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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
If the province is going after Domtar and not the city, I would think it is the province on the hook for clean up costs. I am not sure that it will hold back any construction as it could be as simple as the Province seeking reimbursement from Domtar for whomever fronts the cost.
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To me this is indicative of traction at all levels. The City would have to be involved to get the province working on this. The province won't waste the time and money if there isn't a real plan in place that could turn into an actual development. The fact that the province is pursuing this is positive and provides political high cover for all levels.
Politically this is smart. The province has the most clout with a business like Domtar and should be able to extract the costs of clean up out of them, especially if they want future licensing in the province. The City still looks like they are holding the hard line and Neshi can still do what Neshi does best. City counsel still sits in a good position with none of this sticking to them. Behind the scenes this appears to moving forward, which is good.
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Originally Posted by Bingo
I too find the parking issue overblown.
When I go to US cities to watch sports I almost always end up parking in some not-in-use at night lot that belongs to a rug store or something and then walking 6 blocks to the game. It's normal.
Hell I haven't parked inside the grounds for Flames games for years. I squeeze into one of those lots on 12th or 11th Ave.
Seems pretty normal to me.
Plus I have downtown parking on 8th and 8th so I'm set!
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Parking is overblown. What I heard the Flames say is they plan 2,500 surface and underground stalls. That is without dipping into the surrounding areas or private lots. As you mentioned, there are a lot of people that attend games that will have access to downtown parking where they work, so that will easy the load as well. The east villiage concept would have much greater parking and travel issues until infrastructure was built to the site. Parking usually isn't a major concern, except for those trying to generate revenue from the venues.