Request for Houston-Area Fans

[Pounder]

(Posted earlier in another section)

I have a question... an extension of previous research I've done on Olympic Games sites.

I've paid some interest to the Texas Copperheads' discussions and eventual move to the Berry Center from the Merrill Center... which both appear to be owned by school districts. I got further caught in this recently when the Southland Conference basketball championship game was played in the Campbell Center, apparently another "ISD" facility.

How do these get built? Are these all "central" school district sports facilities? How many of them are there around Houston?

I just find this fascinating... and if we weren't talking about Chicago and Los Angeles, I'd really be wondering why Houston isn't still in the Olympic bid chase for 2016.

[Pounder]

Um, er, bump?

[Pounder]

Can I get a witness?

[sportznut]

becuase the olympics are right in the middle of the hottest time of the year in Houston! and the heat of Hurricane season... I would love to see it

[Pounder]

Atlanta managed somehow... sometimes barely.

I'm not as much interested in the Olympic angle as I am in the "how did these arenas get built in the first place" angle. Was there a partnership between suburbs and ISDs? Was it all an ISD concept? Where did funds come from?

I'm thinking of a hockey team and a burgeoning Portland suburb, FWIW. I could look at a place like Idaho Falls as well, but that's kiwis to these apples.

[sportznut]

All ISD projects....