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Message: [QUOTE="Da_Aisijimo_Gou, post: 2381045, member: 264"] Purportedly, the Crew's existing contractural relationships only permit staying in the Columbus area or a potential move to Austin. Even if the owners are open to financing their own new stadium in a more optimal urban Columbus location versus the current less than ideal site, they'll still likely seek significant considerations. Acknowledging Columbus' national team successes and the Crew's periods of relative success, Austin's potential difference-making high tech corporate support, population demographics (edgy millenials, relative affluence, Latinos, etc.), and other attributes are attractive. However, prior lower level teams have not experienced great success. It will be interesting to observe what evolves, but a possible Austin franchise would likely learn from and avoid suburban stadium locations mistakes or challenges experienced in Columbus, Dallas (Frisco), Houston, etc. [/QUOTE]