Originally Posted by
faulker479
It was my understanding that the finish was changed because the parking lots, where all the booths were setup, were going to become either buildings or parking garages.
That is exactly right. Buildings are going up where the finish line tents used to be. If they had kept to their original schedule, the MS150 would have finished elsewhere in 2017. Another factor is Rick Perry is no longer in office. He was a big fan of the MS150, and that brought the ride a lot of pull in keeping the downtown finish.