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traffic: anyone who regularly drives in Beaverton can tell you that getting to this location from 217 or 26 on or around 5pm on a weekday is a nightmare. not so much fun at other times, either. and believe me, people ARE going to drive to the games.
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Like urbanlife said, traffic will always be an issue in Beaverton and yes people will definatly drive to a baseball game, but there is one very large advantage that the Westgate site has to at lease minimize the headaches of sitting in traffic. The Round MAX stop is very close to the biggest employers in Beaverton/Washington County. It's 2-stops away from St. Vincents Hospital/Sunset Transit Center, 2-stops away from Nike and 5/6-stops from Intel. Also, many of the MAX stops in this area offer park-n-ride, w/in 1 or 2 stops of the Round. It would be very reasonable to assume that people could drive to a park'n'ride and take a 5 minute MAX ride. This is similiar to what people do for events at the Rose Quarter by parking at Lloyd Center and either walking or taking MAX.
There are more parking/traffic options with a stadium in central Beaverton than in many other areas of the Metro area including downtown PDX, the Rose Garden and Lents.