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Originally Posted by yotajoe
And Ottawa?..
Personally I would love for the arena to be downtown and I was a fan of the plan that was revealed by the architecture firm. I know council is allowing a presentation to hear them out but thats a huge stretch. KED is way closer to reality in my opinion thats why I'm okay with it. I also don't think a casino would be bad either, but of course it would be way better downtown..
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Ottawa want's to move theirs downtown.
Can anyone show me an arena or other sports stadium that is built next to the local garbage dump?
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Originally Posted by DavefromSt.Vital
Ottawa is in an awful location. They want to move closer to downtown just as Edmonton has done.
I like the reno proposal. Pushing out the envelope of the building to make a proper upper concourse with real concessions makes sense. Whichever proposal is chosen, something needs to happen. I have been to every OHL arena and I would have to say that Sudbury would be about the second worst in-arena experience. (Nothing compares to Flint). The tiny concourses, lack of concessions, lack of accessibility, the stench from the visiting team's dressing room, etc.
Not sure what the resistance is to parking garages. Many OHL arenas are adjacent to one (Saginaw, Guelph, London, Erie, Niagara, Ottawa, Hamilton, etc.)
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The resistance is that the idea of building something that would make us a "big city" scares most people. The hilarious part is they think the KED parking will be free and close.
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Originally Posted by yotajoe
Money is the problem, Sudbury is pretty much all hard rock and that makes it really expensive for site prep and excavation. Parking garages just increase that cost way more.
If they would move the rail yard outside the city that would solve the parking problem until the core grows.
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Sudbury is not all hard rock, but I forgive you for thinking that. In fact, downtown is basically a swamp that has been filled in. Junction Creek runs directly under Tom Davis Square.
The lot that is at the corner of Brady and Minto could easily be turned into a parking garage and fit enough for the arena on it's own.
Taking the yard out of Sudbury is not going to happen. You are talking billions of dollars for very little return for CP. Billions of dollars could make a hell of a lot of large parking garages around the downtown core.