Any notion that we bought this to go elsewhere is silly at this point.

These things don't work unless there's some public-private partnership there. The notion that any of this money is just lining our pockets is just erroneous. They're (the county and city) taking over the land, just the way they do with any other private enterprise. . . . This just happens to be more public because it's private sports.

The aura of soccer is very different from other sports.

I've known J.D. forever. He's really encouraged us to pursue (the sale) based on the passion for hockey in St. Louis. We have a lot of people who have worked with us and for us at the garden and we've known a lot of people in hockey. But first we're going to evaluate what we have here.

The fact that we have 44 to 50 alumni that still live here and still love St. Louis ... I want those guys involved with us, working for us.

What's been done in the past I really have no control over. Frankly, I like the fact that we have kind of a blank canvas with some young talent, some very good draft picks and a chance to really build.