lol. What?keepstlbrick wrote: ↑3:07 AM - Mar 16https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... r_stltoday
Well, goodbye to a solid % of attendance at those games now. Not ideal headline to be at the top of our news
Will have no effect on event or sport attendance, HOWEVER STLMPD needs to crackdown hard on these so called street takeovers, these things are planned days in advance online social media. maybe there is some kind of of way to work with these social media companies need to halt this before things escalate. As for downtown stlmpd needs to have a constant seen Presence downtown day and night not just during events make it clear do a crime downtown you WILL get caught and you will go to jail.keepstlbrick wrote: ↑3:07 AM - Mar 16https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... r_stltoday
Well, goodbye to a solid % of attendance at those games now. Not ideal headline to be at the top of our news
Comment was a little bit of pessimistic drama. But still not stoked that this is the first news headline that comes up right now when you search St. Louis on a week we will be welcoming a massive volleyball tournament and the NCAA tourney. Unfortunately there are many out of town visitors all around the country are averse to cities for these type of “takeovers”.i,Iive,to,draw wrote: ↑3:35 AM - Mar 16Will have no effect on event or sport attendance, HOWEVER STLMPD needs to crackdown hard on these so called street takeovers, these things are planned days in advance online social media. maybe there is some kind of of way to work with these social media companies need to halt this before things escalate. As for downtown stlmpd needs to have a constant seen Presence downtown day and night not just during events make it clear do a crime downtown you WILL get caught and you will go to jail.keepstlbrick wrote: ↑3:07 AM - Mar 16https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... r_stltoday
Well, goodbye to a solid % of attendance at those games now. Not ideal headline to be at the top of our news
I know we love to bag on the SLMPD and their "money grab", but they don't have the officers for this. They had a whopping 5 officers patrolling the entire 4th district yesterday. It takes at least 8-12 patrol cars to break up these takeovers.i,Iive,to,draw wrote: ↑3:35 AM - Mar 16Will have no effect on event or sport attendance, HOWEVER STLMPD needs to crackdown hard on these so called street takeovers, these things are planned days in advance online social media. maybe there is some kind of of way to work with these social media companies need to halt this before things escalate. As for downtown stlmpd needs to have a constant seen Presence downtown day and night not just during events make it clear do a crime downtown you WILL get caught and you will go to jail.keepstlbrick wrote: ↑3:07 AM - Mar 16https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... r_stltoday
Well, goodbye to a solid % of attendance at those games now. Not ideal headline to be at the top of our news
By the way, unfortunately, I was listening to a sports radio show and some caller called in who claimed to be from the area and told these media guys who were going to StL to cover the tourney not to go because people were taking over the streets and and lots of people got shot last weekend. Said they would be better off to go to South Africakeepstlbrick wrote: ↑5:38 AM - Mar 16Comment was a little bit of pessimistic drama. But still not stoked that this is the first news headline that comes up right now when you search St. Louis on a week we will be welcoming a massive volleyball tournament and the NCAA tourney. Unfortunately there are many out of town visitors all around the country are averse to cities for these type of “takeovers”.i,Iive,to,draw wrote: ↑3:35 AM - Mar 16Will have no effect on event or sport attendance, HOWEVER STLMPD needs to crackdown hard on these so called street takeovers, these things are planned days in advance online social media. maybe there is some kind of of way to work with these social media companies need to halt this before things escalate. As for downtown stlmpd needs to have a constant seen Presence downtown day and night not just during events make it clear do a crime downtown you WILL get caught and you will go to jail.keepstlbrick wrote: ↑3:07 AM - Mar 16https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... r_stltoday
Well, goodbye to a solid % of attendance at those games now. Not ideal headline to be at the top of our news
Downtown StL is just not in a place where we can afford these type of big stories that make it look widely unsafe
Let me add though that were very positive 314 celebrations at BPV and all across the city, so proud of the city in many ways still!
It is a top 15 podcast in sports. Largest radio show in Kentuckyjtlq53 wrote: ↑5:26 PM - Mar 18"Someone claiming they lived in the area" could be someone from within any 3 hour radius of St. Louis. I wouldn't worry about some random phone call on sports radio - how many prospective attendees are listening to that? I realize it's discouraging, but I try not to get bogged down in anecdotes like this.
