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Benvui, this looks good.....
If this could be covered from the elements and placed close to the VIA station, this would make an ideal transit node for VIA, intercity bus and Codiac Transpo. You could even have a joint ticketing centre. Imagine it connected directly to the events centre, possibly with an enclosed hallway leading directly to Main St.
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Regarding the comments by the blogger, I do not agree with him at all.....
The coliseum was never meant to be surrounded by shops and services. It's surrounded by acres of surface parking and is immediately adjacent to an exit onto the divided highway. It is a suburban arena designed to get people into and out of the facility as quickly as possible.
A downtown events centre on the other hand will encourage people to linger in the neighbourhood, especially if properly designed and integrated into the streetscape. It
will encourage new shops and boutiques and will be a focal point for the downtown. Of this I have no doubt.
The events centre in itself won't save the core, but it will serve as a catalyst to begin the process. What will save the core is if people want to live there and spend their leisure time there. The core has to be a vibrant part of the community. A core composed only of office buildings and parking lots has no heart and soul. The events centre will inject new life in the downtown....
