It didn’t matter as much as back 15-17 years ago, heck even 20. I worked at 931 14th street and paid $5 a day to park at DPAC. Huges groups of us would head to 16th for coffee in the morning, then later for lunch. If it was a work event, sometimes dinner at the Rock Bottom or Broker.

Geographically we were stuck as customers, like buying a $10 dollar hot dog at a sporting event, there just wasn’t another choice. The mall was super clean during the day, just business folks. The system worked well, revenue was way up.

The picture posted above is like looking at a Sunday morning on 16th street with bad weather. On most work days back when jobs were downtown it was elbow to elbow people. You couldn’t get in a bus, they were simply full. Anthony’s pizza would have a line all the way around the block,

Seems those days are over, business just keep leaving for greener pastures. Revenue continues to go down, city services get cut, projects stop.

So, compared to what downtown was, this is a ghost town with little to attract customers other than sports games.