Allianz Field and Snelling-Midway Development
Re: Soccer Stadium and Snelling-Midway Development
A couple thoughts: this is in my neighborhood and I am relatively connected to the goings-on.
1. The stadium does feel extremely suburban at the moment. I’m a little disappointed in the skin - renderings showed as more translucent during the daytime, allowing the dramatic structure to show through. From a distance, the skin looks disconcertingly like a 44 gallon trash bag stretched over the structure.
2. The lack of movement on the surrounding development is concerning. Neighbors generally range from qualified positivity to lots of excitement at the prospect of dense development on this site, so the lack of movement is definitely not related to NIMBYism.
3. The site plan developed a couple years back is dead, dead, dead. The anchor tower at Snelling and University was totally speculative, and a not-very-realistic play for Prine Theraputics, which picked its suburban HQ years ago. There is a very small supply of companies looking for new office space at that scale, and if there were one interested in St Paul, city leaders would steer it towards downtown over this site. This site will likely be a residential and retail area for the foreseeable future. Not that that is a bad thing, necessarily. But I agree with the comment up thread that more jobs in the area would be positive.
4. The fear in the neighborhood is that with zero development movement at the moment, something at a much smaller and more suburban scale will be built out.
1. The stadium does feel extremely suburban at the moment. I’m a little disappointed in the skin - renderings showed as more translucent during the daytime, allowing the dramatic structure to show through. From a distance, the skin looks disconcertingly like a 44 gallon trash bag stretched over the structure.
2. The lack of movement on the surrounding development is concerning. Neighbors generally range from qualified positivity to lots of excitement at the prospect of dense development on this site, so the lack of movement is definitely not related to NIMBYism.
3. The site plan developed a couple years back is dead, dead, dead. The anchor tower at Snelling and University was totally speculative, and a not-very-realistic play for Prine Theraputics, which picked its suburban HQ years ago. There is a very small supply of companies looking for new office space at that scale, and if there were one interested in St Paul, city leaders would steer it towards downtown over this site. This site will likely be a residential and retail area for the foreseeable future. Not that that is a bad thing, necessarily. But I agree with the comment up thread that more jobs in the area would be positive.
4. The fear in the neighborhood is that with zero development movement at the moment, something at a much smaller and more suburban scale will be built out.
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Re: Soccer Stadium and Snelling-Midway Development
Are superblocks of this size, especially the development at this density/magnitude ever developed all at once? This site will not just be fully built out in one go. Its going to take time, just like the Ford site. Finding the right users, signing leases, getting building designed, getting contractors is all going to take a little time. If in five to 10 years there is still nothing planned or even rumored, then maybe some apprehension can set in.
Re: Soccer Stadium and Snelling-Midway Development
I personally think it would be healthier, cooler and more organic for the fringes of the site to develop first, get some residential mixed use going on around the site, get 20k fans there on a regular basis and then try to build the prime corner site once there is more demand and vision for the area.
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Re: Soccer Stadium and Snelling-Midway Development
There seems to be quite a bit of demand for residential near transit. Hello A Line meets Green Line. Why not some tall residential with some street front retail and coworking, smaller office places on, say the second floor. Not that much different than say Vintage, which rents for good money, right?
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Re: Soccer Stadium and Snelling-Midway Development
I can't find any past posts on "Liffey on Snelling" but it may not matter... The construction trailers that have been collecting graffiti for the past year have vanished and the most recent permit (Architectural Review) is "On Hold". For what it's worth, the website is still active...
http://liffeyonsnelling.com/
http://liffeyonsnelling.com/
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Re: Soccer Stadium and Snelling-Midway Development
Awesome light show at the stadium right now! Wonder how late tonight they'll be testing...
https://www.mnufc.com/stadium/stream/exterior
https://www.mnufc.com/stadium/stream/exterior
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Re: Soccer Stadium and Snelling-Midway Development
I drove past last night while they were testing, something that stood out to me is that cool colors did a much better job illuminating the skin that warm colors did. I wonder why that is and if there is anything they can do to correct it?
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Light show was going even after midnight. I drove past around 12:15 and it was really cool to see.
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April 13th is the debut of Allianz Field as Minnesota United FC hosts New York City FC. Remainder of the schedule will come out after Christmas(and possibly New Years').
Buildings, what buildings?
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Re: Soccer Stadium and Snelling-Midway Development
They were cycling the colors on the jumbotron / ribbon boards inside as well (according to the webcam) Possibly "breaking in" the system?
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Correct! http://www.startribune.com/all-night-li ... 503251312/
Also, should we change the name of the thread since the stadium has a name now?
Also, should we change the name of the thread since the stadium has a name now?
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Per MSPBJ, Big V's, will become the Midway Bar and Saloon in March.
Buildings, what buildings?
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Re: Soccer Stadium and Snelling-Midway Development
The Pioneer Press article gives the most info I've seen yet on the plans for both Big V's and Hot Rods (Midway Saloon and Gibson's) including a rendering! I have long imagined that sort of shared patio for those two businesses, so I'm glad to know I wasn't completely up a tree!
https://www.twincities.com/2019/01/24/s ... anz-field/
https://www.twincities.com/2019/01/24/s ... anz-field/
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Re: Soccer Stadium and Snelling-Midway Development
More new news! At the Union Park District Council's Land Use Committee meeting on Monday the 28th, Scannell Properties will be presenting a proposal for a mixed-use project on the old Furniture Barn site. Underground and first floor parking with commercial space facing Snelling, topped by five floors of residential. Sounds like they want to break ground this summer!
Re: Soccer Stadium and Snelling-Midway Development
Not to encourage gentrification or anything like that at all, but I hope the building is market rate as a sign of confidence in the area.More new news! At the Union Park District Council's Land Use Committee meeting on Monday the 28th, Scannell Properties will be presenting a proposal for a mixed-use project on the old Furniture Barn site. Underground and first floor parking with commercial space facing Snelling, topped by five floors of residential. Sounds like they want to break ground this summer!
Also, good memories of moving a chair from that store on the train and getting all the weird looks. The wide doors on the Green Line are great for all sorts of things.
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Re: Allianz Field and Snelling-Midway Development
A small win for the urbanists? Allianz Field will have a team store open daily, year round, on the northwest corner.
https://www.mnufc.com/post/2019/02/07/b ... -sign-goes
https://www.mnufc.com/post/2019/02/07/b ... -sign-goes
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Re: Allianz Field and Snelling-Midway Development
I am as gung-ho as anyone about the stadium as well as what it will mean for surrounding development. But a team store open all week, year round? Seems a bit optimistic. Would love to be proven wrong!A small win for the urbanists? Allianz Field will have a team store open daily, year round, on the northwest corner.
https://www.mnufc.com/post/2019/02/07/b ... -sign-goes
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Re: Allianz Field and Snelling-Midway Development
The Wild, Twins, Wolves, and Vikings all have stadium operated team stores operated year round, open all week except Sundays for most of them.
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Re: Allianz Field and Snelling-Midway Development
I know the Wild store isn't open on Sundays except during games, not sure about the Wolves, the Vikes and Twins have their stores open seven days a week.The Wild, Twins, Wolves, and Vikings all have stadium operated team stores operated year round, open all week except Sundays for most of them.
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I'm not sure why the other two have them open year-round. I've hardly seen anyone go into them. Especially the Target Field Store...not many people shopping there recently.
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