Quote Originally Posted by Bham1982 View Post
This is what happens when you put sports stadia right downtown. They disrupt "regular" activity and are rarely much of a benefit during "normal" business hours.

That's probably in part why, traditionally, most thriving cities have put their major stadia outside the city center. It's a disruption, not an amenity. It's really only a net positive if your city center is kind of empty, so not much activity to displace.
I think most cities put stadiums outside of the city center because the land is too expensive to build them at the center.

From a traffic planning perspective it actually makes sense to put stadiums in the city center because that is usually the most equally accessible part of the region, and also the part of the region with the infrastructure best equipped to handle large crowds.