[David A]

Why you gotta be all realistic. We demand a beautiful new hotel to sit half empty 200 days of the year.

I feel part of the reason the revenue is lower is because many of the bigger hotels here are getting quite old now and are not being renovated.

If something nice and newer was built the demand for it could be surprising, particularly if having more rooms could also lead to Edmonton attracting more and larger events.

 

[MattPT]

Maybe stop being one of the most embarrassing jurisdictions in the continent and our tourism prospects will improve?

BTW maybe someone should look into why Katz is getting another hand out for a money making machine at a ridiculously inflated cost compared to any other similar venue being built. This is going to be one of the most expensive (public dollars) boring neighbourhoods ever built.

 

[MacLac]

Nor ar

Unpopular opinion on this forum, but the people who are visiting Edmonton solely to shop aren’t going downtown to do it.

Nor are they going to ANY OTHER city in North America to go shopping downtown…..

 

[Tropical]

We really, really need a new 3-4 star in the core as our current stock is underwhelming and in dire need of upgrades, but they are stuck in the classic chicken/egg conundrum.

A new spot would have folks migrate to quality and force others hand.

I've always thought that converting part of a largely empty office building on 124 Street would do very well.

 

[David A]

Nor ar

Nor are they going to ANY OTHER city in North America to go shopping downtown…..

But people are traveling to downtowns of cities for various reasons and while there visitors are shopping, except of course not here where they can't because our downtown retail has been so totally gutted.

 

[ChazYEG]

Nor ar

Nor are they going to ANY OTHER city in North America to go shopping downtown…..

New York, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Chicago, to say the least, might have something to say about this, be it street facing retail or malls, all of these cities have a substantial part of their upscale retail in their downtowns and people do go there to shop.

 

[David A]

New York, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Chicago, to say the least, might have something to say about this, be it street facing retail or malls, all of these cities have a substantial part of their upscale retail in their downtowns and people do go there to shop.

Exactly, I recently went to the first three cities you mentioned, not specifically to shop but there were good opportunities to do so when I was downtown there, so I did take advantage of some of them.

Ironically as someone living and working more centrally and who likes to be able to walk to nearby stores, I actually shopped more there than in our own city's far flung malls and power centers.

 

[johnnyboy]

It'll be interesting to see if this gets value engineered and watered down by the time it opens, or if that only happens with our own resident billionaire's playpen:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2038687761524539424

 

[IanO]

Wouldn't it be nice to see a group with record profits and wanting to put our best face forward to have power washed the rink and got it ready for playoffs?

Windows looked dirty, if the streetscape had been power washed it was a limited pass, the Gretzky statue was covered in dirt and maybe the worst is the ongoing issue with pigeons.

How do you host a major event like this and not get your house in order? The photo doesn't even capture how bad it is when looking from the south.

 

[scyeg]

Wouldn't it be nice to see a group with record profits and wanting to put our best face forward to have power washed the rink and got it ready for playoffs?

Windows looked dirty, if the streetscape had been power washed it was a limited pass, the Gretzky statue was covered in dirt and maybe the worst is the ongoing issue with pigeons.

How do you host a major event like this and not get your house in order? The photo doesn't even capture how bad it is when looking from the south.

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You should send an email to OEG with your pics.

 

[IanO]

That's what I don't get; why is it up to fans and patrons to have to inquire about stuff like this?

 

[Avenuer]

That's what I don't get; why is it up to fans and patrons to have to inquire about stuff like this?

Cause the rich don’t care about us plebs walking outside the rink. They drive in and out of the parkade, to and from their luxury boxes, without dare stepping a foot outside with us commoners.

 

[scyeg]

That's what I don't get; why is it up to fans and patrons to have to inquire about stuff like this?

This is basic stuff, it really shouldn't be.

 

[thommyjo]

That's what I don't get; why is it up to fans and patrons to have to inquire about stuff like this?

hard for them to see when driving in from st albert...

 

[Dubas]

Wouldn't it be nice to see a group with record profits and wanting to put our best face forward to have power washed the rink and got it ready for playoffs?

Windows looked dirty, if the streetscape had been power washed it was a limited pass, the Gretzky statue was covered in dirt and maybe the worst is the ongoing issue with pigeons.

How do you host a major event like this and not get your house in order? The photo doesn't even capture how bad it is when looking from the south.

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The sidewalk on 104th Ave was being power washed before game 1, I walked by as it was happening. Besides that, don't think I have ever seen the windows cleaned in the 10 years the arena has been open.