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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1658336, member: 716"]
Well, I'm not an urban planner, though I play one on this board.

Seriously, each has positives and negatives. Kennedy Square is probably better for SU (six blocks - easy downhill walk - from Marshall Street). But it'd be bad for the city in the long-term and there really isn't enough space to build it big enough.

The harbor could better accommodate a stadium and offers better freeway access. There's also compatible development in the immediate area. Again, this would contravene the city's long-term planning goals for the neighborhood, but the effect wouldn't be as negative as it would be in Kennedy Square, because the land is already vacant and broken up into industrial superblocks. In reality, students wouldn't come out here for games (think Pittsburgh, in a smaller city) and this fact isn't lost on SU. It'd be a decent site for a professional-type stadium or arena, but Central New York isn't in the market for one of those.

Potential environmental liability would be a concern and potential obstacle at both sites. SU would never assume an ownership stake in such a project for a number of additional reasons, and this arrangement would surely a) turn off certain SU decision-makers and b) prolong the design and development timeline.

There's probably no other spot close to downtown, given the prohibitive land acquisition costs and the disruption to the city. Both of those are close enough that some synergy could be generated between the two neighborhoods, though.

My money's still on an extensive Dome renovation - both from what I hear and from what common sense suggests.
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