Stadium Discussion

[Shwafta]

The best part about the proposed casino development, in terms of impact to Etihad Park, is they would be renovating the Willets Point 7 train station.

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It is also interesting, and I'm curious to hear Brad Sims' thoughts on this, that the proposed development includes a planned "Taste of Queens" food hall on Seaver Way just south of Citi Field. I feel like that would end up directly competing with the food hall planned at Etihad Park on non gamedays since they will be very close to each other.

IMO, the more food options the better. The more you make available, the more it will become an attractive hub for people to visit.

Also I''m all for train renovations and station improvements. (I'm a big train guy). If they can fix the hell that is Mets/Willets-point station that would be amazing. Maybe they'll even fix the congestion on exit issue too with more or wider stairs....

 

[KevinJRogers]

IMO, the more food options the better. The more you make available, the more it will become an attractive hub for people to visit.

Right. The technical term for it is "clustering." Research has shown a concentration of dining options in one area is a mutually supportive environment for each individual establishment. It's one of the (many) reasons I'm so in favor of the casino project: it can only help us.

[Full disclosure: I spent 30 years in the hospitality industry before retiring in 2014 and getting into other things.]