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Kirbyoto t1_iy5y3ig wrote

>Oh wait, that would destroy local businesses

It's not exactly statistical data but it seems like I'm seeing "local business shutting down" pretty much every week in the T&G and at least one of them blamed the stadium for taking away parking.

Also, the reason people complain about stadiums is that the city spends a lot of money for a structure owned by private citizens in the hopes that the structure will pay itself back - which it often doesn't.

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themassman_2020 t1_iy84qpv wrote

I live close with my own parking, so I am fortunate. But I have seen the city has built several parking garages. Have these helped at all? If price is an issue, maybe allowing for the first hour or so to be free would encourage folks to use (for quick shopping, bite to eat, etc)?

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Notfromcorporate t1_iy8chhy wrote

Those businesses were never going to last.

Plenty of people find parking down there during the games and it’s never an issue. There’s several garage and lots, plus street parking.

It’s just an undesirable area with not much to offer. Places have shit hours and poor management. Doesn’t help that a lot of the places down there thrive on the college party scene and cater towards that.

There’s also several new places going into the recently closed restaurants.

Realistically, that area needs something that will draw people every day, not just game days.

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