Originally Posted by
Yohan
I'm all for SSS, but economically, SSS don't make sense for local govts. It's not impossible, but it's becoming very hard to get prime land for just SSS. (see blowback on new DCU stadium)
Even if there is going to be no public money involved for actual building of the SSS, the land is worth so much that the city is likely going to loath using it for SSS.
Hence why most new SSS are in suburbs (where the local govt want any business basically), or either multipurpose stadium or SSS sharing with another sports. (IE, Houston with college pointyball) I don't even know how NYCFC is going to get new land to build a SSS in NYC proper. And SSS in suburbs are having severe problem making it easy for fans to get to the stadium.
Although it depends on city to city, generally, you want a piece of land that has high traffic, high population density and good public transit, and those lands are generally in the city