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Originally Posted by MidTenn1
This neighborhood has little retail to support the crowds attending games and I doubt it ever will. Even though it is a few blocks from the downtown high rise district, it is a long way from the tourist and entertainment district on Broadway which has so much activity on NFL football weekends and NHL hockey nights. The neighborhood is becoming 90% low rise residential and will not have an abundance of entertainment services to support the baseball fans.
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The current stadium neighborhood has less than zero supporting it.
And it's AAA baseball -- most of the attendees will be locals...so proximity to the tourist area is not of great importance.
I disagree with the idea that the neighborhood will not have enough to support the crowds (and never will). While the stadium looks towards downtown, I doubt that's where the fans will be looking before/after the games. They'll do a 180 and head across the street to Germantown, which has quite a few restaurants now, and with the explosive level of development happening there (it rivals any neighborhood in town), I imagine more restaurants and bars will locate there in the future.
Also consider that the stadium is a stones throw from the Farmer's Market, which will allow for plenty of food opportunities during daytime weekend games.
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Originally Posted by MidTenn1
Also, it doesn't seem to have a footprint that makes it easily expandable to major league size. Tampa, Oakland and Kansas City; your teams are safe for now.
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This is one of the reasons why I would rather have the park squared to the street. I don't think MLB is headed Nashville's way in at least the next 10-15 years...but I think it would be wise for there to be an opportunity to expand if that were a possibility. But then again...this isn't a publicly owned ballpark, right?