S. says: ditch the Whitecaps stadium. Plant something public instead, for everyone, forever.

S., a Cdn actor and neighbour, says this:

To say that it’s less than ideal to build a stadium on the waterfront by Crab Park is taking understatment to a  level of unacceptability. which defies description.

Vancouver is now in the throes of massive rezoning which threatens to destroy many old neighbourhoods for the sake of developer profits.  The Vancouver City Council, which apparently has no plan for one of Canada’s most beautiful waterfronts, could redeem its civic reputation which is currently in the garbage by refusing to give in to a developer’s plan to  build a soccer stadium on land which is not only public, but precious.

A soccer stadium will provide entertainment for a minute part of the city’s population while at the same providing sleepless nights for the people who call that part of Gastown, home.  Since there are no plans to add green areas, parks, pools or community centres in the current rezoning plans, let’s ditch the Whitecaps Stadium and plant something public right there on the waterfront.

For everybody, forever.