Judge Wolff Investigates MLS Over Potential Austin Deal
On Oct. 16, the owner of the Columbus Crew — Columbus, Ohio's Major League Soccer team — announced he'd move the team to Austin if the city didn't build his team a new stadium.
This declaration came as a shock to Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, who'd been encouraged by MLS officials to purchase the Toyota Field on the assumption San Antonio would soon have a national soccer team. At the same time, MLS had made clear it wouldn't establish new franchises (teams) in both San Antonio and Austin.
The news out of Columbus was an unexpected blow to Wolff. That's why he's ordered the Bexar County's District Attorney's office to "thoroughly investigate" the decision.
"Bexar County has invested a great deal of money, time, and energy in this pursuit," wrote Wolff in an Oct. 27 letter to MLS Commissioner Don Garber. "As these troubling facts have become public, I have a duty to the taxpayers of Bexar County to question this process and its fairness."
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