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Originally Posted by lzppjb
But you are right that it may be too big for that APD location. I'm just not sure we couldn't fit it in less than a 4 block area.
This is all with the thought in mind that the city builds its own arena and UT builds their own. If they're going to share, I'd much rather the arena be on campus.
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It wouldn't fit on any block in downtown without closing a street, and since people have already raised the issue negatively about closing streets in downtown, it wouldn't work. We already lost a lot of through streets for the convention center, the federal building, the federal courthouse and the governor's mansion.
Most of the blocks in downtown are 275x275 feet. The Erwin Center building itself is 400 feet wide.
The largest blocks in downtown that haven't been conjoined with another are the ones that front Congress Avenue. Those are 275X335 feet.
The only other place with a large area would be the three blocks east of the convention center along Cesar Chavez. But one of those blocks includes Palm park which was one of the original parks in the city plan. And I don't think that would fit either because Waller Creek runs through part of it.
I still say the best option is having it be south of the DKR stadium.
The AT&T Center in San Antonio is also at least 418x545 feet
Alamodome is 600x740 feet
American Airlines Arena in Dallas is 400x510 feet
Toyota Center in Houston is 424x490 feet
Also sports arenas kill downtowns. They're like urban theme parks. They create dead zones around them Example? Our convention center area and the DKR Stadium and Erwin Center.