Bars close to the ATT Center in San Antonio

I will answer that question when you answer this one.

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Going to Van Halen? I went to the Spurs v. Cavs game last week and didn't see anything around the AT & T center. The area seems pretty underdeveloped (didn't see restaurants nor hotels). Your best bet may be to hit a bar/restaurant before the show. (beer was $6.00-$7.50 at the game). Our group is heading to Rosario's on S. Alamo St. for fish tacos (listed in Texas Monthly as the 3rd best taco in Texas) and brews for the concert. Even though last week's game started at 7:00 p.m., we left Rosario's at 6:10 or so and made it to the game by tip-off.
 
It's located in the hood off of I-35 on the north side of San Antonio. It's been a while but I think it is near Freeman Coliseum.
 
Went down there last year for the Clapton concert assuming there would be a bar nearby...there isn't. Ended up stopping at a shady gas station and buying a sixer which was consumed in the parking lot. Turns out there aren't any urination facilities in the lot...
 
very big mistake building it where they did. there's no (good)reason they shouldn't have built it near downtown. they somehow thought that building the arena in Crackton was gonna bring about some sort of economic boon, but this idea failed miserably.

and now we can't safely tie one on before going to a spurs game....unless you count drinking a bottle of rum in the parking lot. but that makes me feel like such a redneck.
 
Agreed, had no idea it was that far out, had not been to that arena yet, should have just said it is next to Freeman
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I took NYCH's lead and went to Rosario's as well. Our group parked at AT&T, took a cab downtown, got tanked, and a cab back.

Worked out fine.
 
TD - it's actually just east of downtown.

My theory on why they put it over there - well first of all, kickbacks, typical corrupt SA politics. But I think it also comes down to $$$ - had it gone downtown by the tower(like it should have), a fair % of fans would have also spent some time downtown before and/or after the game, eating dinner, drinking etc. thus pumping $$$ into the local(albeit exclusively downtown) economy. You figure 41 regular season games plus playoffs, that is millions per year being pumped into the local bar/restarant economy. By putting the thing out there in no-man's land in the name of "development" or whatever, it also insured that virtually none of those fans, unless they're already staying in hotels downtown, are going to waste time and parking going out to the DT bars/restaurants. So who profits? the Spurs and the AT&T Center who pocket millions in extra concessions from this fact. Follow the money, local economy be damned. The fat cats were probably laughing their asses off the whole time re:"eastside development" which the lapdog local media bought into hook, line and sinker. And so it is.
 
I think it went down like this...

1. The city is talked into building a football stadium when there was actually no football team to play in said stadium.
2. The Spurs are talked into playing in the stadium, thus opening the way for the old arena to be demolished and convention center to be expanded. Along the way, everyone is told that the Alamodome will add a gadzillion square feet of convention space.
3. After several years and a championship, the Spurs come to the conclusion that the Alamodome is a horrible place to play basketball and cannot provide sufficient revenue streams. The talk for a new basketball arena begins.
4. After various negotiations, it becomes apparent that the Spurs want someone else to build a stadium for them and then let them pocket all of the profits. First North East ISD balks at a tax deferrment for a location next to I35 and the city does the same for a downtown location.
5. The Spurs find their mark with the Rodeo Association and the county. This is where talk about revitalization of the east side comes in. The ATT Center is built next to the old Freeman Coliseum and the Spurs go on a lengthy road trip every year during the Rodeo.
6. The Alamodome becomes the cultural center of marching band contests, high school play-off games, and monster truck rallies.
 
I don't think they spend as much money, but the Rodeo pulls in more people in 2 weeks than the Spurs do in a season. Most of the people who pass through the gates don't go in to the rodeo. And the ATT center isn't "close" to the Freeman Coliseum - it's within about 50 feet.
 
I love the fact that the Rodeo is there too. As a Spurs fan, I think it helps the team too. They in turn have more home games in the 2nd half of the season after the Rodeo than most other teams.

TWRK (can't remember the handle) brought up an interesting theory.

I don't think anyone likes the location at all. No restaurants at all and could a restaurant or bar survive out there? If there isn't a concert, rodeo or Spurs game would they get any business at all?

I do remember fondly going to Spurs games at the Alamodome and being able to hit some bars or restaurants before and after the game. That was funner than what they have now.
 
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