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Originally Posted by djforsberg
The old Taylor field site makes absolutely no sense. It’s a disadvantaged residential community and an arena there would not help it nor would it be attractive to potential event-goers.
It also doesn’t make sense to build another arena where one already exists.
It also doesn’t make sense to have the arena away from a density of restaurants and pubs. It might make sense to walk from Mosaic Stadium for after-game activities after football games on mostly warm-weather games. It is not the case for Pats games, most of which are in winter.
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Ok. So if it doesn't make sense to build a hockey arena where an existing one is...what is the point in building a hockey arena? I thought the point of building an new Arena was to increase capacity...from 6,500 to 10,000 or some people seem to think 15,000...
Just as a point of interest the largest arena outside of Vancouver is in Victoria at 7,500. This Arena attracts all the biggest names from Elton John on down...
So if it isn't Taylor Field, for reasons which seem to be trumpeted to build an Arena Downtown where there is no infrastructure and exponentially more costs is to revitalize and spurn growth what would happen if an Arena was built at Taylor Field...wouldn't that spurn growth and change in the neighborhood? And on the premise the neighborhood is too rough? Than Railyards. knock a few million off the cost of the land. knock a few million off the build cost to say the least.
As for building a new arena at REAL, if the purpose of a new arena is to drive economic growth, better concerts, better events etc, wouldn't building an Arena where all the infrastructure is already in place? I mean keeping in mind as it stands there is not public money jumping at this to build an arena. 133 Million was the cost of MTS Centre in Winnipeg with a NHL Team kicking up 93 Million of the costs, the balance being funded by Fed/Prov/Muni. At a capacity of just over 16,000...the Population of Winnipeg is 750,000...
Why does Regina at CMA of round 250,000 population need a 12,000-15,000 Seat Arena for the Pats? When the Pats were acquired from the Parker Family in 2014 for 7.5 Million the Winnipeg Jets were worth 358 Million...today? the Jets are worth 575 Million If its for concerts and shows? Save on Food Memorial Arena in Victoria which is 7,500 Seat Arena and one of the largest arenas outside of Vancouver in BC with a CMA Population of shy of 400,000...brings in some of the biggest names in Arts and Entertainment...
I'm really failing to see why Regina needs an Arena comparable to Winnipeg or other Cities with populations 3,4,5 times that of Reginas with NHL Teams...And before we compare to Saskatoon SaskTel Place started out much smaller and was expanded to its current capacity a far different business case. a 8000-10000 Seat Arena with future expandability in a location part of a large facility in close proximity to Downtown would make the most fiscal, business, and economic sense with shuttle or increased transit access to Downtown. An arena won't spur Condos being built in Downtown Regina...