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It appears to me some took some things out of context in this article in order to get a negative opinion and outcome.
When and if it happens, I'm pretty sure the Spurs and Davis would work out any objections, after all, Davis met with Holt, and Holt said he would be interested in investing in the Raiders if they moved here.
But there is also this great news of a study of the area within the same article below:
The concerns of Amato notwithstanding, one industry expert believes that an NFL team could succeed in San Antonio independent of the Spurs' control.
Bernie Mullin, chairman and CEO of The Aspire Group, an Atlanta-based global sports and entertainment firm with ties to the University of Texas, believes that NFL teams seeking to relocate should seriously consider moving to South or Central Texas.
“San Antonio is a very attractive market for the right sport — and football is one of those right sports,” said Mullin, a former NBA executive. “The San Antonio market and certainly the South-Central Texas market of San Antonio and Austin combined are ones that definitely warrant in-depth consideration for any major league team (other than the NBA) that's looking to move to another market.”
The Aspire Group, which does ticket marketing, sales and service support for UT, recently concluded what Mullin termed a “very comprehensive study” for a major league franchise seeking to relocate that is not a member of the NFL. Among the global markets targeted were San Antonio, Austin and a combination of the two cities, Mullin said.
“The work we did indicated San Antonio and certainly somewhere between the San Antonio and Austin markets would appear to be extremely viable for the NFL,” he said.
While he acknowledged that San Antonio lacks a robust corporate base for pro sports sponsorships, Mullin believes that an NFL team with only roughly 10 home games per season in such a tourism hotbed as San Antonio would draw fans and sponsors from an “extremely large radius.” He also stressed that the NFL's lucrative television contracts would help offset the city's meager corporate base.
“The centralized revenue streams, especially from those contracts, are so large, so substantial, they make the (paltry) sponsorship revenue in a small corporate market less impactful,” Mullin said.
The Aspire Group's study also pointed out that although NFL owners seek markets with average annual income much higher than San Antonio's, that concern could be offset by marketing Austin.
“The average disposable income in the (San Antonio) market is a concern, but it's higher in Austin,” Mullin said.
http://www.expressnews.com/sports/sp...8dcc6ed8151#/0
