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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
It is less about the actual location and more about the amenities and accessibility. Stampede Park/downtown is good because of the train and all the other amenities such as restaurants, casinos, bars and hotels. All of that adds to the experience of a game.
Going out to a box box elsewhere in the city to watch a game without other entertainment options readily available will silly the experience of game night.
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You're operating on the basis of "that, then this" but sometimes it can be "this, then that". I agree that too far along the outskirts of town makes no sense, but I see no reason to be attached to downtown.
If the city wanted to take a page from Edmonton's playbook, they could use it as an excuse/partnership to somehow gentrify and revitalize the Forest Lawn area by turning someplace like Marlborough Mall into a hockey district. Still relatively central, easily accessible via LRT as well as Memorial Drive, reasonably close to a casino and the nearby hotels that used to benefit from Barlow trail leading to the airport. Bars and restaurants? What's the old adage? "build it and they will come"?