Quote Originally Posted by MicrosoftFan View Post
I disagree with the idea that suburbanites, unless parking is $50 or it takes 3 hours to get downtown, would not take transit. Parking downtown is hard these days and a lot of people would like to be free from the hassle of finding a spot.
I think parking downtown is pretty cheap and easy. You don't have to pay a cent if you're willing to walk. And the Hudsons garage, which couldn't be more central, is still pretty cheap.

IMO it's unrealistic to think that typical visitors [[say a family with two kids) would find it cheaper and easier to drive to some transit point, buy four round-trip tickets, walk to venue, and then return, as opposed to just driving downtown. And if you're honestly too lazy to drive, Uber is cheap/easy.

And this is putting aside the fact that the region has no transit culture and that most suburbanites think public transit is a carnival toy ride or ghetto mover for the poors.