swampymudkip
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The Honda Indy is moving to Downtown Markham...
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hw621
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Those residents in the senior homes will have heart attacks...
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SubHuman
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https://www.yorkregion.com/news/ont...cle_b552e6f5-7a12-5b73-9dfc-8b64ab2ee801.html
So, all of this was done in secret, with absolutely no public consultation?
Never mind the noise and traffic problems caused by shutting down the roads -- how much is the city paying for this?
It can't be cheap. Just the part of the track after Turn 8 will have to constructed from almost nothing. It's barely a road.
In the other (Exhibition Place) thread I had watched a few minutes of the first (1986) race, and one of commentators said Molson spent over $3 million paving the track. If it cost that much then, I'd assume multiples of it now.
SubHuman
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https://www.thestar.com/opinion/con...cle_920ee5d0-c40c-454f-82c9-8116f7a71587.html
https://archive.is/BxNsW
As a suggestion for an alternative site in the city, the Markham Fairgrounds looks like it's not near any residential neighbourhoods, and there's already things like demolition derby there.
Maybe the race promoters, IndyCar, and the City of Markham could shift some things around, rebuild some of the old buildings there, and have a one-mile oval with most of the fairgrounds inside it. They could have shuttle buses taking people there, like they do during the fair.
https://archive.is/BxNsW
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As a suggestion for an alternative site in the city, the Markham Fairgrounds looks like it's not near any residential neighbourhoods, and there's already things like demolition derby there.
Maybe the race promoters, IndyCar, and the City of Markham could shift some things around, rebuild some of the old buildings there, and have a one-mile oval with most of the fairgrounds inside it. They could have shuttle buses taking people there, like they do during the fair.
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