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Fab idea if Oktoberfest can come up with 15 or 20 million to pay for it ....
Never stopped to think of it before, but the Mill Station is only a block or so from the Concordia Club - handy, if they get around to installing sidewalks on that side of Ottawa St!
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I hear there's a convenient underpass nearby.
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I'd have to question the "convenient".
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Of the two, the rail underpasses would be more "convenient", if that's measured solely in walking distance.
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Interesting move.
"Tim Beckett, president of K-W Oktoberfest, said the change is a response to "those who want to see more activity in the downtown core."
I'm not sure I see how this location achieves that though
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Hahah good point.
I can't think of a more DTK central point than Carl Zehr Square
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Maybe this allows them to have the keg tap and leave the square open for stalls and festivities.
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This site will be active for two days - Friday and Saturday. When it was at the square did it run that long? I only ever went for the keg tapping ceremony itself so I don't know when it was all torn down.
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Also a factor is that Civic Square will be closed for construction next year, so they'd need an alternate venue eventually anyway.