goalie34
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02-18-08 04:35 PM - Post#37637
Ok, my turn....
So what is being built at Exchange and Central in front of ASI Gymnastics?
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amanda815
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02-18-08 07:28 PM - Post#37647
In response to goalie34
I've heard it's going to be a La Quinta.
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MsAlyce
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02-18-08 07:55 PM - Post#37648
In response to amanda815
WOW! I'm sure that is just what ASI wants in front of their gym! Or what parents want near they're kids gymnastics place.
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richardb
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Loc: Allen
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02-18-08 07:59 PM - Post#37649
In response to MsAlyce
Apparently there was a great need for all the softball teams playing tournaments at Allen Station Park.
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ReadingRainbow
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Loc: Allen
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02-18-08 09:18 PM - Post#37655
In response to richardb
Can't be a La Quinta...there's no Denny's there! 
(Hope I'm not the only one that noticed that those are most often next to eachother)
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tamud1
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02-18-08 10:36 PM - Post#37663
In response to ReadingRainbow
I wouldn't mind seeing a Denney's in Allen, we could use another 24 hour place to eat.
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MsAlyce
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02-18-08 10:43 PM - Post#37666
In response to ReadingRainbow
That reminds me of one of my dear friends. He convinced his wife that La Quinta, means next to Denny's. Thanks for the memories.
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sco
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02-19-08 08:11 AM - Post#37680
In response to MsAlyce
WOW! I'm sure that is just what ASI wants in front of their gym! Or what parents want near they're kids gymnastics place.
Huh? I'm not sure why it is considered bad to have a hotel next to a place that caters to children. LaQuinta isn't the Hilton but it isn't exactly a seedy flop house either.
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allen
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02-19-08 08:21 AM - Post#37682
In response to MsAlyce
That reminds me of one of my dear friends. He convinced his wife that La Quinta, means next to Denny's. Thanks for the memories.
That's silly. Everyone knows La Quinta means...
The Quinta.
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V-Girl
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02-19-08 08:58 AM - Post#37696
In response to MsAlyce
That's what my hubby told me too.
Crazy doesn't even begin to cover it. 
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chickypez
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Loc: Allen, TX
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02-19-08 09:13 AM - Post#37700
In response to V-Girl
According to the Babelfish Altavista translator, La Quinta means The Villa.
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MsAlyce
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02-19-08 07:15 PM - Post#37756
In response to sco
Why wouldn't I want it next to me, is probably my best answer. You never know who is staying at a hotel/motel. I wouldn't want a lot of strangers near my kids. Maybe I'm overprotective of our students, but that's the way I am. Places we go for field trips have background checks done on employees, or we don't go. Cluck cluck cluck that's this mother hen.
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aaron
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02-19-08 07:23 PM - Post#37759
In response to MsAlyce
Wouldn't any type of business going into a location equate to strangers being in the vicinity? Hotel, motel, restaurant, car wash, retail. They are all going to be strangers.
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shiraz
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02-19-08 07:51 PM - Post#37762
In response to aaron
it sure looks like a tiny spot for a hotel...
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MsAlyce
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02-19-08 07:52 PM - Post#37763
In response to aaron
In those other businesses most people don't stay at the business very long, at a motel/hotel they can stay a very long time. I admit it might be an over reaction, but still it would make me uncomfortable for my business.
I live very close to where this La Quinta is being built (less than 1/4 mile), that doesn't bother me at all.
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lcr2004
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02-19-08 08:24 PM - Post#37765
In response to shiraz
I was involved in getting the Hampton up at Stacy/Chelsea built a couple years ago. The feasibility study for that one showed there was barely enough demand for it at the time, and did not project much more going forward.
The Hilton Garden Inn at Bethany is helped by a convention contract it has with the city, but there really aren't many demand drivers in the Allen area for hotels other than family visitors, a few outlet shoppers (rare) and a few businesses..nothing like Frisco or Plano, though. Technology is a big part of Allen's economy, and they don't create the same hotel traffic as many financial companies do...along the Tollway. There are also a couple new hotels planned for McKinney up near 75/Eldorado, and there was (and may still be, I'm not sure) a boutique hotel planned for Craig Ranch.
I don't really get why a La Quinta is going in there, just like I don't get why MGHerring is saying an 8-story office is going in at Greenville/Stacy and a 200-room Embassy Suites is going in at Stacy/75. We may have a problem with hotels in our future similar to what Frisco will have to deal with on the retail front...lots of vacancy and failures.
The only way I see hotel demand increasing substantially in the Allen/McKinney area in the near future is if three major things happen - 1, TKI (McKinney Airport) is opened to commercial traffic (this is a possibility in the next decade)...2, businesses decide to start moving up the US-75 corridor instead of the Tollway into Frisco/Plano (nuh uh)...and 3, the Byron Nelson Tournament moves from Las Colinas to the TPC at Craig Ranch (this WILL happen, very soon).
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