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San Antonio Business Journal’s 2014-15
BOOKof LISTS
Platinum Sponsors:
Christus Santa Rosa Health SystemOur Lady of the Lake University
Silver Sponsors:
TM
Year-round exposure
Programs used: Â Adobe InDesign CS6 Â Adobe Photoshop CS6
Three proposed designs for the 2014-15 Book of Lists cover. It was intended to commemerate the Business Journal’s move to the Full Goods building in Historic Pearl. The larger version was the one ultimately selected by the Publisher.
Platinum Sponsors:
San Antonio Business Journal’s 2014-15
BOOKof LISTS
Christus Santa Rosa Health SystemOur Lady of the Lake University
Silver Sponsors:
TM
San Antonio Business Journal’s 2014-15
BOOKof LISTS
Platinum Sponsors:
Christus Santa Rosa Health SystemOur Lady of the Lake University
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Christus to develop
new urban hospital
BY W. SCOTT BAILEY
Christus Santa Rosa
Health System plans to
spend roughly $25 million
to expand an existing build-
ing along U.S. Highway 281
south of Loop 410 into a new
surgical specialty hospital.
Offi cials with the nonprof-
it Christus believe the new
hospital represents a major
step in the creation of a medical campus
for the Alamo Heights area.
“Certainly there is a growing need in
terms of population and care sites such as
this,” says Christus Santa Rosa Health Sys-
tem President and CEO Patrick Carrier
about the planned hospital.
San Antonio’s suburban communities
have benefi ted over the last several years
as multiple Alamo City providers have
invested hefty sums to con-
struct or expand hospitals
or related facilities outside
Loop 1604. But Carrier be-
lieves there is a renewed
interest in San Antonio’s ur-
ban communities.
“This gives us a real oppor-
tunity to expand and extend
our (services) to an area
where we have not tradition-
ally had a presence,” says Carrier about
the planned Alamo Heights-area hospital.
Last fall, Christus fi nalized the purchase
of a majority ownership stake in Founda-
tion Surgery Center of San Antonio LLC,
also known as Physicians Ambulatory Sur-
gery Centers. Two of the facilities involved
in that deal are located on Treeline Park
near the Alamo Quarry Market.
Christus plans to convert one of those
two buildings into the new
hospital, which will initially
include more than a half-
dozen operating rooms and
a total of roughly 40 private
beds.The new hospital will also
house emergency room fa-
cilities and employ approxi-
mately 100 people.
The second building on
Treeline Park will house
an expanded ambulatory
surgery center, an imaging
center and medical offi ce
space.
BY W. SCOTT BAILEY
The Texas Technology & Research Foundation has created a new
business incubator that it will locate at the same site in Northwest San
Antonio where InCube Labs plans to set up its Texas operations.
The new incubator, called The Texas Technology Development Center
Business Accelerator, or T3DC, will seek out and provide start-up support
to new bioscience and technology ventures interested in having the Alamo
City as a home base. It will work in collaboration with InCube, a Silicon
Valley-based life-sciences research laboratory that also is in the process of
launching a biotech incubator in the Alamo City.
The new T3DC incubator is expected to provide a big boost to local lead-
ers’ efforts to pursue an innovation-driven economic development model. It
will also help the Alamo City attract more entrepreneurs and investors, say
offi cials with the Texas Technology & Research Foundation (TTRF) and
T3DC.
CATHERINE DOMINGUEZ / SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL
(L to R) Randall Goldsmith and York Duncan are presidents of the Texas Technology & Research
Foundation and T3DC, respectively.
Start-up biotech incubator
will collaborate with InCube
Northwood Tower sold, buyers eying other properties in Alamo CitySee CHRISTUS, Page 41
See T3DC, Page 39
BY TRICIA LYNN SILVA
An investment group based in Mexico
City has closed on the purchase of its fi rst
offi ce building in the U.S.: Northwood
Tower in Northeast San Antonio.
Located at 1777 NE Loop 410, North-
wood Tower spans 257,000 square feet and
is currently 88 percent occupied.
The Northwood Tower deal marks one
of the latest high-profi le offi ce buys in San
Antonio. The transaction, local industry observ-
ers say, reinforces the fact that investment
activity is starting to perk up again — espe-
cially when it comes to quality assets in a
stable city like San Antonio.