I think you need to get off social media.keepstlbrick wrote:It is a top 15 podcast in sports. Largest radio show in Kentuckyjtlq53 wrote: ↑5:26 PM - Mar 18"Someone claiming they lived in the area" could be someone from within any 3 hour radius of St. Louis. I wouldn't worry about some random phone call on sports radio - how many prospective attendees are listening to that? I realize it's discouraging, but I try not to get bogged down in anecdotes like this.
I don’t really think it matters that much that some random guy decided to harp on the city, but again, there are just so many people out there already looking to hate a city like StL or confirm their reasons not to go because it’s unsafe, so I just get super worried to what news and discourse that gets put out there about the city. I feel like social media is not kind to StL these days, and I worry it prevents people from visiting or considering moving here, and even if they do, they come with a certain perceptions already formed which inherently affects the experience
I just get down about it because I want people to know it’s a wonderful place and for it to grow
I feel you and I share the sentiment. But it's beyond our control - I just try to share the exact message you're outlining at the end of your post with the people within my network and wherever it ripples out from therekeepstlbrick wrote: ↑5:33 PM - Mar 18It is a top 15 podcast in sports. Largest radio show in Kentuckyjtlq53 wrote: ↑5:26 PM - Mar 18"Someone claiming they lived in the area" could be someone from within any 3 hour radius of St. Louis. I wouldn't worry about some random phone call on sports radio - how many prospective attendees are listening to that? I realize it's discouraging, but I try not to get bogged down in anecdotes like this.
I don’t really think it matters that much that some random guy decided to harp on the city, but again, there are just so many people out there already looking to hate a city like StL or confirm their reasons not to go because it’s unsafe, so I just get super worried to what news and discourse that gets put out there about the city. I feel like social media is not kind to StL these days, and I worry it prevents people from visiting or considering moving here, and even if they do, they come with a certain perceptions already formed which inherently affects the experience
I just get down about it because I want people to know it’s a wonderful place and for it to grow
Saw some players at my local coffee shop this morning. So fun!dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑2:03 AM - Mar 20its already packed everywhere tonight.
SLU would have to cut a ton of other sports to pay for a football program. Just doesn't work fiscally.pattimagee wrote:^I was talking to some friends last year about how hard it would be for the city/boosters to "help" SLU build a perennially successful local college sports team whether basketball, and really I was asking about football because of our football demand... but I learned it was much harder than I thought, lol... but it sure would be a lot of fun to have a big time successful SLU football and/or basketball team. Hope this continues!
Just snipped through some of the video to see the StL commentary. Mostly positive. They do mention the middle of downtown being a “dead spot” and the youth curfew. They seemed to like the “random Irish pub” they found when they mention the dead spot (I’m guessing the dead spot being RWX area and Hayden’s being the pub)addxb2 wrote:Internet is full of broadcasters and sports journalists enjoying downtown. Here is a Kentucky group. Kentucky traveling very well for STL.
I'm obviously not still suggesting football, but I do think there's a huge opportunity there and because the NFL is probably not coming back, that huge vacuum would be totally worth a 10-20 year plan imho...legendrey wrote: ↑3:38 PM - Mar 20Yeah football is not even worth thinking about. Fortunately, the pieces are in place for basketball to be perennially successful right now. Whether that comes in the form of a Gonzaga-esque run in the A10 over the next however many years or by joining a conference like the Big East. We could be legitimized very soon.
The lack of businesses is one thing, but the broken glass, litter, and overall “unkept” feeling of the majority of downtown is what really bugs me. It doesn’t even look like we’re trying to make it presentable or attractive.GoHarvOrGoHome wrote:Walking around downtown today was interesting and gave me mixed feelings. On one hand it's a beautiful day and there are tons of visitors walking around. Feels alive.
Unfortunately it feels very exposing as well. Tons of gawking and pointing at our large abandoned buildings. People commenting on broken auto glass on the sidewalks, I guess the Peabody Building got shot up last weekend as well because like four more windows are busted out and the sidewalks below are covered with broken glass.
These events are still great because they drive money towards downtown and national attention towards STL, but I can't help think about how many of these visitors will leave with a diminished opinion of STL because of how Downtown is.
Unfortunately no easy solution here. We just got to be continuing the good work of pushing for regional cooperation and supporting downtown businesses. This is why a dollar spent downtown is worth two dollars spent elsewhere. A resident downtown is worth more to the region than two living in the city. Probably worth more than three residents in the suburbs.
