COTA Austin - construction and infrastructure

[bhall]

USF1 is why I quietly wish the United States Grand Prix could be called something other than that - the CotA Grand Prix would be just fine - until they earn the right to carry the country's name in the title. I'm sick of baffoons doing little more than waving the flag and advancing stereotypes on the world stage.

[strad]

I'm not allowed a thumbs up...sorry.

[Pup]

Apple is a very well-known and reputable company with a massive, enthusiastic and loyal following. CotA, on the other hand, can claim none of those things.

I'm tellin' you, man, I really want this to succeed. For one thing, I've never even seen an F1 car outside of a television or computer screen. I don't know about you, but I think that's rather weird considering how much time and passion I've put into following this game. So, I'm positively dying to change that as soon as possible. But, I simply cannot ignore the veritable cacophony of voices in my head that urge cautious optimism at best.

Hopefully the general admission tickets will be reasonable then. I remember my first time at Indy, getting out of the car outside the track in the middle of practice 1 and the sound, the SOUND! General admission is the way to go anyway. You get much closer to the action. I think the berms in front of the esses will be killer.

[hairy_scotsman]

I'm not allowed a thumbs up...sorry.

Why? What happened to your thumbs-up capability?

[ArchAngel]

USF1 is why I quietly wish the United States Grand Prix could be called something other than that - the CotA Grand Prix would be just fine - until they earn the right to carry the country's name in the title. I'm sick of baffoons doing little more than waving the flag and advancing stereotypes on the world stage.

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[skgoa]

Apple is a very well-known and reputable company with a massive, enthusiastic and loyal following. CotA, on the other hand, can claim none of those things.

And these loyal fans dropped from the sky? His main point - that you can't go "it will never work" the first time someone tries something new - is true.

[hairy_scotsman]

Circuit of the Americas seeks assistance from Travis County for roadwork:

http://www.statesman.com/sports/formula ... 86326.html

[Pup]

So the circuit is offering to pay 100% of the cost of the roads up front, but are asking to be reimbursed from the county for a percentage of that once the work is done. And the amount of the reimbursement will be determined by the county itself?

Seems quite reasonable to me, since much of that work was planned by the county anyway and the residents will obviously get a benefit from the roads.

Are they offering to build the roads themselves also? It sounds like it, but they didn't say so explicitly in the article.

Also, Commissioner Eckhardt, who was quoted, is against the project in its entirety, yes? It seemed from that transcript that the other commissioners were more than a bit fed up with her, I thought.

[hairy_scotsman]

The spokesperson said "The percentage of reimbursement would be determined with county officials".

So that seems like a negotiation of the cost sharing, which is what they've been deadlocked on for a year now.

FWIW, both sides should pay, imho. Those roads are horrible and have been in need of repair for years, so the county should pay for that. Now the roads need widening and one needs extending for event access, so COTA should pay as well.

Eckhardt's a PITA, but so is Gomez. Gomez is just better at it. Huber & Davis just sat there, & Judge Biscoe (who is the man, imho) ran the show.

[hairy_scotsman]

That last paragraph was interesting, too. It was like Sexton said "Oh, btw, since I'm here asking for stuff anyway, could y'all throw us a tax abatement too?"

[Pup]

He's probably been paying attention to the Apple deal, and figures, 'why can't I have some of that tax lovin', too?'

Somehow, I don't see it happening. Kudos for asking, though.

[WhiteBlue]

Travis County Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt:

This looks like a very ambitious business proposal that is having trouble meeting its financial obligation. And so they are looking to the county to subsidize a portion of their startup costs.

This sounds like a familiar scheme to me. Trouble to meet it's financial obligation was the reason for breaking the company contract according to Hellmund's legal appeal.

[Pierce89]

USF1 is why I quietly wish the United States Grand Prix could be called something other than that - the CotA Grand Prix would be just fine - until they earn the right to carry the country's name in the title. I'm sick of baffoons doing little more than waving the flag and advancing stereotypes on the world stage.

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a snmiley or a +1 would have sufficed.

[strad]

I'm not allowed a thumbs up...sorry.

Why? What happened to your thumbs-up capability?

Now I'm not allowed to say.

[munudeges]

I can understand that. I'm still stinging from the USF1 or whatever Windsors bad joke was called.

From where I sit this thread has a very similar feel to what USF1 had, and it will probably get deserted just as fast..........