An ambitious plan to build a professional soccer stadium at Rowan University has been sidelined.

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, September, 2006 | by An ambitious plan to build a professional soccer stadium at Rowan University has been sidelined.

An ambitious plan to build a professional soccer stadium at Rowan University has been sidelined. The $1 billion project - comprising the stadium, restaurants, stores and student housing - was put out of action by the state's fiscal crunch, university officials announced yesterday. "There are people who think this was a pie-in-the-sky idea.

It wasn't," university president Donald Farish said. "This went right down to the wire, and the only thing that prevented it from happening was the fact that this is the worst budget year that New Jersey has had in forever." The announcement came a day after the sale of the team that considered making Rowan its home. The Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer were purchased by a hometown investment group that plans to keep the team in...