Even when no football or basketball is being played it will be a nice area for older folks who don't live on campus. Us old people want to be able to park and walk in and start the show. I hate looking for parking on Campus. So I am excited about that.
CyTown Announcement - Monday 9/19 (Links in OP)
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My companies office lease is up 12/31/2025. Finding interns and analysts is our #1 challenge at the moment. I will for sure pitch the idea of exploring office space in CyTown
The university press release said the target for parking lot improvements and infrastructure is August 2025. I thought I heard Pollard suggest the entire first phase (southern portion) could be done by then. Maybe I misheard, but if he said that he probably misspoke.
I'm really looking forward to that for Saturday basketball games.
I wasn't able to watch the press conference. Is paving the south grass lots part of this plan? I assume that's where to "parking increase" comes from.
So do we put the Jack Trice Statue at the front of Cytown so everyone that walks in get's to see the statue? That would be awesome.
There is paving around Scheman that has happened and more to come it looks like. They also are adding some up by the Alumni center.
Didn't mention it. Said we're +1,800 parking spots now, thanks to the RV lot freeing up parking between Hilton and Trice on gameday. Seems a little misleading though, because many cars were parked in G7 where RVs are now. I don't know how all that nets out.
this makes my time at isu (2009-2013) look like the wild west
I believe the plan WAS to pave the grass area across the creek from the RV Village, where there is a new ped-bridge. That was not talked about today. That was supposed to be where the commuters were being moved to
Will be a great place for away-game watch parties.
~1/2 of the RV village was the old practice field which is all net new parking.
Agree I thought the same thing. I imagine that's how he's selling it as a parking "net gain" but in reality we are certainly losing parking.
The ESPN cutaway to the CyTown crowd when we’re in the final 4 will be lit.
This whole thing is going to make Saturday basketball games a very hot ticket.
Imagine the wind whipping through that tunnel though. That would be frost bite city for that.
Way too much capital investment. P&L is empty 200+ nights a year. And the mega districts like this are actually becoming out of favor nationally.
I like idea of business between stadiums, it's lacking. Cut down bldgs/capital investment 75%, add in scale up/scale down infrastructure (like power for food trucks, string lights, crushed limestone). Beer gardens with shared large wooden tables, plant some trees, could make a cool atmosphere for less cost.
For business office space, is it adding jobs in Ames? If not, it's just competing with downtown Ames and Campustown.
For consumer spend, will it cause more to spend in Ames? I think could get similar spend if all outdoor with a lower cost option (scalable up and down detailed earlier). This plan does not seem to be optimized for ROI. If want year round spend, need climate control for winter. Wild to me to see this much infrastructure, but no 4 seasons atrium for a significant portion of middle area.
I like idea of business between stadiums, it's lacking. Cut down bldgs/capital investment 75%, add in scale up/scale down infrastructure (like power for food trucks, string lights, crushed limestone). Beer gardens with shared large wooden tables, plant some trees, could make a cool atmosphere for less cost.
For business office space, is it adding jobs in Ames? If not, it's just competing with downtown Ames and Campustown.
For consumer spend, will it cause more to spend in Ames? I think could get similar spend if all outdoor with a lower cost option (scalable up and down detailed earlier). This plan does not seem to be optimized for ROI. If want year round spend, need climate control for winter. Wild to me to see this much infrastructure, but no 4 seasons atrium for a significant portion of middle area.
Jamie said we are up 1500 spots from the RV's moving to the new Village and 300 ish parking spots around Fisher Theater. CyTown will take about 1600 spaces away. That is your net 200.
They are doing away with the angled parking and doing traditional spaces now. That alone adds hundreds of new spots.
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