Dear Editor:
As a resident of New Westminster I am not against a soccer stadium, but I cannot support a proposal to put the Whitecaps stadium in the middle of Queen's Park, a non-commercial parkland and residential area with little public transportation.
Professional sports stadiums require paid parking lots, transportation for thousands of fans, restaurants and other businesses.
They are better suited for commercially zoned areas with multiple transportation options, such as Hume Park or other venues with the proper infrastructure.
To be financially viable, the stadium would have to be leased for a multitude of other events compounding transportation, policing and noise factors in the area. Has anyone considered the legal issues that could arise trying to get 3,000 fans into a sports stadium in the middle of a non-commercial, residential area and public park?
Destruction of our green space and parkland is a high price to pay when other options are available.
P. Rogers, New Westminster
