Bathroom Bill Could Cost San Antonio $243M if Final Four Moves

[TexasTowelie]

San Antonio stands to lose up to $243 million if the NCAA moves the 2018 men’s basketball Final Four in response to Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick’s anti-transgender “bathroom bill,” according to a study commissioned by the city.

The study was conducted by Steven Nivin, chief economist at SABER Research Institute, who called the Final Four — set for March 31 through April 2, 2018, at the Alamodome — “a massive event.”

“People say it’s the second-largest sporting event in the country behind the Super Bowl,” Nivin told the Observer. “It’s not just the three games that get played. It’s the weeklong festivities.”

A memo obtained by the Observer on Friday states that the city was required to conduct a study on the event’s projected impact so it can seek reimbursement for qualified expenses from the state.

Read more: https://www.texasobserver.org/study-bathroom-bill-could-cost-san-antonio-243m-from-final-four/

[kimbutgar]

1. They need to be punished for their stupid made up discrimination

I mean who cares! Those fools who are gullible fall for these faux outrage bs that will never affect their everyday lives. But someone on the radio said it was bad so they are now against it.

[Phoenix61]

2. And that's just one event

in one city. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

[sarin]

3. San antonio is mostly progressive.

I live here and we don't deserve the abuse the Texas legislature imposes upon the city with its intolerant bills. We have an established NDO and a very large LGBT presence. San Antonio does not support the stupid law as best as I can tell.

[LisaM]

4. More of this pitting rural against urban.

These huge events are crucial for cities. I think in some measure these awful bills reflect the resentment rural communities have built up for large cities. They can't afford to go to the Final Four (or the Super Bowl), so what do they care? Screw the bars and restaurants and hotels and the people who work in them! It's such a distorted lens.

[TexasTowelie]

5. Agreed.

I see that the state senator for the district where I live, Lois Kolkhurst (R-Brenham), is the sponsor of the Senate bill. I didn't care for her when I lived in Brenham and she was a House member. I thought that I finally got away from her when I moved from Brenham, but then Hegar became comptroller and she ran to fill his Senate seat so I have to deal with her again now that I'm in Wharton.

I need to get away from the red ass towns. :sigh:

[LisaM]

6. I like small towns, too.But

But I feel as if I couldn't live in most of them.