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Originally Posted by brando
Just the location though is a nightmare. The old Compaq Center (Summit) in Houston couldn't get any NCAA events because of the nightmare it was to get in and out of it. The garage system was a mess. Getting into the campus will be a huge headache. The only road access will be MLK and it'll have the new medial center on the south side of the street.
The garage that is proposed next to the arena only has 1,200 spaces. That is about half the size that you would want for a dedicated garage for a 17-20k arena and you have to hope that all of the medical center garages will be fully available and empty for events.
You just need to hope that public transportation will be a lot better by then or they could build some direct connection ramps from the highway frontage road into garages to bypass having to turn west on MLK
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If CapMetro's highway BRT on 35 ever actually happens, they could run those right up alongside.