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Originally Posted by GioforPM
It's not a bad location at all. And it is underused.
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Take away the creosote, and it's still flanked by barriers on all sides that inhibit good pedestrian access. Bow Trail and the CP tracks. River. 14th St Interchange and Crowchild. Just awful. Any integration into the surrounding area is inhibited. Any active transport access is severely restricted.
Transit access is noticeably worse than a Victoria Park location. Sure there's Sunalta Station, but that is only one line. Access to the Red Line is twice as far a walk (with the aforementioned pedestrian barriers), won't be anywhere near the Green Line. The Blue Line doesn't have the capacity to take on that kind of traffic. So it's a site that has worse access, which will push more people to drive, in which case where will they park? The purpose of this project isn't to have more parking, surely.
The West Village site is isolated and restrictive to the kind of traffic that helps develop the surrounding area. Adding to it, the scale of an arena or arena/stadium monstrosity would only further isolate any developable area on the western portion of the site, as arenas and stadiums are in themselves barriers, making it even less desirable for development (aside from parking lots, likely).
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The City and the Flames are pushing EV and WV respectively for identical purposes.
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I'd disagree. The city is pushing the EV site because it will help provide the opportunities to make the area better.
The Flames are pushing WV because it creates the opportunities for them to make them more money.