Not to get everyone all stirred up about using downtown land for a stadium, but what does everyone think about the prospect of building a Stadium/Convention Center expansion?
The idea of course being to build a sports entertainment complex that centers around Ballpark Village and would provide a needed stadium and convention space (although not contiguous).
While this proposal does take up many blocks, it would provide commercial facilities that would keep the area from becoming overly residential. Also, it would help to activate the area south of Commercial street into Barrio Logan. Last, more recently it seems that developers are becoming smarter about land utulization and developing projects that fit great into very small footprints. This is encouraging as it means that we can do a lot with the land that we have. Also, while EV is somewhat booming I would imagine that we would see more high-rises around the new stadium instead of more 6 story buildings in that area, due to the high priced views into the stadium.
PS: Again, while this does take up some land, half of it is a bus repair facility that wouldn't move anytime soon without this project.