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Username: Dan
Post Number: 1274
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 6:53 pm: |    |
If a new hockey arena was built West of Woodward, would moving The GAR be feasible?
Does the the buildings construction make it harder or easier to move then say the GEM? |
Dnvn522
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Username: Dnvn522
Post Number: 137
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 7:43 am: | |
Why would it have to be moved? |
Rjlj
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Username: Rjlj
Post Number: 142
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 9:12 am: | |
It wouldn't. |
Dan
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Username: Dan
Post Number: 1275
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 9:24 am: | |
I asked if it was feasible, not whether it would happen. |
Wolverine
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Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 215
Registered: 04-2004
| | Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 10:54 am: | |
Yes it could....with a very expensive price tag. |
Rrl
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Username: Rrl
Post Number: 634
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 11:01 am: | |
It's possible to move nearly any structure, finanical feasibility is another matter. |
Dan
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Username: Dan
Post Number: 1276
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 12:19 pm: | |
Ok, so would the GAR cost more than the Gem to move? IF so is that because of the stone construction?
And why are some of you so quick to say its not going to be moved? Anything is possible at this point. |
Gistok
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Username: Gistok
Post Number: 2827
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 12:36 pm: | |
Dan, I think that folks dismiss the moving of the GAR probably because it is in a location where the street around it are VERY unlikely to be closed for an arena.
You cannot close Grand River Ave.
And Cass Ave. is the major western gateway between Downtown and Midtown, so it is very unlikely to be closed.
And the reason that Adams is unlikely to be closed is due to the fact that it's one of the major exits from the Stadia/Theatre district. It would be difficult to get to outbound Grand River Ave. if Adams were closed (you can't take Bagley, since Grand River Ave. is one way (inbound) at Bagley).
And using the GAR site would require the closing of both Cass and Adams... a very unlikely scenario.
So that's probably why folks are saying it won't be moved. With both Cass and Adams unlikely to be closed for an arena, there is no need to move the GAR.
But yes, hypothetically I bet it would probably cost around the same price as the cost of moving the Gem/Century (accounting for inflation).
(Message edited by Gistok on September 22, 2006) |
Gistok
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Username: Gistok
Post Number: 2828
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 12:40 pm: | |
I think a better question would be... how much would it cost to move your father's Moose Lodge!
If the Arena were to be located between Cass and Grand River... that building is definitely worth a move... over to an empty spot along Park Ave!  |
Kenp
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Username: Kenp
Post Number: 47
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 4:37 pm: | |
I agree with Gistok, the Moose is a great building worth saving.
The GAR is on of the coolest things in downtown, I hope it survives. |
Kenp
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Username: Kenp
Post Number: 48
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 10:49 pm: | |
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