_urbanite
Senior Member
^ you would think that would be important enough information to be included in the CTV article...
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Airboy
Senior Member
It looks like its part of the traveling Midway.
bingo
New Member
Edmonton Exhibition Lands
Edmonton’s Exhibition Lands site is an incredible opportunity for sustainable, transit-oriented, aspirational redevelopment in the heart of North Edmonton. With over 200 acres of prime land waiting for transformational urban infill under five kilometres from Edmonton’s downtown, serviced by...
www.exhibitionlands.ca
a new resource from CoE, I'm eager to see what the proposals are.
TAS
Senior Member
Coun. Salvador asked city admin at today's council meeting during a budget update if there was any opportunity to have the coliseum demolition funded by the provincial government similar to what has been announced for the Saddledome.
City manager said he is meeting with provincial officials soon and will be bringing that up.
City manager said he is meeting with provincial officials soon and will be bringing that up.
EtoV
Active Member
I'm sure the Council of Unelected MLAs will get right on this.
MCXavierL
Active Member
Not sure if it’s been noted already, but I confirmed with a councillor today that the demolition of the coliseum will happen in 2025.
David A
Senior Member
Well if we convince them to carefully dismantle it and move it to Calgary, they could have their "new" arena right away at half the cost - at least two problems solved!
Kaizen
Senior Member
^ definitely not, it's such a shame they won't pursue repurposing.
TAS
Senior Member
I've been on the side of repurposing it from the beginning - financially speaking, environmentally speaking, and I think it provided an opportunity to create some new recreation amenities (or something else) to fill a need.
Is there info we're just not privy to that makes this so unfeasible as nobody on council ever really championed doing otherwise did they?
Calgary never gave a second thought to keeping theirs - although circumstances are probably different (aside from getting demolition paid for)?
IanO
Superstar
Plan of Old Exhibition Grounds - City of Edmonton Archives
This drawing shows the location of the Exhibition Grounds racetrack and associated buildings, as well as the Power Plant and Water Works. See also ...
Gronk!
Senior Member
Municipal leaders across Alberta hope for ‘fair share’ of infrastructure funding | Globalnews.ca
The demolition of the Saddledome will be paid for, but this raises questions as Edmonton built a new arena and currently must foot the bill to tear down the Northlands Coliseum.
globalnews.ca
Gronk!
Senior Member
David A
Senior Member
I feel this is a moment that calls for a bit of chutzpah. Our mayor needs to just send the bill to Danielle and ensure there is press to cover it, like when a giant cheque is presented.Municipal leaders across Alberta hope for ‘fair share’ of infrastructure funding | Globalnews.ca
The demolition of the Saddledome will be paid for, but this raises questions as Edmonton built a new arena and currently must foot the bill to tear down the Northlands Coliseum.
IanO
Superstar
At our luncheon last week, the Premier spoke about moving away from 'Resort Municipality Status' for Jasper,Banff,Canmore (for additional infra $) and shared that she wants to create a new infrastructure formula so that key investments are made across Alberta to help support growth and other strategic initiatives.
channing76
Active Member
What does this mean exactly? Is it a good thing?