In a bout of being in what Ohio State Representative Bill Seitz described as a “generous Christmas, sharing, inclusive mode,” the Ohio House of Representatives approved $15 million in public funding to help the Columbus Crew build a new stadium last week. Plans for a new, $230 million stadium (to be paid for primarily with private funds by Dee and Jimmy Haslam, prospective owners of the Crew) were announced a couple days before MLS Cup. The state appears to be on board. Once Anthony Precourt ships out of town and down to Austin, it seems the dream of a downtown Columbus stadium for the Crew might just become a reality.



Of course, these plans were accompanied by some delicious-looking renderings of said stadium.



It looks so good. The tantalizing, European-style partial roofing. The intimacy of full stands on every side of the field. A scoreboard that (most likely) won’t catch fire. The Columbus skyline in the background. This isn’t some simple...