Regina | New Mosaic Stadium

[Migs]

Originally Posted by trueviking

contrary to mig's blind assertion that the office for urbanism has found a way to be successful where nobody else ever has,

Feel free to rebut any points that Office for Urbanism has stated, I provided the link for you previously.

but no football stadium has been a good generator for urban redevelopment anywhere in north america...

Can you provide evidence of a multipurpose facility such as the one being proposed in Regina that has been bad for urban revitilization?

not one.....their scale and use is not congruent with urban areas....hockey arenas are a somewhat different story as their use is much higher intensity....even their use as a catalyst is borderline.

Funny stuff, now you are saying there is a distinct difference between hockey arenas and indoor multipurpose facilities when in essence they serve similiar purposes. If you were talking about an outdoor football stadium in comparison to arenas then I could see your point. Look at the grounds of the proposed facility and if you don't think that type of project would be good for downtown then there is no use arguing with you. Fact is OforU, the Hotels association of Regina, Chamber of Commerce, and 99% of the businesses in the downtown corp and warehouse districts disagree with you.

btw, the forks isnt a park....when completed it will be a mixed use urban neighbourhood.....a stadium would never have been a catalyst for an urban market, 2 museums, residential development, a theatre, playgrounds etc...we transformed our rail yards into the biggest tourist attraction in the province.....will a football stadium do the same in regina?

Considering the stadium will be connected to one of the biggest tourist attractions in the province (Casino Regina), I would say yes. There are similarities between what happened in the forks and what is going to happen in Regina, just with a stadium. Remember in addition there will be residential development as well as hotels and commercial, as well as public squares. It doesn't have to be one or the other.

there are many excellent examples of transforming railyards in cities....sacramento is a good one.

anyways...i wont argue.....i know this isnt a place for critical debate....rah rah...go riders.

Hey this is a fun place for debate, its kinda of ironic however that the gross majority of the negativity is coming from people in Winnipeg about a project in Regina.