![]() ![]() There’ll be bar in a long reception area behind those windows. There will be a couple of large viewing windows in what will be called the Spurs Club over the practice court. “It became clear that the cost of making what we need to happen here was really making this cost effective to build someplace else,” Buford said as he gave a tour of the site, wearing a hard hat that bears his name. And foundationally, what this space is built on, is the Pound the Rock quote.” “So the players ascend up the stairs, they’ll start seeing the sight lines on the court and then they’ll see the championship banners. “We really tried to have this idea and this concept of a sense of arrival,” said Phil Cullen, the senior director of basketball operations and organizational development for the Spurs - and the project manager for the facility. ![]() And Spurs players, from the minute they park their cars inside the underground garage, will get reminders of the culture. He gave Buford two mandates for the new facility: take care of the people, and protect the culture. ![]() Popovich has yet to be inside the new complex, which is still very much a construction zone but will be ready for training camp in a little more than two months. There is no detail that’s overlooked the practice court area in the new facility has basically the same exact dimensions and layout as the team’s current one - even the height, just over 26 feet, is the same, to try and mimic the same acoustics for when coach Gregg Popovich barks out things during workouts - and there’s even a reason why the new pizza oven near the team dining area is set up where it is. It’s a natural pivot for Buford he was the architect of Spurs’ teams, and now he’s basically an architect of the Spurs’ next building. It’s not about being better or worse than anybody.” “We’re going to build this for our needs and to have the best environment we can to help develop the Spurs’ culture. “We’re not trying to build this to be the best in the NBA,” said Buford, the Spurs’ CEO and part of all five of the franchise’s championship runs. It’s not just a practice gym with a big locker room and some toys it’s going to be part of what the team envisions as a “global center for excellence in human and athletic performance” - not to mention a massive commitment to the city of San Antonio. It’s called The Rock at La Cantera, which will host the Spurs’ soon-to-be-ready new facility as part of what will be a $500 million complex by the time all the building at the site is completed. 1 overall draft pick Victor Wembanyama’s rookie season - are about to get a new practice home, one that might be among the most advanced in the world. Extremely poor all around.The San Antonio Spurs - just in time for No. When a customer has a valid complaint, at least TRY to rectify the issue instead of basically saying too bad. We are glad to travel a little to the much nicer facility. The owner is there to make cash and not invest a dime in a clean, comfortable, competently staffed business. ![]() Halfway thru the second game she delivered our app, no napkins, forks, and not a word. After our first game, we went to find a waitress for a drink b/c nobody came, she said she was busy. There’s nothing we can do.” You can’t turn off a TV? The one next to it was off, and there’s no other people bowling around us. The two women just kept repeating their parrot line, “it’s cosmic bowling. Your service is bowling, and you aren’t providing the service if we can’t see anything between us and the lit up pins. Nobody playing on either lane beside us, which was the last 3 lanes at the end. I asked if they could turn the large screen off as we couldn’t see where we were throwing the ball. However, the 10ft TV above the pins reflects on the dark lane, making the lane impossible to see. Today was “cosmic bowl”, meaning the lights are off. We used to bowl Sunday mornings, but in winter, they refuse to leave heat on at night, so morning bowling is literally shivering. The lanes are obviously not cleaned or polished as should be either. Every ball is dull and scratched- obviously never been polished or cleaned, and if it’s busy, there aren’t enough balls to use. First off, the place is dirty and they don’t invest in anything. ![]()
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