shady 75
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Hockey gets $300 million arena's already.....so lets divide the 90 million between the Dynamo. WNBA, badmitton, luge and a professional dart throwing arena. That would give each of these huge sports $18 million of capital. I almost want to see this arena happen for laughs. Once the ticket prices exceed $20 the attendance will be promptly cut in half. That would be the funny thing about this. I have been to a Dynamo game before.....and it was...well...interesting.
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I applaud Mayor White for not caving in. In the US football, basketball and baseball are the sports that 90% of the population cares about. The other 10% fights it out between hockey, luge, ping pong, badmitton and soccer.
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agreed...I just think when you say the term Major League, it should be a real term and not something that is actually not true. All of the Major sports in the US are actually the best in their profession. The MLS is not even in the top 5 soccer leagues in the world so calling themselves Major is a farce.
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Lets take away the money argument. Just to drive my point home lets discuss why good players leave to play overseas and the overseas clubs send us the older washed up players. I have actually watched enough soccer to know what would be major and what would be minor. I did live in Europe for a time and let me tell you the top team in MLS could not sniff the jock of a decent European club. That is a fact. It would be the same as the real NFL playing NFL Europe....just no comparison.
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easy...baseball and hockey.
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Sure...I will bring it up next time I have one of the Dynamo reserves bring my car up from valet. Yes you are a Major League Player. Here is your tip. lol
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Take a look at minor league hockey and baseball and you will see salaries that exceed those of the MLS. WNBA, arena football and a few other minor leagues are in the salary vicinity of a lot of MLS. It is pretty factual. I think the three big sports have player's salaries that exceed an entire team in the MLS's salary cap of 2.4 million. So yes....minor league soccer
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Oh no...a minor league soccer team is threatening the city. Please come back and talk when your minimum player salary is over 12k. What a joke. See ya!
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I am glad to hear this is happening. Did they say the area and timetable they are looking at to build the HS?
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Now that the Bond has passed I wanted ask if the new HS is being built in Sienna? I keep hearing that it is.
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lol....the last team that was to be sold out of the NHL (Nashville Predators) was going close to $300,000,000 more than three times the value of the LA Galaxy...NHL is debating adding two franchises (one in Vegas) with close to $300,000,000 in fees. It is going to be a while before MLS approaches this. Besides I don't think the two sports are in competition. I have been to numerous hockey games and soccer games and the fans are not the same at all. They don't compete for the same customer. Like Red said...it is about small, steady gains at this point.
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This is too easy...lol
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Here is my point...in this country fans take to sports that have the "Michael Jordan" factor....I know all of you guys are going to bring up Beckham at this point but he is 32 with maybe two good years left...soccer is not an old man's game....let MLS get a prime player in his 20s and then we will talk. Many people forget the NASL got Pele, one of the greatest players in the world (better than Beckham) but the league folded a few years later. I know good players play soccer in the states I am just saying that in the US we are spoiled we like to see the best athletes in our professional sports. Maybe if I had not watched soccer teams in Europe and Brazil play I would think MLS is fine....but is not even in the same stratosphere. It is the same arguement as saying I love NFL Europe because I live in Germany...fine I respect that but realize the players you watch in NFL Europe could not sniff the jock of a majority of players in the NFL.
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Here is another problem with soccer in the US. When I was a kid my primary sport was soccer with my dad as the coach. But as I grew up I ended up playing baseball, basketball and football finally settling on football in high school. I think many kids in the US go this path. Most parents including myself will put their kids in non harmful sports such as soccer when they are kids....but when they grow older most kids will play football, basketball and baseball. You throw in hockey up north. Let me cut to the point. So down in the south soccer is at best a #4 sport...baseball, football and basketball are not going anywhere. Up north soccer is a #5 sport with hockey being added in. The rest of the world soccer is #1. What this means simply is that our best athletes do not play soccer. If they did we probably would have one of the better leaguse in the world, but that is not happening in my lifetime. Go look at any HS and I guarantee you the best athletes are not on a soccer field. There is the problem for long term success....end of story.
