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Originally Posted by someone123
I tend to agree. In a lot of cases I think the people who mention Cogswell, etc. simply haven't looked at the amount of space available and the hypothetical footprint of a stadium.
The North End could be good. Shannon Park is probably more likely. I think it would be OK, as long as there's a good redevelopment of the whole area and some investment in transit, probably including a ferry terminal. I actually have a little more faith in this being pulled off now than I would have a few years ago, and the harbour setting is kind of interesting and fairly unique.
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This city needs to get a little bit more creative
Shannon Park isn't very accessible to the public, no one can walk to it, bike to it, the bus route isn't very convenient, taking a taxi from anywhere in the city would cost a lot and there are no establishments to support a crowd of people coming and going. The only supportive argument for it is that the land is vacant and its relatively accessible by car. If its going to be a multi purpose stadium and used to host concerts ect... Young people aren't going to want to go out to Shannon Park no mater wart band is playing so right there you have one alternative use for the venue thrown out the door
Why not the Dartmouth Commons, I've heard a lot of complaints that the Dartmouth Commons isn't a safe place to be and it needs a public fixture to draw people to it to make it safe much like the Oval made the Halifax commons a safe place, though I've never felt unsafe on the Halifax commons at any point walking along before the Oval.
Personally I think the Holy Cross Cemetery is the best location for one. Its a large enough area for a stadium and a parking parking facility . Its the best spot to distribute traffic and bring people into town at the same time with place to go before and after events. Its not a residential area where the noise would disturbed people. Its one of the easy spots in the city to reach by any means of transportation
Or that huge area in Dartmouth Cove that is essentially just a large parking lot waiting to be redeveloped into something
I've heard one person on here say Halifax commons but that would take up 1/3rd of the space left on it and no one in the city is going to go for that.
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