[halifaxboyns]

I just wanted to chime in before I rush off to get my morning coffee.

I have a growing concern about how much people seem to be banking on the Cogswell Interchange site for everything. This was the site that the HT compromised on (shocking) to allow tall buildings in HbD, the metro centre 2 could go there, we've talked about a stadium, I've heard rumors about greenspace for the downtown...that's the only 4 I could think of right now, but I'm sure there is more. I know this was talked about in another thread and Jono pointed out that there should be enough for at least 4 tall buildings - but until I see a plan, I'm skeptical. The fact is; the roads are the priority there (getting them re-aligned to function) and this spot can be the 'be all and end all' site for everything.

That being said; i'm not opposed to a stadium close to downtown and I'm sure that if it was built the route 8 or some other type shuttle service could be altered to act as a shuttle.

Another concern I have is about the wanderers ground site. In theory I don't have an issue, but this is part of the commons and a discussion I had with an uncle keeps going around in my head. The commons is about a public use, yet one of the main reasons we'd be building a stadium is for a CFL football team and to hold concerts. So can one truly say that these are public uses, when the team is privately owned? That would probably be the point of debate for those who would oppose it. Personally - I wouldn't oppose it because the selling feature I'd say would be that you could take the concerts off the commons and in a space that would be more appropriate.