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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
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As for McMahon, I still favour the Stampede Grandstand (ie. another relatively simple grandstand across the way). Not sure Stampede really, really wants to keep the chucks going in perpetuity, but they are also definitely not going to move away from it based on activist pressure alone. The horse track eats up a mighty chunk of real estate to only be used 10 nights a year (and is only half of the 'evening show' ticket). With a demolished Saddledome, it would give them a more interesting plot of land to play with.
Could be as easy as splitting the rodeo into two sessions a day (it's already a bloody marathon), but lots of options for how Stampede would arrange their various ticketed events (move concert series to stadium, enhanced grandstand show to arena).
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I do like that idea as well. You could fit the chuck wagons and rodeo area within a stadium, and leave the ends open. Spectators wouldn't be able to see the back stretch. It would probably take some work to integrate the rodeo gates and such, and I'm not sure how much work it would be to move a dirt track in for the stampede, but the cost savings and benefits would be petty great. Being able to have soccer and football downtown, actually making use of the area for more than 10 days...