Post by Max on Oct 10, 2007 19:04:01 GMT -3
A 40,000-gallon waltzing waters light show choreographed to music would also be incorporated into the stage. These features would make our amphitheatre the most unique in the world and ensure the fat lady sings. In either showroom Audioholics will enjoy top name entertainment, Broadway shows, Musicals, Operas, Ballets, Philharmonic Orchestras, and Symphony concerts. Comedians, Magic shows, Hypnosis Impressionists and Illusionists. Guest speakers, book signings, and kinderconcerts for children would also be held year round, while the annual Christmas Telethon would have a new home.
This Hall would architecturally rival the Opera House in Sydney Australia. The World's most famous living architect is a Canadian, Frank Gehry. He designed the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, the Experience Music Project in Seattle, and the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College located in New York's Hudson Valley, and he should be commissioned to build our amphitheatre. His design would provide endless envy inducing talking points around the world.
The landmark architecturally designed amphitheatre would be viewable as you drive by the lake area on Paris street above the boardwalk, and would also provide the Northern Lights Festival with a proper rain free new home.
Once the amphitheatre is built the city could apply to host the Canadian Juno Awards, the Canadian County Music Awards, the Gemini Awards, the Socan Awards, and the Canadian Gospel Music Awards. The Hall would also be able to host any artist in the world.
Both showrooms would have 5-star make-up rooms and both would be hard wired to our recording studio in Hollywood North, allowing the artists who perform there to easily create albums live from Sudbury!
All concerts would be recorded and out of town guests would receive a surprise Birthday or Christmas gift from the city of Sudbury; a CD or DVD of the live concert they attended with a "Hope to See you Again really Soon" card.
A community that beautifies its buildings and builds a theatre and concert hall will find itself becoming a magnet for its own talents as well as those of others, rather than being a boring backwater of social stagnation.
Convention Centre
Business tourists and conventioneers do not like to visit business districts; their interests are seeing safe beautiful interesting places and attractions that afford vivid and memorable experiences. With these new blockbuster roadside attractions we will have the space, facilities and accommodations to support a fun filled successful convention. A happy departing tourist will make a great city branding ambassador.
Imagine 100,000 square feet of ballroom quality barrier free exhibit space, equipped with the latest lighting and sound technology, floor boxes every 30 feet with all your electrical needs, Internet, telephone, compressed air and water, 2 drive ramps, 5 loading docks for easy access, secured registration desk, meeting planners office and a professional staff to tend to your every need all under one roof.
The convention centre would also host a huge trader's village flea market, auctions, and arts and crafts center every weekend when not being used for conventions. Car, truck, bike, boat, snowmobile, toy and hobby fairs, home and electronic shows would also be held.
Monorail
An electric monorail people-mover called the "Spirit of Sudbury" running on a track called the "Monobahn" would connect the hotel, amphitheater, Aero-Space Centre and Pyramid Palace. The monorail would run inside a portion of each venue and its main loading area would be in the Sudbury Hall of Fame, located in the hotels grand atrium.
Visitors would be monorailed directly to our attractions and hotel and no other. The distance traveled is less than 3/4 of a mile, and the track would also produce electricity from the passing trains.
The monorail would provide transportation from the Pyramid underground parking lagoon to the hotel and amphitheatre located beside Science North, eliminating walking weather worries.
The Spirit of Sudbury could also be designed to run underground beginning at Regent Street through a Time Tunnel Travel Adventure and come out at Dynamic Earth. It could also be designed to travel through Inco property and over to see the Slag dump.
In the Time Tunnel riders would experience total darkness, a flash flood, an earthquake, and a narrative story of the creation of the Sudbury basin, the oldest rock in North America, all set to music with onboard laser disc images. The journey would take guests from dinosaurs and cavemen to a city of the future.
Train cars and monorail stations can be corporate sponsored for a new revenue source. The Las Vegas Monorail generates revenue not only from ticketed passengers, but also from corporate sponsors. Branding rights for the 7 stations and the 9 trains are in the millions. The Monorail would be registered as a charity since it provides a public service.
Or what about the idea of a rollercoaster itself being used for transportation purposes?
