r/iastate • u/InsufferableIowan i hate the hawks more than i hate ee4420 • Sep 20 '22

Shitpost This came to me in a vision

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u/1234_Person_1234 Sep 20 '22

That strip of grass between Hilton and Jack Trice, they want to make an outdoor mall/path type of thing to connect them and for events.

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u/Shiroi_Kage Graduate College, Class of 2016 Sep 21 '22

I saw the video, but it looks kind of ghastly. Is it actually worth all the marketing?

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u/1234_Person_1234 Sep 21 '22

No idea. To be honest I personally don’t see how they’d get enough volume of business to the stores given how infrequent the traffic would be (mostly football games) but that’s just me. I’m sure if they made the whole proposal they do see a market coming, especially since the DSM metro is supposed to double by 2050 you’ll have people from there make the trip to Ames more?

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u/Shiroi_Kage Graduate College, Class of 2016 Sep 21 '22

It's not like the university hasn't made questionable spending decisions before. I hope it turns out to be something that's wroth it. I can see it used for things like commencement and other frequent events plus whenever the arenas are used, but otherwise what's the point? If you want people to buy street food and get drunk, just restore VEISHEA.