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Originally Posted by AKQJ10
It would be interesting to look at benchmarks (I'm sure mgmt has). Rivers in Pittsburgh is right next to Heinz Field. I think Detroit may have a similar situation with Greektown/Ford Field and Comerica Park. I'm sure there are other examples.
My best guess is yes, some people will come for football and stay for poker because the target demographic overlaps. Being in the Pacific tz helps a lot since the only start times after 1pm are SNF and MNF and even those games are over by 9. If parking is of concern to grinders, the obvious solution is to show up at the end of the game as people are leaving.
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Originally Posted by DarkOne
In Cleveland the casino is next to the stadium and arena, and a lot of people go to the casino during and after sporting events.
I am interested to see which way it turns out in Inglewood, but remain skeptical that it will bring a flood of gameday business. It's not the same downtown/easily-accessible-by-transit situation- the new stadium will mostly be reached by car, and other than the cardroom there's not another thing around that people will want to stay for. Very different situation in downtown Cleveland, Detroit or Pittsburgh or really anywhere that there's foot traffic.
Also, the traffic around that stadium is going to be epic even by LA standards. It's terrible enough just with the Forum, which has 1/4 the capacity the stadium will.