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Originally Posted by pbenjamin
For what it's worth, the food trucks will be outside Gate A which means on the plaza at the NW corner of the building, which means publicly accessible. I'm not sure that I completely agree that amenities inside the park will impact what people do before or after games. I have season tickets and I normally meet someone for dinner at a local restaurant before the game and, if in need of additional food or beverage after the game, we go out and find a bar. The concessions inside are just too expensive for situations where I have a choice. Alcohol sales end after the 7th inning and all concessions but the team shop are closed by the end of the game. I don't think that they are doing anything different than ballparks in cities where there is a lively urban scene.
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Oh, okay. I took this to mean that you have to enter the stadium to order:
"Fans also will be able to choose from a variety of food trucks, which will be located outside Gate A. The team is calling this area "Food Truck Alley," and fans will be able to purchase from the food trucks after they come into the stadium."
I'm not trying to argue that there aren't many people like you who do choose to seek out local bars/restaurants, but those choices will continue to be limited. An additional brewery and 6 local restaurants would have a tremendous impact on the area surrounding the stadium, whether on Jackson of Jefferson. Instead of putting these businesses on the street and encouraging people to walk, explore and experience the immediate area, they'll be inside a walled off stadium. It's a completely suburban approach.
Local businesses didn't open up in Coors Field. They opened in the warehouses surrounding it and eventually created a vibrant district of Denver's downtown. Yankee Stadium, Coors Field, Miller Park, etc. don't have these kind of restaurant options, food trucks, or same level of retail. And, if they did - they could afford to
because there's already an established urban scene surrounding them. I mean, how can you argue that shopping on Jefferson wouldn't be better if there was a Nike store? Or, eating on Jackson wouldn't be better if 6 local restaurants opened there?
I just see potential for the area around CityScape to be a shopping center in downtown, and for the area surrounding the stadium to finally become a restaurant/bar scene, so I would've liked to see more of an effort to integrate all of this into downtown. So much cool stuff is happening on the northern end, it would be great to see some good stuff happening more in the center of the city.