n DEVELOPMENT
The eight brick buildings that make up the Central Shops dominate in this drone photograph
of The Railyards looking south toward downtown Sacramento. photo : hector amezcua
A map of The Railyards
shows where the
proposed Major League
Soccer stadium would be
located in the 244-acre
development.
rendering courtesy of
downtown railyards
ventureds
The Railyards could help unite the Old Sacramento wa-
terfront and the River District too. “It’s a catalyst,” Steinberg
says. “Its success begets success. And as we build out The
Railyards, it’s going to create more opportunity and incen-
tives to make the waterfront the destination that we all want
it to be.”
Eventually, the central city could extend as one contig-
uous unit to the American River. “As more projects go in, I
think that division which has kind of separated The Railyards
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for, what, the last 150 years will begin to become less apparent
and become the northern downtown,” the city’s Rich says.
THE LONG — AND BUMPY? — ROAD AHEAD
No one expects The Railyards to be a bustling neighborhood
anytime soon. “My best guess would be two decades, and
that’s like fully baked, everybody’s moved, all the businesses
are open and it’s a fully integrated part of the city,” Harris
says.