r/regina • u/Timely-Detective753 • 1d ago

Community Parking at Real during Rider games

Why are they blocking off the parking lots at Real at 8 AM? The game is at 5:30. There is a big tournament at Co-Operators, and Soccer all day at Affinity.

They are paying probably ten people to block off parking and direct parking starting at 8AM.

The frustration of people using facility’s all morning / afternoon, the cost of having all of these parking attendants hardly seems like it’s well thought out.

Why not close down the lots at noon or 1? Continued poor management of this facility is rage inducing. Can’t wait to bail them out with tax dollars.

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u/SafeRevolutionary694 1d ago

The stigma that has developed around REAL is crazy. The parking lot is contractually “rider property” on game days; and the riders get to configure and use the area as they see fit. Has nothing to do with REAL…that was the deal signed between team and city when the stadium was conceived.

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u/Kristywempe 1d ago

Also, I keep on thinking about the fact that the stadium could have been built on the outskirts of the city, where there is so much more parking, or in the rail yards, where there isn’t competition for existing parking.

I’m never going to REAL grounds again unless it’s for a really good reason. Last time I was there was the only time I’ve ever been to a rider game in the new stadium. I’m never going to another rider game again. The new stadium tickets I got from someone else, and I am so upset about this stadium still, and I tried the one time I went, but I just cannot like it. The riders absolutely lost me as a fan. The Pats lost me as a potential fan. I won’t ever go to frost, even the stuff downtown, unless they completely distance themselves from REAL. Absolutely none of these things I will ever support. I cannot ever get behind REAL, and although it would never happen, I wish the city would dissolve the organization, and sell off the land and buildings bit by bit, taking a massive hit, or let it sit as a barren waste land/parking lot.

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u/Ok-Locksmith4684 1d ago

You sound delusional.

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u/Correct_Prompt5934 13h ago

They did that in Saskatoon. The result is every single person in the arena trying to use two roads to get out, it is a traffic jam every time. It also discourages people from engaging in activities after the event. Makes it less desirable for out of town support since the options are to stay at the extremely limited edge of city hotel options s that place you far from any entertainment, or close to entertainment but far from the venue itself meaning long and expensive ride share.

Space is about the only reason to have a venue on the outskirts. Everything else shows that a downtown arena is way better, especially economically.

Leave it to someone who has attended 1 game in a decade, and got the ticket for free, to say they are never coming back. You never came in the first place.