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Originally Posted by Joborule
If it goes to the highly probably spot of two blocks north of the Dome, you're not going to like the walk from Stampede Station then.
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But the walk from City Hall won't be too bad, and hopefully they can incorporate a +15 through the new Library and NMC buildings.
If the main entrance is at the corner of 4th Street and 10th Ave, the distance from City Hall station to the arena won't be much further than the distance from Victoria Park Station to the Saddledome, and the walk from Victoria Park to the new building also will be close to the same as the current walk (through the new Round-Up Centre and Casino). This would also eliminate the need for people on the W-NE leg of the C-Train to transfer at City Hall to go one station.
As for McMahon, I think the most cost-effective solution would be to do something similar to what they did in Green Bay at Lambeau.
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After:
The primary seating bowl was generally untouched (although, they added a bunch of new luxury boxes), and they built a huge new concourse attached to the existing building.
A couple of minor enhancements would make McMahon a top-quality CFL building: Replace all bench seating with individual seats; a new HD scoreboard; a bridge connecting the East and West sides of the stadium on the south side; and a significantly larger concourse.
A new stadium would be nice, but it wouldn't be cheap, and the basic shell of McMahon is good. The concourse is just way too small to accommodate the crowds.