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I found it very interesting that Philadelphia put all of its major sports facilities for the NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB together. This seems to make sense since you can build them around large parking lots instead of building facilities in different places in a metropolitan area and then having seperate parking lots for each facility.
Seattle has Safeco Field and Century Link Field together. And they have developers working with Seattle to by property in the same area to build a arena for NBA and NFL. Then Seattle will have NFL,MSL, NBA,NHL and MLB all in the Pioneer Square stadium Distric.
Seattle has Safeco Field and Century Link Field together. And they have developers working with Seattle to by property in the same area to build a arena for NBA and NFL. Then Seattle will have NFL,MSL, NBA,NHL and MLB all in the Pioneer Square stadium Distric.
Well...even that proposal get's approved they will still have to find NBA and NHL teams to relocate there.
To answer the OP though--Oakland still has NBA, NFL, and MLB playing at the same complex(even though the A's and Raiders both threaten to move to Santa Clara or Fremont and the Warriors might move to SF). And Denver has Mile High Stadium and the Pepsi Center right next to each other, although the Rockies play over in LoDo a little to the north. And the Meadowlands in New Jersey played host to both NFL, NHL, and NBA teams. So there's examples of 3 out of 4 franchises playing in the same location.
But I think the current trend in MLB is smaller more compact, traditional- style ballparks right on the edge of downtown or denser urban neighborhoods---also helping to spur urban renewal in a lot of central urban areas. The big hulking stadiums with tons of parking seems to be more popular for NFL stadiums. In a lot of cities it's difficult to find land with the space to build three different stadiums/arenas, especially if you're looking for a spot that can help revitalize your downtown.
Not too much cities have all stadiums play in one area, most cities have the NBA/NHL teams in the downtown. alot of NFL and MLB teams play outside the city
Kansas City has the Chiefs and Royals in the same parking lot.
Cowboys and Rangers stadiums are pretty close to eachother.
Also Glendale Arizona has the Cardinals and Coyotes
For some cities, they have been able to take their arenas (which typically host NBA and/or NHL) and integrate them somewhat into an urban environment and create some activity within their urban cores associated with events that occur there. One of the best examples of this I've seen is Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH (which hosts its NHL team) which is actually the anchor of its Arena District:
Seattle has Safeco Field and Century Link Field together. And they have developers working with Seattle to by property in the same area to build a arena for NBA and NFL. Then Seattle will have NFL,MSL, NBA,NHL and MLB all in the Pioneer Square stadium Distric.
Link?
Because I've always hear the NBA/NHL's odds for building a new arena(s) are better in Bellevue and not in Seattle. Rumors are focusing more and more on Bellevue.
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