Suburb vs. City Sports Complex

City recreational facilities seem to have less to offer than the suburbs. Located in the city has many factors that be affected by the social and economic issues of using the facility. Other factors would be the distractions of being in the hearth of the city, such as the dynamic influence of population and  surrounded by an overwhelming sets of amenities. The costs of living is much more expensive compared to the suburban areas.  Also, dealing with city regulations and citations could probably take into affect of the conscious decisions people make in coming to the city. These are the issues that designers have no control of when the site is in the realms of the city.

City sites tend to cramp in as many programs as possible that could effect the functionality of the space. Common problems of sports recreational facilities design in the city is the size of the space; whether if its just enough to function, or if there's a desire to accommodate more space to make it more user appreciative. In the suburbs, they seems to have a lot more land to design with. An opportunity to design for future professional athletes because of the programs they could accommodate into designing a successful facility. Suburban areas don't have the distractions like the daily city life style and conflict of schedules in managing the space.

The pros of what a city facility has to offer is location, location, location. Traveling expenses and the time to travel take does affect the decisions people make to plan accordingly. Being in the hub of a metropolitan city already offers that option of public transportation. But for automobile travelers will have a difficult time in finding parking in fitting their price point. As for the pros with suburban areas is the amount of space and land they have. The opportunity to create not just a functional space, but a space thats geared for the users. So the idea of integrating the advantages of the suburb and city culture of a sports recreational facility is a design challenge thats much needed for the Parcel 16 site.