Those are just cosmetic issues, nothing that can't be spruced up. Some investment upgrades from the U of A and in partnership with a private investor can take care of a bunch of those issues.
Muta - do you know of anything Foote Field getting any scheduled upgrades or changes?
Note also that Foote is located on the Capital Line, at South Campus. The Capital Line is the more heavily-used line (at the moment), and most traffic from the core is heading southward towards Ellerslie. The location just south of Belgravia, plus at the crux point of Fox Drive/Whitemud/114th means people can get in far easier and leave far quicker than what is currently at Clarke Field.
I think both aren't ideal, but they each have their strong points, if one can make cases for strong points.
I think any investment has to be done with established operators/clubs. Scottish, U of A, maybe NAIT . . . .
Would love if they rebuilt Clarke Field in Blatchford and take advantage of all that centrally-accessible land, and with the Metro Line being built. Would be a big change to the master plan though. One can dream.
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