On Tuesday, Tesla announced its grand opening soiree, a festivus for the 15,000 of us lucky (?) enough to get the invite to check out Elon Musks’ $1.1 billion facility on April 7. There will be food, alcohol, and — you guessed it — live music for attendees.
But the Willy Wonka of Travis County has not yet informed the public who is on the guest list, at least not yet (though the celebration has already raised concerns from neighbors). With that in mind, I took a stab at figuring out who will — or at least should — be at the event.
Here are the seven types of Austin guys people who are probably, definitely on the list:
The Guy Who is the Mayor of the City
This is what Austin Mayor Steve Adler had to say back in October when Tesla moved to Austin, acknowledging first that housing costs were skyrocketing:
“Our hope is that players like Tesla are going to help us bring in the housing as part of their movement into the city. And I think that if we use the power we have right now to attract the kind of companies that are coming in, that also gives us the potential and hope to be able to better deal with the challenges that we have.”
I’m not a housing expert, but I don’t know exactly how folks from California buying all the remaining inventory can “bring in housing” rather than…
On Tuesday, Tesla announced its grand opening soiree, a festivus for the 15,000 of us lucky (?) enough to get the invite to check out Elon Musks’ $1.1 billion facility on April 7. There will be food, alcohol, and — you guessed it — live music for attendees.
But the Willy Wonka of Travis County has not yet informed the public who is on the guest list, at least not yet (though the celebration has already raised concerns from neighbors). With that in mind, I took a stab at figuring out who will — or at least should — be at the event.
Here are the seven types of Austin guys people who are probably, definitely on the list:
The Guy Who is the Mayor of the City
This is what Austin Mayor Steve Adler had to say back in October when Tesla moved to Austin, acknowledging first that housing costs were skyrocketing:
“Our hope is that players like Tesla are going to help us bring in the housing as part of their movement into the city. And I think that if we use the power we have right now to attract the kind of companies that are coming in, that also gives us the potential and hope to be able to better deal with the challenges that we have.”
I’m not a housing expert, but I don’t know exactly how folks from California buying all the remaining inventory can “bring in housing” rather than…Read Morelocal_news
