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Football stadiums are suburban structures. The article says it is "football only", meaning it'll be used 10 times/year, with a Super Bowl maybe every decade. The other 355 days it will just be a behemoth of a structure, occupying precious East Village real estate aka the final frontier for DT expansion. MLB is an inner-city/DT sport. So comparing PetCo Park success to potential Chargers stadium is Apple to Oranges. The Patriots don't play in Back Bay, the Jets don't play in Manhattan, 49ers are in suburbia. SD isn't a run-down rust belt city like Detroit or Cleveland where an inner city massive demo/redevelopment stadium in the core is needed. It is a successful inner-city that is growing with a high demand for housing. This would be a monumental mistake. Just my opinion though. |
It would be a monumental mistake to the lose the Chargers because they want to take over some blocks in the heavily underused/industrial area that's there now.
I agree that Mission Valley is where they should build a new stadium, but if building a stadium downtown allows them to stay then I'm all for it. |
^ Lots of good arguments, but I agree with this at the end of the day.
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Yea same with me.
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I'd rather lose the Chargers than take valuable urban land off the market. San Diego doesn't have a lot of room for growth, especially for high density development. I've been for the Chargers getting a new stadium, but if it's going to be downtown, I'm voting no. I'm willing to see them pack up and head north, east, or wherever they can sucker some poor community into paying for their new home.
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PS, hilarious that an Innout is controversial. So San Diego.
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If the chargers want a new stadium paid 50-75% by taxes/bond then they don't have the right to say where. The buyers should have a choice. 70k people taking the trolley LMFAO. what happens when they overlap on a sunday with the padres? BTW I used to work Charger games at the Q. It can't be done. I'm not a hater just a realist w/the logistics. The Chargers don't want to go to LA and LA besides being a shitty sports town doesn't want them.
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Another worry of mine is the parking situation. By building a DT stadium, additional surface lots could start to appear in surrounding 'hoods. We might develop a few East Village surface lots with the new stadium, but we might create many more in adjacent neighborhoods. |
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This is what I found so strange about the article that was posted, it sounds like the Chargers are making all the calls. This is a result of poor leadership by the city. Why is the location entirely up to the Chargers, why is it their call to take redeveloping the MV site off the table? We need better leadership in local government to steer this. And I agree with those saying they would rather the chargers leave than ruin (in my opinion) east village. Even some who support a downtown stadium are saying MV would be better, so why settle? I think it's doing a great disservice to one of the most promising neighborhoods in our city to say, "well it's better than nothing so I'm for it." Trust me, as a resident down here I hate the vacant store fronts and parking lots with a passion. But, I also realize we have been in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression over the past 5 years, and I think that more than anything is the cause for stalled development in EV. With the economy picking up, I'm confident development would progress in EV even without the stadium being erected there. |
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The only way that empty space will realistically be developed is if there's a stadium there to make it desirable. |
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What I see are several parcels that are IMHO under developed. Most are mixed blocks where there are a couple of 1-3 story structures and some parking lots. A great example is the cluster of blocks around Smart Corner (South/West/North/East): Broadway/10th/C/11th Broadway/Park/C/12th E/9th/Broadway/10th E/10th/Broadway/11th E/11th/Broadway/Park I see all of these as developed now but in the long run, these blocks are all ready for dense development. Another example are the two side by side blocks between Broadway/6th/C/8th that has some historically signifiant but not 'AMAZING' buildings currently. In 25 years, if and when the need for real estate is there downtown, I feel that a good majority of the existing structures downtown will be valued in such a way that they would be likely for demolition if the land is needed for a high rise. Long story short, I don't see a good portion of the development downtown being 'developed' if that makes sense. |
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1 - I think a lot of people would take the Coaster DT when they drive now. The Coaster is a much different/better/faster experience than the trolley. 2 - I think it would be AWESOME for both the Chargers and Padres to have games overlap. It would be ideal if it was on a Sunday not a Monday night but even still... Having 70K-100k sports fans downtown all at the same time would be huge. It would be like having a ComicCon for just a single day but with people who want to drink and eat more. Every corner of downtown would be packed from morning till night and cash would flow. There would be an energy downtown that is only seen just a couple times a year. As someone who lives downtown, I don't mind the mess of ComicCon. I know just what it means to the businesses where I live. Sure it would suck for parking and getting in and out but it would only be 1-2 times a year. Instead of being upset about it..I would work with it and enjoy it. Go out and people watch. |
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Residents a mere 173 feet away didn't want to listen to the drive thru squack box until 1:30 a.m., or the car stereos, etc. The area for the proposed In n Out was zoned for community neighborhood land use only, and local residents, like most people want a more liveable, walkable, bikeable neighborhood, and a late night drive thru was not that. I think some of the opponents in the area would have been ok if In n Out had been willing to forego the drive thru. |
So it looks like the old Spreckels building Downtown is going to become residential. http://www.hughesmarino.com/hughes-m...america-plaza/
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Here are three new hotels proposed in East Village by the company that developed the Residence Inn in the Gaslamp.
Courtyard: 2015 Completion. Already Approved http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/1...b0b4021ea1.jpg Fairfield Inn: 2016 Completion. Just filed with CivicSD http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3696/1...ac52e1f2f5.jpg Hampton Inn: 2017 Completion. This one I just found on their website. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/1...b694d1ffdf.jpg Here is a link to their website. http://www.jstreethospitality.com |
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