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Originally Posted by wespidel
Across from Saint Mary`S, THERE IS A TENNIS COURT THERE AND A OLD OUTDOOR RINK USED FOR GROUND HOCKEY AND A LOT OF OPEN SPACE SURROUNDING THAT LOCATION NEAR GORSEBROOK GRAMMAR SCHOOL, HALIFAX ARE LOOKING AT THIS SITE AS ONE OF THE SITES TO BUILD THE STADIUM, AS WELL AS DART. CROSSING AND A PROSPECT RD. SITE AND A SITE OUT BY THE AIRPORT.
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Thanks for the information. A site by the airport would be a terrible location for a stadium (for readers not familiar with the Halifax area, it is 30 minutes by highway outside of the city which is good for an airport but not a stadium). Probably the thought is that it would be a central location for Nova Scotia and all of the Maritime Provinces but most fans will come from the Halifax Urban area and many casual fans just won't want to travel that far. Also, visitors will fly into the Halifax Airport and possibly not even travel into the city. The other problem is shuttling fans without cars that far.
The Gorsebrook location would be great and would likely be supported by SMU. They might even want to close their field and use it for academic buildings. The Dartmouth Crossings area might refer to the Commodore Drive and John Savage Avenue area where there is already a football field -
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&q=Commo...63.575177&spn=0.010813,0.033023&t=h&z=16 . As far as Dartmouth locations go, I think it would be about the best (just my opinion) - it is close to restaurants and shopping areas and is a nice scenic area.