Why would it be of concern to Cyclone Fanatic?Anybody heard what Chris Winkleblack thinks about this? You know, the first guy to make a serious proposal for a $100 million development to bring something major to the area between Lincoln Way the tracks that would include housing for people who want to live near Main Street. We are 29 pages in and nobody has talked about the impact of this project on the other project.
Put a hok photo as the target. Lots of people will be happy to toss a sharp object.As many people as I have seen get injured from just walking, dancing or sitting in a bar because they had one...or ten too many, I just can't see how pairing alcohol and axe throwing would be a good idea.
Why would you put a grocery store in an entertainment district? There's already a Hy Vee about a mile away.Retailers apart from Cys Locker Room, maybe an Apple Store? How about small HyVee or Fareway, and maybe
Why would you put a grocery store in an entertainment district? There's already a Hy Vee about a mile away.
A full grocery store no, but one of their smaller 'fast n fresh' concepts could do alright.
Agreed. It wouldn't need to be very big, but it would potentially get a lot of foot traffic for people that want to grab a bite to eat and then pick up a few things before heading home. It's proximity to RCA and the Greeks could also work if the prices were reasonable. Then for football games, they could load up on tailgating supplies and run specials.
A full grocery store no, but one of their smaller 'fast n fresh' concepts could do alright.
A full grocery store no, but one of their smaller 'fast n fresh' concepts could do alright.
Everyone knows that the S. Duff Mattress/Autoparts vortex has a strong gravitational force that any autoparts or mattress stores that they try to put in the new development will simply get sucked over to S. Duff.I'm hearing it's all Auto Parts Stores and Mattress stores
If this goes forward, tenants should be lining up for a space. Put in a movie theater, Starbucks, a brew pub, a burger place, a pizza place or two, a sports bar, a couple niche bars (axe-throwing/pickle ball/arcade), a bar with live music, a BBQ place, a sports apparel store, HyVee or Fareway (somewhere for students to get basic food supplies and tailgating things that were forgotten), liquor store, smoothie place, maybe a DQ or an ice cream specialty shop.
You'd have a place that students could utilize year round, plus a decent place for the 25-40 year-old crowds as well.
The option to just throw a cooler and some ice in your vehicle on game days, and buying everything else you need once you get there is very appealing to me.
I can't imagine how long the line would be to check out at a place like that. The regular Hy-Vees are a mad house on game days.
Kudos to JP, Sanders and all those involved with this "bold vision". I really like the concept given it would enrich and extend the options one has when attending events in the greater complex area whether it be ISU sporting events, conferences, theater, etc...
The initial renderings have the new commercial buildings on the east side of the current parking lots and is located half way between Jack Trice Stadium and Hilton Coliseum. The nice wide entry way that opens out onto University Blvd is out of place since it leads to no real pedestrian destination. General input I would give is to rotate the whole proposed site plan 90 degrees counter clockwise. This would locate the new commercial buildings along the south side of Center Street and also centrally extend south toward Jack Trice. This location is in close proximity and would create a greater synergy amongst the larger venues (CY Stephens, Scheman, Fisher Theater, new hotel, and Hilton Coliseum) that have events all year long. Crowds would have a quick walk to this destination to socialize immediately before or after events. The 90 degree site rotation would also allow the commercial buildings to line the central, north to south, corridor through the parking lots. The north to south corridor sees way more pedestrian flow as they access the various venues from the parking lots.
This would place the new commercial development further from Jack Trice Stadium but with only a handful of games at the stadium each year, walking the additional distance in the fall should not deter anyone. I also like seeing the wide open plazas and walkways that are in the current stadium upgrades that are also significantly expanded within this vision. In my opinion, I would like to see these areas near the stadium, that also extend north towards the proposed centralized roundabout, allow temporary vendors to set up shop to sell items such as food, craft beer, ISU merchandise, etc... This would provide an alternative to those who do not set up for tailgating but instead want to enjoy the game day experience with friends in advance of the stadium gates opening.
Yeah, I know. I thought about that possibility. Or completely running out of stuff. It would probably have to be a full size Hy Vee to be feasible, and that's probably not in the cards.
Hopefully stadium and parking lot wide WIFI is part of this. At least stadium WiFi is desperately needed that many other schools already have.Or an army of Hy-Vee beverage and meat carts roaming the lots. Sell beer, burgers, paper plates, and Fireball....
Use the app to call them over to your tailgate.