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Austin in play for the next Texas MLS franchise
Posted on 3/4/14 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 3/4/14 at 6:14 pm
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sports radio here is saying Austin, the biggest city in the country without a major sports franchise, is seriously looking into stadium options and that the league has reciprocated the interest.
sports radio here is saying Austin, the biggest city in the country without a major sports franchise, is seriously looking into stadium options and that the league has reciprocated the interest.
This post was edited on 3/4/14 at 6:17 pm
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Posted on 3/4/14 at 6:18 pm to Draconian Sanctions
"ALS"
Posted on 3/4/14 at 6:21 pm to thesoccerfanjax
Assuming they can get the funding for a first class stadium and have a place to put it inside the city and not cedar park or round rock, I think Austin is a much better fit for an MLS team than San Antonio. There is no reason at all for Austin not to have a major pro team.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 6:24 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I gotta be honest, this would be a Tampa Bay Rays style disaster. Having lived there, I would have zero faith in the people of Austin supporting a MLS team.
San Antonio makes sense because they'll latch on to just about anything if the city name is attached to it.
Just my opinion.
San Antonio makes sense because they'll latch on to just about anything if the city name is attached to it.
Just my opinion.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 6:25 pm to AirRaidTT
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Having lived there, I would have zero faith in the people of Austin supporting a MLS team.
I don't agree with that at all. Just for the fact that Austin is a major hipster capital i guarantee you'd draw respectable numbers.
The Rays don't draw because of the location of the stadium. That's why i said it needs to be in Austin proper, close to the river. Put it in Round Rock or Cedar Park and yeah it would fail.
This post was edited on 3/4/14 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 3/4/14 at 6:33 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Just for the fact that Austin is a major hipster capital i guarantee you'd draw respectable numbers
That's true I guess. Portland and Seattle are doing pretty well as cities who have large hipster populations.
I still don't know though. I just think San Antonio is one of those cities who would thrive with a MLS team. That's an extremely loyal fan base.
But yeah, if Austin did get a team, they would absolutely have to situate the stadium within the city. That Cedar Park or Round Rock bullshite would be a massive failure.
This post was edited on 3/4/14 at 6:35 pm
Posted on 3/4/14 at 6:37 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I think it could be successful enough. Like a poor ex UT art school grad student version of the timbers kind of support.
This post was edited on 3/4/14 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 3/4/14 at 7:23 pm to S
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I think it could be successful enough. Like a poor ex UT art school grad student version of the timbers kind of support.
It would actually probably be the self-same hipsters as Portland draws since Austin is the bottom point of the hipster exchange triangle with Portland and Williamsburg.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 8:13 pm to wm72
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Residents of Austin are known as "Austinites".[11] They include a diverse mix of government employees (e.g., university faculty & staff, law enforcement, political staffers); foreign and domestic college students; musicians; high-tech workers
Hipster nation.
I think Austin would do well with a MLS club.
They just need a stadium plan and good ownership with financing.
Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio could all spring some nice derbies.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 8:34 pm to LuckyTiger
I was in Austin last summer and watched a few Gold Cup Games with their Outlaws chapter. They averaged around 200 for those games. I agree with the comparison to Portland; it has that potential, although it's hard to tell for sure.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 9:28 am to Draconian Sanctions
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I don't agree with that at all. Just for the fact that Austin is a major hipster capital i guarantee you'd draw respectable numbers.
I think this is the right answer, just look at Portland.
I can see it now, Austin becomes the Texas hipster team, hipster Houston fans begin to flock to Austin and Dynamo becomes an all Mexican supports team.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 10:43 am to Draconian Sanctions
4 MLS teams in texas come on man
Posted on 3/5/14 at 12:21 pm to NOTORlOUSD
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I was in Austin last summer and watched a few Gold Cup Games with their Outlaws chapter.
down at Curano's west of UT? Those guys are intense.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 3:09 pm to SM6
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I think this is the right answer, just look at Portland.
I don't think comparison to Portland really works.
Portland had 23 years of pro soccer history with the NASL and USL Sounders teams.
Austin has... a few years of the Aztex in USL and now currently PDL?
This post was edited on 3/5/14 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 3/5/14 at 4:01 pm to Dr RC
The biggest hurdle for pro-franchises in Austin is San Antonio; and vice versa. The cities are only 60 miles of shitty I-35 apart, but remain in different TV markets. With the expansion of the Kyle-Buda-San Marcos-New Braunfels corridor, a combined Austin-San Antonio market would be massively appealing for all pro leagues.
Austin is not going to get a team before an already MLS-ready San Antonio without a stadium and fielding an amateur PDL side.
Austin is not going to get a team before an already MLS-ready San Antonio without a stadium and fielding an amateur PDL side.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 4:17 pm to thenry712
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Buda
Posted on 3/5/14 at 5:19 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Well, then Jackson Mississippi better be in play too
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