58 a.m. June 24, 2008
Real Salt Lake who?


Anonymous | 7:29 a.m. June 24, 2008
I bet the attendence will be higher for state championship games than RSL games.



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On October 9.

You Lose. :D

I'll be picking my season seats this morning. My thanks to the legislators who realized how this will benefit the community. And yeah, it's my $600/year going into RSL's pockets, and then a portion into Sandy/SL County/Utah state coffers via the taxes RSL will pay. I've even paid a little of the tourist tax money that ACTUALLY paid for the property and infrastructure at the stadium (again, NOT taxes from most Utahns--taxes from tourists paid for this). I'm hoping for second row--wish me luck.

It never ceases to amaze me how the anti-soccer, anti-Real crowd show up in droves whenever there is an article in the DNews. All I have to say is get a life.

Too bad it's not somewhere that it can be appreciated, like anywhere but in the US, let alone Utah... It definitely rivals some of the Euro 2008 stadiums that have been on TV recently.

We can definitely make beautiful monuments to our own ignorance, with our own tax money. Until it is torn down, it will now stand as a reminder as to our entertainment starved selves.

I can barely afford gas and groceries, yet this magnificent structure graces our doorsteps as a reminder of the things that matter most in our lives.

RE: Ryan

Right on! There are always a million posts every time the Des News puts an article up on the stadium or even parking at the stadium or especially when RSL loses. I guess there are not many posts because the team is actually in 2nd place and people will soon be climbing on the bandwagon. Oh well, everyone fire away, we heard all the anti-soccer and anti-stadium cracks before. On 10/9 it will finally end once and for all.

Maybe just maybe you should check your facts before putting up such an ignorant post! RSL has one of the highest season ticket sales in the MLS and also one of the most consistent and loyal fan bases!

I know it had to be hard when you were a kid to be picked last for the soccer team, but don't hate soccer just because of that! We all can't be athletic and skilled enough to play the worlds most popular sport!

HA HA HA HA HA!

I'm going to fly back to SLC for the home opener. It's going to be awesome.

for RSL to be gone and the new turf to be laid at RES, so I don't have look at those ugly soccer lines anymore while watching a "ReAL" football game being played.

...Go Utes!

I've got one word for soccer.... BOOOOOOORING!

After going to a game, and seeing how many people were there (not to mention the fact it was like watching water evaporate), I can't BELIEVE that we're spending tons of SL County money on this. Definitely not worth it.

Wouldn't it be cool if SLC Real actually wins a game before they move into our stadium.

Can't Wait for the new stadium! The atmosphere there is going to be outstanding! I've been following the progress on the stadium's website and drive by it on occasion to see how it's coming along. With the addition of the seats and the grass beginning to be laid, it's coming alive! I live in Utah County so the drive to Sandy will take 25 minutes off my commute to games. No more Rice-Eccles where the players disappear out of my vision when they run along the sideline!

Go REAL! Make the playoffs so we can see a couple extra games in the new home!!

It's an eyesore, and might have been justified if they ever won....but not in the middle of suburbia.

It should be sitting in downtown Salt Lake City at 600 So. & W.Temple.