I think you'll have to tell that to an interested private company, as PNE (including Playland) is owned by the City of Vancouver and they'll probably want to retain that asset.
I recently asked them via email about both the entrance issue and about the lack of a proper fair-time bus loop. The reply is that they'll iron out the details later... and they're thinking of doing a wayfinding and signage program at the park (also to be decided later).
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Originally Posted by City of Vancouver (email)
The Hastings Park/PNE Master Plan is recommending to improve the bus loop outside the Pacific Coliseum (details to be determined later in the planning process) to service the Fair and other year round events. At that time, we will definitely be looking into issues like raised platforms.
The reason the Master Plan proposes to move the main entrance to Playland to the centre of the park is to retain/convert the edges of Hastings Park as park use. It's a balance between park use and commercial uses on the site. The Master Plan will retain the entrance to Playland off of Hastings Street (entry node as shown in the diagram below), although as you have noted the main gate to Playland will be within the park. Next year, one of the Master Plan's first implementation items will be a signage plan - this will address identification of all the Park's uses (including Playland), wayfinding, and traffic flow.
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In a way this project sounds similar to the park in Seattle containing Key Arena and the Space Needle, except with a really large amusement park attached.
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