Halifax Stadium Discussion - Page 25

BravoZulu · #**481** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 8:48 PM**

I have a feeling that wouldn't fly in Halifax for some reason......

-Harlington- · #**482** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 8:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by BravoZulu

I have a feeling that wouldn't fly in Halifax for some reason......

Oh darn i though people would love having it beside their houses, especially the historic ones lol
but yeh, i just thought it was kinda funny well, sad, that they can put one where the did, and were having troubles getting it in vacant lots and other places nobody uses

BravoZulu · #**483** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 8:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by -Harlington-

Oh darn i though people would love having it beside their houses, especially the historic ones lol
but yeh, i just thought it was kinda funny well, sad, that they can put one where the did, and were having troubles getting it in vacant lots and other places nobody uses

It's probably because those old vacant lots are also somehow historic

Wishblade · #**484** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 9:03 PM**

Well, has anyone actually even proposed that a stadium be built in a residential community? Just saying, nobody has really spoken out for or against it because it hasnt been brought to the table.
But I too think it wouldnt fly. I have a very strong feeling that the stadium will be built near one of the major highways (101, 102, or 118) in the suburbs.

BravoZulu · #**485** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 9:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Wishblade

Well, has anyone actually even proposed that a stadium be built in a residential community? Just saying, nobody has really spoken out for or against it because it hasnt been brought to the table.
But I too think it wouldnt fly. I have a very strong feeling that the stadium will be built near one of the major highways (101, 102, or 118) in the suburbs.

You've got a point, no one has proposed it. It might actually work if there was an area that was vacant in a residential neighbourhood, but I can't see them tearing down homes to build it. I for one would be quite happy to live next door to the stadium, but I suspect I am in the minority.

MaritimeCFLFan · #**486** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 9:29 PM**

I am pretty sure that the new stadium that will be built for the PanAm Games in Hamilton which will become the new home of the Ti-Cats will be built nowhere close to any residential areas. New stadiums are usually built in down town areas or university grounds.

-Harlington- · #**487** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 9:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Wishblade

Well, has anyone actually even proposed that a stadium be built in a residential community? Just saying, nobody has really spoken out for or against it because it hasnt been brought to the table.
But I too think it wouldnt fly. I have a very strong feeling that the stadium will be built near one of the major highways (101, 102, or 118) in the suburbs.

im pretty sure most cities in Canada don't mind stadiums near the people there probably isn't even that much opposition, maybe its just here that we have nuts for counselors.
anyway i think if anywhere residential it would be clayton park, i its mostly apartment building so homeowners cant complain to much and theres an abundance of retail/sports bars/restraunts and transit not to mention bayers lake (Which also has potentail as a stadium site) and the 102 highway just up lacewood.

just a thought lol

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MaritimeCFLFan · #**488** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 9:56 PM**

There are cities that don't want stadiums in residential areas. Look at Ottawa, there is major opposition to the re-building of Lansdown Stadium by the residents of the Glebe. They don't want the stadium in their neighborhood at all. They want the existing stadium demolished and turned into a park.

-Harlington- · #**489** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 10:10 PM**

well Ottawas getting a team anyway so they must have done something right (besides having over a million people) so there gonna build it, and thats what we need, our city to realize that we need it.
and im sure some people appose it but that might be the minority they might as well just ask everyone in the city im sure the cfl will be pleasantly surprised

MaritimeCFLFan · #**490** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 10:27 PM**

Yes the only opposition is from the neighborhood that will have to live with the stadium in it. The rest of Ottawa seems to strongly support the idea. I am all for a stadium in Halifax or Dartmouth. If we ever get a stadium and a CFL franchise I will buy season tickets even though I can't make all the games.

-Harlington- · #**491** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 10:37 PM**

yes i know many people that would support a team here and i know that most of the city would, but with the residential thing your not gonna please everyone but as long as most residents are fine with it it should be ok
and when a team comes here eventually ill have the tickets if you cant go

fenwick16 · #**492** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 11:10 PM**

I think that Halifax could become the most successful team in the CFL just like the Windjammers were in basketball. I actually drove to the Hamilton Copps Coliseum to watch the Windjammers play the Hamilton team (16 years ago). I would do the same if Halifax was in the CFL; I would attend Toronto and Hamilton games and quietly cheer on Halifax (or just pretend to cheer on the home team). I would also fly down to Halifax just to watch them play. I think that there are a lot of ex-Nova Scotians throughout Canada who just want to have a national pro team in Halifax to cheer for.

