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Originally Posted by roryn1
I thought this was going by the river but it is not… they’re making some lame fake lake lol. I hope this project gets cancelled
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The walk from downtown would be close to 4 km and take 45 minutes. Very few people would make that trek. The gold standard for walkability is 15 minutes, or about 1 mile. Since Prairieland park is surrounded by the river and a highway on two sides, and the track is behind a moat of parking lots on the other two sides, the nearest houses are already half a mile away. To walk to the stadium you would need to live southwest of Queen Elizabeth School. I would guess that captures maybe a few thousand people in the 15-minute walking radius, and not all of them will be soccer fans.
Saskabusher is right, the proximity to the highway and wealth of parking is much more important. Saskatoon couldn't care less about being like Vancouver, where Nat Bailey is in the middle of a residential neighbourhood, or Edmonton, where Rodgers Place is in the middle of downtown. No, Saskatoon would rather be like Calgary, where the Saddledome is on the periphery of downtown, surrounded by parking, and conveniently located off Macleod Trail. At least Calgary has Cowboys Casino for Flames fans to visit after a game. Unless the entire soccer stadium can pack into Sports On Tap after a game, all of them will have to drive drunk to some other bar to provide any spill-over benefits to Saskatoon's businesses.