The Aud

[Rainrider22]

I really don't see a site in DTK that I would consider big enough for a new arena, except perhaps in the Innovation District.  The old transit station would just be too tight a squeeze, istm - there should be a public plaza out front, for example.

Given the persistent concerns about size I used Google Maps to put London's Bud Gardens on the Charles St Terminal site. The build itself fits quite nicely, with a decent amount of space left as a loading zone for trucks. The public plaza can be on Gaukel St, now that it's being closed to cars. The only part of the Bud Gardens site that doesn't fit is the surface parking, and I think that's just fine. The city already has ~3500 parking spots downtown, compared to the ~1650 at the current Aud. I did flip the building to put the loading zone in the corner where there's space.

I have to wonder what cities are doing this successfully?  And how does this affect the type of arrangement the Rangers have now (free to some degree): https://kitchenerrangers.com/article/rid...estaurants

I don't see "free" Ion or bus tickets unless they have a paying sponsor, as the Ion was super expensive, I don't think Joe Taxpayer wants to subsidize Rangers fans.

San Francisco is the one that comes to mind. The company I work for has their HQ right beside the Chase Center where they do this, and it's done wonders for the traffic. It doesn't have to be "free", just bundled into the ticket price. The city owns the venue, they can require every booking pay a transit charge. Not everyone would ride transit, so the fee doesn't have to be a full $2.86 per ticket. Just do it like the UPass where they estimate what the ridership would be, what the marginal cost of serving that ridership is (not a ton), and then charge that. Would probably be $0.75/ticket or something.

Thank you for doing this.  It clearly shows a facility like this can fit.  This is now my number one vote.  And so close to everything including victoria park.  The facility could be incorporated into things like the Blues Festival etc...