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Originally Posted by ProphetM
Solution: build a large parking garage or two, and free up all that land for other development that can include courtyards and foliage. Surely at some point the land will be valuable enough that the cost of constructing a garage will be worth it.
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The Dodger Stadium parking lots have 16,000 spaces. Are you suggesting two 8,000 capacity parking garages? No one would like that.
Also, greenery and foliage would be lovely, and there are many such islands around the stadium, but because of our recent long period of drought, with everyone in Los Angeles letting their greenery and foliage lay waste because there's no water to feed it, I doubt that kind of thing would be feasible now.
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I don't know why a lot of people think a place needs to always be developed, either. Aerials of a hot stadium parking lot might look as appetizing as those bountiful postcards of the Los Angeles freeways, but you know what? Driving (or walking...yes walking) around the parking lots of Dodger stadium provide some of the most beautiful open air vistas of the city you can find.
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Also, money always comes into the picture. General parking costs at Dodger Stadium are $20 a car at the gate or $10 prepaid. Reserved parking close to the stadium is a lot more. (For the World Series the close lots were $70 to park (!) and the general parking was $40!) The parking lots make a ton of money for the place, which is one reason Frank McCourt, who made his money in the parking lot business, bought the team a few years ago and almost ran the organization into the ground before he was gotten rid of.
Of course, Dodger Stadium has Uber lots for drop-off and pickup or one can always walk to Dodger Stadium, too, from some locations, and save the parking fees!
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I agree the area around the stadium could benefit from some things that would draw people there throughout the year. There was a plan a few years ago to almost make it a mall of sorts around there. Most people who go there for baseball, though, don't want the place obstructed by all these distractions. They like the openness and the, to quote the Andrews Sisters song, "Don't fence me in" quality you feel up there.
Also, the same complaint about the land around Dodger Stadium can be made about many other places, too: Angel Stadium for example.
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Now that is a good idea ProphetM.
I cringe every time I see this postcard in particular.
Jeez-Loueez, it looks like every single person drove their own car!
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Martin Pal, do you have any idea when this was taken? I'm curious whether it was a playoff game or some other game of extra significance.
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I tried to find information about that postcard, but only found the info written on the backside:
Dodger Stadium is surrounded by terraced parking for 16,000 cars and has 56,000 unobstructed-view seats with seven front rows, no posts and multi-colored levels which make it baseball's most beautiful park.
It may not have been a game of any significance. Dodger Stadium regularly sells out many times during any given year.
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, but I noticed one lot is missing a house in about the same location.
) Pico Blvd. and Westmoreland Ave. The Safeway was at 2377 West Pico and appears that original structure forms the basis of current mini-mall, including 7-11 store.
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