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<blockquote data-quote="froginaustin" data-source="post: 2598880" data-attributes="member: 785"><p>Anyone that thinks the City of Austin is likely to pay for all or a significant portion of the tab for a basketball house for UTx (or even sillier, thinks Travis County will) isn't paying attention to local politics around here.</p><p></p><p>Major league soccer is being dragged through the first few levels of Hell trying to get City participation, or even permission, for a new pro soccer facility on a former toxic waste dump that the City now owns. On a 10+1 city council there are at least 4 solid "no" votes for any city taxpayer money or assets going for that project.</p><p></p><p>Granted, the MLS franchise that wants into Austin is owned by some carpetbagger mid-westerners, Al Davis wanna-be's, perhaps**. UTx has a hell of a lot more local political swing than MLS does. All that being said, I don't think anyone at UTx is counting on much in the way of local government participation in funding UTx athletic facilities.</p><p></p><p>** And it would be a laugh to swipe any relatively high-profile sports franchise from Columbus, Ohio, where the MLS team plays now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="froginaustin, post: 2598880, member: 785"] Anyone that thinks the City of Austin is likely to pay for all or a significant portion of the tab for a basketball house for UTx (or even sillier, thinks Travis County will) isn't paying attention to local politics around here. Major league soccer is being dragged through the first few levels of Hell trying to get City participation, or even permission, for a new pro soccer facility on a former toxic waste dump that the City now owns. On a 10+1 city council there are at least 4 solid "no" votes for any city taxpayer money or assets going for that project. Granted, the MLS franchise that wants into Austin is owned by some carpetbagger mid-westerners, Al Davis wanna-be's, perhaps**. UTx has a hell of a lot more local political swing than MLS does. All that being said, I don't think anyone at UTx is counting on much in the way of local government participation in funding UTx athletic facilities. ** And it would be a laugh to swipe any relatively high-profile sports franchise from Columbus, Ohio, where the MLS team plays now. [/QUOTE]
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