AUSTIN | Project Updates Thread Part II - Page 11

ahealy · #1 Posted **Feb 27, 2014, 7:51 PM**

yeah, I like the design...but I'd like it a lot more if it had some unique characteristics going on. We can only have so many tall boxes.

lzppjb · #2 Posted **Feb 27, 2014, 7:55 PM**

MLS Update: http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrob...ue?oid=1519010

wwmiv · #3 Posted **Feb 28, 2014, 8:35 AM**

Ya'll... Aztecs makes complete sense because it is a play on words.

Most teams have absolutely nothing to do with place, but rather about economics. This one, actually, has a lot to do with place because of the play on words:

Austin, Texas ...
Aus., Tex. ...
AzTex ...

It just so happens that it lends itself to being a pretty cool team name as well. So who cares? I'm fine with it. It's cool and multi-cultural. Austin is a liberal city, despite what some here would prefer, and that liberalism is inherently intertwined with multi-cultural trends.

Syndic · #4 Posted **Feb 28, 2014, 3:30 PM**

It's unfortunate because I want to support the team (I like soccer a lot) but I just feel stupid doing so since it's such a ridiculously bad name. Somewhere along the line, someone high up will impress upon the owners that it's not good enough for MLS, though. I get the logic behind the name. I just think it's silly and corny.

Also, I'm not a libertarian. I dunno how you could come to that conclusion from reading my comments. Everyone here knows I'm a socialist. But give it a rest, migol24. Stop being mad.

Novacek · #5 Posted **Feb 28, 2014, 4:04 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syndic

It's unfortunate because I want to support the team (I like soccer a lot) but I just feel stupid doing so since it's such a ridiculously bad name. Somewhere along the line, someone high up will impress upon the owners that it's not good enough for MLS, though. I get the logic behind the name. I just think it's silly and corny.

Unlike:

Chivas USA (no where near Guadalajara, in fact I think we may be closer)
Real Salt Lake (not in Spain and not awarded a royal title by the King of Spain)
or (ugh) Sporting Kansas City

face it, names in MLS suck. Aztex would be far from the worst.

migol24 · #6 Posted **Feb 28, 2014, 4:08 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Novacek

Unlike:

Chivas USA (no where near Guadalajara, in fact I think we may be closer)
Real Salt Lake (not in Spain and not awarded a royal title by the King of Spain)
or (ugh) Sporting Kansas City

face it, names in MLS suck. Aztex would be far from the worst.

Even Austin Ice Bats was a terrible name.

Syndic · #7 Posted **Feb 28, 2014, 4:43 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Novacek

Unlike:

Chivas USA (no where near Guadalajara, in fact I think we may be closer)
Real Salt Lake (not in Spain and not awarded a royal title by the King of Spain)
or (ugh) Sporting Kansas City

face it, names in MLS suck. Aztex would be far from the worst.

Chivas USA has been purchased by MLS. They will be sold and undergo a rebranding in the next year. Their attendance was shit partly because their brand was shit. Just like ours.

I like Sporting Kansas City. Real Salt Lake is bad but they were part of the first few teams in MLS so names have gotten better since then.

austin242 · #8 Posted **Feb 28, 2014, 5:50 PM**

True Lame Names
LA Galaxy- In a galaxy not so far away where we use glaxys to call people
Houston OILERS - Oh we work in oil, we like oil, that's what Texans are proud to represnt
DALLAS COWBOYS- Personally thought it was cheesy for no reason except that it's Texas.
NY GIANTS - O I guess they are really big. Just cheese.
NY RED BULLS- Sell outs
Portland Timbers- Someones got wood
LA Lakers- It somewhat did make sense in Minneapolis but not LA.
Miami Fusion - Is that a knock off sports drink or something
Austin High Maroons- Because we are just a color

I personally love the Ice Bats. It kinda represented Austin. Its at least better than The Austin Ice Salamanders. I like Austin Armadillos though. I like the Aztex I went to school with people from Aztec descent so to say it doesn't belong in Austin would be incorrect.

tildahat · #9 Posted **Mar 6, 2014, 5:49 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Novacek

Unlike:

Chivas USA (no where near Guadalajara, in fact I think we may be closer)
Real Salt Lake (not in Spain and not awarded a royal title by the King of Spain)
or (ugh) Sporting Kansas City

face it, names in MLS suck. Aztex would be far from the worst.

