This is probably an unrealistic idea, but I've thought for a while now that Rexall would be perfect for converting to a big sound stage for use in TV/movie productions and arena concert production development/rehearsals. Try to lure some of the stuff being done in VAN/CGY to Edmonton. Even some Hollywood stuff might want to move north with the current political climate and how far the dollar could go here. The area around the arena could be developed into a mini Olympic village-style development for crew, actors, musicians, etc. and maybe even an outdoor component for filming natural-looking exterior shots, street scenes, etc.

Of course, this would all require some big-time investments from someone and I have no idea who that would be, but it's fun to think about. Doesn't Katz have a stake in Silver Studios?
 
Coprolite said:
Even the plan to adapt it to other ice rink uses priced out to more expensive than building a new facility.
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When you delegate the pricing of the various options to the same group that wants to see something demolished, it’s not surprising that all the options will be estimated at higher that the demolition cost and greenfield options.
 
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View from last summer....has anything changed from then to now? I noticed the barns are torn down, any land servicing happening?
 
I always thought there were three important legs to K Days. Of course the activity exhibition grounds were a huge part, but also the race track which attracted a regular crowd and even more during K Days.

Lastly there was a focus on events elsewhere in the city, particularly downtown that signaled the arrival of K Days and got the city's attention. Now I feel that is sorely missing.

If we are going to have an event like K Days that excites and engages the city, I think it needs to be more than just a midway and some other events at the exhibition grounds.
 
Appears that Cantiro is leading the way on this first phase….

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Our future Mayor of Edmonton?

Based on campaigning for a development plan that received third reading from Council half a year before she was even elected to council and hasn’t meaningfully progressed anywhere since???

Or campaigning on the city being successfully blackmailed by the Province into spending tens of millions of borrowed dollars where they don’t really need to be spent?

Or on the complete lack of imagination responsible for not being able to successfully repurpose almost 500,000 sf of clear span high ceiling space?

Or on spending tens of millions of dollars based on the above to create yet more vacant land as if the city has any shortage of vacant land… :(
 
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'Bittersweet': What comes after the fall of Edmonton's Coliseum?

With funding secured, Edmonton's iconic Coliseum arena where the legend of the Edmonton Oilers was cemented will come down.
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"In the area’s planning framework are calls for two new stations on the north and south ends of the Exhibition Lands. The north location could replace Coliseum station and would be positioned one road north on 119 Avenue, while the south location is planned for 115 Avenue."
 
MacLac said:
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'Bittersweet': What comes after the fall of Edmonton's Coliseum?

With funding secured, Edmonton's iconic Coliseum arena where the legend of the Edmonton Oilers was cemented will come down.
edmontonjournal.com edmontonjournal.com

"In the area’s planning framework are calls for two new stations on the north and south ends of the Exhibition Lands. The north location could replace Coliseum station and would be positioned one road north on 119 Avenue, while the south location is planned for 115 Avenue."
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They should really be working on that 115th ave station asap since lots are already being developed nearby. Once it's done and the Coliseum comes down then they can build the 119th ave one.
 
kcantor said:
Or on the complete lack of imagination responsible for not being able to successfully repurpose almost 500,000 sf of clear span high ceiling space?
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If repurposing the Coliseum was market-viable, it would've happened already. In almost (every) situation, it's cheaper to demolish and build something new.

Retrofitting a purpose-built 1970s-era hockey arena for uses other than hockey is obviously very difficult and prohibitively expensive - next.
 
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