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Civdis
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Yes, that was my point. I "wondered" if actual seats were to be installed and I see that they are. Now will they have cupholders? That is the important question
HousingNowTO
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Summer Event Venue is only going to be open from June until to the end of September each year, so they have lots of time to "Winterize and Reopen" - each year. There's lots of empty warehouse space at Downsview to remove and store the seats and porta-potties, etc, each year.
The early media releases about ROGERS STADIUM said the lease was for 6 - 8 years... therefore, they are planning for it to last until 2033-ish -- unless they add extensions to that lease.
We can all "Party like it is 2003" again -
The time Toronto held a rock concert for 500k people after the SARS epidemic
Picture being surrounded by nearly 500,000 people, all rocking out to the Rolling Stones after the end of an epidemic. This is exactly what happened …
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SubHuman
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As pointed out earlier in this thread --
link (Facebook, James Pasternak, Toronto City Councillor for Ward 6 York Centre, where this is located)
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HousingNowTO
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If ROGERS successfully runs 12 -18 x Summer Concerts for 50,000 attendees for the first 3-years of Operations -- I can almost 100% Guarantee that Councillor Pasternak's "Strict Zoning Limit" for temporary-use will be relaxed by City Council in 2028 or 2029.
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Update as of today, March 26th.
They are on to the second level of the West-side stands and chugging along, completing seating immediately after getting the risers into place.
Seems like they've paused work on the North-side stands (to the right), I assume to focus on East and West before connecting the corners to complete the "U" surrounding the stage.
They are on to the second level of the West-side stands and chugging along, completing seating immediately after getting the risers into place.
Seems like they've paused work on the North-side stands (to the right), I assume to focus on East and West before connecting the corners to complete the "U" surrounding the stage.
xmyth_
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Mihairokov
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What's the distance across between the two stands? It really makes me wonder if sporting events could be squeezed into here...
SubHuman
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FWIW, the runway was 200 feet wide, and it looks like the distance between the stands might be slightly more than that?
https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...-downsview-m-s-live-nation.40588/post-2180813
More importantly, this is a music festival type of venue being run by Live Nation, who promote music events, not sports.
Rogers is just the sponsor name. They don't operate the venue, and it won't be capable of holding sports (at least not without a whole lot of expensive modification that would not be worth the cost for a one-off type of event).
https://archive.is/L8HDg
When I see aerial photos of Downsview or Buttonville, I always think the IndyCar race could go there (like the ones in Cleveland and Edmonton that used airfields) instead of Exhibition Place, but I doubt the race promoters and property owners would have any interest in doing that.
christiesplits
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It was speculated after the announcement of the stadium that the NHL might be interested in hosting an outdoor game there.
Undead
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From the station:
SubHuman
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SubHuman
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A word of advice if you're considering taking photos from a location adjacent to the construction site --
You should probably avoid walking right up to (and standing against) the fence.
I've seen some online comments and discussion elsewhere with people saying they've been perplexed or slightly peeved after being confronted by security telling them something along the lines of "You can't take pictures here", or "You can take pictures from outside of it, but not on this property" (or "perimeter", which seems to be a word they like to use, though no one quite understands what or where this supposed perimeter is, if it's not the fence).
In trying to read between the lines and do some guesswork, I think it's people hanging around against the fence that quickly attracts their attention, as it's understandable that their immediate thought is likely "what is this idiot doing there, and are they going to try to cut a hole in the fence?", perhaps partly out of years or decades of habit of this having been an airfield, and one used by the military. And obviously they don't want people trespassing onto the construction site.
That said, this isn't an airfield at all anymore. And if they don't want people walking up to the fence, they need to actually put something in place (signs, another fence) to make this apparent, instead of just expecting everyone to somehow know this (through mental telepathy?) when there is nothing at all to indicate it.
And, if they're annoyed now by an occasional person simply walking up to the fence to take a smartphone photo, what are they going to be doing in a just a few weeks when there will start regularly being 50,000 people at a time descending on the former airfield?
You should probably avoid walking right up to (and standing against) the fence.
I've seen some online comments and discussion elsewhere with people saying they've been perplexed or slightly peeved after being confronted by security telling them something along the lines of "You can't take pictures here", or "You can take pictures from outside of it, but not on this property" (or "perimeter", which seems to be a word they like to use, though no one quite understands what or where this supposed perimeter is, if it's not the fence).
In trying to read between the lines and do some guesswork, I think it's people hanging around against the fence that quickly attracts their attention, as it's understandable that their immediate thought is likely "what is this idiot doing there, and are they going to try to cut a hole in the fence?", perhaps partly out of years or decades of habit of this having been an airfield, and one used by the military. And obviously they don't want people trespassing onto the construction site.
That said, this isn't an airfield at all anymore. And if they don't want people walking up to the fence, they need to actually put something in place (signs, another fence) to make this apparent, instead of just expecting everyone to somehow know this (through mental telepathy?) when there is nothing at all to indicate it.
And, if they're annoyed now by an occasional person simply walking up to the fence to take a smartphone photo, what are they going to be doing in a just a few weeks when there will start regularly being 50,000 people at a time descending on the former airfield?
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Civdis
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That's going to be quite a hike from the top of those stands to get a beer
rdaner
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Taken 13 April.
