Comment 78258

By ScreamingViking (registered) | Posted June 09, 2012 at 17:28:20 in reply to Comment 78255

While the West Harbour site is a brownfield, the neighbourhood surrounding it is very residential. The proximity to downtown is a key difference, as is the aesthetic setting (south of the recreational waterfront vs. south of heavy industry). Accessibility is another difference, but I think the IWS site ranks higher in that regard.

I fully agree that a stadium alone would not have made a difference at the west end of Barton. And it has not in all the decades IWS has been located where it is further east near the same street.

But I have to ask - if the stadium alone won't be a difference maker, then what would be? Is it about effort, and how we use that facility and put energy into the lands that circle it? I think that's been more the issue with IWS in the past, and I see little reason why that needs to be the way in the future. There are plenty of underutilized commercial and institutional sites within a few blocks of our new stadium and there is no reason why a bit of effort and focus can't bring them to life in the same way we wish for the West Harbour.

Comment edited by ScreamingViking on 2012-06-09 17:30:02

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