For our second extended preview show of the year, we have two of our favorite people. Erik Hanberg, Podcast Uncle/Executive Producer for Channel 253 and 10-year Commissioner for Metro Parks Tacoma joins us to talk about the Tacoma Soccer-Specific Stadium that Soccer Club of Tacoma hopes to build to provide a permanent home for Tacoma Defiance and Reign FC.

To many this sounds like a no-brainer — in either direction. Why is this stadium important for Tacoma? What are the challenges? Why does public funding make sense? Beyond the public process, what are the obstacles to getting this deal done? And, ultimately, why is it a good idea for Tacoma, and who gets to decide?

Then we have some fun with Niko Moreno from Pulso Sports Network! We talk about changes to the first team over the off-season, how they will impact the Sounders’ CONCACAF Champions League run, and what we should expect to see from our boys in Tacoma this year. We also talk about what’s happening on a new joint project!

Special thanks to our friends at Peace Works United and the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation who remind you to participate in the 2020 Census on April 1, 2020. Be counted. #10Questions10Minutes

And TAPCO, Tacoma’s first credit union!

Regular featured cast:

@muffintopmodel Tim Hamilton

@podfish Steve Ketelsen

@AHammTNT Andrew Hammond

@nate_bowling Nathan Bowling (emeritus & occasional)

@cm_peterson Cat Peterson (hiatus)

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