CHARLOTTE -- The fate of bringing a Major League Soccer team to the Queen City is now in the hands of Charlotte City Council.
Mecklenburg County Commissioners voted Wednesday to deed the properties of Memorial Stadium and the Grady Cole Center to the city and eliminate any county funding for the deal.
Chair of the city's economic development committee James Mitchell says council needs to evaluate this new deal, and hear more from the community before making any final decisions. He still believes mls could come to soccer but it may not be this year.
"Because MLS trully wanted you to have a site under control and i think now that puts it in jeopardy, I don't know about the Decemebr timeframe, that's very aggressive,” said Mitchell.
The economic development committee was supposed to talk about MLS funding options later this month but now, Mitchell said he's pushing that discussion to September.
MLS4CLT said in a statement, "We are not giving up on bringing Major League Soccer to Charlotte. To win an expansion team, we need a strong public-private partnership that works for all sides now and in the future. We want to work together with local leaders to seize this unique opportunity that will benefit our community for decades to come. We will keep working hard to make this happen as long as there is engagement on the public side.”