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In article <tyen-2708951902040001@lestat.tkg.com>, tyen@netcom.com (Anthony Yen) says:
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>In article <41oans$keg@giga.bga.com>, tdyke@bga.com (Terry Dyke) wrote:
>>asset generates revenue for the City -- for you and for me. The 
>>projections show the City's investment being paid off in two to three 
>>years. After that, the revenue keeps coming in, and those are non-tax 
>>dollars.
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>Uh huh.  Sure.  Tell me that with a straight face after you read the
>projections the Council gave for the Convention Center.  This city's
>Councils have had a disastrous record of identifying and nurturing
>economic development.  I hardly expect a turnaround in the record with
>this stadium.
>-- 
>Anthony Yen <tyen@netcom.com>                           Austin, Texas, USA

I must say that I agree with you on the Convention Center. It beats me why 
San Antonio can have a convention center that is no bigger and attract 
shows on a regular basis. Maybe it's the damn blase attitude of Austinites
that keeps the major events out of town. I can't see why a convention 
center in a major city cannot attract events on a regular basis. We should
have computer shows here, maybe even the level of a PC Expo. Why should
those shows only hit Dallas. They should also knock the damn Palmer 
Auditorium down already. What the hell do we need this structure for 
anymore anyway. Anything that goes on in the Auditorium could be held 
at the convention center or one of the downtown hotels, bringing revenue to
those facilities. That's how they do it in New York, Chicago and Dallas
(and don't whine about how you don't want your city to turn into any of
these cities). The fact that there is a convention center at all says that
Austin wants to take its place among the major cities of the US. You can't 
just go back on that type of commitment (nor is it sane to say - "told
you so").
 
C'mon - wake up! Roads and other infrastructure. Look at Hwy 183. You don't
think that enough money isn't being dumped into that fiasco! A professional
sports team is part of the natural progression for a burgeoning major
city. Believe it!