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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Scottsdale is not "built out". What a joke.
There is more available, undeveloped land in Scottsdale than in Tempe, Mesa or Chandler.
Whether or not counsel is interested in an arena is a different discussion. However, there were serious discussions and proposals for at least one site (where I suggested), so that would imply they aren't as against it as you are suggesting.
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Scottsdale is built out. They have to move businesses out to make space for others. There are major restrictions in place that prevent development in parts of town. That doesn't even take into consideration the constraints of geography and topology. Scottsdale is constrained by the Salt River Reserve (which you didn't even know was not Scottsdale land), the McDowell Mountains, Phoenix, Paradise Valley, Cave Creek/Carefree, and National Forest lands. There is extremely small pockets for commercial development and all have been spoken for. City of Scottsdale isn't building anything major, nor allowing for that commercial development. They have invested over a $1 billion in buying up parcels of land to maintain the pristine Sonoran Desert in the community. You may see some more residential community development, designed to maintain the Sonoron Desert feel, but commercial development is pretty much done.