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Originally Posted by khabibulin
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Looks quite forlorn there, but turning it into a casino is actually what really saved the building. It has allowed it to be restored and very will maintained and bring it back as a bit of a destination. Along with being a Casino, there has also been a small theatre built that is attached to the building where more intimate shows (~700 seats) can be held than the ~2,000 seat Conexus Arts Centre, ~6,000 Brandt Centre, or 30K+ Mosaic Stadium would allow.
Looks a little bit nicer here:
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Kenton De Jong's Blog
The alternative option would have been to allow it to continue to decay after Via cancelled the route through Regina... interestingly, the main hall still has the arrivals/departures displayed as they were on the day the station closed.
The former railyard behind the building (between downtown and the Warehouse district) is also to be redeveloped over the next 10-15 years, so it could be interesting times for the area surrounding the Casino. Originally, the new Stadium was supposed to be there, but CP rail decided to hold onto more land than originally planned, and a stadium could no longer fit there.
Alternatively, Saskatoon's former main station was turned into the city's main mall:
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Collier's Website
And for some extra Saskatchewan flavour, the old Moose Jaw Station:
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Tunnels of Moose Jaw site
Replaced by this in the 1920s, though it is now a bit disused since, like Regina, no passenger trains go through Moose Jaw anymore:
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Pinterest