One of my favorites, just remembered it, and this article is from the AU’s perspective.
I like that they have to explain it to Aussies because they don’t understand why there would be a need for massive parking lots.
Not all US cities have reliable or widespread public transport networks, so it’s likely that a similar number of Americans drive to and from concerts. As such, most stadiums in the US are surrounded by vast parking lots to accommodate all the vehicles - but not in Australia.
@luciedigitalni @Faceman2K23 @scrubbles There is also a good video posted by @philip, who posts on the Fediverse sometimes, about a stadium in Melbourne called Waverley Park.
The plan was to build a 150,000 seat stadium in the outer suburbs.
(That’s not a typo!)
Unfortunately, it never got a train station, and ended up getting demolished in the end, basically because people got sick of the car park.
(It possibly also explains part of the reason why Melburnians don’t tend to like driving to major events.)
https://youtu.be/LvvLwiRCx4s?si=wEitqVbSD4WHQDcz
@ajsadauskas @Faceman2K23 @scrubbles @philip all of the older, suburban football grounds in Melbourne are close to train stations or tram routes, with very limited parking. i think the practice of taking PT to major events was well-established decades before Waverley was even thought of
@luciedigitalni @Faceman2K23 @scrubbles @philip True, and good point.
I meant more, the experience of 70,000+ people trying to leave the Waverley Park car park was enough to convince most people that a car-centric stadium is a really awful idea.
@ajsadauskas @Faceman2K23 @scrubbles @philip oh no doubt. quite an incredible project in hindsight for the one city that was able to resist the forces trying to rip out trams across the globe