Major League Soccer, you may have heard, is coming to Philadelphia. Well, not Philadelphia, but Chester, the town so irrevocably socked by hard times that the recession barely registers.
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With the turning of a few shovels of earth, construction officially began yesterday on a $115 million pro soccer stadium that backers promise will help transform the struggling city of Chester.
- Major League Soccer, state and local officials in hard hats, wielding shovels made it official yesterday when they broke ground for the $115 million soccer stadium in Chester.
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When government and sports leaders thrust shiny shovels into the Chester City riverside this afternoon, officially breaking ground on a $115 million pro soccer stadium, they'll hit more than rocks.
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