Back in the early 60s some developers considered the idea of Building mobile home parks in high rises. I wonder if the idea would work for a campground:

Bout as good an idea as a 2 story outhouse.

good idea if you are on the top or bottom floor, but in between?. . . not so much

Darryl&Rita wrote:Bout as good an idea as a 2 story outhouse.I'll take the 2nd floor. :B

I don't think that will work very well. Interesting concept though. In England, they built a 'house of cards' where they stacked one apartment on top of another, with cement walls going up about 13 floors. Problem happened one day when a gas stove exploded and took out two walls on the 10th floor, leaving the upper 3 floors on that corner of the building un-supported, and they fell onto the 10th floor, giving it a sudden extreme load, causing those walls to fail, and the rest fall down to a point where none of the walls kept failing, but by that time, much of the building was in shambles. Fred.

Would a sky-rise campground make sense? | Good Sam Community

mlts22
Explorer
Dec 19, 2015
How would the RV get to the top? It would require a ton of space for the up ramps (turning radii would be huge), or a big elevator.

Then come the smells. Even with FHU, my gray and black water tanks vent, and those would wind up wafting somewhere.

Finally, there is density. A garage just wouldn't be profitable for the number of RV types it can have in it, unless the owner charged on the order of $2000 a night for 20 years, to recoup the parking garage costs.

It is a cool idea, and a nice vision, but if I have to deal with an urban area with dense population, I just store my rig and hotel it.
96Bounder30E
Explorer II
Dec 19, 2015
Looks like it's already been done..........
Jim_Shoe
Explorer
Dec 19, 2015
Mod,
Don't think that would work for me. I get winded climbing the single step into my 'C'.
tbred
Explorer II
Dec 19, 2015
EWWWW, that's just wrong!
holstein13
Explorer
Dec 19, 2015
mlts22 wrote:
Finally, there is density. A garage just wouldn't be profitable for the number of RV types it can have in it, unless the owner charged on the order of $2000 a night for 20 years, to recoup the parking garage costs.
$2,000 per night is $14.6 MM over 20 years and should cover the cost of the structure.

http://www.fixr.com/costs/build-parking-garage

That seems reasonable to me. It averages out to only $25 per camper per night if there are 80 RVs in the building. Add in another $25 for the land and $25 for operating expenses and the total cost would only be $75 per night. I'd gladly pay that for a spot in downtown Chicago or near any major city.
Steeljag
Explorer
Dec 19, 2015
96Bounder30E wrote:
Looks like it's already been done..........

Lol...ok, where is this located?
Steeljag
Explorer
Dec 19, 2015
Jim Shoe wrote:
Mod,
Don't think that would work for me. I get winded climbing the single step into my 'C'.

Lol.....grab a beer at the half step location!
Fizz
Explorer
Dec 19, 2015
Walmart should put those up for their parking lot campers.
mgirardo
Explorer
Dec 19, 2015
I could see if it were a hotel that offered RV parking on the roof, the views would be great. However, if the hotel is too high, it could be really windy up top. I don't think I'd be interested in camping anywhere but the roof.

-Michael
Homer1
Explorer
Dec 19, 2015
It might have a purpose in a highly congested area near a University or a large medical complex or any where people need close by parking for their rig to conduct business. For outdoor camping to me it has no appeal.