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Leaders Look at Plan for Pro Sports Teams

Local leaders met Monday to put together a plan to elevate San Antonio to the top of the list for professional sports, officials told News 4 WOAI.
“It's just a question of time until we get one or more, professional franchises here, either in baseball, football or both,” San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger said Monday. He met with Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff to construct a game plan.

“The whole idea is not to just go for one team, but to establish a climate that will be appealing to all teams, and the commissioners,” Hardberger said.

They were looking at a change in strategy after failed attempts to bring both the NFL and Major League Baseball to San Antonio, officials said.

“First, sitting down with the comissioners, getting a clear reading from them,” Wolff said of the strategy, “what they want, what they expect and what they're willing to do and then work with the individual teams.”

By building relationships with the commissioners, Hardberger said chances of San antonio scoring the NFL or Major League Baseball will only get better.

“From the top down, establish San Antonio as a sports-minded town, that it would make some sense to come here,” Hardberger said.

Hardberger, Wolff, and other area leaders plan to meet with the NFL and MLB commissioners within the next three months.
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KSAT is reporting that S.A. will be meeting with the Chargers in the coming months.