The cathedral has ~600 parking spaces for a building that seats 2000. The original plan in 2011 had a three-level parking deck, but when the project was downsized from $90M to $45M the parking deck was deleted. The property is what remains of the 400-acre tract that the Roman Catholic Church bought in 1897.
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Always thought that if I somehow became egregiously wealthy, my first order of business would be to foster some sort of relationship with the diocese and convince them to let me build that deck and a bunch of beautiful mixed use brick buildings, ultimately surrounding the cathedral such that itâs the centerpiece of a big public plaza. Have to think that would do wonders for it and the city as a tourist attraction.
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Sell them on having places to have brunch after church.
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Great place for a beer garden âŚ
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And unlike some Christians, Catholics like to drink!
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Itâs pretty much a requirement. Jesusâs blood at communion is upwards of 30 proof.
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Nobody would want to work there because theyâd make $0 in tips lmao
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Why do you say that?
post-Sunday-church-goers are notoriously known as some of the worst tippers, ask a service industry friend hahaha
canât be expected to tip right after tithe!
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Seriously, enough with the church bashing. If religion isnât for you, great. But please stop bashing and (incorrectly) generalizing those who do attend.
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Not bashing at all! Just making jokes. You probably tip normally (I wouldnât imagine someone who is invested enough in their city to be on a small local development blog wouldnât know to tip our servers because of our insane low pay/tipping culture for service employees!) but again - Sunday post-church brunch crowd is notorious among the service industry for being bad tippers - ask your service industry friends! With that said, I was simply making a joke in reference to someone saying there should be a brunch spot next to the cathedral. No need to take that personally, man. Especially if youâre not one of the Sunday low/no tippers! 
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Also if it makes it more palatable - the biggest âcommunityâ Iâm a part of is the local music scene, and I make fun of that ALL THE TIME hahahahhaa - so again, nothing to take personally. In fact, my biggest community is largely made up of the people your biggest community doesnât tip!! (come on now, that was a good joke!!! laugh at joke!!! Plz!!! 
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I was a server. I donât recall experiencing that. Also, Iâm not sure that Catholics are notoriously bad tippers to begin with. But, who knows?
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My mom is⌠LOL
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Catholics might be a bit more flippant with their cash after church since theyâre going INTO brunch with a lil wine buzz already
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And they can drink at brunch too.
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If my recollection of Goodfellas counts for anything, they tip pretty well.
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