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Soccer By Ives (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Philadelphia MLS expansion team broke ground on their new $115 million stadium project in Chester, PA on Monday, moving a step closer to building a new home for soccer in the Northeast. MLS commissioner Don Garber was on hand (below, second from left), complete with hard hat and shovel. The Philly supporter's group, Sons of Ben, also made an appearance. Philly MLS chief executive Nick Sakiewicz...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... owners of sports teams."The economy is going to have an effect on everyone," league commissioner Don Garber said in an interview before the groundbreaking ceremony. "We're confident this project is not going to be impacted greatly."The owner of the league's San Jose Earthquakes recently announced that the team would scale back plans for its new stadium. But Philadelphia team officials said...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
The stadium will be built beside the Delaware River near the Commodore Barry Bridge, the anchor of a $500 million development that backers say will help revive impoverished Chester. Preliminary site work and remediation started months ago. At 2:30 p.m. today, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber will join state officials, local leaders and fans to officially start construction.
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aquariumdrinker (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
... — who paid attention to the product on the field, while the more flamboyant and attention-seeking Don Garber worked the money side of the league — the television contracts, the stadium deals, and securing new investors. Together, Garber and Gadzidis were a great team and have helped MLS make huge strides in its 12 years of existence. Gadzidis’s contribution to the equation can not...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
... reasoning and judgment, and his deep-rooted desire to see soccer grow in North America,” Don Garber, the league’s commissioner, said on the M.L.S. Web site.Gazidis’s mettle was tested in the struggle to make soccer relevant and popular in the United States. At Arsenal, he will help run one of the most successful clubs in England in recent years and a contender in the European Champions League...