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Originally Posted by nik-
So your stance is to not improve it and build an arena instead.
Seems logical.
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It's the better of the two evils. It's cheaper to build a new arena that will inject money back into the City over a shorter period of time. City and Flames would actually share the revenues on all tickets for whatever is hosted there. Plus, not only does the arena make money, surrounding business and the downtown areas also gets an injection.
Like all other implemented lines that was supposed to take massive amounts of vehicles off the roads in Calgary, that hasn't worked because the city's transit system is so inefficient. The infrastructure going into downtown core is so abysmal it's not even funny. It's not built to handle multiple lines efficiently. If any of the lines are stuck, basically all of the stations are stuck waiting. They have existing tunnels downtown that aren't even used due to the high water table and river systems under the downtown core. This is one reason why so many people still drive to downtown even if the cost of parking is high.
So, if the City builds the new arena first, when businesses starts to pick up, then build the Green Line. In the mean time, I'd suggest the City build better infrastructure to support multiple lines going through downtown without going into billions of dollars like what the Green Line will cost. If you don't start to provide business opportunities in the downtown area, is going to take a lot longer to get companies other than Oil & Gas to come in. YOu don't even need another LRT line if there's not even businesses in downtown for this city to support.