Reply With Quote
They better just force this through. Need it for final four too. Just make alamodome multipurpose for baseball too incase Vegas deal falls apart for A's
The Dylan Harper effect
They better just force this through. Need it for final four too. Just make alamodome multipurpose for baseball too incase Vegas deal falls apart for A's
Spurs arena will be built tbh, just the rest of Project Marvel that's up in the air. Hope it happens but the city of SA can't be expected to pay $2B+ for it.
If you build it they will come
Our corn fields have crop circles in them.
I thought they weren't going to ask for public money?
My understanding is that it’s not for the “arena” or for “Project Marvel” proper. It’s for improvements in the roads and infrastructure around the project
lol they always were going to ask for public money and never acted like they wouldn't. The money being discussed here is from the existing venue taxes being paid by people renting cars and hotel rooms. The county just raised the latter to its maximum 2%.
Oh OK, got it thanks. I think that is what I was confused by. I think I read that previously about the car rental and hotel rooms. I thought they weren't going to do that either as someone mentioned people in SA aren't all Spurs/NBA fans and they don't all agree about the car rental and hotel room taxes.
They'd probably have to elect a whole new county commission. I think the last vote had all but one in favor and that one just opposed the increase, not the tax itself.
That tax is paid almost exclusively by out of towners, and some of the rental cars not for tourists are rented locally by auto insurance companies. It’s the reason the tax passed in the first place. Let the tourists pay for the arena.
Make it happen. I remember when the Dallas Mayor and County Judge kept screwing around with Jerrah and he told them to pound sand and built JerryWorld in Arlington instead. The Spurs need to be downtown like when it was at Hemisfair and connecting it with the underused Alamodome is an excellent idea to kick some life in that place as well. You only get one shot at these things folks.
agreed, if not I wouldn't be surprised if heavy consideration was given for some place closer to austin as another option.
lol. Cowboys haven’t actually played in Dallas since they used the Cotton Bowl as their home base. The Legacy Texas Stadium was in Irving. Who cares if they move from Irving to Arlington?
As for the AlamoDome, that will always be underutilized as long as the McCombs family retains the concession rights. The event promoters and city don’t see a dime of that money.
Honestly more than I thought they would pony up. Gonna be difficult to refuse them since it looks like that amount is most of the cost of a new arena. If the city manages to get the land bridge and the new façade on the dome, they should be in the running for Final Fours for another couple decades.
Lets get this rolling.
If the County gets an initiative on the ballot this fall, when can the city get theirs on? Does the city even need one?
This article deals mainly with the infrastructure around Hemisfair, but the deadline makes the timing of the Spurs' proposal pretty logical.
Council members have until Aug. 18 to place a bond measure on the Nov. 4 ballot. City officials said the measure could include funding for the first set of infrastructure projects as well as money for affordable housing and improvements in neighborhoods around the district.
https://www.visitsanantonio.com/meet...el-could-cost/
I know it would drive costs up but they really need to figure out the parking situation there if not, create some kind of rail system from the various sides of town. I'm guessing people would be parking in the Alamodome parking lot as well but the traffic is going to be cheeks.
In Dallas, I liked how I could take a train from Arlington to the American Airlines Center.
Is it known if the February rodeo will move to the new arena ?
Not having the RRT would be quite a big change for Spurs.
The Frost Bank Center would have the added advantage of the Freeman Coliseum grounds as a place for all the livestock and a venue for the actual rodeo events. Then there's the carnival space to consider. Also, the Rodeo would keep the FBC relevant for at least three weeks of the year and would generate revenue.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions