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Originally Posted by Parallex
I'm pretty impressed with how little at grade parking there is. Whenever I see McMahon I always think what a waste of space all those empty parking lot's are (plus an eye sore).
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I think you'd be surprised how little parking is actually there for a 35,000-seat stadium; about 2,400 stalls. There's a lot less parking at McMahon than there is at Stampede Park around the Saddledome (3,000+), even though it accommodates almost twice as many people.
That said, I echo RichieRich's comments: I foresee major parking and ingress/egress issues. Not that intensifying the uses at Foothills/McMahon isn't worth it, and not to say I support building a crapload of parking structures, but it's already an ongoing issue at Stamps games. I appreciate that they put a lot of thought into making the interface between the Banff Trail LRT station and the stadium much, much better: it needs to be.
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Do we really need a CFL practice field thou? I mean if their going to remove the ballparks to make room for the fieldhouse/aquatics/arena why not put one back in that spot?
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The idea is it gives the Stampeders somewhere to practice when the stadium is being used for something else.