Attractions and events you'd like to see in Vancouver...a wish list

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

I think that's reasonable. Talking about developing greenspace with residential is a joke when the west side is all still SFH.

Preach it!

Though I wonder what we'd need otherwise - QE covers the "giant park" role for the area, and a gym would be redundant with the Y next door. It'd have to be unique, like a climbing centre or a zoo or an artificial lake.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Preach it!

Though I wonder what we'd need otherwise - QE covers the "giant park" role for the area, and a gym would be redundant with the Y next door. It'd have to be unique, like a climbing centre or a zoo or an artificial lake.

A zoo is the only thing I'd support, and it will never happen given the CoV Parks Board.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

A zoo is the only thing I'd support, and it will never happen given the CoV Parks Board.

Is it though? The Stanley Park zoos got sh*tcanned because the Park Board sided with the bleeding hearts who consider them gulags; something like the Aquarium or the Grouse Wildlife Refuge where it's 100% animal research, conservation breeding and rescue/rehab (that just so happens to have public education programs, viewing galleries and a food court & gift shop) could be acceptable for everybody but the most militant ones.

Though it'd probably need extra security to stop said militants from sneaking in and slipping the caribou rat poison...

[Migrant_Coconut]

Moved from the Downtown thread.

Originally Posted by osirisboy

That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. That’s like saying an aviation museum would only be appropriate in North Carolina. Maybe It’s people like you with that mentality that make Vancouver “culturally mediocre “

Originally Posted by scryer

Well there is Jim Deva who was an anti-censorship and LGBTQ activist who ran the Little Sisters Bookstore, one of the only LGBTQ bookstores in western Canada.

So we have ourselves a solid starting place...

Only question being whether or not we've got enough material to fill a mansion; from what I can tell, most gay rights museums are either small or 2/3rds art gallery.

[osirisboy]

True. That mansion site is probably not the best for it. Isn’t there something lgbt related going in the development at the corner of Davie and burrad? That would be an interesting spot

[djmk]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Moved from the Downtown thread.





Only question being whether or not we've got enough material to fill a mansion; from what I can tell, most gay rights museums are either small or 2/3rds art gallery.

i'm sure Dr Peter alone should fill up any museum. As a teenager in 1992, his very public experience almost traumatized me.

[Migrant_Coconut]

PNE at risk of folding without $8M provincial bailout, says fair and Vancouver mayor

https://globalnews.ca/news/7824267/p...rt-covid-debt/

Vancouver’s Pacific National Exhibition needs $8 million in urgent, emergency aid from the provincial government or is at risk of folding due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

That’s was the message Friday from Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart, along with the PNE’s executive and the union representing its workers...

... PNE president and CEO Shelly Frost said the fair is already $8 million in debt, and current projections have that figure climbing to $15 million by the end of the year.

“As a non-profit, recovering from $15 million in debt would take a decade and a half,” Frost said. “This would forever change this organization and what we bring to B.C. would be altered.”

The PNE is owned by the city, but operates as an independent non-profit organization and has been excluded from all COVID-19 grants and funding from the provincial and federal governments, Frost said...

Unpopular opinion: what if we let it fail and have it get bought out by Disney or Universal? Aslan knows the place is in dire need of a makeover.

[GeeCee]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Unpopular opinion: what if we let it fail and have it get bought out by Disney or Universal? Aslan knows the place is in dire need of a makeover.

Why on earth do you think that Disney or Universal would be interested in it in the slightest? It's just some rinkydink little regional fair, we don't have the population or climate to support the kind of parks that Disney and Universal build, especially with California and Florida being so close. Plus, the PNE fairgrounds and Playland are only a fraction of even Disneyland's size at best. And then there's the whole situation with the PNE fairgrounds being a component of Hastings Park..

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by GeeCee

Why on earth do you think that Disney or Universal would be interested in it in the slightest? It's just some rinkydink little regional fair, we don't have the population or climate to support the kind of parks that Disney and Universal build, especially with California and Florida being so close. Plus, the PNE fairgrounds and Playland are only a fraction of even Disneyland's size at best. And then there's the whole situation with the PNE fairgrounds being a component of Hastings Park..

Yep. PNE will disappear if allowed to fold.

[logan5]

Originally Posted by GeeCee

Why on earth do you think that Disney or Universal would be interested in it in the slightest? It's just some rinkydink little regional fair, we don't have the population or climate to support the kind of parks that Disney and Universal build, especially with California and Florida being so close. Plus, the PNE fairgrounds and Playland are only a fraction of even Disneyland's size at best. And then there's the whole situation with the PNE fairgrounds being a component of Hastings Park..

I don't see why somebody like Six Flags couldn't come in and give Playland a major upgrade. They have parks in the northern United States and in Montreal, so climate is not an issue.

Though I think that a higher end amusement park that could attract tourists would be better off in the old Expo lands where all that new park space is suppose to be.

[teriyaki]

Originally Posted by logan5

I don't see why somebody like Six Flags couldn't come in and give Playland a major upgrade. They have parks in the northern United States and in Montreal, so climate is not an issue.

Though I think that a higher end amusement park that could attract tourists would be better off in the old Expo lands where all that new park space is suppose to be.

Six Flags bought the themepark LaRonde in Montreal to run and operate. So there is some sort of precedence.

[jollyburger]

Open a casino next to it and then maybe someone would come in to run the Playland/PNE.

[officedweller]

There are slots at Hastings Park Racetrack.

If the PNE folds, it's not as if the facilities will be demolished. The City / Parks Board may take over some functions, and a new organization may take over replacement events. It's the creditors and employees who'll get screwed in a bankruptcy.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by GeeCee

Why on earth do you think that Disney or Universal would be interested in it in the slightest? It's just some rinkydink little regional fair, we don't have the population or climate to support the kind of parks that Disney and Universal build, especially with California and Florida being so close. Plus, the PNE fairgrounds and Playland are only a fraction of even Disneyland's size at best. And then there's the whole situation with the PNE fairgrounds being a component of Hastings Park..

Playland was going to expand into the parking lot behind it. Ever been to Universal Studios Singapore? It's even smaller than that. And it's not like either they or Disney are strangers to cold-weather, they're even building an indoor park in Moscow.

You're right about being too close to SoCal though.

Originally Posted by teriyaki

Six Flags bought the themepark LaRonde in Montreal to run and operate. So there is some sort of precedence.

The more you know - figured Six Flags only stuck to America. And we definitely don't want to be owned by Marineland...

[officedweller]

Six Flags used to own Wild Waves south of Seattle, bought in 2000, sold in 2007.

[davee930]

Some tall stand out buildings

[trofirhen]

A reintroduction of The Vancouver Festival such as it was in 1957, '58, '59.
Highbrow music that could place Vancouver on the map along with any cities excelling in music and the performing arts.

[scryer]

I think that the PNE will go into some sort of a recline unless a tenant like Six Flags scooped it up. PNE has got great bones on it and it can really lend itself to being a phenomenal entertainment space if the city has the drive to allow such a thing.

My prediction: PNE will go into a recline. And then it will be resurrected when the city makes a decision to build a Hastings line of some sort. IMO, PNE would be a great location for an underground station .

[WarrenC12]

That Dollywood company that bought the Aquarium will pick up the PNE and turn it into Dollywood North.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

That Dollywood company that bought the Aquarium will pick up the PNE and turn it into Dollywood North.

Dolly isn't exactly local though. Get ready for Bubleville.