Park View Inn To be Demolished,

[Timkin]

Got those , Jaxson.   good pics.  they are getting it down really quick.  Too bad there is nothing architecturally significant that could have been spared from the building.

[Jaxson]

Thanks, Timkin!

[duvaldude08]

I took some pictures on Tuesday, July 19:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2270308559932.2134120.1315165725&l=98b1b8b88a&type=1

Those pics are great! Even the park looks good. Have they started on the playground and restroom renovations yet? Its shame a how bad hogans creek looks. Even in black and white it looks sick. 

[Jaxson]

Thanks, DuvalDude!  I did not see any major renovations, but would like to know more...

[Ethylene]

Would it be out of the realm of possibility to include a movie theater on the Park View Inn property? Can anyone else visualize that prospect?

quote author=Ethylene link=topic=12688.msg236226#msg236226 date=1311687585]

All of you are still thinking inside the box - literally 

I say there needs to be an open-air, drive in theater on top of one of the several parking garages downtown.  All you have to provide is a retractable screen, some concessions and a projector.  Easy.  No remodeling, no new building.  And something both nostaglic yet innovative for the city.

Interesting idea.

There is still the talk of the creation and takeover of an Independent agency taking over parking revenue Downtown. There are city subsidized garages that are guaranteed a profit by MPS Metropolitan Parking Solutions. If a private entity wants to try then let them go for it.

There may be a demand or maybe not.

If they want to try then let them guarantee the 8% taxpayer return. Build the retractable screen. Will there be port o lets set up in the corner? Are there restrooms in these garages? Just asking. Where else is this done?

Wind, Rain, Heat,

If not a city owned garage a private one.

Thus I inquired, why not at the Park View property? Ample parking, existing garage, connectivity etc etc! No one addressed my question. 
[/quote]

[thelakelander]

There's no money in it.  Putting a movie theater at the Park View Inn or any downtown site would be a money losing venture without heavy public subsidies.  A private entity would get more ROI on their investment by turning it in to stacks of $1 bills and burning it with a wild night at Wackos.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

There's no money in it.  Putting a movie theater at the Park View Inn or any downtown site would be a money losing venture without heavy public subsidies.

Maybe MPS should get into the movie business as well.   

[Ethylene]

There's no money in it.  Putting a movie theater at the Park View Inn or any downtown site would be a money losing venture without heavy public subsidies.  A private entity would get more ROI on their investment by turning it in to stacks of $1 bills and burning it with a wild night at Wackos.

Ha, ha, nevermind, okay, b~a~d idea! Maybe when the world is perfect!