This was my first thought. Houston has the worst traffic in the state but they sell their stadium out every week, which on the south side of town near the ghetto. All of Houston basically has to travel through the city to go see a game...and you are telling me that people in SA don't want to make a quick trip up 35? ...all the money is on the north side anyway. It's pretty much a straight shot there and back.
As much as I'd prefer a stadium in downtown SA I would definitely drive up I35 a few times a year for a game. I lived in Houston for a while, too. My brother lives in Garland and the trip from there to AT&T stadium is a journey. All you lazy ass SA people need to put the remote down and drive up. Don't be so small town for 's sake. Raiders aren't coming anyway so you have time to reflect and diet.
Bob McNair and Jerry Jones will never let this happen. They both have enough votes to block a move. Let's move on....
A football game is also a whole day event. Tailgating is king in H-Town and I think it would be in SA too. You get up early and cars and trailers come from all over the place. Eat, drink, watch the game and then party until traffic thins out...Traffic has never deterred people, we are used to it anyways
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Haha, that's farther along than any San Marcos proposal. Might as well sell out to Vegas after Fan duel bought the league's overt support.
Again, There isn't a better opportunity for a NFL franchise than to put in between San Antonio and Austin. Separate they are small markets, together they are the 14th largest market in the US. And both cities are growing like wildfire. Within 10 years together they will be a top 10 market.
F Jerry Jones and McNair we need to take control of our market and stop sucking off Houston and Dallas.
Davis could bring his team to San Antonio in a temporary move, and simply never leave.
, within 10 years SA/Austin will be expanded to being one giant megalopolis with San Marcos as the isthmus and I-35 through that stretch will be a dollar a mile
Bob McNair has already voiced support for a San Antonio NFL franchise. Jerry Jones lost his leverage by pushing the Rams to LA to benefit his marketing company in LA.
His options in CA are, Oakland, and moving in with the 49ers if they're willing to have him.
Thats it.
I think there's zero chance this happens, but Vegas is the Raiders' new flavor of the week.
This is truth.
The one thing with Vegas is Sheldon Adelelson money. There's no real deep pocket sucker here with his punch .I'd imagine Sheldon would be as a powerful as Jerry in the league.
You can talk about politics between owners all day, but the number one thing Davis needs is $$$$$$. San Antonio is a great market but we aren't necessarily willing to give a rich man a $1 billion bailout. Vegas will.
The small size is not a concern since tv $ is tv$ and the raiders could get plenty of tourist ticket sales if it were downtown Vegas.
And as I said, The post fanduel nfl can't with a straight face say no to gambling. Just too cute.
Just like that it's gone. Looks like the LA Raiders.
SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) tweeted at 5:02 PM on Fri, Jan 29, 2016:
UPDATE: Chargers owner Dean Spanos announces the team will stay in San Diego for the 2016 season and hopes for a long term stay.
(https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/sta...018975232?s=03)
Actually they've reached an initial agreement with the Rams to share the new stadium, but will stay in SD for 2016. Once the stadium is built they're headed to LA.
Raiders are not going to LA or Vegasit's 70% Oakland/ 30% San Antonio imo
Dont think anybody's concerned about some west side cholo not being able to ride the via to the game. The Austin and north San Antonio money is what they're after. And with all the growth in those areas and along 35, they'd be stupid not to cash in on it. It's going to be one massive metropolis in a few years anyway. Plus there isn't enough real estate in the downtown area to support a modern NFL stadium. Even if they came up with something, they'd be in the same situation the AT&T is in... land locked by ghetto with no convenient way in or out.
UNLV is about a mile east of the southern strip. Nowhere near downtown, but near the airport and a few big resorts and easy to get to from everywhere else. I don't know why UNLV never had an on-campus stadium in the first place. Their current home is in the middle of nowhere.
agree with his. the more Oakland relents on public money and land, the better San Antonio's chances are.Raiders are not going to LA or Vegas
Oakland isn't happening unless Davis sells the team to somebody who is going to use his own money to build a stadium in Oakland
Oakland for for at least one more year, as most predicted.
If SA's city leaders were smart, which they're not, they'd go to Davis and say in the time we negotiate a new stadium, you can use the Alamodome rent free.
He'd be there the day after the final home game in Oakland.
Eh, SA's city leaders would be smart to sit this one out.
Xmas needs to comeback posting in this site..,
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