Currently, there are
9,884 parking spaces divided among the various parking categories mentioned
above located within 3/8-mile of the proposed center field entrance at Monroe
and Superior Street.
Locating the stadium at this site permits the Mud Hens to
tap a huge reservoir of parking. Much of the parking inventory is heavily used
by downtown employees, clients, and visitors during normal business hours;
however, this same inventory supports huge special event attendance throughout
the year. In fact tens of thousands of visitors attend the numerous special
entertainment events such as Rally by the River, Rib Off, Riverfest, Fourth of
July Celebration, First Night, Taste of Toledo, and Greekfest. These special
events occur during evening hours, on holidays and weekends and do not impact
the normal weekday business demand on the parking supply.
If we use the Urban Land Institute suggested planning
data for a sports facility, we find that persons attending a sport event will
walk up to 2,000 feet. Vehicle occupancy is calculated at a ratio of 2.4 persons
per vehicle for a 10,000-seat ballpark. Using these planning ratios we find the
results to be significantly favorable to Downtown Toledo. 9,884 parking spaces
located within a 3/8-mile radius equal enough fans to fill a 24,000-seat
stadium. If we were to calculate adding any of the privately owned parking that
is not typically available for public parking, there would be an additional
2,975 parking spaces over and above the 9,884 public parking spaces considered
in this report. That represents enough parking supply to fill a 30,000-seat
stadium. The 9,884 public parking spaces that make up the available downtown
inventory are within 2,000 ft of the proposed centerfield entrance. In fact we
have calculated that within a 1/4 –mile radius of the proposed site, there are
6,623 public parking spaces that equates to enough parking to fill a 15,600 seat
facility to standing room only. Many of the parking spaces are closer if we were
to consider a home plate entrance.
There is a sufficient supply of parking within all of
downtown and the Warehouse District to support several large functions at the
same time. For instance the parking supply for COSI, Valentine Theatre, and
International Park would not be impacted by a sold out stadium event. Most of
this parking supply is located at the outer edge of the 3/8-mile distance from
the stadium entrance and large portion is located outside of the 3/8-mile
radius.
There is sufficient parking supply within the
downtown core and Warehouse District to easily accommodate the peak parking
demand of the proposed ballpark. As the accompanying maps demonstrate, the
necessary parking spaces are contained within a relatively small area of
downtown. We may also note that there would be no negative impact on the parking
available for the Erie Street market. Additional public parking is being
developed further south of the Erie Street Market on Erie Street.
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Color Code
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Public Parking Inventory
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(Qty.) Parking Spaces Within 1/8 - Mile
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(Qty.) Parking Spaces Within 1/4 - Mile
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(Qty.) Parking Spaces Within 3/8 - Mile
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Blue
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Multi-Level Facilities
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(2) 1,065
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(7) 4,013
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(10) 5,281
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Green
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Surface Parking Lots
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(7) 526
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(26) 2,187
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(39) 3,724
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Pink
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Metered Parking Zones
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(15) 95
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(56) 321
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(91) 577
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Yellow
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Parking Permitted Zones
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(1) 7
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(7) 102
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(21) 302
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Total Number of Public Parking Spaces:
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1,693
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6,623
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9,884
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