| migol24 |
Jul 8, 2012 8:38 PM |
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Originally Posted by JGFrisco
(Post 5758951)
F1 has a long history of failure in the United States. LA couldn't make it work...Phoenix couldn't...Indy couldn't. If Austin can, great, but call me skeptical.
WRT pro sports teams, I'm talking about the big 3 in general, MLB, NBA, and the NFL. The NFL simply won't happen, because of the Cowboys and Texans not allowing it and because of competition with the Horns.
WRT the NBA, there's already a team within 75 miles. The Spurs will never allow Austin to get a team. They are inside the blackout zone. The only way Austin gets a team is if they build a free stadium for the Spurs and give them a billion dollars, and get the Spurs to move up I-35. If you are using the Kings as an example, you might want to realize that they are losing money in Sacramento, and are threatening to bail out.
And baseball isn't going to happen either. Austin is far too small for today's MLB.
This is just reality. There are three larger markets within 3 hours of Austin. Austin's a great place, a special place, but there are enormous hurdles for major sports teams. I wouldn't be surprised if Austin tried to get an MLS team, or even maybe tried to lure an NHL team, but it's going to take big public bucks, something Austin generally hasn't been interested in doing.
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i don't know if you read into what i said when i said that if austin's metro grew within a decade how then are there still no options for austin to ever having a major league team?
the only thing i can see is if austin just doesn't want a team and that seems like the more plausible reason. austin is quickly growing and having the spurs right around the corner doesn't really say much. and sure, sacramento is about to leave, but they still had the kings for a good time now. there may be other factors at play other than the bay area being 90 miles away. there's still other teams that can fit this example... the Thunder, for instance, they're only 3 hours away from DFW and that's probably closer than austin. hell, even new orleans has 2 teams in a population much smaller than austin's, even metro-wise. i mean we could go on. for anyone to rationalize must be the perfect storm for a metro of 2 million to never have a pro-sports team.
you realize how many cities much much smaller in metro size have a baseball team over austin? are we still going to factor in the spurs when they're a basketball team and not a baseball team? how does that work? people in austin are spurs fans, what makes anyone think san antonio citizens will not be fans of any baseball team that austin will ever have?
basically, what i'm saying is that it makes total sense what you're saying, but having that continue in one of the top 3 fastest growing regions, how does anyone rationalize that the possibilities of austin ever having a team will continue? do you think austin will ever get a pro sports team in 50 years?
let's recap: Austin is the city in a perfect storm to not have a pro-sports team, but also in a perfect storm to have everything else working in its favor making top lists after top lists. go figure. |
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