Facility Notes

Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) President of Basketball Operations Rick Pych said that the organization is "looking to bring more sports and more entertainment to San Antonio and South Texas." Pych "will only say that SS&E is interested in adding more sports to its portfolio," and the SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL's W. Scott Bailey noted any potential new SS&E team or teams "might not necessarily call San Antonio home." But Pych said that "one of the goals moving forward is to establish the AT&T Center/Freeman Coliseum complex -- including the surrounding grounds -- as a true year-round entertainment destination." He said that the AT&T Center/Freeman Coliseum grounds could be "a site for multiple major entertainment festivals" (SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL, 7/25 issue).

STAR IN THE MAKING: In Dallas, Sheryl Jean reported the Deja Blue Arena at Dr. Pepper StarCenter in Frisco, Texas, the site of Stars HQs and the team's official practice site, is "undergoing a $40[M] expansion to allow more types of events." Among the additions will be "1,500 hockey seats, four luxury suites, a private club and a kitchen and concession area and another parking garage for the arena and StarCenter" (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 7/26).

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH: The WALL STREET JOURNAL's Kris Hudson wrote under the header, "How Colorado Springs Kept The U.S. Olympic Committee From Moving To A Bigger City." Hudson reports the city and Colorado Springs-based real estate company LandCo Equity Partners under the deal to keep the HQs in the city next year "will deliver to the USOC two downtown buildings to house its [HQs] staff and those of the national associations of several Olympic sports." Also, "as soon as the Beijing Games conclude, LandCo will begin tearing down several buildings" on the USOC's campus and will begin "erecting 158 dormitory units" for athletes (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 7/28).