LHM group trying to bring MLB to Utah
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I certainly think it's close, but at least the way KSL is spinning it is that the league will look to expand with a team in the west and a team in the east, and that Vegas would have gotten a team before us, so that would leave it between us and Portland in the west. I think in some sense you could argue that Vegas is too close to this market, but then on the other hand I don't know that things like the Golden Knights or Raiders have really made any ground here.
David Stern
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My experience going to pro baseball games has been with coworkers in the city that my company is headquartered - we go to a game and spend the whole day downtown near the stadium. I think having a strong area surrounding a stadium is a must and adds to the experience during the time of year where people want to be outside. The accessibility of that site is its greatest strength - but like another poster stated, it would be people coming in and out of that area just to watch a game without much lingering. I doubt that they’ll ever develop the surrounding area enough to allow for that. I personally think the prison site in Draper would be the best - 600 acres of mixed housing, retail, and commercial space that focuses on green space and such.
I agree with the first part of what you said. Downtown would be the best but it's not really possible. Draper is literally the opposite of that. It's really far from downtown and very far from the airport and generally a pretty meh area. I think they could easily develop the proposed area into something nicer. I've spent time over there and it's not bad. It's also minutes from downtown so it's easy to bounce back and forth especially with public transportation. Basically like the Jazz arena which technically downtown but kind of away from the fun parts of downtown but easy enough to get to.
David Stern
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Just to be clear, this is the site I’m referring to: https://thepointutah.org/phase-1-development-plan
That’s the development plan for 1/6 of the space there, if they’re actually able to execute on that vision then I think it would be a far better location than what is proposed.
Peter Effin' Parker
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The smokestacks are pretty hated, but man it would make the stadium instantly recognizable. Branding!
I used to like the Murray smokestacks because I grew up with those always being there and because it was a landmark for orientation. These are just… awful. It’s like when it was called Energy Solutions Arena, except way worse.