Opinion: Any public funding of new sports facilities will be met with significant controversy. But without the Spurs, San Antonio becomes a much less interesting city.
to explore what uses could be made of the 19-acre near-Eastside site if the Alamodome was torn down. Housing was the leading idea being considered. City officials, the ULI member told me, objected to the proposed subject of study and it didn’t happen.Any public funding of new sports facilities will be met with significant support as well as significant opposition.
The talk is of a potential development that might extend to both sides of the ugly Interstate 37 scarring downtown, with more than enough room for both a Spurs arena and a new Missions ballpark, all set amid an entertainment zone that would help activate the space year-around. Just about anything would be an improvement over the collection of HemisFair ‘68 buildings still standing on the south flank of Hemisfair. I know any efforts to raze the Institute of Texan Cultures or the former John H.
The collected net worth of the growing number of wealthy people, including billionaires, who own an interest in the Spurs, the Missions or both is, frankly, beyond the calculating capacity of this journalist. As a result, proposals that call for exclusive public funding of new venues will probably not succeed.
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