Clearly, we would have to be Austin Villa.

Syndic · #10 Posted **Mar 7, 2014, 2:30 AM**

Anyone have any recent pictures of Waterloo Park or the Lady Bird Lake boardwalk? I always forget to go by Waterloo Park when I go downtown.

ski-man · #11 Posted **Feb 28, 2014, 7:26 PM**

Austin High secretly roots for Texas A&M :-)

KevinFromTexas · #12 Posted **Feb 28, 2014, 8:10 PM**

I've always sort of thought that sports mascots all had dumb names, and few of them ever reflect the area they "represent". I'd say of any sport local high school mascots tend to make the most sense because most of their mascots can actually be found in the area, or at least were in the area at one time. For example, I went to Bedichek. Their mascot is the bobcat, and you can still find bobcats in Central Texas. I saw on the news this week there was a pit bull that was attacked by a bobcat up in Round Rock. The dog's owner ran out with an ax and beat the bobcat off his dog. And supposedly there have been mountain lions (cougars) spotted in Southwest Austin before.

GoldenBoot · #13 Posted **Feb 28, 2014, 9:44 PM**

Geez...What is really ridiculous is that y'all are arguing about a name! Who cares about the name (at this time)...rather, we should be asking: how is someone (or who) going to come up with enough capital to field a team? Where is the stadium going to be built (i.e, Houston's urban BBVA Stadium covers about 12 acres)? And, who is going to pony-up the $100MM to build said stadium?

As much as I love soccer, I don't see Austin getting a "downtown" stadium any time soon. A franchise...maybe. But, that stadium will more than likely be built out on the fringes of town (where there is more land, the land is cheaper, and the cities/neighborhoods are friendlier to this type of development).

the Genral · #14 Posted **Feb 28, 2014, 11:54 PM**

I think the Austin American Statesman should be relocated to the outskirts of town and an arena or stadium should be put in its place.
The MLS team name could be the Austin Weirdos...in keeping with the "Keep Austin Weird" slogan.

KevinFromTexas · #15 Posted **Mar 1, 2014, 10:46 PM**

I don't really like the idea of a downtown stadium. I've always thought of sports venues, especially in downtowns, as a huge waste of land and money. I also hate how pro-teams always threaten to move and whine if they don't get the tax dollars they need to build a new stadium, even if they have a perfectly good one already. Case in point, San Antonio built the Alamodome in 1992, and only 10 years later the Spurs were asking for a new one. In Houston you had the Astrodome, which was much older, but they built the Reliant Stadium and then asked taxpayers for more funds to renovate the Astrodome, which they voted against. Other cities have had to deal with a pro-team threatening to move if they didn't get their way. I just am wary of taxpayers being on the hook for a new stadium with a team demanding more money. For me the idea of a pro-team and new stadium has all the attractiveness of a theme park.

lzppjb · #16 Posted **Mar 2, 2014, 3:59 AM**

I mostly agree, but the Spurs are a bad example. The Alamodome is strictly a football stadium. It was a terrible excuse for a basketball arena.

KevinFromTexas · #17 Posted **Mar 3, 2014, 2:23 AM**

Cool guide here that lists only locally owned businesses.

http://locallyaustin.org/

ATXboom · #18 Posted **Mar 3, 2014, 7:43 PM**

5th and Colorado 20 story office building...

http://downtownaustinblog.org/2014/0...-5th-colorado/

lzppjb · #19 Posted **Mar 3, 2014, 8:07 PM**

That's good news. Glad to see it growing taller instead of shrinking.

KevinFromTexas · #20 Posted **Mar 4, 2014, 2:52 AM**

http://www.statesman.com/news/busine...in-deve/nd5Bw/

Quote:

Posted: 6:14 p.m. Monday, March 3, 2014
Prime lakefront site under contract to Austin developer

By Shonda Novak
American-Statesman Staff

A piece of prime Austin waterfront property that’s currently home to Joe’s Crab Shack is under contract to be sold to Austin-based Endeavor Real Estate Group.

The 1.8-acre site on the shore of Lady Bird Lake is near the boardwalk the city is building as it works to guide development in the area.