The Mexico City investors will own
Northwood Tower under the entity name
Eljoan Inc., according to the most recent
information on fi le with the Bexar County
Appraisal District.
Tony Eugenio, a principal in locally based
construction/real estate brokerage fi rm
Presidio Group, represented the invest-
ment fi rm in the
Northwood Tower
deal. He has also
taken over leasing
and property man-
agement duties for
the building.
The seller was
Equastone, a real
estate investment fi rm headquartered in
La Jolla, Calif.
Asked about the purchase price, Eugenio
says that his client paid “north of $20 mil-
lion” for the Class A offi ce building.
Eugenio adds that the Mexico City group
plans to invest in more offi ce properties in
the U.S., including San Antonio.
In fact, two more local buildings that are
presently on the sales block have caught
the group’s attention: North Central offi ce
building One International Centre; and the
START Center for Cancer Care.
One International, which spans 300,000
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Rendering of Christus Santa Rosa’s planned hospital, to be located
inside Loop 410 near Alamo Heights.
he Texas Technology & Research Foundation has created a new
business incubator that it will locate at the same site in Northwest San
Antonio where InCube Labs plans to set up its Texas operations.
The new incubator, called The Texas Technology Development Center
Business Accelerator, or T3DC, will seek out and provide start-up support
to new bioscience and technology ventures interested in having the Alamo
City as a home base. It will work in collaboration with InCube, a Silicon
Valley-based life-sciences research laboratory that also is in the process of
The new T3DC incubator is expected to provide a big boost to local lead-
ers’ efforts to pursue an innovation-driven economic development model. It
will also help the Alamo City attract more entrepreneurs and investors, say
cials with the Texas Technology & Research Foundation (TTRF) and
CATHERINE DOMINGUEZ / SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL
(L to R) Randall Goldsmith and York Duncan are presidents of the Texas Technology & Research
Start-up biotech incubator
will collaborate with InCube
Northwood Tower sold, buyers eying other properties in Alamo City
See T3DC, Page
says that his client paid “north of $20 mil-
ce building.
Eugenio adds that the Mexico City group
plans to invest in more offi ce properties in
plans to invest in more offi ce properties in
plans to invest in more offi
the U.S., including San Antonio.
In fact, two more local buildings that are
presently on the sales block have caught
the group’s attention: North Central offi
building One International Centre; and the
START Center for Cancer Care.
BY W. SCOTT BAILEY
Christus Santa Rosa
Health System plans to
spend roughly $25 million
to expand an existing build-
ing along U.S. Highway 281
south of Loop 410 into a new
surgical specialty hospital.
Offi cials with the nonprof-Offi cials with the nonprof-Offi
it Christus believe the new
hospital represents a major
step in the creation of a medical campus
or related facilities outside
Loop 1604. But Carrier be-
lieves there is a renewed
interest in San Antonio’s ur-
ban communities.
“This gives us a real oppor-
tunity to expand and extend
he Texas Technology & Research Foundation has created a new
business incubator that it will locate at the same site in Northwest San
Antonio where InCube Labs plans to set up its Texas operations.
The new incubator, called The Texas Technology Development Center
Business Accelerator, or T3DC, will seek out and provide start-up support
to new bioscience and technology ventures interested in having the Alamo
City as a home base. It will work in collaboration with InCube, a Silicon
Valley-based life-sciences research laboratory that also is in the process of
The new T3DC incubator is expected to provide a big boost to local lead-
ers’ efforts to pursue an innovation-driven economic development model. It
will also help the Alamo City attract more entrepreneurs and investors, say
cials with the Texas Technology & Research Foundation (TTRF) and
CATHERINE DOMINGUEZ / SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL
(L to R) Randall Goldsmith and York Duncan are presidents of the Texas Technology & Research
Start-up biotech incubator
will collaborate with InCube
Northwood Tower sold, buyers eying other properties in Alamo City
See
says that his client paid “north of $20 mil-
ce building.
Eugenio adds that the Mexico City group
plans to invest in more offi
the U.S., including San Antonio.
