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Originally Posted by HOWITZER
I worked in "downtown" Markham where this arena is supposed to go, and it's literally a field. Give them credit, they're trying to build a downtown in the area, but it almost feels like building in the middle of the 'burbs. It'd almost be like building a rink in McKenzie Towne. Just an odd place for an NHL arena.
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I live in Markham myself (about 10 mins from the location), and don't find it a weird place at all - just that there isn't the infrastructure to support all the crazy traffic going through - even now. I've had a bunch of concerns (check this thread), but mostly the management group isn't trustworthy (ie, criminal behaviour) and also the terribly outdated design. Good that it won't be on the taxpayers now, but it's still a discount looking arena, where if it becomes the second coming of Copps, will kill the interesting downtown concept of Markham. It's not remote though, it's just not your conventional downtown.