Nenshi is right that the area is problematic, however these are problems that must be addressed to fix the area regardless of whether an arena goes there or not. Private sector developers are not going to touch the West Village without major public investment in remediation and fixing the road system so taxpayers are going to have to foot the bill here at some point in the future.
An arena project would act to kickstart development in the West Village and bump up the development timeline for that area by a decade or more.
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