Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment

[danbrotherston]

To be fair, the Aud is 70 years old.

Exactly, the region had a population of 50,000 when the AUD was built! The needs of our region have changed significantly. Yes they have made the minimum amount of updates and improvement to keep the AUD going over the years, but you can only extend the life of a facility like this for so long. My guess is we have a new arena by 2030. So that is 80 years! That is a good life span for a large venue like this. Definitely not ridiculous to consider its replacement.

The renovations to the aud have significantly expanded facilities, seating has increased many times, and we now have a significantly larger number of seats per capita than most NHL facilities (which are located in larger cities).

I'd hardly call these the "minimum" updates to keep the AUD going.

And why can you "only extend the life of a facility like this for so long"...what exactly cannot be done in this building?  Or, more importantly, on this site?

If we have a new arena by 2030 I would be very angry at the city government which focused on that instead of the hundreds of ACTUAL problems facing the city.