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Interesting… this was posted today on RALtoday’s Instagram. Can anyone figure out the layout of that Convention Center expansion building with seemingly attached Red Hat 2.0??
EDIT: looks like the amphitheater would take up the (current) gravel lot just to the south. Perfect!
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If Red Hat is rebuilt / displaces south to the next dirt lot and then the convention center expansion goes where the Ampi currently is with a glass bridge across McDowell / Cabarrus end of that lot. Not bad…
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Yeah, honestly it’s a win/win. One less gravel f***king parking lot immediately upon entry into the city from the south is huge!
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Interesting fighter plane bunker style entrances I’m guessing the new CC expansion will have a huge underground section and will be used for attendance management before security/ticket checkpoint–this will give the amp a bigger footprint than is possible if they went with a traditional sidewalk queue system.
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From the PPt
https://wake.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11647658&GUID=514B56DE-D1A6-4AA1-89FC-1C89D4533EBA
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The west side seems a little under-utilized. Maybe the can work out some public-private project to fill out this space? A retail strip or a skinny mixed-use tower?
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Wow! What is the likelihood of that being built? Time plan?
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I gotta think if they made it to this point it’s probably pretty likely to be done at some point.
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What goes around comes around.
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Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s an intentional (subtle) reference.
Anyway, this all looks awesome. The complex would be a real jewel for the city.
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This is huge project and there getting smart using the tourism tax, they own that land everything can get done quicker. This convention center could host a dream RNC or DNC in a couple. In fact they should use tourism tax for DTS bringing MLB to Raleigh. And every possible tax they have, money they got that finally they realized oh shit we could spend a lot on this.
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Makes sense why they’re trying to get all the hotels up now. This looks incredible. Would be a major draw for all kinds of events.
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We are finally becoming an actual city! I have a feeling with the roofline, Red Hat could be just as iconic as the shimmer wall
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And obviously, the new tower planned for 2028 has a 500-room minimum. However, the city has said they want the towers to be of a substantial height and with the amount of space needed, they could add 900 rooms and still probably need more
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This is a crucial decade for Raleigh I can’t stress it enough we have to get our entertainment act together MLB to Raleigh, PNC renovations, hotels all in our cities core.
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This is crucial decade for Raleigh I can’t stress is enough we have to get our entrainment together MLB to Raleigh, PNC Renovations, hotels in our cities core.
This is amazing news.
My only request when rebuilding RHA:
Grade it so that it’s actually an auditorium shape!
Nothing worse than a flat field, pop-up festival style concert experience in my opinion, and Red Hat currently has that with all concrete…
The rendering here looks pretty flat…
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So this would close off Lenoir St? That seems unfortunate since that is a pretty critical East-West connection.
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