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they 100% need to upgrade the dome and the convention center. they're losing conventions left and right due to others in other cities upgrading.
Yeah, that tax is used for all kinds of . I don't remember its ever being refused.
they 100% need to upgrade the dome and the convention center. they're losing conventions left and right due to others in other cities upgrading.
also there being a conflict of interest between Female Mamdani and the Firm she recommended to do the study of Marvel project is just *chefs kiss*
Maybe. I feel the “convention” concept of yesteryear is slowly dying as virtual options start chipping away at it. My organization had its big event in San Antonio a few years back and was significantly scaled back because of this, with most of the activities at the hotel NEXT to the Convention Center. Feels like the future is what they are building over north of 281: nice hotel/golf/space for meetings + easy airport access.
The Dome is an outdated eye-sore, but don’t see the clean fit for this project. Maybe someone else can explain that one. Has UTSA football officially moved down there? Is SA getting closer to an MLS team?
Don’t know the economics of it, but is a bowl game, Final 4 once every 5 years, UTSA football, and concerts, enough revenue to justify it?
Sounds like it’s a done deal.
Huge news! I'm all for it. Just hope that I'm still a functional human by the time it is completed.
They really need Alamodome's parking lots. I guess it's difficult to sold a project that will use Alamodome's parking lots and will let the arena untouched. That's why they are planing a huge renovation of it.
And at the end, I think there is a good chance that the dome won't really renovated. Renovation of the Dome should occur in the second stage of their project and there are no budget for it right now. The reason given of that choice is that the dome should be available for the 2029 Women Final Four. I'm no SA political expert but I can easily see them not willing to give extra $ in 5 years for the dome given how little it is used. Spurs shouldn't really care if the second stage of their project is done or not.
lol female mamdani
I doubt the Spurs care much about the Alamodome, but the city almost definitely wants to keep it going for the time being. I think the main reason Final Fours are eliminating SA as a destination because the dome looks super dated in exterior shots and has too little room in the concourses to set up all the they want there. There absolutely is space to do that, and it's tough to see a better site to do something similar in the future. That kind of space could be used as a kind of convention center annex as well.
It looks like the city vote for phase 1 is going to happen before the end of the month which is remarkable. As I understand it, the rush may actually cost the Spurs upwards of $100 million if they break their lease at FBC before September 2028. That amount decreases by $6 million each year after that, if the terms are the same as I read at the beginning of this year.
Done and done. Spurs are staying home.
San Antonio is going to be a bigger destination than Houston or Dallas in five years tbh
This dumb is relentless.
I agree with you and didn’t vote for her but correct me if I’m wrong, doesn’t she need the city council votes for this resolution to not consider the term sheet?
She’s a one term mayor, as of this moment. Political suicide.
There ain't nothing wrong with shining a little light on this very big deal. If it's as great as everyone says it is then there shouldn't be an issue. In terms of what power the San Antonio mayor has, she's essentially an at-large city council member, this is how most Texas cities are set up. The running for the city lies with the city manager as opposed to Houston, which has a strong mayor system where the mayor sets the agenda.
Is she a socialist type lefty democrat ?
At this point shes gonna be campaigning against the spurs and point them as the bad guy.I dont think the spurs want this
negative media attention or want this headache of a mayor to deal with the next several years.This is not good imo.
Typically for a project this big you do need an independent study. One may argue why it wasn’t seeked before? But there is nothing wrong with it.
No such thing
No. She’s former military, ran in purple districts in the past. You can dislike her, but she is not democratic socialist.
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It’s a ton of money. I also think this is being poorly managed by her AND and the Spurs. If it’s not a big deal, then just make more information publicly available and be done with it.
Every bit of information is out there. She’s trying to delay it, with an eye towards killing it.
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