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Entries from Houstonist tagged with 'andyicken'

February 19, 2008

>> City offers $15.5M for possible stadium site: The Chronicle reports that the city has said it'll pay more than $15.5 million for five downtown blocks that could become the site of a stadium for the Dynamo. The parcel is bounded by Texas and Walker on the north and south and Dowling and Hutchins on the east and west; it's just east of the Lofts at the Ballpark and immediately south of a vast......

Continue Reading "Morning Roundup: The $15.5 Million Question edition"

March 9, 2007

So there has been a continual push and pull around the new development by Randall Davis in the Village - funny advertisements, approval from the city for street abandonment, and the loss of some neat shopping places. Sonoma, however, is apparently still in the works despite growing concerns. That's right - for all of you million dollar hippies (or $30,000 millionaires), your residence in wait may be within reach (yes, Mr. Davis is taking......

Continue Reading "Bolsover or not, Sonoma's coming"

February 21, 2007

Earlier this month, we talked about the proposal to build a youth sports complex on the site of the Wortham Park Golf Course, one of three public courses inside the Loop and an East End institution for a hundred years. The complex proposal is part of Houston's push to keep the Dynamo in town — the team is looking for a new stadium and has stipulated that a youth soccer/sports complex be part of the......

Continue Reading "Residents to council: Keep the Wortham golf course"

February 7, 2007

Since the Houston Dynamo moved to town last year, it's been a foregone conclusion that someone somewhere would have to build the team a stadium. But where — and who — is still up in the air, and as the Chronicle reports today, Houston is trying to put together a plan that would keep the Dynamo from rocking the suburbs. The focus of the Chron's report is a proposal to put a Dynamo stadium downtown......

Continue Reading "Where, oh where will the Dynamo go?"

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