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Originally Posted by JDRCRASH
Have you seen the vision for this area of downtown? Believe me, that area is going to have PLENTY of parks. There is such a thing as "overdoing it", even with parks. And a stadium, believe it or not, would only take up a small portion of the Piggyback Yard anyway.
I mean, really, the site is 130 acres. That's MORE than enough to put a stadium, a few underground parking structures, AND have most of the site left for parks and recreation.
Plus, the Silver Line and Metrolink would both run through the site, not to mention it's close proximity to the freeway interchange (as much as we hate cars).
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Regardless of how many parks are created along the LA River, Piggyback will have close proximity to downtown and will probably be one of the largest. Since we're always clamoring for a huge urban park a la SF or NYC, even though it'd still be tiny in comparison, Piggyback would be our best shot thus far. I wouldn't want to waste an opportunity to create our own huge "downtown" park. If Piggyback truly was Golden Gate or Flushing Meadows-sized, then I would agree with you and have no problem putting a stadium in there. Instead, I think we need to preserve open space.
Like you said, there are plenty of smaller parks planned along the river (I doubt all of them will ever be built, by the way). Maybe integrate Dodger Stadium into one of those smaller parks? Keep it close to downtown so that the redevelopment bleeds into existing redevelopment that's already going on downtown. Allow the opening in center field to provide a view of the the skyline. Utilize the river front like AT&T Park and encourage kayaking during Matt Kemp at-bats.
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