Idiots want to build gondola, conference centre and casino in Canmore

[Fuzz]

Owners of the Silvertip Resort in Canmore, Alta. have a billion-dollar idea to build a gondola to the tea house on top of Mount Lady MacDonald. But some residents in Canmore don't think it's a good one.
The proposed $1-billion project also includes a 200,000 to 300,000-square-foot conference centre and casino, along with a 1,300-room hotel.
Silvertip Resort CEO Guy Turcotte told The Calgary Eyeopener earlier this week if built, it will be one of the largest conference centres in the country.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...000482?cmp=rss

What, your overpriced golf courses are failing and you are desperate for an idea to pillage more wilderness? Go #### yourselves you ###########.

These idiots already ruined both sides of the valley with golf courses, one that was never finished and is a massive scar on the land. Hiking and biking trails were closed so these dickwads could #### over the valley. Wilderness corridors only matter when it is to close a 5 foot wide trail that has been around for 100 years, but oh, 36 hole golf course? knock yourself out! Goddamitsomuch.

[Ozy_Flame]

Tell us how you really feel

[transplant99]

Lol!

[steve9981]

Nice

[PepsiFree]

I love gondolas!

[stampsx2]

Hopefully it never happens. Talk about ruining the town. Oh and get rid of the exshaw plant too. Who approved that in the most used tourist corridor in canada.

[Derek Sutton]

And I love casinos.

[stampsx2]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

And I love casinos.

There's one ten minutes east on hwy1.

[Weitz]

Hmm. Attending a wedding at silver tip in pretty much exactly a year. I wonder if construction would affect that.

[Zarley]

Sounds like a good development to me, would love to have a casino in Canmore.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Hmm. Attending a wedding at silver tip in pretty much exactly a year. I wonder if construction would affect that.

No, you can't back out of your engagement because the location of the wedding is under construction.

[Locke]

If I can take a Gondola through a Casino, presumably whilst drinking....aw who am I kidding? It would be cool but I'm not going there for that.

[FireGilbert]

Haha, hilarious thread title and OP rant. In fact why were they even allowed to build the town of Canmore in such a beautiful area in the first place? Raze it to the ground!

What's the big deal though? Last I remember Canmore isn't in the National Park.

[Peanut]

I think the Stoney Nakoda casino is so beautiful. True gem of kananaskis scenery and activity. Can't imagine why Canmore wouldn't want a casino of their very own to both beautify the area and offer an activity in a town that is clearly short on recreation and leisure options.

[Sliver]

Seems like a good idea to me. With all the limitations on developing Banff, Canmore should definitely be further developed out of necessity. Did you guys even go to Banff or Lake Louise this summer? They were packed beyond what the towns could hold. They were even turning people away from Louise.

The demand for the mountains is only increasing, but development can't keep up within the national parks. Adding more things to do in Canmore will relieve pressure on the other towns, which needs to happen.

If you guys like hiking you'll be fine. This will take away 0.00000001% of the hiking trails in the Rockies, but give a lot of people more opportunities to enjoy the mountains.

[calgarygeologist]

Do it. It would bring in a lot of tourism dollars from conference guests.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Seems like a good idea to me. With all the limitations on developing Banff, Canmore should definitely be further developed out of necessity. Did you guys even go to Banff or Lake Louise this summer? They were packed beyond what the towns could hold. They were even turning people away from Louise.

The demand for the mountains is only increasing, but development can't keep up within the national parks. Adding more things to do in Canmore will relieve pressure on the other towns, which needs to happen.

If you guys like hiking you'll be fine. This will take away 0.00000001% of the hiking trails in the Rockies, but give a lot of people more opportunities to enjoy the mountains.

Canmore is also at or near full capacity in the summer. It doesn't need a casino to attract people. It sure as #### doesn't need one of Canada's biggest conference centres. The staff alone would add 5% to Canmore's population. Oh, and you sound like Sheila Copps, just for the record...

The problem is, there isn't a lot of room for development in Canmore. It can only handle so many people(and less, now that they've built ####ing golf courses everywhere). Wildlife have been squeezed out as well. one of the arguments they used to make for a golf course is it doesn't have a lot of people on it, so wildlife aren't impacted that badly. A conference centre? Good luck with that.

When you say this will take away a small portion of hiking trails...we will wait and see. The golf courses weren't supposed to have a big impact, but once they decimated the wildlife corridors and a women got eaten by a cougar, well they closed one of the best trails in the valley. It was legendary. But hey! Golf! This will be the same ####. It's also pushed property taxes higher to pay for all the bungling that has gone on over the years.

This is just another bunch of rich tools looking to cash in on natural beauty at the expensive of everyone else because golf is dying and that plan didn't quite work out.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Seems like a good idea to me. With all the limitations on developing Banff, Canmore should definitely be further developed out of necessity. Did you guys even go to Banff or Lake Louise this summer? They were packed beyond what the towns could hold. They were even turning people away from Louise.

The demand for the mountains is only increasing, but development can't keep up within the national parks. Adding more things to do in Canmore will relieve pressure on the other towns, which needs to happen.

If you guys like hiking you'll be fine. This will take away 0.00000001% of the hiking trails in the Rockies, but give a lot of people more opportunities to enjoy the mountains.

No, it will give people the opportunity to explore being in a casino with a pretty backdrop. The packed nature of Lake Louise, Banff and Johnston canyon is good. Limit the impact to tourist zones. Canmore does not need to become a conference destination and you certainly don't need a Gondola to replace an easy two hot hike to the helipad.

The helipad tea house was defeated and so will this. You don't need more impact over the limited grizzly corridors that aren't affected by development.

[OMG!WTF!]

Originally Posted by GGG

you certainly don't need a Gondola to replace an easy two hot hike to the helipad.

The area is full of easy two hour hikes for super hero's. I wouldn't mind seeing something for less than granola fueled, my boots are more worn out than your boots, types. If the bears are fine with the current development in the area I don't think ten Gondola towers are going to matter that much. However it looks like they need the casino to get the financing to build the rest of the development so I don't see it happening and for that reason I'm out.

[Fuzz]

If you want to take a gondola up a mountain there are plenty of options. Lake Louise, Sunshine, Norquay and Sulphur Mountain, all within an hour. At least Sunshine and Lake Louise have some hiking opportunities at the top, Lady Mac has one dangerous trail to the top. Can you imagine the number of stories of idiots falling to their deaths once this is built? Right now it is a big day to get to the top, this will make it an easy jaunt to the dangerous section.

For those who don't know, here is a good shot of the top. You can see the helipad below, which is where the top of the gondola would be. Now imagine 50 idiots pushing their way around with a selfi-stick up here.

Spoiler!