In fact, two more local buildings that are
presently on the sales block have caught
the group’s attention: North Central offi
building One International Centre; and the
START Center for Cancer Care.
hospital represents a major
step in the creation of a medical campus
“This gives us a real oppor-
tunity to expand and extend
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San Antonio Business Journal’s 25th Anniversary
A Slice of San Antonio’s Aviation Industry TimelineBy Robert Crowe
Since World War II, San Antonio’s military bases have been premiere staging areas for aircraft maintenance and electronics equipment. Back then, San Antonio-area mechanics Durrell “Dee” Howard and Ed Sw earingen were a couple of brilliant young men who were airplane mechanics during World War II. They worked on military and civilian aircraft at Kelly Field and Stinson Field.
This was the backdrop that prepared them for long infl uential careers in the aviation industry as it expanded. Howard, Swearingen and the Fairchild Cor-poration are among San Antonio’s brightest names in the aviation history. The new generation of companies like SyberJet, M7 Aerospace and Gore Design Completions all descended from companies started by those early pioneers. What follows, of course, is only a small piece of the city’s aerospace pie.
1989Dee Howard Co.Sale of Dee How ard thrust reverser – Italy’s Alenia Aerospace Group purchased the Dee Howard Co. and sold its thrust reverser technology to Nordam Co..
Early 1960sLear, Inc. and Howard AeroBill Lear appr oached Howard about build-ing the fi rst Lear Jet in San Antonio, but San Antonio banks did would not fi nance the project, according to published r eports. Lear took his business to Kansas and Switzer-land, where the Lear Jet became f amous in the e xecutive jet industry.
1998Dee Howard Aircraft Maintenance L.P.Formation of Dee Howard Aircraft Main-tenance L.P. – Code , Hennessy & Simmons formed this compan y after purchasing Ale-nia’s Dee How ard Co. aircraft maintenance division. More than 1,300 people w orked for Dee Howard in San Antonio in 1998.
1963Howard AeroHoward Aero fi les for bankruptcy after How-ard sold half of his com-pany to investors as the market for corporate and business air craft shifted toward jets.
1964The Dee Howard Co.Howard founds the Dee Howard Company, which went on t o be-come regarded as an industry leader in com-mercial jet engineer-ing and modifi cations. Howard’s company de-veloped the fi rst thrust reversers for aircraft that used the CJ-610 GE Jet Engine. Howard was regarded as an international leader in thrust reverser tech-nology.
2011SyberJet AircraftSyberJet Aircraft is Born – Cedar City , Utah-based Metalcraft Technologies Inc., an SJ30 parts supplier , purchased the air craft from Emivest and renamed the air craft SyberJet. SyberJet markets the SJ30 as the world’s fastest and longest-range light business jet. Syber Jet’s main of fi ces are located near the in San Antonio International Airport and Cedar City, Utah. Roots: Sino Swearingen Aircraft Co., Swearingen Engineer-ing & Technology, Inc., and Doug Jaffe.
1985-1987FairchildFairchild Aircraft sold its Metro aircraft rights in 1985, when the company decided t o exit the civil air craft business and f ocus on electronics, military and space programs.
1986-2006Swearingen Engineer-ing & Technology Inc.Birth of the SJ30 with Swearingen Engi-neering & Technol-ogy, which focused on business jet aircraft. Af-ter refi ning the jet over many years, Swearin-gen received major in-vestments throughout the 1990s and 2000s. The FAA certifi ed the SJ30 in 2005, and Doug Jaffe’s invest-ments in 2006 helped manufacture the SJ30 jet business jet.
1940sU.S. Army Air Corps & Kelly FieldEd Swearingen at Kelly Field – In 1941, Lock-hart native Ed Swearin-gen began supporting U.S. Army Air Corps as a civil servant airplane mechanic at K elly Field during WWII. He overhauled Army air-craft including fr om B-17s and P-39s.
1947Howard AeroHoward Aero starts at Stinson Field – Dur-rell “Dee” Howard, an airplane mechanic, founded Howard Aero Inc. at Stinson Field in San Antonio. He hired Swearingen as his fi rst employee. With his mechanic and electronics skills, Swearingen installed the company’s fi rst au-topilot systems. Other work included r epairs and modifi cations to A-26 bombers.
1949-1954Lear, Inc.Bill Lear, Lear Jet founder, developed au-topilot for his Lear F-5 jet. Ed Swearingen in-stalled Lear’s autopilot on an 18 Beech piston aircraft and became Lear, Inc.’s assistant di-rector of research and development.
