The Salt Lake County Council doesn't sound exactly thrilled at the prospect of paying half the cost of a $60 million Real Salt Lake soccer stadium, with members almost uniformly telling the Salt Lake Tribune that they can't see spending $30 million on the project:
Council Chairman Michael Jensen: "The likelihood of us holding a special election [for a soccer stadium] in November is zero."
Councilman Mark Crockett: "Relative to fixing Millcreek's water system for fires, open space on the Jordan River Parkway or expanding Meals on Wheels for the elderly, I find it hard to justify spending county money on a soccer-specific stadium. If Miami and Tampa can't make soccer work with their huge Latino populations, I really doubt Salt Lake can make it work."
Councilwoman Jenny Wilson: "What's still unknown is if this is a priority to the people of Salt Lake County."
Councilman Jim Bradley: "It's not realistic to expect Salt Lake County to step up to the table in the next year." (If Real Salt Lake proves popular over its next two years playing at the University of Utah's stadium, though, Bradley says "it could be a different story.")
Councilman Randy Horiuchi: "I've always erred on the side of letting the public decide on critical capital facilities."
Councilman Marv Hendrickson: "We have a lot of [other funding priorities] ahead of it. It's going to take a lot of salesmanship."
Councilman David Wilde: "It's going to take some pretty persuasive arguing to get me to vote for it. In my heart, I feel it ought to be privately financed."
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