CallmeCatbread said:
I know youre responsing to the comment on developing the land, but I want to reiterate maintaining the stampede midway and changing stampede Park from a desolate parking crater into a nice park are not mutually exclusive ideas
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To say that lot is ONLY used for the stampede midway is a big disingenuous. There's a 5 star convention center and 19,000 seat arena that will require parking. You look at any convention/exhibition park in North America...there's either lots or decks surrounding them. Hate parking all you want, you need it
 
Tothewest said:
The sea of parking likely comes in hand when you have say...any event at all at BMO. Not to mention the tiny issue of Stampede
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A lot of BMO events are people not from here and I don’t see why one can’t walk from the downtown hotel or take the red line that literally stops outside.
Toronto’s convention centre is right downtown with no giant parking lots next to it. Vancouver’s is right on the waterfront, again with far less parking. Even our Telus one downtown has far less surface parking.
 
The Stampede is a not-for-profit, so they'll take any income they can get. And a great way to make income away from the 10 day event is to charge everyone going to events for parking.
 
trtcttc said:
Toronto’s convention centre is right downtown with no giant parking lots next to it.
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It does have large parking garages though, and nearby garages that can also be used for Rogers Centre.

I believe there also used to be surface parking under the Gardiner but I could be wrong.
 
trtcttc said:
A lot of BMO events are people not from here and I don’t see why one can’t walk from the downtown hotel or take the red line that literally stops outside.
Toronto’s convention centre is right downtown with no giant parking lots next to it. Vancouver’s is right on the waterfront, again with far less parking. Even our Telus one downtown has far less surface parking.
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Global Petroleum Show uses the parking lots. Those rotary girders don't showcase themselves.

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Also events like Cirque du Soleil.

In the long run it could certainly better than a sea of asphalt, but it would be better to transform Railtown/bus barns and West Village before worrying too much about that.

There's definitely a lot of opportunity to improve the Macleod corridor between 17th and 25th. The west side of Stampede with the Big Four may be a big part of that, but the LRT tracks complicate that.
 
Yes - I really wish the Red Line tracks stayed underground from cemetery hill right through downtown (8th Ave subway) until it emerges to cross the river at the west end.
I was just walking along MacLeod yesterday thinking how much nicer it would be to open up the entrance to the Stampede grounds & convention center with the tracks buried.
 
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