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LETTER
FROM THE
EDITOR
THE OPENING SHOT
Attention, sports fans: This issue is for you.
Welcome to the Sports Issue of LOCAL Houston magazine. This month, we get to know
the owners of Houston’s professional sports teams (with the one exception being Tilman
Fertitta, who was busy opening his Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston and unable to
participate).
You’ll find the powerhouse group we assembled – Bob McNair (Texans), Jim
Crane (Astros) and Gabriel Brener (Dynamo and Dash) – to be gracious, thought-
ful, dedicated and proud team owners and Houstonians who actively invest in our
community. I still can’t believe we got all of them. By the way, international billionaire
businessman Gabriel Brener personally answers emails in about 10 minutes or so –
even if he’s on a plane.
The whole LOCAL team is back – reporting on food, the arts, style and community
news. Janice Schindeler takes us to Mastro’s, Carlos Brandon dines around town, Mike
Cook tackles Platypus and Frank’s Backyard, we go to the movies with Sarah Gish and
take a look back with the Houston History Alliance. And FatFinds takes us to festival
fashion – with a cameo by the Tony Vega Band (www.tonyvegaband.com).
Plus, visit www.localhoustonmagazine.com for bonus features, event coverage and
blogs that provide even more LOCAL intel.
Thank you for reading and supporting our team.
Tim Moloney
editor-in-chief
BEHIND
THE COVER
Cover star and Texans Owner Bob McNair
invited LOCAL into the Founders Suite
at NRG Stadium for a chat with Jason
Korfhage and photo shoot with Kennon
Evett. Here, Sherrie Evett models for the shot
setup. Get to know McNair, and Houston’s
other professional team owners, in the fol-
lowing pages.
UNDER (RE)CONSTRUCTION
On February 13, 2018, Harris County Commissioners Court approved a $105 million renovation to convert
"The Eighth Wonder of the World" (opened in 1965) into premier event space.
Image provided by Texas State Historical Association.
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