One of the most flexible and safest forms of travel, a coaster track could easily be erected and woven through the area in sky tubes with curves and changes in altitude like no other transit form. A coaster traveling around with several spaced-out stations would prove as useful as it is thrilling.
The coaster track could then run up along the rock face on Paris Street and reach the new sky tower and Hollywood North. An escape aerial tramway exists on the launch pads 39A and 39B on Cape Canaveral; however, NASA is right now designing a roller coaster as their escape method from the space shuttles.
Current technology; magnetic levitation or maglev, a system proven successful on transit lines most notably in Asia and Europe, is about to cross paths with the world of roller coasters. This technology uses a magnetic field to levitate a train and move it swiftly over the track, providing a smooth and efficient ride. With some modifications, this could certainly be adapted for use on an ultra-fast coaster track, but at the loss of the traditional sensation of wheels speeding along below the car. Wow Factor; 10/10.
Paradise Pier & Grand Canal
A 3/4 circle docking and fishing pier with dozens of slips, minarets and kiosks would finish off the boardwalk marina district in front of the hotel and create Happy Habour, where cotton candy, popcorn, cameral corn, candy apples, shaved ice, fudge and salt water taffy would be sold, which would enhance the board / dock walk experience.
At the end of the dock walk would be a Lighthouse or “Statue of Freedom,” with a Yacht Bar and Shake Shack, the kind of place where you can get tasty cheeseburgers, hot dogs, golden brown French fries, Poutines and Milkshakes that are delicious to a fault; since this area sits on a earthquake fault-line.
A fountain would be installed in Happy Habour and sparkle by day and glow with colourful lights at night.
An abundance of water activities would be offered for rent, such as power boats, fishing gear, sea-doos, paddle boats, sail boats, wind surfing boards, canoes, kayaks, peddle bikes, snow shoes, cross country skies, ice skates, and snowmobile, while Para Sailing, water-skiing and knee boarding would also be offered for hire. All provided services would be contracted out at no cost to the city.
The city should also begin charging a fee to launch boats and to dock boats at public moorings to increase revenue. This dockland would provide fun under the sun and moon. Anchors away!
The city along with other hectarehood partners need to construct a pleasure boat canal from Ramsey Lake to Georgian Bay. There are many multi millionaires and million $ yachts currently less than 60 miles away at Killarney, Little Current and Gore Bay that would than have access to Sudbury and all lodges and points in between. There is less than 20 miles of canal needed to connect the Ramsey Lake to the North Channel through other lakes and not many lift locks would be required.
By Highway or Byway, the Sudbury's Port Pyramid Port of Call and waterway highway to everywhere would then be accessible to more visitors. By creating this National Scenic Byway, all partners upstream and in between would reaps rewards by showcasing community character while providing economic opportunities in tourism and recreation.
The city could then create a large for profit Yacht storage facility and increase revenue further through their boat launching fees. We could also offer Great Lakes fishing charters.
The city could lease or buy a high speed Great Lakes Ferry, similar to the Spirit of Ontario. This vessel would bring up to 3000 people a day to Sudbury. On board gambling would be considered Sudbury's revenue with the province, thus we would get a cut of the profit. Gambling profits would pay off the 40 million $ vessel in a few short years. The vessel can be registered as a charity since it provides a public service. The ferry could sail south in the winter and be leased out to a southern tropic community for an additional revenue source.
There are 2.5 million visitors at Mackinaw City, Michigan USA. There is Mackinac Island, Michigan, Saint Ignace, Michigan, Soo Michigan, Sault Ste Marie Ontario, Parry Sound, Midland, Owen Sound, Collingwood, Wasaga Beach, Tobermory, Manitoulin Island, Killarney and other southern Ports of Call to tap for visitor traffic.
Between this vessel, chartered Greyhound buses and chartered planes, Sudbury could bring in over 5 million visitors per year to visit our new adrenaline-pumping state-of-the-art rides, slides and attractions that are right out of Steven Spielberg imagination! Wow Factor; 10/10.
Indoor Golf
Utilizing four 600 foot Monolithic Domes, a nine hole indoor year round golf course could be constructed. The design lays out the holes in groups of two with one dome housing three holes. The design allows golfer to hit each club in your bag!
The benefits of having an indoor golf course are obvious. There would never be a day too rainy, too snowy or too hot to play golf.
