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[QUOTE="kibblesnbits, post: 3994837, member: 97"]
If RI agrees to pay $40+ million to build a new stadium that will host 10 games per year of a third division farm team for the Revs then the state should be dissolved.  The MLS teams have focused their efforts on cost reduction and shared resources with the parent.  Attendance has generally been miserable as it is clear that these are not much more than development academy games with little concern for building a winner.  Philadelphia used to have their USL reserve team play in Bethlehem before moving them to Philly (Chester) to save $$.  Even the ones that don't share a facility use a lesser stadium in the same market (RB II in Montclair,  Loudoun out near Dulles, Tacoma, Salt Lake plays in the parent's training ground, Atlanta plays at a suburban college, etc.).  The exception is NYFC and San Antonio, but I don't see much evidence that model will grow.  The new league, sanctioned at Division III will undoubtedly continue with MLS cost-controlled, shared resource development model.
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