Richard White
Senior Member
Take over the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway. But don't close it to regular traffic. Just have the Indy cars weave in and out the traffic jams, and not get a ticket.
Seriously?
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Seriously?
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Joke.
kotsy
Senior Member
Are you?
SubHuman
Active Member
Maybe equally realistic to having it in Markham, if this is like the scheme to build the 20,000-seat arena there, and it's a Mayor Scarpitti plan to have it funded by taxpayers, who, along with city council, might not find that to be a great idea.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Will there be GO train service to the Markham site? What about streetcar or bus services to and from that site? Oh, use the car? No thanks, never go to such a gathering by car.
SubHuman
Active Member
I would assume yes, since it's not far from the Unionville GO train station.
Apparently it will be around the new so-called "Downtown Markham", Enterprise Blvd and Birchmount Rd. (Oh, the vacant land would look great on TV, if this was actually going to happen.
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kotsy
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Toronto Indy to move from Exhibition Place to Markham — and the 2026 World Cup might be to blame
The race will take place on a new temporary track in Markham’s downtown core for at least five years — a move that appeared to catch Toronto officials off guard.
www.thestar.com
Richard White
Senior Member
Toronto Indy to move from Exhibition Place to Markham — and the 2026 World Cup might be to blame
The race will take place on a new temporary track in Markham’s downtown core for at least five years — a move that appeared to catch Toronto officials off guard.
It will be sad to see it go but it makes sense.
Concerns have been raised about the race being held at Exhibition Place before because of track design. As well, it requires a lot of setup and dismantling.
Having said that, a purpose built venue is better.
kotsy
Senior Member
The Markham track is temporary as well so you would assume it would take as much work and expense to build it every year. Having said that, it's almost certainly a bigger disruption to traffic downtown than it is in Markham.
It sucks that it's a multi-year agreement when all talks before the move was saying the reason for the move was the World Cup. Hopefully the agreement is only for 2-3 years.
Richard White
Senior Member
If there is a multi-year agreement, it likely means that the temporary venue is in place until they can build a proper venue. Think of it like Rogers Stadium.
They know they have to move the race next year but they also know that it is impossible to construct a permanent venue by that time. They are likely slapping something together while they formalize everything for future years.
Towered
Superstar
Glad to see this go. It always annoyed me.
kotsy
Senior Member
It's going to be a downtown street track like Toronto, so that likely means it will be dismantled each year.
Richard White
Senior Member
The area where they are putting it is currently a massive empty field at Birchmount and Enterprise. I pass by here regularly going to Markville Mall.
Right now there is nothing there, no streets, no buildings nothing. They could easily build a purpose built facility there.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Maybe the Markham Fair Grounds? The Markham Fair is held this year October 2-5, 2025. Shouldn't interfere with the fair for 2026. See https://www.markhamfair.ca/Toronto Indy to move from Exhibition Place to Markham — and the 2026 World Cup might be to blame
The race will take place on a new temporary track in Markham’s downtown core for at least five years — a move that appeared to catch Toronto officials off guard.
SubHuman
Active Member
It's actually intended to be right at the Unionville GO station.
I'm still waiting to hear if this is dependent on getting approved by Markham city council. It doesn't look to be overly disruptive, but of course we don't know the details of the financial arrangements.
I'm still waiting to hear if this is dependent on getting approved by Markham city council. It doesn't look to be overly disruptive, but of course we don't know the details of the financial arrangements.