p_bubel said:
" They want to be closer to downtown. Why?"
Cause the current location sucks. At least we can finally stop pretending these facilities bring development.
Funny enough, and perceived improvement would be labeled gentrification these days and fought like hell.
GinaLinetti said:
I'm down at att center (area) all the time for rodeo shenanigans.
It's better than messing with downtown. What would they tear down? I can't imagine where they think there is space
1939 said:
Hearing that its possible they build it without city funds with maybe the exception of in kind land donations.
TexjbA&M said:
Is this just an excuse for when they try to move to Austin?
That don't pay the bills like the Chinese do.MookieBlaylock said:
Thanks for sharing
It is amazing how Black lives no longer matter to the NFL and Popovich
Probably so, but the way they handled that "disinformation - lies" is enough to turn me away FOREVER. FCK their entitled ass. You are entertainment. Most of you aren't that smart but you don't hesitate to pontificate about subjects you don't understand or are unwilling to invest enough time to understand.MookieBlaylock said:
Thanks for sharing
It is amazing how Black lives no longer matter to the NFL and Popovich
TexjbA&M said:
Is this just an excuse for when they try to move to Austin?
Doesn't sound like a done deal yet although you may be referencing something else, although this article is only a few days old.aggieSO said:
The spurs are in fact looking to locate in the downtown area. The missions thing is already a done deal I believe. They will be moving near Pinkertons barebecue.
The missions thing is pretty necessary, they either need to re locate or seriously upgrade Nelson Wolfe as as they will not be AA for long if they don't do this. Personally I quite enjoy going to the missions games and I wish we had an MLB team.
The spurs thing isn't really necessary but the at&t center does suck. Idk if they thought it would spur growth in the area but it hasn't happened. It's seriously the worst location for any nba arena.
I know the taxpayers don't want to fund another stadium and I know Pop sucks (I met him in person and he wouldn't let my 14 year female cousin take a pic with Wemby) but it's either that or the threat of them moving out of San Antonio. Idk if they would really do it but just the threat of it should be scary.
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According to sources familiar with the matter, a city official discouraged the Missions' owners from pursuing the 13-acre property as a location for a new baseball stadium, most likely because City Hall is eyeing the site for a new home for the Spurs.
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Both the Missions and the Spurs are weighing plans for new venues, and for a time the teams' owners considered the idea of a downtown sport district with a baseball stadium and a basketball arena side by side. Boosters said the project would attract bars, restaurants, retail and other development and energize a central business district still struggling to rebound from the pandemic.
That idea appears to have lost traction. But by all indications, the Spurs' interest in moving downtown has not.
The Missions, meanwhile, urgently need a new stadium because their existing home on the far West Side, the dilapidated Wolff Stadium, doesn't meet Major League Baseball standards. And the team's owners who include Graham Weston and Randy Smith, founders of the downtown real estate development firm Weston Urban want the Missions to play in the urban core.
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The firm recently bought the Soap Factory apartments, which are spread across three parcels of land on both sides of Martin between Camaron and Travis totaling 8.9 acres. It also owns 2.5 acres across Camaron from the Soap Factory and is set to acquire from the city a 0.9-acre site at the corner of Travis and Santa Rosa, next to the apartment complex.
Speculation in real estate circles is that the Soap Factory property could become the site of a new baseball stadium.
I disagree, think it would be terrific for the city if it were downtown.Odin said:
They need to get the hell away from downtown and the southside of San Antonio. Wolff has always been a sump but the self serving ass wanted a stadium named after him. The alamodome was terrible and always has been. AT&T was supposed to revitalize the east side and it hasn't had the impact they wanted.
Take a page from the Round Rock express and put it in a place people want to go and will go
Definitely will concede the public transport point but disagree on the first one.Odin said:
This push is the problem. Stop trying to force downtown on everyone else. There is one reason to go to downtown San Antonio, to see the Alamo, everything else is overrated and not worth it.
Public transportation, yeah let me ride VIA and hope I don't smell like bun piss when I get off the crappy bus. VIA can't even keep the bathrooms at there new transit stations clean much less busses.
210 said:Definitely will concede the public transport point but disagree on the first one.Odin said:
This push is the problem. Stop trying to force downtown on everyone else. There is one reason to go to downtown San Antonio, to see the Alamo, everything else is overrated and not worth it.
Public transportation, yeah let me ride VIA and hope I don't smell like bun piss when I get off the crappy bus. VIA can't even keep the bathrooms at there new transit stations clean much less busses.
"There is only one reason to go downtown." Well if there is a stadium, then there will be two. Also SA is one of the largest tourists destinations in the state, where are the tourists going?
I lived downtown and in southtown in my 20s so maybe I'm just nostalgic. Was definitely more fun than when I lived on the northside.
