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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
But would you be willing to spend $330mm more for separate facilities? How is it unsuitable for soccer? While compromise will be necessary in combining a fieldhouse/CFL stadium, I think that compromise is essential. I don't see how a stand-alone fieldhouse is sustainable, nor a separate CFL facility. Combined, at least there is a chance. Combine that with an arena, hotel, conference centre, restaurants and bars, and then you might really have something.
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Honestly, yes I would be willing to spend more to do it right the first time, rather than end up with something that kind of fits for a few years and then is an embarrassment. I guess I am in the minority on this one. Or maybe I just assume that for $890 million you could build a fantastic new arena AND a 25000 seat football/soccer stadium AND a $200 million indoor amateur fieldhouse?
In terms of how this is not suitable for soccer, if you can get 30000 people in there, it
could make the atmosphere work. But soccer in a multisport indoor facility when the stands are not 100% full is terrible. The atmosphere at Olympic Stadium during the CCL Final was fantastic, but that type of crowd is the exception, not the norm in Montreal.
Did you watch the Women's World Cup games this year when they were in Montreal with 10000 fans? If not, here is a video:
This is how I envision soccer played in this stadium proposal turning out. Looks like a fun place to be, hey? Perhaps I am getting caught up in the rendering they showed, but even as one of the most active soccer supporters in this city I just cannot get excited about soccer being played in this potential stadium.