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Old 04-22-2016, 01:04 PM   #1511
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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist View Post
The residents of Hounsfield Heights would kill that idea so fast. A stadium/hockey arena can not be near a residential area. It just doesn't work. The residents won't put up with the increased traffic and people in their neighborhood.

That is why WV works well because it has a decent buffer to residential.
I agree the residents would lose their minds and it would never happen, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. There are many football grounds in Europe with greater than 40,000 seating capacity which have residential on three or more sides. Works just fine. In fact walking through ordinary streets to the stadium adds to the atmosphere, as opposed to giant parking lots.
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