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<blockquote data-quote="froginaustin" data-source="post: 2177288" data-attributes="member: 785"><p> </p><p>^^^^ This is all true, but the 2023 part may be wishful thinking.</p><p> </p><p>Or maybe Joe Jamail left them a billion or so, and UTx can spend whatever it takes-- and it will take a hell of a lot-- to assemble a parcel either in or near downtown Austin or on the edge of the present UTx campus for a new basketball facility. If they try to build east, UTx will run into ferocious opposition from neighborhood associations**, as well as stunning land costs. This is not a "so let it be written; so let it be done" project.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>** In many cities, opposition from neighborhood associations would be like opposition from the indoor house cat to a proposal to rearrange the furniture. Not so in Austin. Neighborhood associations here are very well funded, and they have killed or delayed for years/decades major infrastructure projects pushed by powerful development interests (and pushed by TxDOT).</p><p> </p><p>Maybe UTx will settle for a new basketball facility way off campus. It wouldn't be their first, second, or third choice or should it be. Their offering to let the City help them pay for a new "special events facility" went nowhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="froginaustin, post: 2177288, member: 785"] ^^^^ This is all true, but the 2023 part may be wishful thinking. Or maybe Joe Jamail left them a billion or so, and UTx can spend whatever it takes-- and it will take a hell of a lot-- to assemble a parcel either in or near downtown Austin or on the edge of the present UTx campus for a new basketball facility. If they try to build east, UTx will run into ferocious opposition from neighborhood associations**, as well as stunning land costs. This is not a "so let it be written; so let it be done" project. ** In many cities, opposition from neighborhood associations would be like opposition from the indoor house cat to a proposal to rearrange the furniture. Not so in Austin. Neighborhood associations here are very well funded, and they have killed or delayed for years/decades major infrastructure projects pushed by powerful development interests (and pushed by TxDOT). Maybe UTx will settle for a new basketball facility way off campus. It wouldn't be their first, second, or third choice or should it be. Their offering to let the City help them pay for a new "special events facility" went nowhere. [/QUOTE]
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