Gary Marvin seems like the type of guy that loves his own ideas so much and is so sure of them being the most correct that he’s flabbergasted when Saskatoon doesn’t embrace him as our much needed saviour.
It is hilarious and most appropriate that he just used his 1985 arena sketch to mock up some residential towers around it, which is a literal illustration of how dated his ideas are. There is a perfectly good plan for those remaining River Landing parcels to develop them with residences and active uses. An arena on the riverbank would be a disservice to the considerable improvements made in this area. There are far better locations.
The SP allows him to make his pitch uncritically. They could have asked him what progress he’s made on his sustainable community east of Wanuskewin since trumpeting it in 2016:
https://thestarphoenix.com/news/loca...-community/amp
He has zero legitimacy.