And a formal write-up
https://www.twincities.com/2023/08/19/u ... anz-field/
Allianz Field and Snelling-Midway Development
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Image from the PP story, hopefully displays correctly on here.
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Information on the hotel and parking structure that will replace the McDonald’s
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Information on the hotel and parking structure that will replace the McDonald’s
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Oof that parking ramp is very large. Destroying neighborhood character much? I guess it's better than a sprawling lot.https://www.myvillager.com/news/general ... FeJ2WIp-eA
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Other than that, the hotel building looks like an early 60s design (in a bad way). Reminds me of "The Towers" condos in downtown Minneapolis on Hennepin and 1st.
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Yeah, can't say I'm in love with the design and the size of the parking ramp. Is that supposed to be all for the hotel? Its footprint is almost twice as large!
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Could the ramp be for the stadium as well?
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What's really bothering me about this proposal is the extra drop off street proposed out front, making the feel from university even more car-centric. I get that there are many financing hurdles to the projects in this development, but this is pretty short-sighted and more of a suburban development in a highly dense neighborhood.
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Although I agree that the additional pull-through lane isn't ideal, at least they're putting a patio/plaza thing facing the stadium on the other side. Something, anything, but surface parking though, please.
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multiwayboulevardextra drop off street proposed out front
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Well, looks like the multi-way boulevard drop-off was approved.
I am just curious: why couldn't the hotel just have worked with the city to expand University Ave in that location to be an extra lane wider so that it could have accommodated an on-street parking/drop-off lane? It seems like that would have been a much more urban-friendly design.
I am just curious: why couldn't the hotel just have worked with the city to expand University Ave in that location to be an extra lane wider so that it could have accommodated an on-street parking/drop-off lane? It seems like that would have been a much more urban-friendly design.
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Where do you see that it was approved? I saw a couple weeks ago that the variance request for the drop off frontage was denied by the planning commission. Did it get through on appeal?
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Yes, the city council approved it last week.Where do you see that it was approved? I saw a couple weeks ago that the variance request for the drop off frontage was denied by the planning commission. Did it get through on appeal?
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Ah, disappointing.
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Five years in, Allianz Field parking shuttle predictions were wrong, but more can be done
Litter and speeding are still problems. On the other hand, fans are supporting local businesses within a large radius of the stadium.
by Bill Lindeke
Full article: https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2024 ... ul-midway/
Litter and speeding are still problems. On the other hand, fans are supporting local businesses within a large radius of the stadium.
by Bill Lindeke
Back then, the [parking] study sounded unconvincing, and in hindsight, the idea that a majority of fans would take shuttles to games was a fantasy. Anyone attending a match these days would be hard pressed to find a shuttle bus of any kind. Instead, as traffic study skeptics predicted, most people drive within a mile radius of the stadium and walk from their cars.
But the real twist to this story is that it’s not that big a deal.
Full article: https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2024 ... ul-midway/
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