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I Got My Customized Austin FC License Plates

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Back in December 2022, MyPlates announced that they were releasing custom Austin FC license plates and I made my pre-order. I picked them up yesterday.

My Austin FC license plates

The 7 to 4 Jeep

The 7TO4 message on the plates refer to the Austin City Council vote on August 15, 2018 to move forward with a deal for a Major League Soccer stadium in Austin between the city and Precourt Sports Ventures (now Two Oak Ventures).

The city council vote was 7-4 in favor of Austin FC becoming a reality.

The 7 who voted in favor were Mayor Steve Adler, Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo, and council members Greg Casar, Delia Garza, Jimmy Flannigan, Ann Kitchen, and Pio Renteria.

The 4 council members who voted against the stadium were Alison Alter, Ora Houston, Leslie Pool, and Ellen Troxclair. Boo.

After the vote, Mayor Adler and council members Flannigan and Renteria Austin soccer fans to celebrate at Haymaker.

Celebrating 7-4 at Haymaker

Lots of beers and hugs and smiles that night.

And when you hear the song from the supporters section at games to the tune of Yellow Submarine, that’s about the 7-4 vote…

Seven-four, seven-four
It was the vote that built our home
And now we live among the trees
Listos! Verdes! Austin FC!

Y’all means all for
Austin here we go
Austin here we go
Austin here we go

See you on MoPac.

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One-Year Anniversary of MLS Coming to Austin

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The Austin City Council voted, on August 15, 2018, to move forward with a deal for a Major League Soccer stadium in Austin between the city and Precourt Sports Ventures (now Two Oak Ventures).

7-4 Day

The vote was 7-4 in favor of Austin FC becoming a reality.

The 7 who voted in favor were Mayor Steve Adler, Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo, and council members Greg Casar, Delia Garza, Jimmy Flannigan, Ann Kitchen, and Pio Renteria.

The 4 council members who voted against the stadium were Alison Alter, Ora Houston, Leslie Pool, and Ellen Troxclair.

Following the vote, Mayor Adler and council members Flannigan and Renteria joined members of the Austin soccer community to celebrate at Haymaker to celebrate the outcome.

The 7-4 vote was memorialized in an Austin Anthem song, “Seven-Four”, which was sung by the supporters at the official announcement of Austin FC on January 15, 2019:

7-Fooour, 7-Fooour
It’s not the score, it was the vote
That got us all our brand new home

Happy 7-4 Day!

PSV: Petition Does Not Impact MLS Coming to Austin

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Back in November, it was revealed that Circuit of the Americas chairman Bobby Epstein funded a petition campaign using misinformation to gather signatures to fight MLS coming to Austin.

This was in addition to anti-semitic and transphobic scandals surrounding the paid canvassers working on Epstein’s behalf.

Today Austin’s city clerk validated the petition.

However, Precourt Sports Ventures has issued the following statement:

“Neither the petition nor a possible election impact Major League Soccer coming to Austin in March 2021. Austin FC is already a part of this community. The City Council approved lease for McKalla Place is signed, and the site plan has been filed. These decisions were made after a thorough community engagement process that included more than 10 community engagement sessions and eight city council meetings.

As a result of the site plan being filed, this petition initiative cannot retroactively overturn the binding result of the council vote that approved the 100% privately financed construction of the stadium and soccer park at McKalla Place.”

On August 15, 2018, the Austin City Council voted 7-4 in favor of MLS coming to Austin.