The hastily unveiled plans to keep Columbus Crew SC in Columbus passed a major milestone on Monday night as Columbus City Council voted unanimously to approve their part of the deal to keep the soccer team in town.
The vote confirms that the City accepts the memorandum of understanding between the city, county, and the prospective new ownership of Crew SC, the Edwards Company and Jimmy and Dee Haslam. The City of Columbus now pledges $50 million towards the redevelopment of MAPFRE Stadium as a Community Sports Park and the infrastructure to build Confluence Village, where a new downtown stadium for the team and business and residential properties were proposed on the west end of Nationwide Boulevard last week.