1958-1965Swearingen AviationSwearingen starts his own compan y, Swearingen Aviation – which w as known for advancements that made aircraft travel faster and farther with improved fuel ef fi -ciency.
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1973Swearingen Aircraft Corp.Ed Swearingen’s new company, Swearingen Aircraft Corp., de-signed and modifi ed engines for the L ock-heed Jetstar, a tr an-sonic jet air craft. His modifi cations enabled the jet to travel 1,000 more nautical miles with the same amount of fuel.
1972-1982Fairchild IndustriesIn 1972, Fairchild In-dustries buys 90 per-cent of Swearingen Avi-ation. Ed Sw earingen retained 10 per cent of the compan y and served as chairman of the board for Swearin-gen Aircraft Corp. until 1982, when he r etired from Fairchild. Fairchild formed the Sw earin-gen Aviation Corp. to build turboprop aircraft under the Metr o and Merlin names.
1981Fairchild Swearingen Corp. The Swearingen Aircraft Corp. changed its name in 1981 t o Fairchild Swearingen Corp.. The company would even-tually be owned b y Fairchild Aircraft.
1982-1989Swearingen Aviation Corp.Ed Swearingen retires from Fairchild and f o-cused on his Swearin-gen Aviation Corp. and building assembly kit planes.
1988Gore DesignAfter being laid of f from Dee Howard Co., former employees Jerry and K athy Gore founded Gore Design.
1995Sino SwearingenAircraft Corp.Swearingen Aircraft Corp. is renamed Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corp. and lat er gets backing from Taiwan-ese investors.
2000 - 2011Gore DesignCompletions After designing the interior of a 767 air-liner for the Chinese government, the Gores assembled a t eam that completed the work. The successful project led t o more work on elabor ate interior design and a name change to Gore Design Completions. The company moved to Port San Antonio and expanded further, eventually employing 500. The company has done w ork for a French Airbus A320, the government of Turkmenistan, the Air-bus ACJ320-200, Air-bus ACJ330-200, and most recently, a Boe-ing 777 f or an Asian client.
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2001-2003M7 AerospaceFairchild Dornier GMBH fi led for bankruptcy pro-tection and closed its United States business-es in April 2002. M7 Aerospace purchased Fairchild’s assets in 2003 then established at headquarters in San Antonio.
2010M7 Aerospace Elbit SystemsIsraeli company pur-chased M7 – Isr aeli military contractor El-bit Systems purchased M7 Aerospace in 2010. M7 Aerospace occupies space at the San Antonio Interna-tional Airport, where it specializes in parts , product support, lo-gistics support, manu-facturing of “aero structures,” aircraft maintenance, and more. Roots: Fairchild
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BY TRICIA LYNN SILVA
Cavender Auto Group, a name long asso-ciated with the auto market in San Antonio, is embarking on a multimillion-dollar plan to expand its pr esence in the Alamo City — including setting up shop in two of the area’s fastest-growing submarkets, the far Northeast and the far West sides.
On the far Nor theast Side, Cavender Auto Group has closed on the pur chase of 10 acr es of land at Loop 1604 and Lookout Road in the city of Live Oak —
near The For um at Olympia Parkway retail center. The land will ser ve as the new site for the Cavender Cadillac deal-ership, which is cur rently located at 801 Broadway, downtown.
Work on the new Cadillac dealership will likely get under way this summer , and it is slated to open for business ar ound late spring or early summer of 2014, according to Billy Cavender, dealer principal for both Cavender Cadillac and Land Rover. He puts construction costs for the 50,000-squar e-
foot facility at around $12 million. Once the new Cadillac dealership is open, the facility on Broadway will be shuttered.
On the far W est Side, Cavender Auto Group is completing work on a new Buick/GMC dealership. The facility , which is set to open this April, will be located at Loop 1604 and Culebra Road on the far West Side near Alamo Ranch — a master-planned community that includes r etail and housing.
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But are San Antonio’s major event facilities too small or outdated for the big show?
BY W. SCOTT BAILEY
San Antonio, until 2008, was on a hot streak for more than 10 years, scoring one blockbust-er entertainment extravaganza after another.
But since then, major spor ting events and touring acts have bypassed the Alamo City even as local leaders ar e seeking to magnify the market’s brand in the national arena.
As a result, San Antonio is at a cr ossroads, in need of a new game plan if it hopes to recap-ture some of that lost momentum. That will likely require a deep assessment of how this city’s major event venues stack up against the competition.
