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I really dont understand the economics of doing this, and why its so common. The nearest TD is literally 2 blocks away.
 
Ran some errands downtown today and parked in the Connect Centre parkade and must say I'm very impressed with the progression that's been done in the area! The skating rink was decently populated and was just nice to have a central area that people/families could come for an outing. It's almost like we're in Toronto hehe
 
I walked to the Connect Centre about 5 pm. The Icehouse had a lineup, so I went upstairs to the Banquet which was busy - their Bahn Mi Burger was good, my Stella went down fine, and my bartender Madison is awesome, with the only blemish being that they were out of Guinness. The Oilers Store was packed with shoppers, and the Grand Villa Casino was hopping. After the game, I went back to these places and they were still busy. The Banquet was in nightclub mode c/w a DJ spinning tunes and spinning lights. I'll try the Banquet again during a non-game night.
 
Gronk! said:
I walked to the Connect Centre about 5 pm. The Icehouse had a lineup, so I went upstairs to the Banquet which was busy - their Bahn Mi Burger was good, my Stella went down fine, and my bartender Madison is awesome, with the only blemish being that they were out of Guinness. The Oilers Store was packed with shoppers, and the Grand Villa Casino was hopping. After the game, I went back to these places and they were still busy. The Banquet was in nightclub mode c/w a DJ spinning tunes and spinning lights. I'll try the Banquet again during a non-game night.
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We were at the Marriott hotel last night for the game and after and the place sure was hopping. Friend from Calgary was very impressed as were the rest of us old Edmontonians.
 
I echo all of the comments above. Went to the game and sticked around after, and the place.was hopping all around, up until at least 1am, when I went home.
We need to have more of this happen in non-game days... It really felt like a whole different city!
 
Some pictures from this weekend. JW was packed and everything on Saturday was full within a few blocks for dinner. Oilers store was very busy and the rink consistently had 10-20 people skating all weekend.
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cmd uw said:
If you really think 'user fees' make up most of a banks revenue I suggest you read an annual report from any publicly traded bank.
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You're right - user fees don't make up that much of their revenue which is maybe why given the huge profits banks make they should quit charging and/or increasing them.
 
User fees still allow the banks to spend more freely on real estate than other industries do, they know that they can raise fees if investments fail.
 
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ChazYEG said:
I echo all of the comments above. Went to the game and sticked around after, and the place.was hopping all around, up until at least 1am, when I went home.
We need to have more of this happen in non-game days... It really felt like a whole different city!
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Non-game days will include other events at Rogers Place such as concerts, comedy shows, rodeos and speakers such as Oprah Winfrey, not to mention the Juno Awards in March. But even then, we need more of these events happening since they tend to tail off after early April.
 
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