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Originally Posted by Table 5
I feel like Calgary needs another 1 million people to fill all these new master planned "districts" they want to build. East Village, Eau Claire, Victoria Park, West Village, Bridgeland, Curry Barracks, Westbrook etc. I think they are starting to be spread a little too thin, and none of them will reach potential if all are a go.
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I tend to agree that planned districts like those mentioned are a little hokey.
But this arena is going to be downtown (or just on the outskirts) so it’s not going to fail like some of these arena districts that are built out in the middle of nowhere. The entire east end of downtown has people living in it already (with tons more coming) and bringing 20k people to the area a couple times a week will only help it out even more. They don’t even need to build out the district (or whatever you want to call it) immediately, just please allow for a couple restaurants/pubs/bars around the rink so there are some damn option before/after flames games. The current setup of Duttons (good luck getting a table) or the casino (uggg) is downright embarrassing.