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Originally Posted by New Era
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Without a new arena, the City's east village entertainment district doesn't work. Without that major tenant that attracts those 1.5M visitors each year, the district is bust and will remain empty lots and parking lots. No one is going to build any sort of restaurant or bar in that neighborhood without that new building and a tenant to draw foot traffic. All of those lots the city owns continue to generate no revenues and remain an eye sore without the new arena. If this was a possibility, it would have happened a long time ago.
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The Saddledome is already attracting 1.5M visitors each year to the area. 2 blocks north and new ice isn't going to change much beyond a percentage of more dates of occupancy (concerts).
Beltline, East Village, Eau Claire, Mission, Bridgeland, Hillhurst/Sunnyside, Inglewood, DT west end, etc have all seen an insane amount of development over the last 15 years. None of those areas have an arena.
If this was a possibility, it would have happened a long time ago.
p.s.
https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.04125...7i13312!8i6656