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True. The arena, inside, will be great. Smaller than it should be, but the fan and team facilities will undoubtably be better. The new arena though will negatively impact the "park" from Lansdowne Park. The site won't have anything new to offer people to draw them in, which is what I thought was the point.
Agreed. The idea that we should/could spend that $500 million somewhere else is not realistic. We do need to invest in the Civic Centre complex, fix the roof, major improvement in accessibility, more washrooms. I suspect that a major renovation would be cheaper than the current plan. We could look into adding floors to existing retail buildings, maybe a tower between the Civic Centre and office tower to offset the cost.
My issue is this idea many have on Ottawa/R we should do nothing.
What is so sacred about this spot (orange) ? The NIMY'S had the third tower cancelled here, but I have rarely seen a soul in this section of the park. Why don't we build two forty story towers here in addition to a renovation?
Those trees are being removed for whatever reason, replaced with pavement. The reason why the third tower was removed, and the reason this area would not be considered for additional towers is mostly related to not crowding the Aberdeen Pavilion. I'd assume that a developer would also want to build a parking garage under any towers on that site, which means potential damage to the Aberdeen Pavilion when digging, additional parking entrances and car traffic.
Why not? Is it just the lack of accessibility? Because I haven't heard any other good reason for this.
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OSEG and the Mayor should be worried and finally stop being overconfident. That is a big deal. We are talking about at least 15 games averaging 7000 fans, plus potential series games. Now they will very much rely on the 67's non-stop declining averaging attendance, which is now 4600 per game, which is almost 40% less than what it was 20 years ago. Now they have to hope that Ottawa will become a go-to place for pop-rock artists etc. Let's hope this modern arena will fill the gap created by the Charge. As I have written before, Lansdowne 1 and 2 have been so a mess on so many levels.
It would not shock me if the Black Bears move to Td Place.
You are right.
Even their attendance might be too high for the tiny arena. I'm seeing an average of 5k to 6.1k. they've had as much as 7k for one game. League's average attendance is 8.9k to 10.7k.
