Let's hope he doesn't increase income tax another 1% and retro that back a few years to cover these expenses.
Fearing the impact on 6/7 days of Tailgating is funny. Fact is ... and we (WE) all have to realize ... that it has been a catastrophic series of events against the type of development that Matos is talking about. Best Case scenario for a UConn football fan is something like Patriot Place. A Village type environment: some residential & some retail (NO OUTLET). restaurants & stuff. Why? I really really believe that Land is far better located than Foxboro. And, now the money is flowing a little better into real estate. Best Tailgating? It can only get better. I hope the AD is committed to blowing out Rentschler & growing this fanbase.
Actually, ESPN made clear from the beginning that their proposed venture on Front Street would NOT be an ESPNzone. ESPN never identified their specific plan for Front Street - a wise move on their part.
Agreed. There is a bigger picture here, and it will have a minimal at best impact on tailgating. For those who have attended a game and tailgated at Georgia Tech or Cuse, or had to take a shuttle bus from your tailgate to the stadium at Rutgers or Army - even if we lose a little, we're still leaps and bounds above most others on the east coast. We want to build around the stadium and turn the Rent into a community on Saturdays and income property sun-fri.
Nah. While I don't think it was a well-conceived combo... I'll always hold nostalgia for attending Whalers games as a kid. There are a lot of other ways Hartford could stand to be improved. As for around Rentschler, I actually think more commercial development would be a good thing.
Actually, the HCC combination of the mall/arena combo was ahead of it's time. We have one in DC and its very successful. It is the blueprint for many new arenas.
You can stop worring, East Hartford haters. Lokks like it's not going to happen now - http://www.courant.com/business/hc-foxwoods-rebranding-mall-20120214,0,404825.story
I'm guessing he meant nobody is going to build a bunch of outlet malls in East Hartford specifically.
Actually the article written is a little misleading. I saw the presentation the article refers to and Matos only gave one quick comparison to Clinton Crossings. He mostly compared it to Blue Back Square. He referred to the town center as "Blue Back Square on steroids". Say it would contain the same mix of living, dining and retail only five times larger. The intention is to have a lot of the employees from the technology based companies on site living in the town center Here is a video of the presentation. It is kind of drawn out (I think about 30 minutes long) http://easthartfordct.gov/Public_Documents/EastHartfordCT_WebDocs/MayorRentschlerUpdate.wmv
Most people who don't live there. That's why the Cinema's closed down years ago. The only reason I've gone there is for UCONN Football. Also as far as a Blue Back Sq. type development, there is a big difference between West Hartford and East Hartford. WH., one of the most wealthy towns in CT, EH not so much.
There really has to be a critical mass for these community economic development projects. You have all of these projects in the pipeline, but you still need to have the consumer base to support projects of this scale. The positive for this project is UTC and its proximity, but we see what can happen when the romantic expectations outweigh the actual desirability (front street in Hartford). Just need a state full of millionaires with a desire to spend spend spend....I'm sure we boneyarders will make up the millionaire club. Shall we begin by lighting our fancy cigars with a stack of Benjamin's? (disclaimer: the thoughts and opinions expressed by PolisHusky DO reflect the opinions of all members of this message board....deal with it.)
