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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1658227, member: 27"]
It will but the fact of the matter is, the area between Drumlins West and I-481 is an abandoned quarry.  Most of the access to the site would be through an area that is unused.

People have been parking at Skytop and Manley for football and basketball games for many years.  This would not cause a major impact.

I personally agree with [USER=114]GoSU96[/USER] and [USER=587]retro44[/USER].

It sounds like the following things are objectives:

A multipurpose facility that delivers state of the art features like wider concourses, room for better eating, easier access, better parking, better tailgating and a reliable roof.

Migrate to that facility without losing a season or two of home games for football or basketball.

Maximize the massive investment by moving the facility to a place where many more events could be held without disrupting the main campus/major medical complex for the CNY area.

I would rather invest $600 million and end up with a new facility designed from scratch for the needs of the community, that can be leveraged all the time and is a huge step forward for the area than to invest $300 million dollars, get a slightly better facility for football and basketball but have little bottom line impact on the area the facility serves.

Trying to do substantial upgrades to the Dome like we are talking about while still using it is not a good idea.  It will end up being a nightmare, there will be huge cost overruns and delays and in the end, we will end up spending the same amount of money, but will get a much worse facility and have to wait for it a lot longer.

It just doesn't make sense.
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