[News] CalgaryNEXT Announcement. New arena details emerge.

[topfiverecords]

That stadium is also not that far from the Kerby station so you would get a bit of a split of fans going to both stations. Then they'd all realize (wtf?) that it's the same line. The east bound at Sunalta, and the west bound at Kerby would get empty trains. The others would be screwed.

[Simanium]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

That building might be a few minute walk to Sunalta station as far as I can tell. Should be much less of a walk to the LRT stations from the current Saddledome.

With that volume from events though, I wonder if a Sunalta2 or an increase in size of the station would be necessary.

I think that yellow dot in the map pic is the station actually.

Sunalta Station is one of the nicer and larger stations around and if the Banff Trail Station can handle transit after a Stamps game, Sunalta Station should do just fine.

[Finger Cookin]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

That stadium is also not that far from the Kerby station so you would get a bit of a split of fans going to both stations. Then they'd all realize (wtf?) that it's the same line. The east bound at Sunalta, and the west bound at Kerby would get empty trains. The others would be screwed.

It'll be the poor north-south people who have to change trains now, after all the years of the east-west people doing so for games.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by octothorp

Really? I think it's almost directly adjacent to the Sunalta station. It's that tube-like structure directly to the left of the arena, between it and the tall buildings there.

Edit: the yellow dot on the second picture is a shopping icon... probably Sentry Box. The station is down and to the left from there, where you see a pedestrian bridge over bow-trail east-bound.

Yeah sorry, I took a closer look and it seems that if the stadium goes above 9th ave, you'd be minutes away. I also assume the connector to the station would not require for you to walk on the road then go up stairs as it is currently required.

The station would be closer to the greyhound and closer from our POV that yellow dot. My mistake. I would guess it's the top left of the stadium in the rendering pic and not in the middle of the two buildings.

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

That building might be a few minute walk to Sunalta station as far as I can tell. Should be much less of a walk to the LRT stations from the current Saddledome.

With that volume from events though, I wonder if a Sunalta2 or an increase in size of the station would be necessary.

I think that yellow dot in the map pic is the station actually.

Originally Posted by octothorp

Really? I think it's almost directly adjacent to the Sunalta station. It's that tube-like structure directly to the left of the arena, between it and the tall buildings there.

Edit: the yellow dot on the second picture is a shopping icon... probably Sentry Box. The station is down and to the left from there.

There is already a reasonably wide bridge from the station across the Canadian Pacific tracks that was built with the station, and then a narrower bridge goes across Bow Trail to the Greyhound station.

I'd imagine that a new bridge over Bow Trail could be built with the arena to replace (or exist in addition to) the narrow one.

The station itself can't be any worse than Victoria Park, where much of the platform is taken up with the star/escalator enclosures.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by jmac98

Even with underground parking, there doesn't seem to be a host of outlets to enter/exit the site. What do you guys think the traffic to come and go for an event will be like?

It'll be a cluster eff by the looks of it.

[hummdeedoo]

Getting to the games should be no problem - maybe 10 minutes on my bicycle.

Getting back after drinking all those stadium beers might be the issue.

[Simanium]

Originally Posted by Finger Cookin

It'll be the poor north-south people who have to change trains now, after all the years of the east-west people doing so for games.

Hopefully the mixed use development around the Arena/Stadium will host a number of restaurants and bars that people can go to after the game, which will lighten traffic and transit demands after a game.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by Finger Cookin

It'll be the poor north-south people who have to change trains now, after all the years of the east-west people doing so for games.

What a time to be alive!

- east/west LRT person

[Bunk]

The excitement builds

Any CPers here? Front row centre (just to the left facing stage)

[jmac98]

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Reminds me of all my elementary school dances

[Finger Cookin]

Originally Posted by ken0042

I figured it would be fitting to have this thread showing as being started by sureLoss. This thread will remain locked until noon. If you have news to report, please use this thread. If you want to discuss something somebody has posted in this thread, please quote it and then discuss in the other thread.

The idea is to have one place people can go to see the updates and announcements; without having to go through all of our back and forth.

Haha, good luck with that.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Bunk

The excitement builds

Any CPers here? Front row centre (just to the left facing stage)

I hope you took a personal day.


Typical City Worker.

[Bunk]

Front row centre

[Finger Cookin]

Originally Posted by Table 5

What a time to be alive!

- east/west LRT person

And sorry, I would have used the colors but I always forget which is which and didn't want to bother Goggling them.

[polak]

The train better go directly into the station. I'm assuming that by the time this is built I'll be too old to swig hard liquor to stay warm for the 15 minute walk from the train to the rink in -30 in order to stay warm.

[getbak]

Damn, gotta get going.

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I hope you took a personal day.


Typical City Worker.

Private sector now. Believe it or not this relates to my work...

[hockey.modern]

Originally Posted by Bunk

The excitement builds

Any CPers here? Front row centre (just to the left facing stage)

Haha everyone is so lonely since they're weren't allowed to bring their co-STH or guest

[RougeUnderoos]

According to the Sun and flames.com, the event (at least the one they'll be streaming) doesn't start until 2:30MDT.

Are all those old guys just there early for the Nicki Minaj concert, or is there more than one event?