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[bornagainbiking]

I don't know about you but this has plenty of merit.
look at it as a double venue option, it would be a definate selling point.
Just think:
Kitty corner to Copps for heaven forbid a Grey cup game or NFL game. Use the Jumbo tron as a Overflow site;
Parking there is alot of parking for the downtown and Hamilton Convention not to mention City Hall, so if a game was on a weekend or at night plenty of parking;
Hotel access, just think incorporate a walkway from jackson Square (like the Fallsview Hilton over to the Fallsview casino)or {the Sheraton at the airport in Toronto} and you would have the Sheraton connected. Heck if the new Hotel was built at Bay and Main/King you could see into the stadium from the upper rooms and maybe a luonge or restaurant up there. Most downtown hotels would be a casual stroll within eyesight of the stadium. So visitors with game packages would be parked at their hotel.
Transportation minutes from Hub and if you were to incorporate loading lanes on Bay, Cannon and York you would have plenty of bar bus or social event connectors;
Downtown business: This is even better than the waterfront. who would benefit, well just think Front street near the ACC. Hess village Jackson Square (a pre-game place to wander and grab a bite at the farmers market, coffee shops or several pubs {Walts, Honest Lawyer, Cottage Life}). Not to mention new activity on James from Wilson to Barton.
Existing traffic access. Well it is alot easier to drive straight down Cannon onto the 403 ramps (Guelph) or Plains road to Burlington or York/Wilson to Burlington Street than getting out of a basic residential area at the West harbour. There would have to be some thought into getting traffic smoothly onto the 403 to Brantford. Remember it is only a little over an hour to London so this market can be tapped as to get in and out of the downtown is easier than getting to Ivor Wynne.
The area may be small but go up. Also one downside of any waterfront arena is the wind off the water Brrrrrrrr
The Waterfront would be great and better than what we have and the airport is just anti downtown or commerce. Also force people to drive there.
Turn the Watrfont property into a park with a walking bridge to the waterfront over the RR tracks. This would be better for events like Aqua fest, wing fest walkathons and the fireworks on 1st of July. You could use the parking lot for the pre-game tailgate area with a path thru Central park to the arena.
Just think of a sports weekend catch a Bullsdog game and a TiCat game in 2 days. Hotel, teams and torutism package.
Finacially a bigger return to the city and especially business in the core!!!!!!!! Maybe put the Connaught back in the running as it is so close to the arena.
What about a first rate Soccer team with world cup fever and How well Toronto FC is doing this is a great location with a bigger stadium.
So go SJAM
It just looks a bit small but it would only be the arena as some of the adminitrative funstions could be at Copps, HECFI or jackson Square.
As an added bonus it there not a heating plant at SJAM.