Downtown is already starting to gentrify. Makes sense as it is sandwiched in between two fast-growing trendy neighborhoods: Southtown and the Pearl.
seceipseseer
….. in 9 years
senorglory
Lol, we’re not falling for that headline again. And not just SA. Every team ever has pitched a new stadium as a way to revitalize downtown or some other area.
LurkerFlash
Never in my life have I seen a stadium boost any downtown, unless you’re counting the fast food joints in the few hours before and after a performance.
SanAntonioGramsci
Downtown has needed mixed-use development and affordable housing. But assuming this never happens…
My major concern with building a new stadium downtown is that the exegencies of the Spurs — and specifically the desire to have a large parking lot/structure — will make downtown LESS livable. IF we ramped up our public transportation offerings, especially gameday Park and Rides, to ensure that downtown wasn’t crazy congested, that’d be one thing. But knowing San Antonio, we will prioritize making sure suburbanites can drive into downtown, see the game, and pile back into their cars to go home (full disclosure, I am in the crossfire of this comment too). Any chance for economic development needs to ensure that foot traffic is prioritized so that people can hit up dining and retail before or after games safely and conveniently. Otherwise it’s just an infrastructural albatross waiting to happen.
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Downtown is already starting to gentrify. Makes sense as it is sandwiched in between two fast-growing trendy neighborhoods: Southtown and the Pearl.
….. in 9 years
Lol, we’re not falling for that headline again. And not just SA. Every team ever has pitched a new stadium as a way to revitalize downtown or some other area.
Never in my life have I seen a stadium boost any downtown, unless you’re counting the fast food joints in the few hours before and after a performance.
Downtown has needed mixed-use development and affordable housing. But assuming this never happens…
My major concern with building a new stadium downtown is that the exegencies of the Spurs — and specifically the desire to have a large parking lot/structure — will make downtown LESS livable. IF we ramped up our public transportation offerings, especially gameday Park and Rides, to ensure that downtown wasn’t crazy congested, that’d be one thing. But knowing San Antonio, we will prioritize making sure suburbanites can drive into downtown, see the game, and pile back into their cars to go home (full disclosure, I am in the crossfire of this comment too). Any chance for economic development needs to ensure that foot traffic is prioritized so that people can hit up dining and retail before or after games safely and conveniently. Otherwise it’s just an infrastructural albatross waiting to happen.
Just knock down the Alamodome and build it there