Concerns about traffic, parking and noise sank a rezoning request Tuesday that would have allowed construction of a stadium for the Tampa Bay Rowdies professional soccer team. ...more

January 14, 2009

The owners of the Tampa Bay Rowdies professional soccer team withdrew its request to build a 5,000-seat stadium in Town 'N Country this morning after it appeared county commissioners were preparing to vote against a zoning change. ...more

January 13, 2009

Owners of the Rowdies professional soccer team will seek a rezoning from the Hillsborough County Commission today for construction of a 5,000-seat stadium in Town 'N Country. ...more

January 13, 2009

About 40 people, many retirees, rode a school bus downtown Tuesday to oppose a professional soccer stadium planned for a site near their homes in Town 'N Country. ...more

December 10, 2008

TAMPA About 40 people, many retirees, rode a school bus downtown today to oppose a professional soccer stadium planned for a site near their homes in Town 'N Country. They could have skipped the trip and saved the $400 they paid to rent the bus. ...more

December 9, 2008

The prospect of loud concerts being held at a proposed soccer stadium in Town 'N County has mobilized neighborhood opposition to the project and brought warnings from Hillsborough County officials. ...more

December 7, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY – In a meeting Tuesday night that turned rowdy at times, residents living near a proposed professional soccer stadium raised concerns about potential traffic congestion, excessive noise and light pollution. ...more

October 21, 2008

An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped nude and later tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a professional soccer team and others, the FBI said. ...more

July 19, 2008

I tried out for a professional soccer team in 1980 and made the cut before a bunch of factors steered me in other directions. Today, I'm too old to be one of the Tampa Bay Rowdies, but it looks like I might get another chance to watch. ...more

July 2, 2008

County Commissioner Jim Norman once dreamed of funding Hillsborough parks with money spent by soccer-mad parents and their youngsters at a $40 million complex near Plant City. ...more

June 18, 2008