Yeah, for Top Golf the huge nets during the day and the lighting on the structure at night are basically all they need if they're on an Interstate. Plus, that land is always cheap and usually unsuited for anything other than scruffy industrial/distribution use.
Maybe he will. But not until 2044.
In terms of State football fans with a tailgate fetish, we're now shifting gears into people actually rooting for him to move the team. And it's not about Dundon even though he's going to be the target ... it's the parking decks. There's a big chunk of State's fan base that is PISSED right now.
On this ... I saw a blog while I was out of town last week indicating that it's believed that the Canes, Panthers and Lightning have agreed to a hosting rotation for a pre season rookie tournament. Makes sense. Keeps it regional and spreads the hosting costs out. IIRC the blogger was a Bolts guy. I haven't seen anything local, but that could just mean that the 3 people who pay attention to these things in Raleigh haven't picked up on it yet.
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There's a baseline arena renovation plan already in place and since it's State land it's a State Construction approval process, which is fairly streamlined as these things go. Much more time efficient than your standard City of Raleigh/Wake County approval process ... much less the nightmare that is Town of Cary, saints preserve us. At this stage the cities and the county have had all the input they get ... aside from any roadway changes that might be required and even then that's mostly NCDOT in that corridor. Not sure about the status of a master development plan, but the Authority has had the budget to spend on that for several years now so I'be be surprised if the basics aren't already in place. From there, you're talking completing the construction drawings and documents and then mobilization. We're not talking 10 years, for sure ... probably more like 3-4 years on the baseline stuff. My guess is this will be four or five distinct phases or entirely separate projects, with the whole magilla done in maybe 5-6 years. If they're further along on the master plan and have done some preliminary work on the retail element, you could maybe shave a year or two off of that. Depends on how much they've gotten done up front.
It's already out there and already annoying as F! The whole "Canes&Dundon will ruin the tailgating because of parking decks agenda" will now be the central storyline for the foreseeable future. Some of these people only can understand, grasp and equate growth of any kind with their stomachs and waistlines...
Well beyond my expected lifespan.
Honestly, fuck NCSU fans. No one besides them cares about their delusional fantasies of ever becoming a division 1 contender in ANY sport. And the drunk tailgating contingent only care about getting wasted and sleeping in a tent until someone wakes them up when it's time to go home. Not one person in charge of writing million dollar checks give two shits about these whiners.
