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Originally Posted by Milksteak
After going to Pittsburgh for a football game, I noticed that they almost brought the city to the stadiums. The stadiums are across the river from downtown, but surrounding everything were a bunch of what looked to be quite new low and midrises with tons of bars, hotels, and I'm guessing a handful of apartments. I view the stadium complex as a blank canvass, XFinity Live is already a huge hit...pop in a casino, a few hotels, and some surrounding infill and you've got yourself an entertainment complex accessible by both subway and major highways. The potential is certainly there, and I think a new casino strengthens that argument. Besides, allow people who want to live there to go ahead and live there...but plopping a casino and stadium in the middle of center city sounds like a headache to me.
Just for reference, this is what I'm referring to:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4458...7i13312!8i6656 |
Agree 100%
It’s not just Pittsburgh either, but Boston, DC, St Louis, San Francisco, Kansas City, etc etc etc. So many cities have built up the areas around their stadiums. I’ve long felt that Philadelphia should do the same and learn from these cities.
The jobs are already there in the Navy Yard. Build up a residential, hotel and entertainment complex around the stadiums. Why not?? I’m actually astonished this hasn’t been thought of and done yet.