He builds it, the spirits of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the rest of the 1919 Black Sox come and play, and in the process of doing Something Wonderful the man saves his farm and rediscovers the meaning of life. If you build it, they will come. The truism has played itself out several times right here in Santa Clarita . Look at the Valencia Town Center . The Newhall Land and Farming Company can't seem to go wrong in what was once an onion field.
People flock to it by the thousands.
Look at Auto Row and Restaurant Row the newer Restaurant Row over by Stevenson Ranch. Former cattle pasture. Now you can hardly get in on a Friday or Saturday night. If you build it, they will come. The city is banking on it for Old Newhall.