The Alamodome--what a dump! (Houston, Dallas: taxes, litigation, garden)

[LindaGrace]

Originally Posted by Mom2Feebs

Okay, well, this was not bat guano. These were mouse droppings. What can I tell ya?

Because bat droppings are SOOOO much better than mouse droppings.

[Merovee]

Originally Posted by LindaGrace

Because bat droppings are SOOOO much better than mouse droppings.

Well you can sell bat droppings for fertilizer lol

[mrstxcop]

Actually, mouse and bat droppings are very similar in appearane... Dh, who polices downtown and the surrounding areas overnight said the same thing, the droppings are from bats, not mice... He says you can see the same droppings are under the bridges on the riverwalk... You can see the bats coming and going at dusk/night from most bridges, including the one by the Alamodome...

Regardless of what is causing the mess, I agree, it's not a pretty sight...

bat guano...

mouse/rat droppings...

[sapphire]

Just don't call Ace Ventura or I may split my sides.

And can't we thank the illustrious Henry Cisneros for that big dump? I distinctly remember him and his stupid song, "Dome, dome, dome, dome, dome, Al a mo doooo--oome" on the local radio shows. He pushed it hard.

[TexasRedneck]

That, and "it's the price of a bucket of chicken!"

He kinda forgot to add all the side orders....

[ged_782]

Originally Posted by Mom2Feebs

Earlier this year we went to the Alamodome to see Disney on Ice with our daughter--we noticed then that it was a bizarrely lengthy walk to get from parking lot C to the entrance--lots of twists and turns and stairs just to get about 500 feet as the crow flies.

Originally Posted by LindaGrace

It's also butt-ugly, and I agree that the walk in from the parking is ridiculously convoluted.

I've attended a few events in the Alamodome over the years, and the thing that struck me about the facility was that it couldn't possibly be ADA compliant, at least by today's standards. Unless there is a special parking lot, with hadicapped parking spaces, and a special entrance, and a special seating area for disabled patrons, I don't see how a disabled person could access the facility, at least via the parking area (east side of the dome) I was directed to each time.

Of course, I don't have handicap plates on my vehicle (maybe that would make a difference), but had I been physically disabled, or had I been transporting someone who was, there is no way they could have made it, parking in that lot, walking that distance, going down and then back up all those stairs.

[Merovee]

Originally Posted by sapphire

And can't we thank the illustrious Henry Cisneros for that big dump? I distinctly remember him and his stupid song, "Dome, dome, dome, dome, dome, Al a mo doooo--oome" on the local radio shows. He pushed it hard.

*nods* plus he is still performing the same song and dance

Doing research to support consolidation of the two cities' markets was Cisneros' idea, Milloy added.


Combined markets could lead to adding to the region's lone major sports franchise, the San Antonio Spurs, Cisneros said.


“To expect to never have an NFL team is unacceptable, but it will require the massing of numbers,” he said.

S.A.-Austin market data could be combined

[RGJ]

We can thank Henry for that as well as the pink mall on the west side of town that eventually was torn down and UTSA was built.....

[Dopo]

The best solution I see for the Alamodome is to bring a soccer team.
The largest soccer specific stadium in MLS (Major League Soccer) has capacity for 27,000. And 2 MLS team play in it.

In the NFL the Alamodome is a pos, but in MLS it would be clearly the best stadium for many years.







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[LindaGrace]

Do you seriously think it'd be financially feasible for an MLS team to play here? I just don't see it. I don't think it'd ever sell out or even close to it.