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S.A. is losing big events to better venues elsewhere in TexasBY W. SCOTT BAILEY
Arlington, Dallas and Houston have in-vested huge sums of public and private money since 2001 to develop new domed stadiums and ar enas in an ef fort to raise their game. Those cities have been r e-warded with a number of major sports and entertainment events.
Some of their biggest victories have come at San Antonio’s expense.
Blockbuster sports and enter tainment events can attract thousands of visitors who pump millions of dollars into a host city’s economy. San Antonio, which had strung together an impr essive number of big scores over a 12-year span ending some fi ve years ago, has since lost signifi cant ground to other cities in T exas that have made the big investments in newer , more
extravagant facilities.Nowhere has this momen-
tum shift been more apparent than with the NCAA, which awarded San Antonio’s Alam-
odome its Men’s Final Four basket-
ball championships in 1998, 2004 and 2008. Even though those events wer e a huge suc-cess, the NCAA elected to pass on San Anto-nio in the last bid round, choosing instead to take its marquee event to newer retractable-roof stadiums in Houston and Arlington.
Houston, which built the 71,000-seat Reli-ant Stadium in 2002, at a cost of about $350 million, received the 2011 Men’s Final Four. It will also host the 2016 championship.
Cowboys Stadium in Arlington — which opened in 2009 and has 80,000 seats — will host the 2014 Men’s Final Four.
“We have a 20-year-old building,” says Mi-chael Sawaya, director of the City of San An-tonio’s Convention, Sports & Entertainment Facilities Department. “We’re competing with buildings that are less than 10 years old. In (Arlington’s) case, less than 5 years old.”
Passed overThe City of San Antonio has allocated
$27 million for Alamodome improvements since 2004. But that’s a drop in the bucket compared to what some cities have com-mitted to upgrade their facilities.
AT&T Center, which will be 11 years old this fall, is set to receive $75 million from a $415 million venue tax
program approved by Bexar County vot-ers in 2008. But the East Side facility has some stiff competition in Dallas and Hous-ton, which spent signifi cantly more to con-struct downtown arenas.
American Airlines Center shar ed NBA All-Star festivities with Cowboys Stadium in 2010.
Houston is hosting the 2013 NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 17.
Spurs Sports & Enter tainment, which manages AT&T Center, has shown some interest in hosting the NBA All-Star Game. But SS&E of fi cials have suggested that the Alamodome would be a better fi t for the event because of its proximity to down-town hotels and restaurants.
The Alamodome hosted the NBA All-Star Game in 1996. It’s not clear what im-provements the league might expect at the facility before awarding its marquee event to the Alamo City a second time.
AT&T Center did fi ll more than 170 dates last year, including 54 concer ts and shows. Global enter tainment company AEG helped book those events.
“The partnership with AEG has been
nothing short of spectacular,” says SS&E President Rick Pych. “They have delivered so many different events — their own and those of other promoters.”
Freeman Coliseum, which is located next to AT&T Center , will also get a por-tion of the Bexar County venue tax dollars. The 54-year-old facility booked 18 concerts and shows last year , according to its gen-eral manager, J.C. Hrubetz.
But San Antonio, which has attracted mega acts like the Rolling Stones, U2 and Paul McCartney in the past (a decade or more ago), may not be getting its shar e of top-tier shows now . Industry offi cials say only two of the top 10 lar gest-grossing tours of 2012, as ranked by Billboar d, vis-ited San Antonio last year. Several of those major acts did visit other Texas cities.
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‘WE’RE COMPETING AGAINST BUILDINGS THAT HAVE NFL TENANTS. IT’S NOT ONLY ABOUT THE BUILDING. IT’S ALSO ABOUT THE DESTINATION. BUT OUR STADIUM IS NOT NFL READY.’Michael SawayaCity of San Antonio’s Convention, Sports & Entertainment Facilities Department
‘WE’RE GOING TO BRING EVENTS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE COMING TO SAN ANTONIO.’
