Comment 47091

By arienc (registered) | Posted September 02, 2010 at 19:23:31

To be fair, based on the view from Google Earth, the existing Confederation Park parking lot looks to be large enough to hold 2 Ivor Wynne Stadia. There also seems to be an open space in between the lots which could hold a third.

There are also advantages in being close to the GO line (which will be about 10 minutes train ride from Downtown, and connected to the rest of the Golden Horseshoe via transit.

The big disadvantage I can see is a lack of options for connected development. But apart from pubs, restaurants and the like, the potential for massive spinoff development isn't that realistic anyhow.

One thing this would do is make it necessary to terminate LRT at Confederation Park instead of Eastgate, and likely spur bigger scale development of the hideous Centennial/Barton area. I think from a business standpoint it's far better than MIP (although inferior to West Harbour). As I outlined this weekend, with the Cats entrenched position and time running out it looks increasingly more likely that Confederation Park is the only suitable option that both keeps the Cats in Hamilton and passes Hostco's need for the facility to be connected to the Pan Am Games athletes via transit.

MIP will move forward with or without the stadium, and frankly, I think that site would be the worst for the city, for the Cats as a business, and for the Pan Am games.

"First they built the road, then they built the town. That's why we're still driving around and around, and all we see. Are kids in buses. Longing to be free." - Wasted Hours, The Arcade Fire

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