The reason the Aud doesn't have much capacity because it wasn't built for balconies like Scotiabank Arena, so all the renovations did was make it wider to continue the same slope of seating. But a Hypothetical New Aud (HNA) with the same footprint but designed with balconies would hold at least 10k people.
This HNA would fit on the 47 Gaukel lot (owned by the City of Kitchener) with it's front doors just over the far sidewalk and touching the asphalt of the bus lanes.
https://i.ibb.co/SV3s0s8/the-aud-downtown-2.png
Put a lane like Hall's or Goudie's roughly where the pedestrian bridge of the terminal is.
On the east (right) side of the lane fronting on to Ontario, build a combined multi-use aboriginal and community centre and make it 5-6 stories tall. Plenty of room and would not stick out.
On the west (left) side, make a row-building like the Duke Food Block backing on to the lane and facing the hypothetical new Aud. The space between this and the HNA could be a combined park space & patio for the restuarants & bars, making them popular venues before and after games, concerts, etc… if not all the time.
I think we could match something like Halifax's Scotiabank Centre doing it this way.
This HNA would fit on the 47 Gaukel lot (owned by the City of Kitchener) with it's front doors just over the far sidewalk and touching the asphalt of the bus lanes.
https://i.ibb.co/SV3s0s8/the-aud-downtown-2.png
Put a lane like Hall's or Goudie's roughly where the pedestrian bridge of the terminal is.
On the east (right) side of the lane fronting on to Ontario, build a combined multi-use aboriginal and community centre and make it 5-6 stories tall. Plenty of room and would not stick out.
On the west (left) side, make a row-building like the Duke Food Block backing on to the lane and facing the hypothetical new Aud. The space between this and the HNA could be a combined park space & patio for the restuarants & bars, making them popular venues before and after games, concerts, etc… if not all the time.
I think we could match something like Halifax's Scotiabank Centre doing it this way.