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Ha, and I just bought a Lonely Planet guide book for Montreal/Quebec City last night. It's an omen people, I'm telling ya!
Quite a few of the pairs as well and maybe a single or 2,,Julienne&Charlies rink is just outside mtl....Yvan Desjardins rink is in Rosemere I believe which is on the island.If it's Montreal (and I can't see it not being) half the ice dance teams will be able to commute from home.
My husband and I just read the write up for Schwartz's in my guide book while we were out for dinner.Is there transit to Laval?
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I'm assuming if they say Montreal they are meaning the event will be held at the Bell Centre which is in the heart of downtown.
The only other arena in the Montreal area which would be suitable for the event would be the new arena being built which is just north of the island in Laval.
If it's Montreal (and I can't see it not being) half the ice dance teams will be able to commute from home.
And how many more will move there to for the convenience of competing at the World Championships while sleeping in their own beds?^^ Some of the pairs teams, too!!
and bagelsIs there transit to Laval?
(Montreal smoked meat )
The ISU confirming that the 5 bids are from: Montreal, Zagreb, Montpellier, Rotterdam, Stockholm.
http://static.isu.org/media/506310/isu_summary-championships-applications-2019-2020.pdf
I'd be super shocked if Montreal got the event. There has to be a reason why no GP event or Nationals has been there since I think early 80s.
Would either be expense of the arena or lack of public interest.
Quebec City more likely in that province.
Skate Canada would want a city that would really get behind the event. Hockey is a religion in Montreal so I'm sure they'd be cautious about staging a big event there to compete with hockey in an unproven skating market.
Among the cities without much history of hosting a massive skating event I would expect a place like Winnipeg.
Has Croatia ever hosted a major event? That would be pretty neat. I wonder what the interest would be like, though, in that area.Yay, Montreal! Please get it! But I wonder how easy it is to visit Stockholm or Rotterdam....
My brain is asleep because it skipped past Montreal/Quebec and saw 'omen' as "Oman" and I was thinking wow, that's a bold choice for a Worlds host country!Ha, and I just bought a Lonely Planet guide book for Montreal/Quebec City last night. It's an omen people, I'm telling ya!
The only other arena in the Montreal area which would be suitable for the event would be the new arena being built which is just north of the island in Laval.
If Montreal wins the bid (well depending on the venue submitted), I suspect the official hotel will be the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth. Unless there are other hotels that can house them. I believe they went with the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver 2001, what was the official hotel(s) for Calgary 06 and London 13?
If Montreal wins the bid (well depending on the venue submitted), I suspect the official hotel will be the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth. Unless there are other hotels that can house them. I believe they went with the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver 2001, what was the official hotel(s) for Calgary 06 and London 13?
Two bridges north of Montreal. There is Montreal's island south in the St Lawrence, then Ile Jesus (Laval) and Rosemere is on the north shore, in the lower Laurentides region.Yvan Desjardins rink is in Rosemere I believe which is on the island.
Should Montreal be successful, I think the venue will be Place Bell. The Montmorency metro station (orange line) is on the other side of the intersection to the arena.
As far as the dates are concerned, the Montreal bid preferring the week earlier is interesting. I wonder if that's hockey related. It looks like the AHL schedule goes until the end of March before playoffs begin. If Worlds were March 23-29, that would potentially displace the Laval team for the final week of the regular season, so maybe that's why the bid is stating they prefer March 16-22. That way, Laval could still have some home games in the final week of their season. Just a guess as to the difference in dates.