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Originally Posted by J.OT13
It's strange to me how Downtown is not obviously the most convenient location for the greatest amount of people. Sure suburban locations are also important, but Downtown is accessible on foot by about 50k residents and 100k workers, and has the greatest accessibility by transit for probably close to about half a million who live walking distance from the O-Train or Transitway/Rapibus.
Place d'Orleans is accessible as well for anyone in the east end by car or on transit.
Merivale is likely the least accessible location. Better to have it at Bayshore or Barrhave on the Transitway.
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It's bizarre to me as well, as it really is obvious. The best location for the most people is going to be where the highest density of people live and work, and a place that is as central on the rapid transit network as possible. That's clearly downtown. No other specific location has been suggested in these discussions. It's the same reason that the Sens are planning to spend a billion dollars to move downtown - it's clearly more accessible to the greatest number of fans.