Interesting Maps

its LA...instead of a train line or bus lane, Lets add lane 9 to the "freeway"

While that is an impressive logistical utopia, there are unintended consequences. When I was growing up in rural Ireland, a big part of the match day excitement was the drive up, parking somewhere near the stadium, eg. Clonliffe for Croke Park, sandwiches and tea from the boot while chatting and joking with other supporters, some of whom you'd meet regularly in the same car park. You don't get that with a no-parking suburban stadium.

I parked at the Allianz last year and was out on the Autobahn in 15 minutes. 11,000 parking spaces and they've designed that stadium with proper access roads, being a greenfield site.

I was at the Bills-Chiefs last Sunday. 74,000 and f-all in the way of public transport. But they embrace it and turn it into a day of tailgating in the lots. Brilliant atmosphere around the stadium as you approach.

I was at the Knicks the week before but took the subway for that :)

I'd prefer if stadia had car parks so that people had a choice whether to drive or take public transport. I'd always take the Dart to Lansdowne/Aviva because it's convenient even if the door to door time is slightly longer. But I wouldn't foist that decision on everyone.

Getting back on topic, here's Optus Stadium in Perth from Google maps. You can see that being a city centre site (former concrete plant riddled with asbestos) there was never an option for large parking lots. But according to Wikipedia they have 1,400 spaces for staff, premium ticket holders and people with disabilities. Is this the same stadium you refer to?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Stadium

You can see that being a city centre site (former concrete plant riddled with asbestos) there was never an option for large parking lots. But according to Wikipedia they have 1,400 spaces for staff, premium ticket holders and people with disabilities. Is this the same stadium you refer to?

That's the one. But I don't know what you've read about a former concrete plant; the stadium is built on top of a former golf course, and is surrounded by open parkland to the north and the south, as you'll see if you zoom out your google maps view. There was some light industrial development on part of the area in the past (plus a sewage filtration plant) but if the contamination resulting from that didn't prevent the construction of the stadium buildings it certainly wouldn't have prevented the surfacing of land for car parks, if that was what was wanted.

It should be added that having limited or no public parking at major public sports grounds is pretty standard in Australia. And it's not unknown in other countries — there's no parking at Landsowne Road, for example. (There's a public car park under the stadium, but it's closed on match days.) And no car parking is provided at Croke Park.