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| - Wow - this place is lame and trust me when I say I was one of those people who wanted to believe they finally got it right this time with downtown development.
Last night we left a show at the Orpheum around 10:30 and thought, "Hey, let's walk over to Cityscape and grab something to eat." We walked around and ... nothing. The only thing open was Lucky Strike Lanes and I'm sure it's fine but not what we were looking for. I even asked a security guard if anything was open and he said not this time of night, except for Lucky Strike Lanes. He pointed me to the Hard Rock Cafe. Seriously? This is the 5th largest city in the country, on a Friday night at 10:30 and it was a ghost town.
Many people have already pointed out the major flaws - this is a mall in the middle of the city, from Washington it's like a cement fortress, etc. But, I have to say, even from the inside it's terrible. I've walked around the place and thought, there's no there there. Where is all this stuff? I've seen Vitamin T from the street, but you'd never know where it was if you stood inside this place.
I feel really bad saying this but it will probably work as a lunchtime food court for office workers during the months when you can comfortably walk around at noon. They'll probably bring in a Sbarro's pizza, Panda Express, a nail salon, etc and after 2 years it will be another Arizona Center.
I hope I'm wrong.
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