06-02-2025, 05:26 PM
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#4181
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by jayswin
Those back ups are always temporary. Chic Fil A hasn't had an effect on mcleod trail for months.
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We do love when an American franchise comes here, don't we? Those lines on 16th ave when Carl's Jr took over the Arby's on 16th was crazy. The Carl's Jr on 32nd in the NE has now turned into a Chipotle.
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06-02-2025, 05:28 PM
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#4182
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by puffnstuff
Maybe its me but that seems a weird spot for it.
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Hotel directly next to an "event" center and Convention center seems pretty darn perfect.
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06-02-2025, 05:43 PM
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#4183
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Yep. I'm surprised it took this long to get a decent hotel in this area too. 17th Ave, in general, is oddly devoid of hotels (and performance venues) directly on a stretch of commercial activity that several of these facilities should logically be directly on. This new hotel is likely going to be incredibly popular year-round for convention centre activity, Stampede, the summer season and hockey events.
Fun fact - there's another future hotel planned for the other side of the convention centre in that parkade behind the BMO Centre.
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06-02-2025, 05:50 PM
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#4184
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Franchise Player
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Time for the Big 4 to be 86’d.
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06-02-2025, 06:39 PM
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#4185
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Franchise Player
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The hotel looks half finished...
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06-02-2025, 07:16 PM
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#4186
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Olympic Saddledome
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Time for the Big 4 to be 86’d.
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Should have happened after the flood, but they build that place like a bomb shelter...
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06-02-2025, 09:48 PM
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#4187
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
The hotel looks half finished...
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They haven't even started it.
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06-02-2025, 11:34 PM
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#4188
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
It says it's a 13 storey hotel, so the white framing around the windows seem to span two storeys each. I think your eye assumes those are a single storey, and it looks smaller as a result.
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Yeah the proportions from the pictures is messing with my brain. It’s kind of cool though.
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06-03-2025, 07:34 AM
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#4190
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Table 5
After having experience the midway on a hot Stampede day, I would say having some shade is a feature, not a bug.
There are 50+ other weeks during the year to consider.
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Shadow would be cast mostly over the Big 4.
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06-03-2025, 09:07 AM
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#4191
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Time for the Big 4 to be 86’d.
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There are potential plans for it in the wind.
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06-03-2025, 09:22 AM
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#4192
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Table 5
After having experience the midway on a hot Stampede day, I would say having some shade is a feature, not a bug.
There are 50+ other weeks during the year to consider.
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Fair enough.
Just thought the CS wouldn’t want to mess around too much with the ambiance of the grounds, and while the shade might be nice on those plus 30 days it’s really not as welcome on the low 20 days. Where this hotel will be kinda takes away the view of downtown from the grounds too.
In my opinion it would have made more sense to set up a few really big hotels where the dome currently sits after its demolition but I can see why they wouldn’t have wanted to wait that long. Could still be their plan too.
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06-03-2025, 09:29 AM
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#4193
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: wearing raccoons for boots
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The spot where the Stampede Board has their headquarters would be an ideal spot for the hotel. Between the convention center and the new arena.
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06-03-2025, 09:31 AM
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#4194
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Brupal
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This place sucked, tried to be gourmet italian with premium pricing but was crappy italian with premium prices haha
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06-03-2025, 10:08 AM
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#4195
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Moscow
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Fair enough.
Just thought the CS wouldn’t want to mess around too much with the ambiance of the grounds, and while the shade might be nice on those plus 30 days it’s really not as welcome on the low 20 days. Where this hotel will be kinda takes away the view of downtown from the grounds too.
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Personally, I'm pretty tired of the whole "ten-days-in-June dictates how 200 acres of prime inner-city property is developed and used" thing. This seems like a very reasonable development (that ultimately supports the Stampede too by providing hotel rooms for visitors).
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06-03-2025, 10:09 AM
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#4196
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by puffnstuff
Maybe its me but that seems a weird spot for it.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wormius
Why does it seem so small?
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06-03-2025, 10:11 AM
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#4197
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wormius
Yeah the proportions from the pictures is messing with my brain. It’s kind of cool though.
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Additionally, the BMO Centre is quite large and doesn't overshadow this hotel in comparison.
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06-03-2025, 10:25 AM
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#4198
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Makarov
Personally, I'm pretty tired of the whole "ten-days-in-June dictates how 200 acres of prime inner-city property is developed and used" thing. This seems like a very reasonable development (that ultimately supports the Stampede too by providing hotel rooms for visitors).
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It's a great development. It's basically dead space for 355 days of the year otherwise, it's right next to the c-train station, and having gone to trade shows as an exhibitor, being right next to the actual space is a life saver.
Also there's various massage parlours nearby, so it's a win win.
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06-03-2025, 10:27 AM
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#4199
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Moscow
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shazam
Also there's various massage parlours nearby, so it's a win win.
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One might even say its a story with a happy ending?
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06-03-2025, 10:29 AM
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#4200
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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The alley behind Alpha House?
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