July 28, 2004
Rapids Announce Stadium Site
You may notice I didn't get around to posting a blog entry yesterday. There are reasons.
I wasn't planning on doing another soccer article until tonight when I have to write up the Rapids v Chicago Fire game for distribution online Friday morning.
But.... a little birdy told me that the Rapids were going to make a big announcement in Commerce City Tuesday. I say a little birdy because the Rapids didn't officially notify me until Monday evening at 9pm, usually a bit late to plan for an early morning press conference the next day.
About 250 people showed for the event to dedicate part of the old Rocky Mountain Arsenal chemical weapons factory cleanup site as a new place for professional and youth soccer.
You may not want to live in such an attractive locale, which is okay because residential housing won't be allowed on what is now near the "Rocky Mountain Wildlife Refuge" which sounds nicer than chemical weapons of mass destruction warfare plant from World War II and beyond.
Here's my article, Colorado Finally Finds big Win-Win online at American Soccer News.
Visit my Soccer MiniSite Articles section in case they actually find more chemical weapons on the Arsenal and ASN's soccer website somehow is affected by the fallout. Check in the articles section, July 28th, 2004 for the Win-Win article.
There are also some juicy images from the announcement which was held in good weather outside on the shortgrass prairie in the area. Images are also on my MiniSite for July 27th.
