So, parking.
The team is drawing around 4,000 fans per game, and a lot of those folks are driving in. It's relatively easy to drive to within a block of the arena and find a spot; the four largest lots in that radius can hold 3,000 vehicles, all paid.
There are 4,500-5,000 parking spots at Lime Ridge Mall.
One assumes that CF isn't converting those to a paid lot, so unless you imagine that the arena owners are also building an underground parking lot three times the capacity of Jackson Square's sub-grade garage, there would be an inherent tension between the hockey club and the owner of the parking lot that serves the mall. Especially since the team's home games are almost exclusively held on Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays, when the mall is likely busiest.
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Last edited by thistleclub; Nov 30, 2018 at 5:12 PM.
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