Two cities submitted their MLS expansion bid applications on Tuesday, one day before the October 15 deadline for consideration for the two available 2011 franchises...
I will be writing much more about this on Wednesday night, but for now, I'll let you read the details on today's applicants, Atlanta and Ottawa. Both applicants are sports team owners in their respective cities.
ATLANTA
application by Arthur Blank on behalf of AMB Group, LLC
- owner of NFL's Atlanta Falcons
OTTAWA application by Eugene Melnyk on behalf of Senators Sports and Entertainment
- owner of NHL's Ottawa Senators
Wednesday night, I will give you the final list of applicants. Many cities not in the running for 2011 will be in the next round of applications, but there will be more than enough to choose from for 2011 come tomorrow night.
Stay tuned...
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