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well, there is the fact that part of the reason the at&t center was built is to house the rodeo, which brings a lot of money to SA.
What else are they using that big ass barn for??? The can have the entire rodeo going on concurently, including the market they now currently have in the Freeman.
They need to field a UTsa football program and move the rodeo to the dome. Use that damned elephant.
There is no reason the Spurs should be playing 8-9 games on the road period anymore.
well, there is the fact that part of the reason the at&t center was built is to house the rodeo, which brings a lot of money to SA.
There are not alot of barns for the cows, pigs and goats that show and make up the backbone of the rodeo at the alamodome.
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so, it's all about money ...
the spurs wouldnt be here, nor would there be an at&T center, if it wasnt for alot of the help from the rodeo.
So you ignorant bozos can STFU on that.
No -- it's all about the fact that when the Spurs went to the City and asked for help in financing a new, mid-sized arena, the city leaders in office at that point in time farted around and didn't do anything that had any chance of winning a popular vote. They decided to tie any vote on financing a building to all sorts of pet projects that were inherently divisive to the citizens of San Antonio.so, it's all about money ...
When it became clear that Holt & Co. weren't kidding around with their threats to move the team to other cities (New Orleans, in particular), the County government (and Cyndi Krier, in particular) stepped up to the plate and put together a feasible plan for financing what is now the AT&T Center. The location of the AT&T Center and it's use as a rodeo facility are all consequences of City leadership not delivering when the Spurs asked. The County did what it had to do.
The County is the putative operator of the AT&T Center. The County's building houses the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. As long as those 2 things are true -- and as long as the Rodeo takes place in February -- the Spurs are going to be taking long road trips to accommodate the rodeo.
The County can't realistically move the Rodeo to the Alamodome. To do so would require the County to lease the Alamodome from the City of San Antonio and likely hand over large portions of the income derived from the Rodeo to the City. I can't imagine why anyone would think that the County should waste money like that.
and the money the rodeo makes funds scholarships to kids that show their animals at the rodeo.
So you lose the money they make, kids are out of scholarships,
Not only that, it's a good bonding experience and maybe Beno can admit he hasn't been shooting well because he's also a gay NBA athlete.
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That would mean the Clippers, too.
At least the Spurs aren't out of their building for the sort of trip that the Astros had to take in 1992 to make way for the Republican National Convention or that the Jazz had to take in 2002 to clear out for the Winter Olympics.
You guys do realize the rest of the country wonders the same thing right?
You have one of the largest arena's in the country in the Alamodome and the genius people in south Texas don't realize hey.. maybe we can put the stupid rodeo there...
No Rodeo = No AT&T Center = No San Antonio Spurs
The Bulls get kicked out for the circus and play more road games in a shorter period, I believe.
The Spurs came home for five days in the middle of the trip - it's not like they are out there on a long grueling trip.
Why would you want the Spurs to play at home; they aren't that great at home.
And on a side note, can y'all (not just the thread starter) stop make thread les that are two and three lines long? Thanks.
They CAN'T put the rodeo there. Really. They can't.
I guess you didn't read FromWayDowntown's post.
The team was going to move if the new arena didn't get funded.
The way it got funded was in agreement that the Rodeo would take place there.
The Alamodome doesn't even have room for parking -- where would the stockyard go?
No, we don't realize that at all.
The genius people in South Texas realize that the Rodeo has a lot of tradition, brings in money to the local economy and helps a segment of the population whose lives are directly affected by farming. This is Texas, there's a lot of livestock- and agriculture-based business here, so it's just as important to the community (hence the reason Austin, Houston, Dallas and damn near every other city has some sort of Stock Show and Rodeo).
It'd be akin to Arkansas having gatherings and yearly events that give scholarships to people whose lives are based in something that's prevalent and necessary for the survival of the state: sibling ing.
The Rodeo raised $7.2 million in scholarships, grants and other educational commitments in 2006.
yeah if you think this rodeo is a big deal, Houston makes this one look like a flea market.This is Texas, there's a lot of livestock- and agriculture-based business here, so it's just as important to the community (hence the reason Austin, Houston, Dallas and damn near every other city has some sort of Stock Show and Rodeo).
yeah lets get rid of that according to the peanut gallery......The Rodeo raised $7.2 million in scholarships, grants and other educational commitments in 2006.
No one discussed the other option... moving the Rodeo timeframe to sometime between July and September....
You can't just move the rodeo. There's a national rodeo schedule.
I would imagine that has been discussed and rejected for any number of reasons. I'd guess that the primary reason for not changing that time has to do with the fact that other cities that have long hosted rodeos have chosen particular periods of time for those events and aren't willing to bend. I have no idea if the SASSR scheduling is dependent, in any way, upon some sort of Pro Rodeo schedule, though I would think it is.
My pure guess would be that the Pro Rodeo schedule does not afford an opportunity to have the rodeo here in that July-September range.
And I'd also guess that part of the reason for that is that the summertime rodeos tend to be held in places where a winter rodeo would be miserable -- rodeo-friendly states in the west and northwest, like Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, and Montana for example. It wouldn't make a lot of sense to demand that a rodeo in one of those places get moved up to February -- not many people would be willing to attend because of weather concerns.
Likewise, if you did accomplish that, you'd be requiring the entire rodeo circuit to pick up shop, travel from somewhere like Wyoming to San Antonio and then back to the northwest. With all of the logistical issues associated with moving a rodeo, I'd think the cost of doing that would be prohibitive.
The SA rodeo has been picked the best rodeo in the country the last two years. Who gives a crap is the Spurs have to play on the road. Jesus christ, don't some of you have more important things to cry about?
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