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The Dome was built for an NFL team, but when the NFL expansion came around, SA wasn't given a team because of ty leadership.look what i just found
The Spurs took over the Alamodome in 1993 up until 2002. Then they moved to the SBC Center.
Also, the Dome is not empty year round. The place is used for the NCAA Final Four, Alamo Bowl, high school football, conventions, house and garden shows, monstor truck shows, concerts, etc.
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Who said they were?
If the Saints moved to SA, it would be San Antonians supporting the team, and a few New Orleanians who left before the storm (in your words, not poor) because they had family here.
i bet a ying yang twins concert would go off in their
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A Ying Yang Twin concert would probably happen else where, like the SBC Center or the Freeman Coliseum or the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, or Sunset Station.
Concerts that go on in the Alamodome are of the large variety. IE, A Rolling Stone concert or U2 or whoever can pull in 20,000-30,000 people.
One of the problems with the NFL not buying into the MoDome (Maybe we should call it the Rick Perry Dome in honor of our MOFO Governor...), was that is could not also accommodate a MLB team. That was a big sticking point on the construction plans way way back. The BIG TIME wanted it to be as multipurpose as possible. Now, we MIGHT get an MLS team...argh!
The bottom line is that I disagree with the SA fans supporting the Saints if they just MOVE here. If there is a process where the city feels involved, then maybe it would work (it has been mentioned in the past with the Saints and Vikings). But, an altogether "Oh, let's move the Saints to SA..." Won't cut it...unless the Saints schedule 4 games with the Cowboys and 4 with the Texans on their home schedules.
Um no. I think the almost 2 million San Antonians could easily support and want to support a team.
But hey, you're givin a option just like me. Lets try not to go around stating them as truth.
2 million? Where? 1 million is more like it and 65% OF THOSE CANNOT EVEN AFFORD TO GO TO A SPURS GAME...
Moreover, if a team moves from one city to another, they usually want buy in from guaranteed Season Tix revenues prior to the move. It would be unprecedented and a HUGE mistake if 1) the Saints moved here and 2) We took them in. Again, just my opinion. And do not use the argument of the Baltimore Colts moving to Indy. It is a whole different issue and, by the way, Indy did not accept them right away either.
1 million?
The metro is nearly 1.9 million.
Kid, quit typing out your ass.
1,854,050 to be exact.
Hussker, why are you so opposed to it??
If a pro Football team wants to move to SA?? DO IT.
You havent given any good reasons why it shouldnt happen.
I gaurantee, in the SA, Austin, Corpus cities, would gather at the Alamodome and support the team big time.
http://www.cityreview.us/texas/san_antonio/
Funny how we want to make ourselves "BIGGER" when we include those other towns that are NOT San Antonio by definition...EXACT? So are you tallying births/deaths by the minute? Did you count the refugees that came in? What are you counting? New Braunfels? Marion? Hmmmm..Lies, Damn lies and Statistics. Seems no one can be correct in this rant. But, please quote me that if we do have the Saints, then they will be poorly supported unless it goes through a formal process.
A) We do not have the infrastructure to support them nor do we have the preparation to do so
B) If they come in NOW, what does the city of SA get? ZERO revenue. If you think that we WILL, then tell me where it will come from. We do not own the team, it is based from NO. Just like the people who have been scurried to here and all around our State. They still have bills to pay...mortgage to pay...The Saints have bills too ya know and the City of SA cannot afford them. I am pretty sure the FEDS are not going to come to Benson's aid.
Just my thoughts for out 1.2 million citizens (not 2 million)
I am a cowboy fan so that is the only team i think that should move here
Just to give you the official SA Population results from our Chamber Of Commerce webpage...But I am sure they must be wrong too...Seems like some are counting by the minute!
http://sachamber.org/relo/general_info.php
The Alomodome is as good for football as it was bad for basketball.
But again, I could make a case that Austin is ACTUALLY part of SA since it is on I35 and closer to SA than Dallas...hmmm....
My numbers are from the Census. 2004 numbers. You know what the Census is don't you?
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...+metro+angeles
These are MSA numbers, not CMSA. CSMA are for really really large cities liek New York, Los Anegeles, Chicago. However, MSA is pretty much what everyone goes by when difining city populations.
Never said the Alamodome was bad for football...but what do we get as a city (besides a huge burden) from a refugee team? That has not been discussed. If we are doing it to be a good neighbor, then I bet the FEDS will take that into account before jacking up our tax bills for everything to pay for that mess 600 miles to our east on I-10. Make sure you ask the politicians to spare San Antonio in those figures.
MSA is based on region, which in this case is Bexar/Comal and Guadalupe counties. That means we cout Seguin/NewBraunfels, etc... We can spread the numbers as far as you want. The bottom line is that SA cannot support an NFL team under THESE CONDITIONS. We can with a process, but not just bringing them in. Will not work and the city will be further burdened.
Exactly. I'm talking metro which is what makes any and every city.
If we were going by "city" we'd be the 8th largest city in the USA.
Metro wise we're high 20's but growing.
I think San Antonio would support an NFL team under ANY condition.
San Antonio is football country.
The revenue would be good under the RIGHT cir stances...don't get me wrong. I have been praying for an NFL team here for over two decades. Also thought we should have MLB too, but that was screwed by the design of the MoDome.
Under the RIGHT conditions
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