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Originally Posted by oilers_fan
Not sure where I read it, but this proposal has the arena sitting directly across from the police HQ downtown...worst area in the city. Nothing but bums hang around there, and unless they plan on putting them all on buses and taking them to Saskatoon, that is a terrible location for the arena. A little further west is more ideal, but still not great IMO.
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I think a plan of gentrifying the area is part and parcel of the downton arena plan.
Because really, up to about 97th street the downtown area is just fine, then it goes all 3rd world at 96.
An arena and a likely push by the city to move some actual businesses into the area, will drive the bums somewhere that the business sector won't have to look at them.