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Originally Posted by shogged
Well in your example, regardless of it being 1 game vs 100, it’s still amateur sport so it doesn’t really matter honestly. A professional carries more weight, and yes I’d love to hear the arena designers thoughts over the strip mall designers if you want my ranking, but I’m sure both could offer some kind of insight I didn’t have before. There are tons of examples of that here on CP as well, where I have learned plenty of things from people who live that life and I’m simply just taking in what I can.
Let me just make it clear though, these aren’t opinions on what the building looks like aesthetically that I’m valuing, because that’s entirely subjective. I’m talking about the objective issues with this proposal, because you only need to look about 200 yards to the south to see what happens to the area around an arena when you neglect 75% of the exterior space. When was the last time anybody went behind the dome? There is a beautiful river there but you wouldn’t even know it.
I’m just disappointed that the arena district is looking a lot more like an arena street. Feels like a missed opportunity, and one we won’t get a redo on for decades to come.
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How do you know the “objective issues” aren’t just subjective issues?
Having looked at the RDMP, and trusting CMLC with the vision for the area, I don’t see a problem, nor do I see how they’ve neglected 75% of the exterior space. Did you even look at the renders? Because I would look again. There is maybe one corner that I’d consider a bit of a waste, but we’ll see what happens.
Again, that’s why some opinions mean the same as any others regardless of their profession. Objective issues? Yeah, that’s not what we’re talking about here, but “professionals” who designed a strip mall once would have you believe otherwise.