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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Not new arena updates but this station services the Saddledome and will be one of two that will service the new arena.
City has released conceptual drawings for the new Victoria Park/Stampede station. Will allow traffic to enter the stampede grounds at 17th ave and also eliminate the pedestrian bridge.
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Here's the overhead view of the planned new station design:
Based on these drawings, I think the plan is to rebuild/repurpose the existing "C" platform as the new Northbound platform (and the existing track for the "C" platform would be the new Northbound track). That would allow them to make the existing Northbound track into the new Southbound track and build the new Southbound platform in place of the current platform.
What will be really interesting is how the construction of this project is going to happen. The plan is for construction to begin immediately following the Stampede next year and go for about 3 years (that will include the full construction including the new 17th Ave crossing).
Presumably, they'll try to keep the station open as much as possible during construction, but you have to think it will need to close for some time eventually.
When they rebuilt Chinook in 2013, it was closed from mid-January until Labour Day.
Between the Stampede and all the events that the Saddledome hosts, closing the station for any time from mid-September through mid-July would cause massive headaches for many people.