Cambridge Multi-Sports Complex [Proposed]

[jeffster]

How does Waterloo avoid this problem? Are the swimplex and rink technically separate 'buildings'?

They are in all appearances in the same building, but perhaps it costs more to operate to deal with this? What's the benefit to a single large site with both a pool and ice rinks compared to two separate smaller sites?

You save a little bit with staff. If you think the way Kitchener does things, community centres, pools and rinks, all separated, so technically you'd need, for example, rental staff for all three, part-time. You could probably get a way with 2 part-time at one large building so you save cash there. Rather than have 3 full-time office co-ordinators, you could have 1 full-time and 1 part-time.

Disadvantage of a all-in-one is that it's in 1 community, rather than spread out into 3 different communities. Access is harder since it not close to everyone.

It's sad that there continues to be fighting between the 3 large cities in the region, plus even more fighting with the 3 cities within Cambridge.