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  • @petepyeatt6909
    @petepyeatt6909 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    As an Astros fan, I’m all for it. It will give me more opportunity to watch the Astros in person.

  • @V511-x6p
    @V511-x6p 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Austin and San Antonio needs to get together and make a sports commission to attract NFL MLB NHL Austin doesn't have the population nor does San Antonio together they have the population

    • @cz88888
      @cz88888 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Austin is the #11 most populous city in the US, ahead of San Fran and Denver

    • @sethrobertson9440
      @sethrobertson9440 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@cz88888And San Antonio is #7, so I think it could work, especially if they put the stadiums in San Marcos perhaps, then it’d be neutral between San Antonio and Austin.

    • @kineticstar
      @kineticstar 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That would be the best possible solution for that area, but Jerry and the McCains.
      Good luck.

    • @jman4573
      @jman4573 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you even from Texas 😅

    • @mattdajedi
      @mattdajedi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      San Antonio city council doesnt want to cooperate with Austin at all. I dont support it either. While I would like major sports in San Antonio, I would rather SA have its own and not have its identity ties in with Austin. The two cities are like night and day. Austin isnt as culturally involved like San Antonio. SA has a much older crowd than the college town Austin.

  • @moisavyy
    @moisavyy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    greg is on something, im from houston but damn chill😂

    • @LilOBX
      @LilOBX 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      nah get em lol let em know

  • @aford3386
    @aford3386 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As a Houston sports fan, I'm all for Austin/San Antonio getting an MLB, and even an NFL franchise. I think it would be awesome! The area is certainly big enough to support it.

  • @patricka05
    @patricka05 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It needs to be a joint Austin/San Antonio team with a world class dome stadium between New Braunfels and San Marcos. This way we could host other big time events like a CFP Title Game. We absolutely have the population to support another pro team

    • @mattdajedi
      @mattdajedi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Downtown Dallas to Downtown Ft Worth is approximately 30 miles from each other. This is how they are able to support 2 pro teams in the metroplex. (Cowboys and Rangers) Sab Antonio and Austin are almost triple that milage.. It will never work as a joint collaboration. Austin needs their own stuff and San Antonio needs its own stuff. I can understand why Austin wants to be in the pro spotlight these days. A growing city, more money, and denser population. A joint pro sports task team between Austin and San Antonio is all fantasy and will never happen, especially because San Antonio city council doesnt want to collaborate with Austin at all, which I support.

  • @BryantBaudelaire
    @BryantBaudelaire หลายเดือนก่อน

    I from Nashville and we love Austin. I think Nashville is definitely getting a team and Austin should definitely get a team. They are like sister cities.

  • @spacepants3
    @spacepants3 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    San Antonio is a MUCH bigger city than Austin. San Antonio should get a team

    • @gomerhanger2285
      @gomerhanger2285 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Why? There were rumors not too long ago Spurs were looking into leaving for Austin. The household median income is much higher in Austin. That’s literally why the investment group is trying to get an expansion team here 😊

    • @baylor06
      @baylor06 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Actually Austin and San Antonio have about the same population at 2.5 million

    • @29Texan
      @29Texan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@baylor06
      He wasn't talking metro area.

    • @baylor06
      @baylor06 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@29Texan well that’s the population people are going look at

    • @29Texan
      @29Texan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@baylor06 obviously, not everyone is.

  • @NickP16
    @NickP16 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    There’s no way in hell the MLB is going to expand to Austin, Texas
    MLB would go to Nashville, Charlotte, Salt Lake City, or Portland. Any day before expanding to a third team in Texas

    • @jacklopinto946
      @jacklopinto946 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      reasonable estute assessment. however as a new yorker yanks-mets jack considers all of texas to be a BASEBALL LEGEND ICON

  • @rodguerrero7576
    @rodguerrero7576 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    the Austin Hobbos is a dope name

  • @rickfortyone
    @rickfortyone 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Salt Lake City shouldn’t be competing with Austin in anything. Meanwhile, they have NBA and NHL teams lol.

  • @mjpottertx
    @mjpottertx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Forget MLB in Austin. We need to get a hockey team back in Houston. AHL preferred, but even the ECHL would be better than what we have which is nothing, thanks to Les Alexander.

    • @deeteedubzz
      @deeteedubzz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Dude I miss the Aeros

  • @gomerhanger2285
    @gomerhanger2285 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    UT doesn’t want a one of the big four professional sports organizations here. Because it will open the the barrier of entry for NFL which they def would not want 😊

  • @littlegipper5798
    @littlegipper5798 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    F Austin 👎👎

  • @jman4573
    @jman4573 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Austin fairies 🧚 🌈

  • @a20gtx
    @a20gtx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    lol Austin Hobo’s!? Haha come on Greg! 😂

  • @29Texan
    @29Texan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Austin and/or San Antonio will get another major team or 2 within the next decade...

