02-04-2020, 10:23 AM
(02-04-2020, 09:41 AM)Momo26 Wrote: I must have missed this need completely. Is the Aud now obsolete? What will happen to it ?It is definitely obsolete. It is over 70 years old. Offers very few of the amenities that modern arenas do. It is inadequate for a population the size of our region.
https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/...-opinions/
This is not only for hockey, this is for the plethora of potential future acts that may choose to stop in kitchener over or in addition to Hamilton or London. It also has the opportunity to be a huge boost to the downtown restaurant scene. Which might spur other smaller art and culture venues to open. It could also add a potential hotel to the downtown/ maybe encourage a convention centre to be built.
I kind of like the one opinion in the article to move the KW hospital/ build a teaching hospital at the auditorium land. As well as allow a mixed use nieghbourhood.