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Originally Posted by north 42
What's the retail situation in downtown Regina? Is there a good mix of shops and restaurants and clubs? I can see there is a good amount of office space, but I'm not sure about how busy it is in the day and at night.
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Early birds might get the choice, but the dawdlers find the deals (L-P Dec. 24, 2011)
Christmas shoppers go about their business at the Cornwall Centre on Friday. [Dec. 23, 2011]
Photograph by: Bryan Schlosser, Leader-Post
Shoppers open wallets (L-P Dec. 22, 2011)
A good day for shoppers (L-P Dec. 27, 2011)
Retail in Regina in general seems to be pretty busy. Street life downtown still tends to be busy during the day, understandably quieter at night, but esp. during winter time, the Cornwall Centre shopping mall is easily more busy! Nightlife downtown will be concentrated in certain spots, esp. by the bar/pub O'Hanlon's (Victoria Ave. and Scarth St.), further north at the Globe Theatre (Scarth St. and 11th Ave.) and Casino Regina on Saskatchewan Dr., and even more north by the club/bar strip along Dewdney Ave., tending to be more busy closer to the end of the week/weekends!
As for shops/restaurants, there's a variety of retail and services (other than the mall) of hair, spas, fashions, books, travel, health/legal professional, Gov. Canada services, etc., and a healthy mix of ethnic (Chinese, Japanese/sushi, Korean Vietnamese, Ethiopian) and contemporary and fine dining restaurants and coffee shops (no Starbucks downtown though! -- We're probably the only one-(true) Starbucks city around!). I think it would make a nice addition if we could get a Cactus Club or Milestones or other contemporary name restaurant somewhere downtown. There's also a plethora of hotels -- along with their restaurants/boutiques -- with a new one (Capital Pointe Condos/Hilton Hotel) intended to be built and running before the Grey Cup arrives for 2013!
Our newly (almost) completed City Square Plaza (located on the north side of Victoria Park, downtown) should help re-invigorate summertime, weekend events, like the already popular Regina Folk Fest and Farmers' Market, and create interest for other special events to take place there!