Edmonton is No Good X: Up and Down Like a Toilet Seat

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V-KAoQ6mgNk

One of the greats, a shame Kevin is stepping down.

I knew what the link was before I clicked it, what a loser.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Gaudfather

Haha... love this headline! E=NG



https://edmontonsun.com/opinion/colu...st-of-them-all

Don’t dare ruin the 80s Russia feel with your new modern gondola in the sky technology! We will stick to driving our rusted Pintos and riding our flat riveted plate steel busses thanks.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I'm going to have to disagree. Not worth $155 million (which will surely go over budget).

Not worth it to who?

The vast majority of that is being covered by Prairie Sky itself. Private money.

Article from 2021:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...nton-1.5923472

Prairie Sky Gondola says it doesn't want any money from the city for the project, which the company says would cost between $132 million and $155 million.

"It would be one thing if folks were coming to the city of Edmonton saying, 'We have this really great idea — all you need to do is spend $100 million,"' Mayor Don Iveson said before voting in favour of the framework.

"What's actually happening here is someone coming and saying, 'Hey, we think we want to spend $100 million or more in your community to do something cool that we think we can make work economically."

Prairie Sky will also pay yearly fees to the City:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...ncil-1.6535766

[Ducay]

I hate Edmonton as much as any Calgarian, but having a link between downtown and Whyte Ave / Strathcona seems like a pretty cool idea. Link up 2 pedestrian friendly areas (use that term loosely with their downtown) that often host events. Privately funded? Seems like a win/win.

[topfiverecords]

At some point in the distant future we'll have one from Westbrook up to Foothills Hospital.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

At some point in the distant future we'll have one from Westbrook up to Foothills Hospital.

Funny enough, I can tell you for fact that this idea has been discussed in design committee meetings within the city.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Ducay

I hate Edmonton as much as any Calgarian, but ...

Not that I disagree with any part of your post, but there needs to be an outright prohibition on the use of the phrase "I hate Edmonton as much as (X), but..." anywhere on this site.


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[getbak]

I hate Edmonton. Also, Calgary should have a gondola to get from downtown up the hill to Crescent Heights/Renfrew. A funicular would be cool too... and more fun(icular) to say.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Muta

Funny enough, I can tell you for fact that this idea has been discussed in design committee meetings within the city.

That's why I posted that.

[Monahammer]

Funiculars are absolute garbage.

I was part of the steering committee for the Prairie Sky project through 2019. I had some personal life stuff emerge that took me off of it, but I think it's a phenomenal idea. The recent article is pretty comical in it's opposition here are two low hanging fruit examples:
- Edmonton winter has nothing on winter in the mountains at high altitudes, where gondolas are commonplace technology
- The river valley is comically undeveloped; it's absolutely inaccessible to a large portion of the community, and frankly a large portion of the community doesn't want to use ####ty 2 foot wide bike trails all year. Instead a large portion of the community would indeed like a developed area they can sit and have coffee by the river, something that does not exist at all in this city today.
This is proveable through myriad city led public engagements, including the round of engagement that wound up funding the boondoggle that is the Edmonton Funicular!!

[Ford Prefect]

A gondola makes no sense for Edmonton. It would go back and forth, not up and down.

[Sofa GM]

Would it have the standard Daryl Katz “whoops….. look I’m out of gas….” stop button?

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

A gondola makes no sense for Edmonton. It would go back and forth, not up and down.

So…. Not like a toilet seat?

[simonsays]

Originally Posted by getbak

It's a Lowe down dirty shame.


I guess he finally weaseled his way into the HHOF, so he can ride off into the sunset. Maybe he's angling to take over Hockey Canada once they clean house.

The timing of Lowe's retirement is pretty suspicious. Waiting until the new E=NG thread is named. Because this one does it for me. No offense to the nameologists who have already weighed in.

[GioforPM]

I think this dude is straight up trolling Oiler fans now:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1554919649900240896

[Erick Estrada]

I assume he's another basement blogger like Staples?

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

I think this dude is straight up trolling Oiler fans now:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1554919649900240896

Ranked by highest salary cap?

[Cole436]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

https://twitter.com/user/status/1554524614511931392

I think this could be the best/worst thing that happened to that franchise. I feel like Lowe's disgusting little mitts were still pulling all the strings the past decade. This could be an unfortunate opportunity to make that team better and really utilize their assets correctly.


Ah, who am I kidding. Katz will find a way to screw this up anyways.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Cole436

I think this could be the best/worst thing that happened to that franchise. I feel like Lowe's disgusting little mitts were still pulling all the strings the past decade. This could be an unfortunate opportunity to make that team better and really utilize their assets correctly.


Ah, who am I kidding. Katz will find a way to screw this up anyways.

Not. A. Chance.

There is a Snowball's chance in Hell that he is really 'stepping away.'

Just moving into the background. Its advantageous to the show that the Puppetmaster is never seen.

[browna]

Originally Posted by Cole436

I think this could be the best/worst thing that happened to that franchise. I feel like Lowe's disgusting little mitts were still pulling all the strings the past decade. This could be an unfortunate opportunity to make that team better and really utilize their assets correctly.


Ah, who am I kidding. Katz will find a way to screw this up anyways.

All true, but when things get really rough Katz will still call on Lowe for his advice.

There has to be more to this story, a rushed, quiet exit for an egomaniac. He could’ve continued to stay in the public shadows and collect a pay check and still make his demands known and enacted at the hockey ops level, and because he was so well insulated and close to the owner(s) over the years, none of the failures and internal garbage he created, stuck to him for 25 years in management.

But, without fanfare or a preplanned speech or direct press release to shine the spotlight on him one more time, a tweet from the Oilers signals his exit? Doesn’t add up.