Comment 29045

By jason (registered) | Posted February 24, 2009 at 19:44:05

Six, great post. You had me chuckling out loud. Perhaps we should ask your same 10 questions (really, it was just the same question over and over in slightly different terms) but change the context.

Ask those same questions of Wrigley Field, Chicago; Yankee Stadium, NYC; Fenway Park, Boston; Skydome, Toronto; Copps Coliseum, Hamilton.

Not only am I a "legendary" blogger. Lol. But I also own a home within a 5-10 minute walk of the stadium site. And I hope to heck it goes there. Keep a few things in mind regarding Hamilton's number one priority- parking: 1. 6 storey parkade at York Blvd that is never more than 2 floors full. 2. New parkade planned for Bay St at the entrance to Bayfront Park. 3. LRT is coming. 4. Underground parking will likely be included in this development under the stadium or adjacent velodrome/track complex on Barton Street.

I've been to ScotiaBank Place in the sticks of Ottawa (yawn). And I've been to Fenway, Yankee Stadium. Property values in Boston's Back Bay seem to be doing just fine thanks. And that's a stadium filled with just under 40,000 at least 81 nights a year. Guess what. There's NO parking lot! Heaven help us!! The tour guide told us that some people pay $1,000 to park in small nearby lots during Yankee games. He suggested that we all use our brains, pay the $1.60 and take the subway. That's the difference in the mindset between a real city (one that is booming, and filled with great jobs/universities etc....) and Hamilton.

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