Bob Young set to talk about west-end stadium site - Writes to Mayor Fred Eisenberger saying he’s open to an alternative

Ticat owner Bob Young is open to looking at a new west-end alternative for the Pan Am stadium, he says in a letter to Mayor Fred Eisenberger.

Young said he likes several facets of the site, which is across Longwood Road from McMaster Innovation Park at Aberdeen Avenue.

“While we have not conducted comprehensive due diligence at the ‘Longwood’ site,” he wrote, “it does present the essential sports stadium requirements of highway exposure, access and egress for stadium visitors, public transit and being situated in a commercial/industrial area conducive to hosting as many large audience events as possible without disruption to a neighboring residential community.”

Young said the Ticats “will engage constructively and urgently with the city to conclude a definitive Pan Am stadium agreement in a timely manner.”

City council sits Tuesday in a special meeting to consider a scaled-down stadium at the city’s west harbour location and the possibility of examining the west-end site.