It looks like there will be parking underneath (though prob not free). I wonder how much adding that actually ballooned the cost of what would otherwise be a fairly simple construction.
Why does it need parking? It does not look like the field has room for any spectators at all.
Why does it need parking? It does not look like the field has room for any spectators at all.
It's a drive-in sports field. You drive-in, park underneath, imagine people playing sports above your head, and leave. All from the comfort of your car.
Why does it need parking? It does not look like the field has room for any spectators at all.
But on a more serious note, how else do you expect all the students living in StuVi to get to Nickerson Field, Agganis Arena, and New Balance Field if there is nowhere to store all their cars that they'll be driving there?
Why does it need parking? It does not look like the field has room for any spectators at all.
Apparently putting parking garages under sports fields is the new thing. It's cool in the front/at-grade portion, but really blights the back where the garage is exposed.
WIT's proposal for the new Sweeney Field is identical to this, essentially a carbon copy (except we have a historical brewery on-site for a little character). Apparently putting parking garages under sports fields is the new thing. It's cool in the front/at-grade portion, but really blights the back where the garage is exposed. WIT has initially budgeted new Sweeney at $20.8 mil, about $3.2 mil cheaper than this one.
I still don't really see why the parking deck is needed, though. Do people from outside BU watch BU athletics in any significant numbers?
Depends what you mean by outside BU. A lot of alums go to hockey games, although I tend to park on a neighborhood street in Brookline rather than at a BU lot. But on the occasion when it makes more sense to park in a lot, they definitely do not have enough capacity. There is the two level garage under Agannis, and then several pocket lots distributed around other buildings, but they all fill up and create a traffic nightmare. Many of the facilities are also used by outside groups, mostly from suburban or even out of state locations. They all drive in, and cause a lot of "lot full" signs to go up.