By the way, do people consider the Windsor and Young area to be residential? To the west it looks like a residential area but the immediate area looks like it is commercial/industrial.

hfx_chris · #**493** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 11:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by MaritimeCFLFan

If we ever get a stadium and a CFL franchise I will buy season tickets even though I can't make all the games.

Oh hell yeah. I would make sure I was there for every game. Although I have to admit it would be a little weird, I've always been an Als fan... Don't know what I would do if Halifax was playing Montreal

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...I would attend Toronto and Hamilton games and quietly cheer on Halifax...

Quietly?? C'mon, make some noise!

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Originally Posted by fenwick16

By the way, do people consider the Windsor and Young area to be residential? To the west it looks like a residential area but the immediate area looks like it is commercial/industrial.

I would consider the immediate area industrial, but right on the edge of residential.

fenwick16 · #**494** Posted **Dec 12, 2009, 2:52 PM**

I would love to see a football/concert venue designed based on Fenway Park. When I say based on Fenway, I mean a very compact design. I don't even mind the columns that are integrated into the first tier of seats. Over the past several decades, column-less design has become the design criteria in stadiums. However, this increases cost and often leads to a cavernous stadium or arena. Could a stadium simply be built with columns in the aisle-ways so as to minimize the number of obstructed seats. Not only will all of the seats be closer to the field, the upper tier will become a shelter from the rain for the lower tier. A roof over the upper tier will be small in area and cover most of the seats.

I have never been in Fenway, however I have been in the old Buffalo Auditorium and the new HSBC arena in Buffalo. I liked the old Auditorium far better. It was more compact with tiers of seats overhanging other tiers of seats. The new HSBC is like most new cavernous arenas and stadiums that lack the intimate feel that makes old stadiums like Fenway so special. I hope that when Halifax gets a new stadium that it will be built to provide an intimate feel and not built simply to copy other new stadium specifications of column-less design.

(source: http://www.deelip.com/?p=293 )

hfx_chris · #**495** Posted **Dec 14, 2009, 12:17 AM**

Northcliffe site, as continued from the Metro Transit discussion (and above).

Note that I used the new field at Dartmouth Crossing, as you can see there's ample room for stands around the field - plus a new transit terminal to boot.

-Harlington- · #**496** Posted **Dec 14, 2009, 3:09 AM**

i really like this site it has great access or both highway and transit, there is sports bars and restraunts across the street.
the bus terminal can fit where the parking lot and playground is, it would compliment the area nicely

fenwick16 · #**497** Posted **Dec 14, 2009, 12:23 PM**

This would be my choice if a peninsular location is unavailable. Are there any sites in this area that are closer to the peninsula and still on the bus routes?

As somebody pointed out this area is quite scenic and has views of the city.

-Harlington- · #**498** Posted **Dec 14, 2009, 4:39 PM**

The closer you get to the peninsula in this area the less you see of it since its basicly a big hill that makes sence the most views would be higher up
but other than this which is next to a mayjor terminal i cant think of anywheres else that would have better transit thats available, or as close to the highway as this. id like a downtown/peninsula location as much as anyone but theres not much to work with there.

hfx_chris · #**499** Posted **Dec 14, 2009, 8:59 PM**

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This would be my choice if a peninsular location is unavailable. Are there any sites in this area that are closer to the peninsula and still on the bus routes?

Not really, unless you can convince CN to abadon their Rockingham yard site

Anyway, this site is pretty close to the peninsula already if you ask me.

fenwick16 · #**500** Posted **Dec 15, 2009, 7:58 AM**

I think that the DND Willow Park location would be perfect for a stadium. If this was developed with an appealing design it would likely lead to all sorts of developments in this area. Possibly extending the downtown area more to the North.