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Originally Posted by HartAttack
I would be interested to see some kind of map or table outlining the "park downtown and walk" options you outlined above. How long of a walk (distance & time) for each of the closest public parking spots within reasonable distance to accommodate 20,000 people. Even for the argument of "park downtown and hop on the c-train for a couple stops" doesn't really make a lot of sense to me because the c-train cars will already be full with other people choosing to use public transit to take to the game.
What this boils down to, is that you're basically saying there are 2 options to get to the new arena: walk or take public transit. If we can get a reasonable answer to these 2 questions, I can take back my stance on parking:
1) how many people can fit on each train (include all 3/4 cars) and how many trains would it take to get all 20,000 people to the game, and how much time would that take (assuming 10-15 minute train intervals which is common in the evenings)... IE does our transit system have the capacity to accommodate the number of riders required in the short period of time.
2) how many public parking stalls are within a reasonable walking distance to the new arena, # of stalls, distance to the arena
I just don't think using Winnipeg as an example is really that fair. It's a smallish downtown, with plenty of public parking within a few blocks on ALL sides of the arena. In Calgary all users would likely be parking downtown (East) and all walking West towards the arena.
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These are good questions. About the only info I can gather is that a c-train car can hold 200 people, so currently a train can now hold 600 which should go to 800. I am guessing that is absolutely packed, but I suppose that is no different than games now, or rush hour downtown.
I would guess that the 1500 parking spots is less than what Stampede park provides, but if the current plan only includes the fieldhouse and arena, there will likely be room for other surface lots until the development takes shape.