How about a giant Christmas Tree in the middle during the season?
This could be a draw from Ames and beyond. Head on down to CyTown, do some skating around the tree, see Santa or something....eat, drink, enjoy
CyTown Announcement - Monday 9/19 (Links in OP)
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How about a giant Christmas Tree in the middle during the season?
This could be a draw from Ames and beyond. Head on down to CyTown, do some skating around the tree, see Santa or something....eat, drink, enjoy
Anybody seen an actual spelled out timeline on all of this? All I can find is infrastructure and parking lots to be done by August 2025.
All the vertical work is described as "future phases."
All the vertical work is described as "future phases."
the same way Wallaby's and hickory park does i guess. Are people under the impression that Ames is a ghost town when school is out? I hope they put some of the baseball games and pro sports on the video stage on Sundays and Saturdays.
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DM has an ice rink on the other side of the river from Wells. During wresting it was busy.
Because it had 'domain' registration on the top line, it sounded more like the name wasn't registered yet and these are all ads from a name registrar based on the 'interpretation' of 'cytown'.
the city is trying to add an ice rink next to city hall. Guessing that is part of the complimentary part.
This is seriously awesome. The entire Iowa State community should be so incredibly proud of what the athletic department has become over the last 15 years.
How will a sports medicine office, brew pub, and outdoor restaurant survive??
1) Convention traffic from the hotel and convention center
2) Iowa State and Ames have events ALL summer long like campus visits, incoming freshman, Special Olympics, etc.
3) Research park office space brings people to work in the district daily
It will slow without 35K students. But also could keep students in Ames over the summer with employment opportunities.
Lots of positives here for the city and region
One observation that made me smile, as a former drumline member...
At about the 0:45 mark, the background music is the cadence "Sticks and Swing." You can just make out the band members saying "Beat the Hawks" on the audio. Full disclosure, most of those band members are actually saying "F*** the Hawks."
At about the 0:45 mark, the background music is the cadence "Sticks and Swing." You can just make out the band members saying "Beat the Hawks" on the audio. Full disclosure, most of those band members are actually saying "F*** the Hawks."
I think the obvious question in response to this is, "How does any business in Ames survive during the summer?" Obviously the businesses there will need to adapt to the variable summer/academic year populations just like any other Ames business, but the only difference from other Ames businesses will be their location. And it's not going to be much more difficult for most residents to get to these locations than it is for any business on Duff.
There is a decent amount of big events over the summer (Iowa Games, Special Olympics, Iowa State summer orientation, etc)....not to mention all the AAU bball things happening.
From an Ames perspective, getting in/out of that area for any business WAY easier than many other places. I think i've been to Cy's Lockerroom on S. Duff maybe 3 times...because that is a hell area, lol.
I plan to open the **** Iowa shop there. T-shirts, hats, hoodies, coffee mugs, license plate holders, decals, pet sweaters, steak brands, kiddie pools, flags, Brian Ferentz posters, you name it.
Ames does have permanent residents. Also, corporate meetings, outdoor concerts, maybe a farmer's market type deal, etc. There are a lot of ways to drive traffic there beyond the normal day-to-day. And yes, it will be slower in the summer and get the majority of their revenue during the school year.
Still a little sketchy on timelines and revenue projections. Going from memory, Pollard's quote was something like: "We expect that after full build out, over 20 years, to generate $200M in revenue from CyTown." It wasn't obvious (to me, at least) whether he was saying that full build out will take 20 years, or in the 20 years after full build out it will generate $200M.
I would hope we're not talking about a 20 year timeline for full build out.
I would hope we're not talking about a 20 year timeline for full build out.
Will be able to “tailgate” for basketball games now
