San Angelo City Council will hear a presentation on developing a sports center on a former city owned "unauthorized" dump site.
The Development Corporation purchased the land from the city in 2017.
In 2018 the Development Corporation handed back the land to the City under recommendation of Assistant City Manager Michael Dane (now retired).
The City approved the sale of the land to E&B Bryant Properties LLC for $1 million in 2022. However, that did not go through according to the Tom Green County Appraisal District.
A number of assumptions seem to be a stretch, like the $1 million annual naming rights/philanthropy projection. Also, the $125 per night hotel room will be nonexistent if our West Texas data center explosion imitates the shale boom when San Angelo had rooms for New York City prices.
The City is changing as big money has "found us." Those were the words of Chamber Executive Michael Looney. He recently told the City's Development Corporation that four data centers are interested. The public is aware of two, Skybox/Emergent and Beacon Data Centers. The other two remain unnamed.
The sports facility may fulfill multiple aims by getting rid of that environment albatross and serving as a lure for Skybox/Emergent. If we get the data center, we can provide you more sports options.
How does that fit with Skybox will bring down your taxes? We shall see.
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