Soccer project gains momentum

Full Story - Kansas City StarBY FINN BULLERSPlans for a 300-acre soccer venture in south Overland Park took a step forward Monday when all parties to the deal agreed to spend $105,000 to create a site master plan.Johnson County Park and Recreation District board members voted 4-0 in a special meeting Monday to approve the contract.Architects and engineers with the DLR Group of Kansas City will now figure out how best to place a Major League Soccer stadium, a 24-field youth soccer complex, a hotel, restaurants, office space and residential tracts on the parcel, which features rocky terrain and wetlands.By next Monday, developers are expected to have chosen a development plan for the site bordered by 159th Street on the north, 167th Street on the south, U.S. 69 on the east and Antioch Road on the west.