The only thing they had right was Edmonton transit shuttles. We were staying in the south end of the city and they had shuttles from Millwoods shopping mall (and 4 or 5 other spots).
Shuttle was $6 return, kids 12 and under free.
Took 45 mins to get there and then only 25 back (I think it was the same route).
Say what you want about Deerfoot but Edmonton has no decent north south route inside the city, so we were going on Elbow drive equivalent streets most of the way. And Edmonton has the most traffic lights per capita.
Anyways, saved the nightmare of parking or the jammed trains.
Again, that venue needs huge upgrades to host a WC. I wonder if the issue with not doing Vancouver is that they aren't in the running for WC games. But no question, it would be the best venue to watch a 50k attendee soccer match in this country by a long shot.
With the terrible weather, driving and otherwise, a Tuesday, and thus not a lot of fans from Calgary that would've made a Friday trip up there, I'm expecting 25-30k at most.
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