I'm looking around the downtown area, trying to find a spot we could build a new stadium.
What about this location just over the bridge on Wellignton in the area where the Costco, Loto-Quebec and Cereal Foods Canada are now...
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I realize there's no metro, which is the biggest problem, but a station could be implemented into the stadium basement, making it ready for a possible future expansion. It could also be a valid expansion for the metro to accomidate the development in Griffintown. A tram could be setup to go along Peel/University, down along Wellington to serve Griffintown and over to the stadium to accomidate in the meantime.
The other issue would be expropriating the existing enterprises which are there. Mostly wherehouses which shouldn't be too big a deal. But the big plus, this is a location close to downtown, with a great view of the city, river and mountain, which could be a great place for a ballpark.
Can anyone tell me if this area is already slated for development? Would this be an impossible task to get rid of the company's already in the area?