Lee
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Just so we’re clear, I’m on team keeping the stadium in city limits, not just downtown.
I’m going to bow out of this though, I’m clearly in the minority of thinking that things shouldn’t be sprawled out, especially in this region of the subsidized suburbs cannibalize everything.
Your point has validity. I live in Phoenix...an enormous Urban sprawl and hate driving over 20 minutes which limits me to Phoenix, Westgate (Cardinals stadium) and Scottsdale. his means the entire east valley (Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, ect) is just not somewhere i like to go and about 2 million of the population lives there, or south phoenix (only Ahwatukee matters there, not much to do in places like Laveen) or far west like Surprise just arent places I go.
You should speak your mind, in your instance the revenue to the area that a stadium business district brings doesnt outweigh your desire to keep it in the limits. I dont agree with your point of view but I understand it......, but I dont live in the area, so your opinion has more validity than mine.
I see that you understand my points, build it and they will come, and if there was a reasonable way keeping it in Cleveland they should, I just dont see enough land available anywhere thus why Brook Park has become the best option.
For me, not getting a dome is a non starter, and if you need to move it to the surrounding area, you need to build a business district centered around the stadium. The Coliseum in Richfield was in the middle of nowhere much further than Brook Park and didnt have a business district. To me, with keeping your points in mind, I just think building by the air port is the best solution available. Fixing up a stadium without a dome is just dumb to me.