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Originally Posted by New Era
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.
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You know your stuff.
I personally think the ASU student population that close is simply icing on the cake for the team. The location the team has chosen as part of the ASU district development is honestly the best location in the entire valley to build this arena. Moreso than even Scottsdale. Which in reality is only 3-5 minutes to the north.
I bought a place in Gilbert over the weekend so i'm definitely happy with this news! I've lived in the West Valley as well (Surprise) and I couldn't imagine living out there again.