  • @reesejabs1895
    @reesejabs1895 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The commissioner of baseball is an idiot! Expanding baseball is a horrible idea. Relocation is the only way.

  • @sunilsidhwani4757
    @sunilsidhwani4757 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Considering that Austin and San Antonio are like 70ish miles apart, you could elevate your chances for an MLB Expansion Team to represent the fanbases for both cities. Considering this aspect as well, we could find a location between the two Metropolitan areas to situate the stadium as well to facilitate the convenience here. If you look at the existing use cases with the San Antonio Spurs NBA Team and Austin FC MLS Teams, you could make an argument that both teams are eliciting fans from both these cities. Let MLB eat a piece of that pie as well and then pave the way for an NFL potential team to expand there too. For this latter point, if Jerry Jones opposes it, don't listen to him!

  • @kirkangel525
    @kirkangel525 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    no disrespect to Austin, but I think it will be Nashville and SLC getting the expansion teams, unless the Las Vegas deal falls apart. then it will be a whole new ballgame😆

  • @madisonbarringercuycuhargueta
    @madisonbarringercuycuhargueta 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a ASTRO fan I all of it go for it let's do it ❤...

  • @rodneywashington2017
    @rodneywashington2017 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's a No Brainer. Just ask Elon Musk or Michael Dell to be your owner. Firstly, go get the AZ Diamondbacks from the NL West. You don't have to change anything. They already have the same Western Diamondback Snake, and you already have the "A" in the name. If you can't get the Diamondbacks for some strange reason, then ask those 2 guys I mentioned before on investing in an expansion team. Being in the NL already makes things uniquely different for ATX. Let's Go!!.. From this SA Native, lives in Pasadena, TX. Lifelong Astros, ChiSox, & A's fan.

  • @markroberts2277
    @markroberts2277 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Isn't Austin one of the biggest cities without a team from any of the four major sports leagues

    • @sam383planespotting
      @sam383planespotting 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Austin has a major league team (Austin FC)

    • @markroberts2277
      @markroberts2277 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was referring to the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL,

    • @evilpanda_00095
      @evilpanda_00095 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@markroberts2277it is
      there’s none of those which does feel a bit weird being a bit of a big metropolitan area as well

  • @TroyGoodwin
    @TroyGoodwin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    San Antonio has enough space to build both a new MLB ballpark and a new basketball arena for the spurs.

  • @Dgm405
    @Dgm405 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Add free shuttle buses from SA and you should sell out at least on weekends.

  • @FrankinDallas
    @FrankinDallas 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Does Elon Musk like baseball? He's got the cash. He could be the lead investor. Call the team the Austin Teslas.

  • @acelm8437
    @acelm8437 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've always wondered why San Antonio and Austin only have one team between them. (Yeah there's Austin FC but idk how many people follow MLS that closely.)
    As a Rangers fan I wouldn't mind another Texas team. Carolina would be cool too. Not a big fan of Nashville though for some reason.

  • @JavierGonzalez-1906
    @JavierGonzalez-1906 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Austin needs a NFL or NBA team… baseball is a dying sport, Soccer is the future

  • @charliehodges
    @charliehodges 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These guys in Austin are double a people, and I’m being kind, trying to play major league ball. Nashville, Salt Lake City, are two teams that have ownership, and money set aside for a team. If you pull a or play like those guys are, have some meat on the bone. They don’t.

    • @PunannyMon
      @PunannyMon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True

  • @jrb281
    @jrb281 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't think these guys understand territorial media rights. It would not be a 28-2 vote, instead a lengthy and costly court battle..... 3 minor league teams? No. There's four plus your spring training facility which runs year round. Not to mention your training facilities in the DR. Publicly funded stadiums, especially in a city like Austin, won't be quite that easy to accomplish either. Also UT is pro sports.

  • @Flaco713m
    @Flaco713m 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cali has 3 mlb teams , 2 in the same city, plus all the big college teams, so why can’t Texas have the same ??

    • @tcuyler
      @tcuyler 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      California has 4 teams after Oakland moves to Las Vegas with the Padres, Dodgers, Angels, and Giants. However, the difference is the size of the greater Los Angeles area is over 12M, which is nearly double the size of Houston. They can support two teams. Also, MLB has no salary cap and a large portion of a team's revenue is from TV contracts. The Astros and Rangers will fight like hell to prevent a 3rd team in Texas, which would reduce some of their territorial TV money.

