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Originally Posted by browna
A lot of complaining or just flat out excuses. Pity that the taxpayer-free stadium can't be a 10 minute walk from anyone and everyone in the city but thus the challenges of living in a 1 million person city. Thousands of people head up to Cross Iron every weekend, too to trudge around mall, and even a few hundred to the race track, with less accessibility.
Parking no problem, ingress and egress no problem. Transit and shuttle buses available. Right off the ring road, which by the time the stadium is built and club off the ground, the west leg should be almost done. It's actually a really well thought out venture by the Spruce Meadows folks.
Brings me back to the idea where who knows, maybe the Flames look to the Tsuu T'ina for the next area a, as part of the massive development just off the ring road.
Back to soccer, but when it was at Foothills Park 15 years ago or more the Storm had 1500 or 2000 people. When they doubled ticket prices the next year, attendance went down by more than half. I have a feeling the next excuse is ticket prices
If you truly want to support higher level soccer in the city then the options are opening up with Foothills FC and now this club and you'll make the trip work more often than not.
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That's not a good comparison at all. You cannot compare a mega-retail mall and surrounding retail (e.g. Costco) with a Minor pro stadium for entertainment. Two completely different purposes, and one that most people will drive to the mall over going to a soccer game - because they have groceries and goods to buy. They don't need a soccer ticket.
You can talk up the transit "options" all you want but if the sentiment of this thread is any indication then it's not as easy for a lot of people as it is for you. I don't disagree it's a fantastic facility to have a soccer stadium in, but you really need to see it for what it is - it's out of the way for a lot of people. It's pretty simple, especially with no ring road built.
When it comes to entertainment, that is a luxury expense that people can take elsewhere that makes more sense for a variety of reasons.