(01-17-2022 05:42 PM)edinburger Wrote:  

(01-16-2022 06:17 PM)Outsider Wrote:  

(01-16-2022 05:25 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  That’s a good looking soccer stadium. I’m sure it would transition to football.

Based on the idea of proposed, I assume they are looking at their options as we speak?

I think HEB Park is a better option than Sam's Memorial in Brownsville.

The main proposal floating around is just what you said: HEB Park for the Edinburg games and Sam's Memorial for the Brownsville games. And you're also right that people seem to agree that HEB is better. But the university sold the games-in-two-cities promise really hard, so I think there's no going back on that, unless we try it for several years and the attendance is several times larger in Edinburg (which could happen).

I think those two got picked mainly for capacity. If we're more realistic about attendance there are plenty of other options; Sam's is a HS stadium anyway so no harm in looking at others. I just don't see any new stadiums being built unless a billionaire has a whim. Elon Musk is buying property and driving up prices in B'Ville but shows no interest in sports, much less FCS startups.

The idea to split home games between two cities seems strange. There is no real homefield. The UTRGV fanbase may truly be that spread-out, but doesn't that keep the fanbase split and prevent them from coming together? The HS football stadium isn't necessarily the issue. ACU had to do it for decades before finally getting the donor base to build Wildcat Stadium back on campus. HEB is the nicer stadium in my opinion, but I would think that UTRGV would want to build a fanbase that is united, rather than split, either way. I am sure there will be some fans that go to both.