Ellen Eccles Theatre Parking Garage

Project Summary

• The Logan downtown historic arts district, especially the Ellen Eccles Theatre, has insufficient dedicated parking options.
• The indicated parking lot has approximately 250 parking spaces. The theater has approximately 1,100 seats and sells out for most performances.
• Assuming an average of 3 people per vehicle, the Eccles Theatre alone requires over 100 more parking stalls available. There are other theaters, offices, and busi-nesses, as well as the Logan Tabernacle and Logan High School, that also need parking facilities in the area.
• Visitors are currently directed to park in several small lots within a 2-block radius of the district and must cross major arterial roads to reach the area.

Design Criteria

• Each alternative was ranked on a scale from 1 to 5 based on the following Design Criteria:
  • Safety of Theater Patrons
  • Provide Additional Parking
  • Improve Accessibility (ADA)
  • Improve Facility Logistics
  • Cost of Implementation
• Each criteria was then weighted according to im-portance, as seen on the Pugh Matrix to the right.
  • Safety for visitors was given the heaviest weighting, followed by cost and the amount of additional parking provided.
  • Improved ADA accessibility and improved lo-gistics (the ability of theater staff to load and unload equipment) were both given the low-est weight, as those goals can be accom-plished independent of this project.
• The individual scores were then totaled to give the ranking for each considered alternative.

Alternatives

Several alternatives were evaluated based on the defined Design Criteria.

• No Build assumes no improvements are made for the site.
• Above-Ground structures have no floors below the existing grade.
• Below-Ground structures are built completely below final grade.
• Integrated Commercial structures sacrifice parking spaces to include retail units on the first floor and are evaluated as four-story structures.
• Offsite alternatives are built outside the parking lot site and include transit options to bring patrons to the theater.

Selected Alternative

The Pugh Matrix analysis indicates the best alterna-tive is the Above-Ground Integrated Commercial Garage with a weighted score of 4.5 out of 5.

• This Alternative meets the Design Criteria as follows:
  • Provides approximately 524 additional spaces in 4 stories
  • Improves safety for theatre patrons
  • Improves ADA accessibility
  • An above-ground structure is less expensive than an underground structure due to excava-tion costs.
• The estimated cost of the structure is $10,132,300
  • The revenue from retail and parking will recoup the cost of the structure in approximately 8-12 years.
• Site improvement alternatives implemented:
  • Loading Dock improvements increasing the logis-tics and safety of unloading/loading procedures.
  • ADA Ramp improving disabled accessibility to the theatre.

Final Design