    • @Flaco713m
      @Flaco713m 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tcuyler you’re right, typo on my end, had the number 5 on my mind
      Well, money talks , and with all these people from Cali and Florida and other states moving to Texas, you just never know .
      Rivalries fuel the views, and that’s what MLB loves, Viewssss

  • @edwinverzosa7655
    @edwinverzosa7655 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The Texas rangers could leave Dallas and head to Austin but still be the Texas Rangers but that is not going to happen!

    • @fread51
      @fread51 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Why the hell would they do that 😂

    • @scoringbox2176
      @scoringbox2176 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah…no.
      They just got a stadium in Arlington that is pretty much brand new. Rangers are here to stay

    • @edwinverzosa7655
      @edwinverzosa7655 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@scoringbox2176 though the rangers carry multiple cities in the state of Texas, fans from Austin Abilene Sa can make the trip to Dallas

    • @Johnfisher12345
      @Johnfisher12345 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      This might be the dumbest idea in all of pro sports!

    • @edwinverzosa7655
      @edwinverzosa7655 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Johnfisher12345 especially when they recently won the World Series 1 year ago

  • @Clark-i9o
    @Clark-i9o 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You better stick the college football at least you can sell that stadium out. Look at Houston and Arlington. They can’t even sell their stadiums out.

  • @rcdowdy
    @rcdowdy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My bet is on Nashville. UT baseball would fight this too.

  • @toddmcdonald8881
    @toddmcdonald8881 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No! Just be happy the MLS allowed a team here. No F’n way the MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL will put a team here. UT won’t allow it. Too close to Houston and Dallas which are larger markets. Maybe you might get WNBA and or NWSL but that all Austin can ever hope for.

  • @geraldbeasley
    @geraldbeasley 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Austin YELLOW JACKETS BUILD IT THEY WILL COME

  • @jeffreymoscardelli8428
    @jeffreymoscardelli8428 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hopefully they make it look like a ballpark and not a beer can go ahead take both Florida MLB teams

  • @el_duderino_man
    @el_duderino_man 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is that Lars the drummer for Metallica?

  • @theredcorn8656
    @theredcorn8656 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Austin senators , Austin capitals or Austin statesman would be fitting names

    • @shakarussanders9911
      @shakarussanders9911 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those are good names

    • @29Texan
      @29Texan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Austin Bats

    • @gregsells8549
      @gregsells8549 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Austin's newspaper is the American-Statesman, commonly called the Statesman. The Austin Senators were a minor-league team years ago.

  • @manchesterunitedno7
    @manchesterunitedno7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm gonna name the team, Austin Stoner.

    • @sunilsidhwani4757
      @sunilsidhwani4757 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @manchesterunitedno7 Austin Shiners, named after the local brewery in Shiner, TX for Spoetzl Bock

  • @Jerbearz06
    @Jerbearz06 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As cost of living isn't high enough. Now u want to tax residents to subsidize a new stadium?!

  • @alwaystherightanswer
    @alwaystherightanswer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never Gonna Happen! So many better markets....nice to dream though.

  • @shakarussanders9911
    @shakarussanders9911 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Austin is way to small for this people can barely get around town as is! If they build in Round Rock i can see that

    • @mattdajedi
      @mattdajedi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      this is most likely the case. Austin has a large metro area and even smaller cities like Bastrop are being pulled into now.

    • @clarenceanderson9959
      @clarenceanderson9959 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They have so much land going towards the Tesla MAGA plant

  • @deeteedubzz
    @deeteedubzz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude, they better not name them the "fc" cause that name genuinely sucks.

  • @Dotteboy816
    @Dotteboy816 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No , no proof

  • @benjaminlopez15
    @benjaminlopez15 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Austin is very much a college town still. Anything Longhorns overshadows professional sports. San Antonio is the better option in my opinion.

  • @chrisf4948
    @chrisf4948 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do democrats like baseball???

  • @chronixdubz
    @chronixdubz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No Austin doesn't deserve pro sports end of story end of conversation terrible sports city

  • @ariessilva
    @ariessilva 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Meh, baseball is so last century

    • @ET-ix9vo
      @ET-ix9vo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I guess that’s why they’re the top athletes to get paid

    • @fread51
      @fread51 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@ET-ix9vo That has nothing to do with the popularity bro 😂 is the way that they have set up contracts

    • @stevegrady5451
      @stevegrady5451 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Better than SEC wanna Short Horn football. 😂 😂 😂

    • @Johnfisher12345
      @Johnfisher12345 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You should be ashamed of yourself for spewing such detritus

    • @JAPARICAN50-50
      @JAPARICAN50-50 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ET-ix9voI still wonder how when most people don’t watch baseball anymore it’s so boring