Could MLB Stadium, NFL stadium, and NASCAR track Be In Sight for Eastside?

[TheWriter]

I of course like throwing some economics to the East Side. On the other hand, the big selling point of SA to tourists/conventions will always be the Riverwalk. San Antonio isn't big enough to support two such areas.

The most novel, and maybe best solution for this, would be some sort of limited light rail connecting downtown to the arena area. Seattle already does this with Key Arena, and it works great.

On the other hand, that's an idea probably too far removed from the traditional SA politicoeconomic culture.

I once had the idea of extending the Riverwalk to the SBC Center.

[j-6]

You, in your mind, can imagine me jerking off?

I can't imagine jerking off with my thumb pointed down. That's just awkward.

[TheWriter]

I can't imagine jerking off with my thumb pointed down. That's just awkward.

That was a thumb down for not good.

But whatever floats "your" boat.

But the next time you want to imagine a guy jerking off, don't think of me. It's creepy.

[scott]

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[gameFACE]

The worst thing would be to create one large complex that has all sports facilities. That thinking is so archaic. It's like Office Depot, Babies R Us or any other "mega" idea. Everything would be so spread out. Then, like indoor malls, it will get outdated. Better to have individual sites. Sports gatherings are inherently urban in their experience. One thing missing from SBC is the procession to and from the arena like at the alamodome (which isn't really a dome, BTW). I was at Turner Field a few weeks ago and had a blast going to and from the game on shuttle buses from nearby downtown.

The reason the Alamodome couldn't be built to baseball specs is the narrow site it's on. It only allows a rectangular football field configuration and not a diamond shape. Well, that and it's not the trend to have shared facilities anymore. I always thought the San Antonio Expos had a nice ring to it..............

[Extra Stout]

What does Buddy Holly see when he looks at the Marriott Rivercenter?

[Dex]

Yeah, lets put another quarter of a billion taxpayer dollars into a second Football Stadium that wouldn't get used (because that whole Alamodome thing is working out so well, 3 games in 12 years), a baseball stadium for a team that San Antonio will never have, and a NASCAR track for a city that is not even a racing town.

Considering we're still paying off the SBC center and the all-but-vacated Dome, this city needs to lay off the trying to milk the sports market and start focusing on real politics and economics again. Entertainment value and tourism appeals aren't worth having the highest poverty rate in Texas because our voters like to throw freaking money around on this city doesn't even need. The last thing we should be paying for is another freaking sports facility that isn't going to get used.

[Marcus Bryant]

I think the concerns of the county officials accurately reflect that of people who are more concerned with upgrading a suburbanite lifestyle in SA rather than addressing the true nature of the problem.

NASCAR in Eastside SA? WTF?

[TheWriter]

Considering we're still paying off the SBC center and the all-but-vacated Dome

The Dome has been paid for a long time now.

[TheWriter]

Apparently none of you jerkhards read the entire article.

[j-6]

Apparently none of you jerkhards read the entire article.

Hey, the next time you want to imagine a guy jerking off, don't think of me. It's creepy.

[exstatic]

I won't venture any opinions on the rest, but the NASCAR idea is ludicrous. The people in that area came out with torches and pitchforks and drove off La Semana Allegre. You think they're going to put up with race track noise?