| | WOAI: San Antonio News - Alamodome Privatization Proposed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The Alamodome opened in May of 1993 with a Paul McCartney concert, but the prime tenant for the facility, which was constructed with funds raised by a sales tax increase, was the San Antonio Spurs, who played in the Alamodome from the fall of 1993 through the spring of 2003, when the SBC Center opened. |
 | | The Alamodome is owned by the City of San Antonio and Dome Director Mike Abington is a city employee. |
 | | Recent estimates have placed the costs to repair and upgrade the Alamodome from $18 million for basic repairs, to as much as $100 million to make the dome suitable for the National Football League. |
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