For 20+ years, they've been promising that soccer is the 'next big thing'. All these kids who played soccer were supposed to grow up and be hungrey for professional soccer.
That never has happened. But it's still 'the next big thing'.
Always will be.
This stadium will also be used for lacrosse, which is a very "American" sport. Denver is drawing 18,000 to indoor lacrosse. An MLL franchise is not far off.
Lacrosse IS the "next big thing" in sport.
There was not a viable professional league here for years. Now there is. Tony Hawk turned a past-time for young potheads into a multi-million dollar business, and its already happening now.