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Originally Posted by wired
Perhaps if the location was not right next to the river.
Having the proposed location where so much work needs to be done to make the land safe, and right in the flood plain does not seem smart.
But......putting an arena right in the downtown core is a very bad idea, see Edmonton.
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The NHL went through a phase of remote suburban arenas like Kanata and Glendale, and went back to preferring downtown arenas.
The West Village is not in the flood plain. And the work to make the land safe (I assume you mean the creosote issue) was in part the impetus and rationale for the proposal. It is hard to imagine the cleanup happening without a project to kickstart it.