The people have spoken, and they want big changes at Sioux Falls' events campus.

The results of an online survey were unveiled Wednesday morning during a meeting of the events center campus task force, charged with coming up with recommendations on how the city of Sioux Falls should map the future of the hub of entertainment venues in central Sioux Falls that includes the T. Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls Stadium, Howard Wood Field and the Sioux Falls Arena.

And according to the results, people could live without the arena, want more parking and convention space and want to see the baseball stadium renovated or relocated.

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In all, more than 2,000 responded to the survey — conducted by Sioux Falls marketing and research firm Lawrence & Schiller — before it closed June 17.

According to the results of the survey, respondents have mixed feelings about parking, though more than half said the campus would benefit from more parking.

"Parking is always going to be a hot topic," said Tracy Saathoff, vice president of insights and strategy for Lawrence & Schiller.

The arena, built in 1961, got positive marks from respondents as far as the number of times they've been to events there. However, given its age and Sioux Falls' need for more convention center space, 62 percent said they favored converting the arena's footprint to more flat floor space for conventions.

A closer look shows 38 percent want to see the arena renovated into convention center space while 28 percent favor demolishing and replacing the facility with convention center space.

When asked how the city should invest in the baseball stadium that hosts Canaries minor league baseball games in the summer, 37 percent said they want to see it demolished and built elsewhere. Another 32 percent, though, would rather see it renovated in its existing location.

Events campus study group co-chair Dan Statema said the results of the survey are informative, helpful and challenging. Feedback from the public will be considered before the panel makes its final recommendations, but he cautioned that the group has an obligation to think more long-term than a typical survey respondent likely did.

"It's very likely that the perspective of a lot of the folks taking the survey was now or very near term," he said. "It's our job to make sure we're thinking further ahead than that — that 2040 vision."

When formed by Mayor Paul TenHaken in January, the committee was expected to wrap up its by mid-summer. Its next meeting is set for July 24.