All Hokie, All the Time. Period. Presented by First Bank & Trust Company

ValveHokie ValveHokie OP
Feb 28, 2023 at 06:27 AM ET
Long term upside of VT and the DC market/Amazon partnership should be
Valuable to the SEC. I read lots of articles on the current value of teams w/o focus on the current/committed investments in the school and future ROC. DC market should be a target for the SEC as well. Give me Athens and Austin over any Big 10 destination any day!

3 Replies

H
HOKIEGOBBLE
I know austin well
as part of a team that opened huge presence for fortune Company there…but it’s a different place now…cops quitting …place is a mess…
H
HLTW!
Disagree.
My sons lives in Austin and I visit often for work and to see him. While it had its issues, the City has made improvements in the past few years. A lot more needs to be done for sure. Aside from that, as a destination for games it’s a boat load of fun as there is so much to do - great bar locations, restaurants, and other activities. I was there for the VT softball games this past weekend and had a blast. I never felt unsafe.
H
HOKIEGOBBLE
Agree with most of your post except…
To say austin “had its issues” is not realistic…the data, stats & facts speak for themselves. Glad you felt safe & most do, but violent crimes are WAY up there… but so are all cities that decided to defund cops… Perhaps if you had 2 daughters there you would have paid closer attention to the stats impacting them. … had my kids also living in places trending in wrong direction…yet our perception was ok for all of us…