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COWBOYS STADIUM / ARLINGTONOpened: 2009Cost: $1.1 billionSeating Capacity: 80,000 (expandable to 100,000)Primary Tenant: Dallas Cowboys (NFL)Notable Events: Super Bowl XLV (2011); NBA All-Star Game (2010); NCAA Men’s Final Four (2014)
RELIANT STADIUM / HOUSTONOpened: 2002Cost: $352 millionSeating Capacity: 71,000Primary Tenant: Houston Texans (NFL)Notable Events: Super Bowl XXXVIII (2004), NCAA Men’s Final Four (2011, 2016)
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AT&T CENTEROpened: 2002Cost: $175 millionSeating Capacity: 18,581Primary Tenants: San Antonio Spurs (NBA), San Antonio Livestock ExpositionNotable Sports Events: NBA Finals (2003, 2005, 2007)Concerts/Shows 2012: 54Total Events 2012: 171Pros: Serves as a home for three pro sports fran-chises, including the Spurs, and also the annual San Antonio Stock Show & RodeoCons: Fewer bells and whistles than some comparable arenas and located in an economically challenged area
TOYOTA CENTER / HOUSTONOpened: 2003Cost: $235 millionSeating Capacity: 18,300Primary Tenant: Houston Rockets (NBA)Notable Sports Events:NBA All-Star Game (2006, 2013)
AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER / DALLASOpened: 2001Cost: $412 millionSeating Capacity: 19,200Primary Tenants:Dallas Mavericks (NBA), Dallas Stars (NHL)Notable Sports Events: NBA Finals (2006, 2011); NBA All-Star Weekend (2010); NHL All-Star Game (2007)
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ALAMODOMEOpened: 1993Cost: $186 millionSeating Capacity: 65,000Primary Tenant: University of Texas at San AntonioNotable Events: NBA Finals (1999); NBA All-Star Game (1996); NCAA Men’s Final Four (1998, 2004, 2008)Concerts/Shows 2012: 11Total Events 2012: 72Pros: Has hosted several high-profi le events over the yearsCons: 20 years old; needs more upgrades to com-pete with newer domes
New venuesSan Antonio Mayor Julián Castr o has de-
clared this the decade of downtown, and city leaders have committed millions of dollars in incentives to tr y and lur e more people and development to the urban core.
Bexar County Judge Nelson W olff has pitched an idea that could give that effort ex-tra legs. He would like to see the Southwest Side baseball stadium that bears his name replaced with a larger downtown ballpark.
“The place to do this is downtown be-cause of the r edevelopment opportuni-ties,” Wolff says.
City Councilman Diego Bernal, who rep-resents the district encompassing down-town, says San Antonio leaders need to step up to the plate.
“We need to pursue our oppor tunities more aggressively,” Bernal insists.
On the Northeast Side, Gordon Hartman, who spearheaded the development of Mor-gan’s Wonderland, is constr ucting a new soccer-specifi c stadium that can also host live entertainment events. T oyota Field
is slated to open in April when the Nor th American Soccer League’s San Antonio Scorpions kick off their second season.
One drawback to the new stadium is that it will only seat 8,000 fans initially for soc-cer. Toyota Field will need to be expanded to at least 18,000 seats if the city hopes to lure a Major League Soccer franchise. But stadium offi cials believe the new venue will attract more live events.
“We will fi ll a void,” says T oyota Field General Manager Marc Solis. “There are some shows that are designed to play out-doors, and we’r e going to bring some of those back to the market.”
The addition of T oyota Field may bring more sports and enter tainment business to San Antonio, but for the city to r egain its footing on the big stage, it may need to reinvest more in existing facilities and change the way it pursues major events.
Phil Hardberger, who was mayor the last time San Antonio hosted the NCAA Men’s Final Four, says city leaders must fi nd a way to compensate for an aging Ala-modome.
“You have to put on your best clothes and your best show,” he says.
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BBVA COMPASS STADIUM / HOUSTONOpened: 2012Cost: $85 millionSeating Capacity: 22,000Primary Tenant: Houston Dynamo (Major League Soccer)
FC DALLAS STADIUM / FRISCOOpened: 2005Cost: $80 millionSeating Capacity: 20,500Primary Tenant: FC Dallas (Major League Soccer)
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TOYOTA FIELDOpening: April 2013Cost: Would not discloseSeating Capacity: 8,000Primary Tenant: San Antonio Scorpions (North American Soccer League)Total Projected Events 2013: NAPros: New construction designed for multi-useCons: Needs to be expanded by 10,000 seats to accommodate Major League Soccer
