Comment 55362

By Robert D (anonymous) | Posted January 10, 2011 at 12:40:11

You make a good point about location on the LRT, although as mentioned Hostco seems concerned about GO access. Since I believe city staff have confirmed LRT will not be happening before the Pan Am games (unless I'm mistaken) it might be a challenge to convince Hostco that the location meets their criteria.

In any event, my primary concern would be how much study has been done on IWS, and if we'd be in a position to supply hostco with what they need by February 1st, their "drop dead" date. This is a factor I really don't know much about, but my sense is that the only location that has had enough study is the West Harbour (although again, maybe city staff could confirm).

You have some valid points, but because of the time pressure we now face, I fear that IWS, and other possible sites, have to neceessarily be disregarded simply because there is no time left. It's unfortunate, and I wish these kinds of discussions had happened a year ago - then again at that time the focus was on a 25,000 seat stadium for the cats, and not the best location for a scalable 6,000 seat stadium.

Truly unfortunate things happened this way. It's worth thinking about your proposal, but ultimately, due to the time factor, I think city staff would probably say, it's either West Harbour or nothing.

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