Halifax Stadium Discussion

[ILoveHalifax]

Originally Posted by Drybrain

With all due respect, that's pretty ridiculous.

A: Buses (hypothetically) get people OUT of cars, so we'd ultimately have fewer vehicles on the road.

B: An aggressively expanded transit system—and I think there it should be considered realistic and reasonable to start planning an urban rail/LRT system—will be a much greater economic benefit than a stadium.

Stadiums are virtually always enormous money-suckers, of course, and while a transit system is too, it can be used as a tool not only to knit together the city into a more cohesive whole. It can help drive public and private investment in real estate to the areas we want, and create a city where it's easier for people to get around without cars, creating a more urban, 21st-century kind of environment. Good transit systems are one of the number-one generators of wealth and investment in urban communities. Stadiums are...not. I'm pro-stadium, but it's just not going to happen soon. A transit expansion is something that Halifax, as a city, can start planning and executing all by ourselves.

With all due respect that pretty ridiculous on so many levels.