[Komeht]

Originally Posted by Myomi

Victory Park? What pedestrians does that area attract? Everyone drives there and drives right back home. Every time I have been there, its almost completely dead. And that includes nights on some of the most exciting (and should be crowded) weekends of the year (including Texas v OU weekend).

I think a lot of it is the culture of Dallas, but there is a lot written examining what happened in this area (one article says its "an upscale ghost town"):

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/19/urba...o_one_has_fun/

http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/2009/0...tory_Park.aspx

http://transportationblog.dallasnews...ound-aac.html/

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/bl...ialize-as.html

And there are many more...

So, first of all - no space like this attracts people when there isn't an event. It's single use.

Secondly - there's always at event at AA center. Always. That places holds the Mavericks and the Stars and about 150 other events a year.

Third - the point was that the form of the building is 1MX more pedestrian friendly than ANY event center we have in Austin.

Fourth - Victory Park is developing into a nice dense little mixed use subnode of the Downtown, it's also mere blocks away from some of Dallas' tallest skyscrapers that are an easy walk to AA center. It isn't there yet - they started with nothing. It takes time to develop "authenticity".

Oh, and contrast VP with Erwin Center - which I was.