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Originally Posted by StoOgE
I mean, its an MLB stadium - so about 20K folks for a game, big games or weekend games would push closer to 50K. Its easily something downtown can absorb as it absorbs much more than that on a typical non-covid workday.
Hell, its probably not far off how many people are downtown to party on the weekends and obviously a fraction of what UT football does.
I think the issue will be more that the land its on is super valuable *and* the Domain is the center of the population of the metro area. I also don't mind the Domain/North Burnet turning into an area with sporting events and mixed use development. Especially if we get a lot of walkable land around the stadium like we're going to get once Verde Square is up and going.
Anyway this is all off-topic. I am *extremely* excited for the South Shore development. It will hopefully bring good street use and pedestrian access that can work as an extension of SoCo and downtown and spur a lot of infill development between the heart of SoCo and make it more walkable to downtown especially with light-rail coming in.
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Yes, this is totally off topic at this point but does anyone know if there’s redevelopment chatter around the Barton Creek Square mall site. That would be the absolute BEST site for a stadium: panoramic views of downtown from every seat.