Yeah, I think the city got some federal money for the initial planning but will be on the hook for construction. My guess is they ask for 8 of them and settle for the 4 closest to the river. UT is also going to make some of their own for access to place like the baseball/softball complex.
It looks like a nice project. Lot of green space around the arena and covering up the highway is great.
They won't modify Alamodome until 2029 and the NCAA Women Final 4 that will happen there. It gives a lot of time to do something else than what is actually planed. I guess what interest Spurs/the City the most right now about the Alamodome is its big parking lots.
It will for sure going to be a challenge to find an use for the Frost bank Center. From what I've heard, they don't have a plan with it for the moment.
HEB Distribution Center tbh
So someone tell me again where the stadium is going to go? Are they going to tear down the alamodome?
SA conservation society is filing a lawsuit to save that awful tribute to 1970's brutalist architecture otherwise known as the ins ute of texan cultures.
Across the highway from the Alamodome where the Texas Cultures building is.
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Yea the plan is to tear down The UTSA Ins ute of Texan Cultures (ITC) and eventually relocate it up near UTSA's campus I believe. From what I read, they're temporarily moving it to the Frost Bank Tower later this year so they can began to tear down the ITC building and will begin building it's new home up by the campus.
I hope they really do put the stadium by the tower of Americas. That is like a 15 minute walk from the river walk!!
It would be a game changer for downtown, and the local economy. Perfect location honestly.
Need to do it. Hopefully they do it private public combo so it gets done quicker.
It won't be the same as the "good ol' days" but youngsters need to know the joy of hanging out downtown before and after the game to which you walk.
Without a doubt! Those were great times. It’s how most fun cities do it.
Exactly. Especially with Pearl already doing great you now have all of Riverwalk ready for this.
And so it begins.
I just walked by the ITC this weekend too on my way to Hemisphere Park for the March Madness festivities and decided to snap a pic cause I knew it wasn't going tp be up much longer. Didn't realize that would be in a couple days lol. Wild. But glad it's happening tbh. Let's get this arena built and the Spurs in Playoff contention and watch us cook.
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What's the ETA for the new arena?
Could it be done and ready for let's say 2028-29 season?
Spurs won in their inaugural season at current arena, would be nice to keep the tradition going.
There isn't a set one yet from what I've read. Initial reports were that Project Marvel would be a 4-8 year project depending on different variables so I imagine somewhere along those lines, but the Spurs are under lease with Frost Bank Arena through the 2031-32 season. They can always buy out of that contract early for a pretty penny of course though. Time will tell. Hopefully we'll know more in the near future. Just glad it's actually happening tbh. A downtown arena will be so much better than being stuck over there on the west side in the middle of nothing.
We'll always have the memories of sliding down that hill on a cardboard box during Folklife Festival.
RIP, you ugly piece of brutalist .
The agreement between the spurs, the city ,and the county to all work together with Project Marvel, and come up with a vision for the Frost Bank Center, suggests that the lease can be modified and I think that is why that agreement was such a big deal. I think the next big step is getting a bond put together that would be place on the ballot. This will determine any time frame. But I think the Spurs and the city both would love to have an arena up before 2030.
Still remember coming out of Hemisfair after another Spurs victory and walking across the street to that bar on the river level of the first Marriott, those were great times. I believe if you bought the plastic mug at the bar your first mug of frozen margaritas were free forever. The Spurs need to play downtown.
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