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Originally Posted by esquire
^ I'm not convinced that Point Douglas would have been a better location for IGF. It would have run into some of the same traffic bottleneck issues, and it would have turned a good chunk of the area into a "stadium zone" instead of a residential area that it has the potential to be.
The U of M is a good location for the stadium... the only problem is that the City somehow failed to realize that putting a large stadium there without any new transportation infrastructure whatsoever to support the influx of crowds was a recipe for trouble.
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I would argue that downtown has plenty of parking and events at the MTS Centre do not cause traffic bottlenecks anywhere near what IGF does now. The residential area that it has the potential to be would have been spurred by the construction of a new Stadium in that location. The parcel from the Louise Bridge to Waterfront would have raised land values and the old warehouse owners would sell to developers and several condo buildings would already be built.
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