himynameisjay

himynameisjay t1_je7r52v wrote

Reply to What's up with the Ace Sports Lounge in Shockoe? by [deleted]

I’ve been there once to help a friend during an event. It’s mostly a nightclub/lounge space (a pretty large main bar, a hookah room with another bar, a semi-outdoor seating area, a couple of those “skill games” for some reason).

I don’t think the security is a response to any particular event; just a preventative measure which is probably appropriate given the location.

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himynameisjay t1_iybhe6q wrote

Reply to Town Center Mall, Short Pump by HoldingtheMoon

Short Pump has enough critical mass that if the mall were to close the neighborhood would survive just fine. It would likely just be replaced by some sort of huge residential development (or more likely mixed use project like West Broad village).

The mall certainly played a huge role in the development of that area but people move there because they see it as a desirable place to live and way of life and not necessarily its proximity to the mall.

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himynameisjay t1_iya9feo wrote

Reply to Forest Hill Sheetz by ThrowYaBoatt

It might slightly disturb traffic between 11:00am-1:00pm on a weekday as people stop by for lunch but outside of that, I can't imagine it'll make too much of an impact on traffic.

Even late night (midnight - 3pm) I don't imagine it turning into the Shockoe Exxon or anything.

The Wawa up the street is mostly dead at night [as opposed to the Wawa on Midlothian that can be overwhelming (and overwhelmed) at night]. Even the Sheetz on Midlo never gets really wild at night or on the weekends (maybe because everyone is across the street at Cook Out).

I can kinda understand just generally not wanting a giant gas station at that intersection in terms of creating a more human-scale, pedestrian-friendly neighborhood crossroad but it doesn't really seem that intersection is really heading in that direction in the short term either way.

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