Re: [nas] good look at Crapids new stadium (potential)

The stadium is not near anything but the new Stapleton Residential district (not built out yet).  Just up wind is the city dump, Conoco oil factory, slaughter houses near the rail lines, Purina factory, Globeville, Monson glue yard (who knows what they make there -- it ain't glue), and other junk.  That's all to the west within 5 miles.  To the east is Rocky Mountain Arsenal (contaminated wasteland that's actually pretty due to the wildlife there).  If you cross over I-70 to the south, you have the new undeveloped Stapleton Residential/Business district (currently a lot of dirt although that's changing quickly -- was Stapleton Airport many years ago).

I get the impression that the ugliness near the old Wembly Stadium/Dog-Track won't be the case here.  They're making this a new civic center that will be much nicer looking.  It will take a lot to pull it off (it smells so damn bad and looks so damn ugly now).  We'll see.

Access for Northglen, Thornton, Westminster, Aurora, and East Denver will be pretty quick/easy.  I-70 sucks near there, but it's on I-270 for the North/North-West suburbs which has gotten better in the past few years.  Tons of affluent white folk in SE Denver, Lakewood, SW Littleton, Highlands Ranch, S Aurora, Parker will find access harder/longer.  Hispanics in mostly W Denver shouldn't be too bad (however they're currently within walking distance of Invesco).  And there are new neighborhoods springing up near Denver Int'l Airport and they should have good quick access.

There is a proposed (non-funded) RTD Light Rail that will go extremely close to this stadium site.  We'll see if that ever happens.  Other Light Rail lines are very popular now and one goes within a short walk of Invesco.  I think there's a Light Rail ballot issue coming up that would build the new line east from Denver towards the airport (if not all the way).

Probably more than you wanted to know...

Keith Bundy wrote:

It looks like the new site is close to downtown Denver.  http://tinyurl.com/5vp4f

 

How easy is the drive for an weekday game?  Also, how is the Denver population distributed?  Is the new stadium central to the metro population or are they bunched on the other side of Denver?

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From: Daniel Veshia

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Subject: [nas] good look at Crapids new stadium (potential)

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