http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2010/05/20/soccer-and-the-falcons-stadium-proposal/ The World's Game In The Heart of the Sun Belt Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:45:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2010/05/20/soccer-and-the-falcons-stadium-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Marc Silverstein Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:14:07 +0000 http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/?p=1191#comment-256 KICKING IN: In Atlanta, Douglas Sams reports Brazilian soccer team Cruzeiro Esporte Clube "wants to build a $30 million youth soccer complex" in Alpharetta, Ga., and its leaders "say they have deep-pocketed investors to pull it off." Cruzeiro "might also consider introducing a Major League Soccer team to Atlanta, though that part of the plan is not as far along." One site under consideration for the youth complex is developer Stan Thomas' "stalled Prospect Park at Georgia 400 and Old Milton Parkway." The soccer complex "could cover 100 acres and contain up to 18 fields." Cruzeiro President Zezé Perrella said that "expanding its youth soccer program into Georgia is part of the club’s broader effort to build its name in the United States" (ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE, 3/25 issue). KICKING IN: In Atlanta, Douglas Sams reports Brazilian soccer team Cruzeiro Esporte Clube “wants to build a $30 million youth soccer complex” in Alpharetta, Ga., and its leaders “say they have deep-pocketed investors to pull it off.” Cruzeiro “might also consider introducing a Major League Soccer team to Atlanta, though that part of the plan is not as far along.” One site under consideration for the youth complex is developer Stan Thomas’ “stalled Prospect Park at Georgia 400 and Old Milton Parkway.” The soccer complex “could cover 100 acres and contain up to 18 fields.” Cruzeiro President Zezé Perrella said that “expanding its youth soccer program into Georgia is part of the club’s broader effort to build its name in the United States” (ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE, 3/25 issue).

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