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Originally Posted by Jstaleness
If Dartmouth Crossing is chosen I would be fine with that. I can't wait for all the folks to come out and suddenly complain that it wasn't built downtown. What about the downtown business' they'll say? It's too far to walk or bike. People will complain enough that they didn't want in their neighbourhood but once it's built somewhere else they are sore losers because they missed the benefits.
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I'll jump the gun! This kind of civic structure really should have an urban location. I can't think of anything less inspiring then putting a stadium out by a highway offramp in "anywhere North America." Besides the obvious atmosphere of building in the city, a suburban location comes with image problems. If successful, a new Halifax stadium would potentially have several televised events a year (a CFL team would mean many more). In all sports broadcasts, you get those shots of the exterior before of after commercial breaks etc. Do we really want Halifax's image to the rest of the country to be Dartmouth Crossing's parking lots or the woods by the Airport? Shannon Park offers a way better location in terms of branding. It's also within the urban core and would allow a derelict site to get reused. I'm sure the feds would be willing.
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