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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
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.
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Only area where it works is American Airlines in Dallas where you have Victory Park sprung up out of it. Its a pretty hi-fi area for retail, residential, and tourism, but again, Dallas has a douschey-ness about it that can pull off such a feat.
(I kid Dallas..)