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IRL track?
As in Indy Racing League????
Over the proposal for an IRL track as well as the sports complex, but in the KSAT report I read online it said that the investors were looking to put it by the SBC center.
Where near the SBC would you have enough room for a track, professional sized baseball field and professional sized football stadium?
IRL track?
As in Indy Racing League????
I created a thread in the NFL thread.
HollyHills bought 1,100 acres around the SBC Center and they would have an official announcement within 10 days.
I "thought" I heard that HollyHills was investing in the entire sports complex. NFL stadium, race track, and MLB (??) stadium.
From KSAT.com
Possible Grand Prix Race May Rev Up Sports Complex
POSTED: 2:00 pm CDT October 27, 2005
UPDATED: 3:08 pm CDT October 27, 2005
SAN ANTONIO -- City and county leaders met Thursday with officials of the Indy Racing League and an investment group to discuss the possibility of Grand Prix racing returning to San Antonio.
Although details are still being worked out, an official announcement may be made in the next 30 to 60 days.
A Grand Prix-style race was last held in the Alamo City in the early 1990s.
"We had a great meeting this morning about some exiciting possibilities for San Antonio," said Tony George, of IRL Racing. "We think that the people who have sort of been putting the thought behind this event here have done a very good job, and create at least a very interesting scenario that we believe could work. And we would be very interested in being a part of. "
But the bigger news is that the race may rev up plans to build a huge professional sports complex that would include a Grand Prix-style IRL track and a professional football and professional baseball stadium, a local spokesman said.
The group Holly Hills Investors is considering purchasing a large amount of land near the SBC Center that would house the complex, the spokesman said.
The sports complex would be built with private money and no public funding would be involved.
Officials hope the complex would lure a professional football and baseball team to the Alamo City.
"I've been in a lot of cities in my executive positions, especially in racing, and I have yet to see anyone equal the hospitality this city has," said Joe Heitzler, of Holly Hills Investors.
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KENS had a more "official" report, stating Holly Hills already bought the land and would make an official announcement about the sports complax within 10 days.
All land owned by Bexar is up for grabs to be built on, excluding the the SBC Center of course, but the Freeman and barns are going to be torn down.
Sounds good to me.
House the Saints.
House the.......
Devil Rays?
If San Antonio landed a MLB team I would buy season tickets. That is a fact.
How is the MLB at handing out expansion teams? I've never been a big baseball fan nor followed how the league operates but the last two world series have really made me pay a lot more attention and I've enjoyed the game more than I ever had. Probably because I never paid too much attention.
I would def. go to a MLB game and support a team.
If they do a race, it better be an oval race.
Downtown, grand prix racing, absolutely sucks.
Its one of the reasons I hardly watch the IRL anymore is there wanting to do Grand Prix racing, with nothing but foreign drivers.
expansion is not in the cards. relocating either Tampa or Florida would be though.
maybe Toronto even.
Who said anything about an expansion team?How is the MLB at handing out expansion teams? I've never been a big baseball fan nor followed how the league operates but the last to world series have really made me pay a lot more attention.
I would def. go to a MLB game and support a team.
The Devil Rays play in Tampa, they are poorly atteneded.
If a rich local SA guy could buy em out and move em here, that would be great.
I'm good with anything.
I think it would be awesome if they got to use the name Missions.
If Florida does not get their new stadium, they will move.
Florida and Tampa are both up for grabs in my opinion.
Toronto maybe.
The Marlins aren't goin anywhere.
Devil Rays IMO are the most logical plan.
I dont, however, see a MLB franchise relocating to SA.
No one, I just asked what the situation was with the MLB.
Why will the Marlins not leave?
I have seen on web sites that they are still having trouble getting their stadium approved.
If that is the case, then I think they HAVE to reloacte.
Florida will move to somewhere like Vegas.
Youd have to convince them pretty hard to move to San Antonio.
Especially since there is no liable alternative, if they move soon, seeing as this is all talk, no walk right now with these buildings.
Yea, currently, MLB will not expand. I think they are good where they are. Tampa Bay, Florida, and Toronto are the top 3 teams that would reloacte anywhere.
Get the Saints here, then have Red buy a MLB team and move them here.
Vegas, that is exactly what I read. Good to know we are on the same page.
Well, there is no expansion.I just asked what the situation was with the MLB
Contraction will happen before expansion.
Had we had this going for us in 2002/2003, the Expos would have been ours.
Right On.
Small market my ass.....
Red might be done buying teams.then have Red buy a MLB team
If you could convince him to buy a team, Id beg him to buy either Florida or Toronto.
Those two teams are STACKED with talent.
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