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I think soccer will only succeed here long term if the best come to play here....and as someone who follows all sports including soccer I think we are a long way off from that happening. They have players in Europe worth more than an MLS team by themselves. MLS is minor leage at the moment and Americans including myself are used to watching the best athletes in every sport. When my dad and I watch soccer overseas and then MLS it is like a joke. The first thing I noticed when watching MLS is the players are half as accurate and half as fast. Here is the true problem for MLS down the road which no one mentions. With Beckham, etc coming in at big contracts this could create serious problems down the road. Most MLS players make less than the league minimums in MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL. LEAGUE MINIMUMS....there are guys in the MLS that make $12,000. If the MLS hopes to get the talent to make them competitive on a world stage (again this is what it would take for America to take to it) ticket prices, sponsorships and money invested would have to increase.....and if you have been to MLS game....I have been to a couple, the crowd leans to the poor side. Increase ticket prices to $100 for example to have these players and I would say that the crowds would be cut in half killing the sport. The MLS is going to have to add very slowly for the next 10 years because if it gets too far ahead of itself the league will colapse. The ESPN deal that gets publicized is one of the lowest paid sports deals around...they make very little from it. The money in this city for example does not support soccer....the money supports the big sports.
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Question? Who would pay for the stadium? I see no way that tax payers vote to do this or that the city would volunteer. Is AEG going at this alone with the idea that they will shift their concerts from Toyota to here to help fund this building?
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I have been thinking the same thing....how long can the rice plant and other industries consider it feasible to stay in the area. I would assume that the taxes these businesses are paying or are about to pay are going to be through the roof....and I would think they would look to the suburbs, etc. where their overhead would be much lower.
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Don't you guys think it is weird that there have not been any other official announcements about other stores opening in Sawyer Heights Village other than Target? Everything else just seems to be stuff people are hearing...nothing official like press releases, etc. Target is two months from opening and I am sure that area is getting lots of action from potential stores, restaurants, etc.
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That is pretty cool.
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The Heights Restaurant And Bar Scene - More Coming
shady 75 replied to Freelander's topic in The Heights
Patience has never been my best virtue...lol...I just know that the area can handle additional options and I for one if given my option prefer to spend my money inside the Heights rather than outside of the Heights, whether it be food, groceries, gas...whatever...thanks for the responses guys... By the way...do you think that this area will always be dry or is it set to expire at a certain time...what seems to be the general feeling of families in the area...do they prefer to keep it dry? What have areas like West U. done? I know from groing up in Bellaire that the fact it was not dry never hurt the family atmosphere there. -
The Heights Restaurant And Bar Scene - More Coming
shady 75 replied to Freelander's topic in The Heights
Yep...that is one of my favorite places to grab a burger and beer. Great place. -
The Heights Restaurant And Bar Scene - More Coming
shady 75 replied to Freelander's topic in The Heights
My wife and I love the Heights area and have enjoyed our first year living here. One thing that we wonder about though is the lack of restaurant diversity in the area. We enjoy the new Thai Spice quite a bit...but find ourselves having to go to Montrose or Rice Village if we ever want anything other than a burger, sandwich, chinese food or pizza. It seems like recently the Heights just started getting some new restaurants outside of the same old lines. We love Onion Creek...but Dry Creek, 6th St. Bar & Grill, etc. all serve up the same burger and fry options. For example we love Indian food as many of our friends do in the area but it seems as if no Indian restaurants are venturing into the area. Just more burger joints. Question...is the lack of restaurant diversity in the area from wanting to keep the small town feel or is it from restaurant owners not realizing there is a demand for this in the area? I think progress is being made. We like the recent additions of Glass Wall, Thai Spice, etc. Your thoughts. -
I don't think anyone has mentioned that...interesting...sounds like this place will be filled up not long after the spaces are all built out. With that kind of demand I would not be surprised if they are already checking out surrounding spaces for future expansion in a few years.
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Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think the warehouses on the Northwestern edge of the development art not part of this deal. Same goes for the graphics center as well I believe.
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The target is opening in July. But what about the other stores? It doesn't look like they have done anything for the other stores that will be over there in that area. I was thinking more stores would open up around the same time as Target, but it looks like that will not be so. Also...anyone have any idea on if the surrounding plants are planning on selling out and moving soon. I would love it if this area got bigger and became kind of a Heights village area with lots of shops, restaurants, etc....kind of like Rice Village.