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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1795407, member: 716"]
I've always thought that the new Dome should accommodate a small garage (~100 cars). There's room under that hillside, it would be hugely appreciated by big donors, and while it'd be expensive ($50,000 per space), so's everything associated with a stadium renovation.

It looks like Sasaki pretty much plunked down a building on any non-historic open space in order to plausibly pretend that they'll squeeze 3,500 more beds into the area. That's clearly a priority here (and that was one of the first things I heard about the chancellor's physical plans for the campus when he arrived). So we'll see what becomes of that.

Also interesting to note that those omissions - no parking garages, no hotel (unless that's what the Hendricks footprint is for, but that'd be the first I heard of that). Again, it's just a broader plan that reflects the priorities more than the implementation. I think any future construction on the 500 and 600 blocks of University (near the current garage) is likely to have a parking component, and I'm sure that 75% of the West Campus parking spaces will still exist in 2026. (Not to take this too far afield, but I know the designers are monitoring the self-driving car development and SU is aware of it too; by the time SU's ready to build on those west lots -- which could be never -- a lot of people might be getting to work and games differently than they do now.)
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