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If only there was a way to get all of those people there and back home without a car. (i.imgur.com)

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[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

My city bought out some succesful busniesses downtown to demolish their buildings and build a new stadium with surface level parking for all the people who live outside of the city to drive to. Can we at least get a parking garage instead of surface level so we dont have to demolish businesses and homes for the benefits of suburban and rural sports fans?

[-] Tarogar@feddit.org 16 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately the reality often is that it's cheaper to buy more land and demolish buildings that get in the way than it is to build tall to solve for that. And that prestige project has to be cheap so that it can get out the door in this local politicians election cycle. Now if people could be held accountable for really bad choices they made a long time ago...

[-] gila@lemm.ee 30 points 1 week ago

Perth stadium has entered the chat

just don't have parking

[-] youngalfred@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago

Yep - that's something we tend to do well:

Melbourne Cricket ground (100,000 capacity)

Adelaide oval (53,000 capacity)

Brisbane Gabba (42,000 capacity)

Sydney Olympic stadium (83,000 capacity) (there are some carparks just out of view, but not many)

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Yup. Run a metro line to it. Run 100 busses when there is a match. Don't take up so much space for something that's not in use for 95% of the time.

[-] youngalfred@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

And make public transport free with your ticket. Works wonders here (Brisbane)!

They have near constant bus service on game night from the hub a couple of suburbs over - catch a bus to the hub and then straight on to the stadium.
Or bus / drive to the train station and train in - whatever your want.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

A town next to us has free transport and it doesn't pan out great unless you have plenty of income from other places. They ended up with older busses, fewer lines and not much increase of people using it. A cheap, sustainable ticket will always be better for longevity than a free one, especially when the government changes and other things become a priority