02-04-2020, 07:43 PM
(02-04-2020, 07:23 PM)jeffster Wrote:I believe they said build the arena downtown. Then after the aud land is vacant, sell half to developers and use the other half to replace the kw hospital. So timeline wise that would be 10 years before the arena is downtown, then probably 20 years before the hospital moves.(02-04-2020, 10:23 AM)westwardloo Wrote: 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.
I think the person that gave that opinion didn't really think it through: demolish aud, build a new hospital, demolish hospital, build new arena. We'd be out of an major arena for a long, long time. I am guessing with the way hospitals are built, you'd be looking at a minimum of 10 years, if not 20 before completion.
In the meantime, the Rangers would have no place to play, and likely would lose most of their fanbase. We have nothing locally that comes to what The Aud is.