Mobile Development Thread

[bayourat 15]

If the condos are a bust, i hope the land is used and not a eyesore

A second cruise dock with retail would make a good fit there. I just hope the walkway over waterstreet will be built. If not there is really no way Mobile's waterfront can grow to its full potential(sp?) with those speed demons exiting off of I-10 unto waterstreet......

[bystander1]

Originally Posted by pkp

Btw - my tcby application was approved. The guy came in town earlier this week to look at sites - they are being leased or sold before you can even look at them! Anyway, once the site is approved, we will be very close to our dream of owning a business downtown.

Congrats, pkp! I'm sure you'll do well. Once you know your location, let us know and I'll remember to stop by the next time I'm in Mobile.

[phoenixboi08]

I know this is irrelevant but it'll only take a second...a few months ago I remember hearing that there was interest in syarying a professional basketball team in Alabama. Does anybody else remeber hearing it?...Or am I crazy?

[Musicisright]

I don't recognize that verb



I don't remember hearing anything about it, but that doesn't mean there wasn't talk of it. That would be cool though.

[Port-City_J]

I think that mobile should try to get a Pro Baseball team. And build a big beautiful stadium on the bay. Right there beside the I-10 and Battleship parkway crossing. The open end where the batter would be facing would be looking at the battleship and the RSA Tower (and all of downtown) I think that would give the city great exposure and you would start seeing more skyscrapers downtown. Also I think USA has the get a football team in the sunbelt! That would be great for the city.

[Red UM Rebel]

I know most people who comment on this thread are from Mobile, so they might appreciate it. I drove through downtown on my way back to Oxford this weekend, and it looks great downtown. I also went and saw a friend at Spring Hill and that whole area is great too. I have lived so close to Mobile all these years and just really enjoyed it this past weekend for the first time. Also, is there really any plans to build another really tall building downtown like the teachers union just did (I think it was the teacher's union right??? )

[Brown Duckz]

Originally Posted by Port-City_J

I think that mobile should try to get a Pro Baseball team. And build a big beautiful stadium on the bay. Right there beside the I-10 and Battleship parkway crossing. The open end where the batter would be facing would be looking at the battleship and the RSA Tower (and all of downtown) I think that would give the city great exposure and you would start seeing more skyscrapers downtown. Also I think USA has the get a football team in the sunbelt! That would be great for the city.

I'd think that a tremendous attendance year in and year out would be needed at the minor league level first to help fuel that wish.

[SouthSky]

Mobile as it is now could NEVER support an 80+ home game MLB season. I think a NFL or NBA team would be more of a possibility (slim) in Mobile, though. Mobile supported that RFL team in the nineties (11k+ season ticket holders) and I think football would most easily survive in south Alabama.

[Port-City_J]

Now don't get me wrong southsky I love football I've played 4 most of my life. I wish we could get a football team, but I think baseball would have a better chance in Mobile. There is another football and basketball team so close (New Orleans). So i'm not sure if that would work. But Mobile does have the third highest number of baseball player in the Hall of Fame. Also we are home to the current home run king. I wish that the city could grow and we could get all of them but if a pro team does come to Alabama it will probley go the the Ham anyway.

[SouthSky]

Originally Posted by Port-City_J

Now don't get me wrong southsky I love football I've played 4 most of my life. I wish we could get a football team, but I think baseball would have a better chance in Mobile. There is another football and basketball team so close (New Orleans). So i'm not sure if that would work. But Mobile does have the third highest number of baseball player in the Hall of Fame. Also we are home to the current home run king. I wish that the city could grow and we could get all of them but if a pro team does come to Alabama it will probley go the the Ham anyway.

All of what you say is true, but I think the chances of filling up a stadium in Mobile for an NFL team (8 home games) would be MUCH easier than a MLB team (80+ home games). I think Mobilians get bored with "too much" of one thing.

But, all of this is just hoping that Mobile-Gulfport-Biloxi-Pensacola becomes a large enough market for a major pro team. It can happen if this growth continues...

[elb401]

The bay bear games aren't even half full. I don't see baseball being the sport that it used to be in Mobile. Right now I dont see how any sport can call Mobile home. With strong ties to the saints and AL-auburn football I dont see Mobile or USA getting a football team. Sucks, but maybe sometime in the next 50 or so years if we keep growing.

[Exodus]

I think there is only one area that has a remote chance of getting a pro team, and that is Birmingham.

[bayourat 15]

NFL won t work! Mobile County cant sell beer before noon on Sunday

[Red UM Rebel]

They would not be able to put one in Mobile regrettibly because New Orleans is just too close, people from the MS Gulf Coast can go see Saints (who are actually good now) and would not go to Mobile.

[BlessedMobile]

Let's not even go the pro sports dreaming. It just is not practical for a city of this size. First, let's add a few hundred thousand residents and then we might have something to offer the pros. Besides, I think they are looking for eyeballs on TV more than butts in the seats; we don't have an especially large number of either we can offer pros.

[nimsjus]

I think Mobile's only chance to move up in the sports world is to possibly make a jump to AAA baseball(which is a bit of a long shot still). As much as we like to claim a rich sports history, we really do not support sports well. Alot of that(in my opinion) has to do with Mobile having a relatively low per capita income. People just dont have as much money as those in other places and they do not choose to spend it on tickets to events/sports. Cities with AAA baseball include Las Vegas, Portland, Memphis, Des Moines, etc. These cities are much larger than Mobile. We are actually right where we ought to be/ahead with AA baseball when compared to comparable sized cities. We need to support the Baybears and hope that maybe sometime soon the parent organizations will force us to build a newer/more unique ballpark in a better location than our last attempt(which is pretty lame after going to watch the Baybears play the Biscuits in their new stadium). USA getting football would also be a big step forward. Look at how poor Bham's support for UAB is at Legion Field. Mobile could do at least that good or better, and USA would be playing in an inferior conference in the Sunbelt. If USA could ever get into a similar conference to UAB, then I think the support would be as good or better than the much larger Bham rolls out for UAB. That in itself would be an accomplishment to go along with Senior Bowl, GMAC Bowl, Alabama/Mississippi All Star Game, etc.

[bayourat 15]

Did anyone listen to the Uncle Henry Show today on the Radio?

There is a big Rumor out! Good news for Mobile

[spookyapp]

Originally Posted by bayourat 15

Did anyone listen to the Uncle Henry Show today on the Radio?

There is a big Rumor out! Good news for Mobile

are you talking about annexation? here's a link to an audio clip: http://radio.wpmi.com/pages/unclehenry2006.html

[bayourat 15]

jackpot! baby

[Bama_75]

I live near Cottage Hill and Dawes and am all for it, if they come this way.