The San Jose Earthquakes have revealed the design plans for a 15,000 seat stadium that they hope to build near Mineta San Jose International Airport.

The team has yet to obtain the necessary financing, however, and a projected 2012 opening may be out of reach. Owner Lew Wolff hopes to use the stadium plans to spur new investor interest, and declined to predict when the project might be completed.

San Jose also announced that they will cut ticket prices next year, a move that seems aimed at placating a fan base frustrated by the lack of movement on the stadium front.

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Although the disclosure of the stadium renderings is exciting news, it does not necessarily indicate that the Earthquakes are any closer to getting their stadium off the ground as they have been to this point. Lew Wolff continues to push in the right direction, but without an infusion of cash, San Jose may be stuck playing in Buck Shaw Stadium and the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum for the foreseeable future.