MOD EDIT: Please note, this is a continuation of a discussion from another thread. The current version of the CalgaryNEXT proposal can be found here: http://calgarynext.com/
Here's my extremely crude ideal new arena and environs situation. Microsoft Paint FTW!
The concept is to place it in a location that's accessible to every LRT line and three different stations, including Stampede/Vic Park, City Hall Station as well as the new Green Line (light green represents logical pedestrian routes. Paths toward the arena from LRT (as well as major parking) would lead you past a district of ground floor retail (including bars and restaurants represented in Red). Olympic Way becomes the main spine of activity (pedestrian only south of 12th), with the entrance, including plaza centred on 4th Street and 12th Avenue. Surrounding Residential and hotels with ground floor retail support it as a destination district.
Railtown Plan (Remington - straddling the CPR Tracks and Green Line LRT)
Youth Campus Plan
Stampede Trail (Olympic Way Concept)
