General Sports and Recreation News

[panamaniac]

Those plots of land are far too valuable (not just economically) for that, I think. There isn't a whole lot of space downtown we can use for development. Homes are in much greater need than a massive sports arena.

Since the Aud location didn't get selected for the new hospital, I think that still remains a viable place for sports facilities. There's so much space there it could be possible to not only build a new ballpark, but also a new indoor stadium. At some point in the future a new LRT line will most certainly travel nearby, so transit would greatly improve. If parking was put in a garage, that still leaves so much space that the city could even try adding mixed use affordable housing there as well.

While I agree with your statement, eventually we will need to provide a stuff for people to do in this Region. 

I do agree that if done properly the Aud lands could be completely reworked to include a master planned sporting neighbourhood with a new arena, ballpark and maybe even a decent soccer/ football stadium. With room to include a mixed-use development around it.  Unfortunate this Region has had very little vision when it comes to investing in sport in our area. Maybe make it part of a bid for the commonwealth or canada games. The private sector seems uninterested in investing in the fastest growing city in the country for some reason. At our population we should really be looking at a CPL and a CFL team, but there has been little to no movement with regards to either of those leagues. 

The one problem with the Aud land for the ballpark is apparently the city takes all of the revenue with regards to alcohol sales, which I think would be were an owner could actually make money.

Surely that would be a subject of negotiation, although the revenue could help the City to pay for the stadium.