AT&T semi-empty?

[jag]

Manu-Manu-Manu-Manu...Manu-Manu. A lot of fans go to games to see Manu. Since Manu has been hurt so much, those fans have bailed. Now that Manu is back *knock on wood* those fans will likely stop selling their season tickets for a dollar.

Bunch of bandwagoning Mexicans

[TJastal]

You would have to be a pretty ty friend to not offer your good friends the opportunity to see their favorite teams once a year.

I choose to pay the money for season tickets, I damn sure choose who's ass I'm going to put in that seat. 90% of the time its mine, except when a team my friends want to see is in town.

Being a good friend and letting people have a good night to see their team in no way detracts from the Spurs experience as a fan. If you're too ing butthurt seeing other fans there then buy all the tickets in the arena and only give them out to Spurs fans. Otherwise shut up about what we do with the tickets we purchase.

edit: PS No one goes to Lakers or Mavs but me, I don't let anyone cheer for those two crap teams from my seat.

I just wonder if Cane has to pay for three seats when he brings his girlfriend to games.

[Dex]

*It's in a ty neighborhood, unfortunately.

This is one decision that I still don't understand. I know they were having a hard time finding the plot to build to AT&T Center way back when, but who the decided to put it in the middle of the effing warehouse district? Their claims that it would "revitalize the area" have obviously gone by the wayside a decade later.

In the meantime, you've got the lone sports arena (that is used regularly, anyways) next to a bunch of ugly warehouses and chop shops, with only one good road in or out that has to be completely re-routed and still turns into a gridlock. And since none of these businesses are going to give up their main place of commerce, it's next to impossible to put restaurants or bars in the vicinity for cross traffic, except that one dive bar that is up the way by I-10

I know there are bigger things to worry about, but I hate how when they show aerial shots of the AT&T Center, it looks like it's out in the middle of the desert or something. All you can see are a bunch of ugly orange lights and a consistent line of cars. At least the Alamodome was in the shadow of downtown San Antonio.

[Russ]

This is one decision that I still don't understand. I know they were having a hard time finding the plot to build to AT&T Center way back when, but who the decided to put it in the middle of the effing warehouse district? Their claims that it would "revitalize the area" have obviously gone by the wayside a decade later.

AT&T is a major fail, as they say.

The one thing SA had was a downtown that visitors actually liked. And they moved the Spurs away.

So the AT&T center shows that SA is neither attractive nor affluent but it does have bad neighborhoods just like the big boys. Welcome to AT&T -- the worst of all worlds.

And to answer your question, it was political string-pulling (surprise) by a county judge that led to this optimal result.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Bunch of bandwagoning Mexicans

You're an idiot.

[will_spurs]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ycn-11054140

"The AT&T Center was almost sold out"

Selling out is nice. Having people who pay for tickets actually attend games is better.