Exhibition Place

[rdaner]

My real interest in sports teams is where they play! Lol And Coca-Cola Arena at Exhibition is being dangled as a likely venue for WNBA as well as a new basketball practice facility. But where? With Exhibition Station and King Liberty station this area will be super accessible.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/larry-tanenbaum-pursuing-wnba-expansion-team-for-toronto-1.7132863

 

[Amare]

My real interest in sports teams is where they play! Lol And Coca-Cola Arena at Exhibition is being dangled as a likely venue for WNBA as well as a new basketball practice facility. But where? With Exhibition Station and King Liberty station this area will be super accessible.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/larry-tanenbaum-pursuing-wnba-expansion-team-for-toronto-1.7132863

Edward Rogers killed that idea off, so dont have to worry about that problem.

 

[rdaner]

Edward Rogers killed that idea off, so dont have to worry about that problem.

I thought that the article said that Tanenbaum was going alone?

 

[Amare]

I thought that the article said that Tanenbaum was going alone?

I didnt read the article you just posted (I should've taken a look, i was assuming it was a recent article from a couple weeks back taking about how Edward Rogers shut the bid down).

Well now this changes the game of things, it will be interesting to see how MLSE moves on this if Tannenbaum is successful since he would have to work with them to use Coca-Cola Coliseum.

 

[rdaner]

And this could be interesting as we are in 2024 when high density and mixed use are all the rage! Stacked basketball courts with accommodations and amenity space above? Pickleball, anyone?

 

[kotsy]

So many photo ops with the arch being lit every night now

 

[SubHuman]

FIFA likely want exclusivity to prevent issues. Two events at the same time could cause issues...

Just to update this situation, there should be no conflict with the IndyCar race if it's still happening in 2026. The last World Cup match at BMO Field will be on July 2nd, while the race could presumably happen as usual on a weekend later in the same month.

2026 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

If anything, I think having some of the concrete barriers and fencing already set up around Exhibition Place for the race might actually help to establish a security perimeter around the soccer stadium, rather than get in the way.

So no need to waste time doodling potential track layouts for the Island Airport or Downsview.

Edit: And I' sure those complaining about the traffic will be happy about the Lakeshore closure for the weekend.

 

[christiesplits]

Exhibition Place has a new tenant: Toronto's new WNBA team.

Their home area will be the Coca Cola Coliseum, with occasional games at Scotiabank Arena.

Toronto awarded WNBA's 1st franchise outside U.S.

Toronto will play at the 8,700-seat Coca-Cola Coliseum at Exhibition Place and will move up to the Scotiabank Arena on occasion.

toronto.citynews.ca

 

[SubHuman]

...just take the doors off each end and it can be an indoor/outdoor course!

- more about London's indoor/outdoor race track for electric cars that runs through and around a large exhibition hall

Formula E disrupts temporary track template with London ExCeL

Racetracks are outdoors. That’s just how it is. But Formula E doesn’t seem to have got the memo. Not content with breaking the mold with its cars and its format, the series ran on a unique in…

racer.com

Having short oval racing on small indoor tracks has been done for a long time, including once at SkyDome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Centre#Motorsports