Cedar Park has finally given the Austin Ice Bats the kiss of death in the nearly finalized deal to bring the AHL via Dallas to the area. It could still be stopped through lawsuits or other legal maneuvers since government in Texas is as transparent as the gravy on chicken-fried steak.
I’m still of two minds on this but in the end, I’ll never be a (Dallas) Stars fan and I’m confident the new team will be called the Texas something because they’re based in Cedar Park (a suburb where they’re renaming everything after Reagan). Who knows, maybe Austin will be a two-team town like Phoenix, Chicago, Toronto and Philly.