San Antonio stadium would displace 381 low-income families

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San Antonio stadium would displace 381 low-income families, replace their homes with ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ – Field of Schemes

While plans for a new downtown stadium for the minor-league San Antonio Missions would cost city residents $126 million in tax kickbacks, the more pressing issue as a city council vote approaches this Thursday is the 381 units of affordable housing that would be demolished to make way for the new development, which would also include a hotel and new stores. City officials say there will be replacement apartments as well, but after meeting with project proponents on Sunday, some residents now say they don’t trust the promises and want the council vote delayed:

[Blake]

Reminds me of the South Park episode where they build all the lofts around Kenny's house

[ChumpDumper]

While it's probably the best site downtown if you're not going to shoehorn it into Hemisfair Park, I'm having trouble thinking a downtown AA stadium in a place the size of San Antonio is such a great idea. Like is it really going to draw better on a weeknight than someplace in a more suburban area? I guess the Missions folk have done their homework and the tax zone scheme is too good to pass up. You just know the residents in the new chichi apartments are going to complain about the crowd noise.

[Millennial_Messiah]

While it's probably the best site downtown if you're not going to shoehorn it into Hemisfair Park, I'm having trouble thinking a downtown AA stadium in a place the size of San Antonio is such a great idea. Like is it really going to draw better on a weeknight than someplace in a more suburban area? I guess the Missions folk have done their homework and the tax zone scheme is too good to pass up. You just know the residents in the new chichi apartments are going to complain about the crowd noise.

It's a minor league team though. It's too bad they can't just expand and be in the MLB. As for Austin/San Antonio, We're easily the biggest metro in America missing a pro baseball franchise. And now probably pro football too since LA got two teams (imo the Chargers belong back in SD though).

[Millennial_Messiah]

Reminds me of the South Park episode where they build all the lofts around Kenny's house

You bas s!

[ChumpDumper]

It's a minor league team though. It's too bad they can't just expand and be in the MLB. As for Austin/San Antonio, We're easily the biggest metro in America missing a pro baseball franchise. And now probably pro football too since LA got two teams (imo the Chargers belong back in SD though).

Round Rock would get an MLB franchise before San Antonio.

[Blake]

Round Rock would get an MLB franchise before San Antonio.

Probably an NFL team as well

[baseline bum]

Round Rock would get an MLB franchise before San Antonio.

I don't get it, putting a team there would ensure it got minimal San Antonio support since who wants to drive through two city's rush hours back to back to get to a game?

[ChumpDumper]

I don't get it, putting a team there would ensure it got minimal San Antonio support since who wants to drive through two city's rush hours back to back to get to a game?

The land and the stadium and the money are already there. Looks like everything could be scaled up except the road which no one would care about anyway. San Antonians who really want to go can get there the back way on 130.

A regional stadium would probably make more sense for an NFL team that's a once-every-couple-weeks destination.

[baseline bum]

The land and the stadium and the money are already there. Looks like everything could be scaled up except the road which no one would care about anyway. San Antonians who really want to go can get there the back way on 130.

A regional stadium would probably make more sense for an NFL team that's a once-every-couple-weeks destination.

Would definitely have to be between San Antonio and Austin though to have any chance of getting good attendance for 81 games a season. Or at worse NE San Antonio or S Austin.

[NASpurs]

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/lo...%20news&stn=nf

It was approved. Coming in 2028.

[Blake]

Cool with me. It'll be nice seeing a baseball park downtown.

[Chucho]

The city's been displacing hundreds of low income families monthly for the last decade as they try and gentrify and gussy up those old neighborhoods around the downtown area.

[Blake]

Honestly, I'm not sure why anyone needing low income housing would want to live downtown. There's nothing convenient about it regarding food, gas and commute.