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Originally Posted by Hatman
West Valley. I'm calling it right now. West Valley City.
Too bad about the fairgrounds. Are we sure this is a done deal and not some bargaining tactics? Getting bureaucracy to move by 'threatening' to back out?
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I really liked the idea of putting the stadium at the Fair Park, because it created more uses for the Fair Park, and more uses for the stadium. Win Win. However since that isn't that case I too think WVC would be a great place, and as another forumer mentioned they could put it on the former Hollywood Connection and eventually expand parking, concession, or seating, onto the Hale Center Theater site, (when they finally decide what city is going to line their pockets the most).
The RIOT is 618' wide, from the west stands and offices to the east side ticket booths. The Hollywood Connection site is 618' wide from the street to the east property line. So being a smaller stadium it could fit, although I'm guessing it would be a nearly impossible sell to the neighbors backing up to the stadium on the east side.
The parking to the south of the Maverik Center would be a great place for it, moving parking to the Hollywood Connection site. The space from the edge of road directly in front of where the concrete ends on the steps of the Maverick Center to the southern edge of the parking lot is almost 590'. The RIOT with the field and half of the seats on the north and south ends is 480' and from Decker Lake Drive to 215 is 1000' so a stadium could easily fit in there. The RIOT itself could almost fit in there.
I think that would be a great place to put the Monarchs stadium.