Halifax Stadium Discussion

[Colin May]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

I'm not sure why anyone would want to wreck nice, quiet, attractive residential neighborhoods by shoehorning a stadium without parking or access into them. So forget Gorsebrook or Brightwood.

The problem with Wyse Rd isn't that so much as the fact the the land is all privately owned and hence expensive. The part of it adjacent to the MacD bridge is a good location otherwise. Not sure there's enough land for ancilliaries.

Wanders Grounds gives me a headache. You cannot park there right now with the hospitals and it gets even worse once HRM takes away the remaining on-street parking to create you-know-whats. Traffic and access is hopeless too. Forget it.

Seaport lands are federal and hard though not impossible to acquire with the right connections. However access is hopeless. And anything on the ocean is 10 degrees cooler than a few blocks away, an advantage only at peak summertime. Nope.

The only practical location on the peninsula is the area around Windsor Park. Again it is federal land with the same challenges, bit it is ideally sited and access is excellent. Failing that it is DC I am afraid.

I agree.
The Wyse Road properties were all sold recently in 3 transactions on the same day. Centre Plan has them marked for dense development.