Winnipeg | RBC Convention Centre | Expansion | Completed
Important projects need their own threads... no one else is doing it so I will :)
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Just wait til lboy proposes an 3-floor Grammar school with anti-Winnipeg courses :P
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this will have huge impact on the city and fill some of the largest surface parking lots in the downtown....especially now that we know lakewood is moving ahead with their parking lot fillers as well.
very good investment in the city. |
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that's a good sign :cool: |
it still hasnt been awarded but i am generally familiar with what the proposals look like.
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so with the proposals you've seen, they all look good? (as in it doesn't matter who wins, the outcome will be essentially the same)?
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no.
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Which one has the higher building? If so, whats the height, rounded off by 20 metres. :P |
Somewhat related-ish article on how similar arguments are being made to replace the Javits Convention Center in NYC...and how the convention industry ain't what it used to be...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/ny...eens.html?_r=1 |
Except that the US isn't Canada. New convention centres and similar facilities are being built across this country. There's obviously a reason.
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There are 5 hotels planned for downtown - Alt, Lakeview (2), new WCC Hotel and the new Waterfront Hotel as well as the Canad Inn HSC (UC). There are 6 new, planned or under construction near the airport - Mainstay Suites on Berry (built), Fairfield Inn & Suites on Ellice (Built), Grand Airport Hotel Winnipeg (UC), Days Inn on Berry (UC), Hampton Inn on Berry (UC) and the Homewood by Hilton on Ellice (planned). As well as the new planned Canad Inn McPhillips St station all in a market where we keep hearing the hotel sector is saturated. They are building betting on the future and i would bet that these are fairly calculated risks they are taking. .......anyways, sorry for the long post. |
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So why do you see new convention centers popping up across the country? Do you have an explanatn for that?
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I have seen one of the proposals and it is pretty impressive.
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would be nice if they revealed several proposals i.e. the finalists for the public to see
I do believe the Convention Centre folks understand how important this development will be to the downtown core, so they aren't going to gimp on it unless it is impossible financially, and they are going to go with the best they can. frankly, good vibes from biff and viking is good enough for me |
yea would be nice to have all this stuff for the archives to dig up in 20yrs lol
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Hopefully a good one is chosen, but at the end of the day this IS Winnipeg, so... |
The challenge with convention centres is they are a little bit like arenas or stadiums. When there's something going on, they bring a lot of people to an area. When there isn't, a convention centre is basically a big sprawling dead zone. I'd like to see some media dig up just how busy the WCC actually is now -- and what specific events it thinks it will attract with a bigger centre. I've walked through there a fair bit, both on weekdays and weekends, and often there are just a couple small meeting rooms booked (events are posted on a board).
All of this to say that I hope there is more than just more convention space to this project -- and it sounds like that is the aim. |
Oh... My... God.... That was just the GREATEST post I have EVER seen in my life.....
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