Lighting bounced off the dome shell can create a light, airy feel inside the dome, and for a "sky shell" effect, the dome's ceiling can be painted to resemble the sky. A retractable roof could also be employed. Each of the four domes could project a different ambiance. But each can have auxiliary space for storage, pro-shops, restaurants, pubs, putting greens, teaching areas and even child-care.
Artificial grass could be used inside the structure. The new artificial grasses are spectacular! But as an alternative, skylights and full-spectrum lighting could be used to cultivate sod to perfection.
So the question is: If you build it, will they come? And will there be enough of them to make it profitable?
A Monolithic Dome indoor golf facility similar to the one described would cost approximately 30 million dollars. BUT, the amount of money paid by year-round golfers and saved in maintenance costs would be enormous. A complete, eighteen-hole, indoor golf course is not yet a reality. Domes can be built but the price may be too high. However, a nine-hole course is much more realistic.
The course could be located on Lorne Street just past the underpass on your left hand side as you head to Lively. I believe Inco owns this property. The monorail could travel from the Palace to the golf course before continuing on to Dynamic Earth. Alternatively, it could be located at the new Fair Grounds beside Sportsylvania. Wow Factor; 10/10.
Indoor Race Track
Racing is big business, great family entertainment and allowable under section 170 of the Municipal Act. The world's largest Monolithic Dome could contain a state-of-the-art indoor motor sports facility race track. Sudbury International Super Speedway! (SISS) It would become the biggest single room in North America and would be the world's first full-sized, fully enclosed speedway. The facility could be constructed on the same site as the golf course on Lorne Street or in the new Fair Grounds by Sportsylvania.
Sound far-fetched?
A blueprint has already been drawn up by the Austin Company of Cleveland, an engineering and design firm, and Toronto-based Robbie / Young & Wright Architects Inc., which designed the Toronto Skydome. We could also use a retractable roof design or an air inflated roof like many stadiums use, even in Canada. BC Place, for example, is currently the world's largest air-supported domed stadium. These air inflated roofs are used in other snow regions, such as Detroit, Minneapolis, Syracuse New York, and in Germany.
The complex would feature a 1.010-mile Tri-oval banked track and a sophisticated state of-the-art air flow ventiliation system would remove auto exhaust fumes through the floor and roof of the facility. Any track one mile and under is not considered a super speedway, hence a 1.010 track would be constructed and speeds would reach 185 miles per hour.
The track's 1.1 mile trioval equals the size of six football fields. The tri-oval would feature 850-foot straightaways, 12-degree banking in all turns, three-degree banking on the backstretch and nine-degree banking on the front stretch. A custom-designed lighting system would feature 2,600 lighting fixtures on 200 light poles. The one point one-mile track would have ten miles of safety restraint cabling, two acres of fencing, 1,800 yards of concrete for outside walls, 2,300 feet of concrete for pit walls and 5,200 tons of asphalt for the track surface. We could also attempt to acquire and install in our finish line one of the original paving bricks from the famed "Yard of Bricks" at the famous "Brickyard," The Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The building would have an inside height of 115 feet, an exterior height of 145 feet, with a footprint of more than two million square feet, which could accommodate six full-size modern football fields. The track would consist of thirty-one thousand tonnes of structural steel and 112,000 cubic yards of concrete with a high load bearing capacity. The roof would be 1.2 million square feet. It could have anywhere from 10 to 60,000 permanent seats with the capability to add 110,000 temporary ones, and sixty-thousand seats would require 50 tiers. A “Flight For Life” helicopter pad would be located outside the speedway next to the track, for this Worlds Largest Living Room would become “wreck-tacular.” The speedway would also be home to North America’s second largest solar roof and the largest in Canada.
Soundproofing would be used to deaden the noise, and the noise would not be that big a challenge, even though most people might think it will be. The acoustical stuff will absorb most of it and, since the building is so large, it will almost be an environment within itself, and the noise can dissipate itself. The infield garages would have room for 60 teams and 60 pits. A multi-lane tunnel links the infield to the exterior of the building and enables race cars and RVs to get to the track from the outside world.
The design of the superspeedway could also incorporate a 1-mile road course, dirt track and drag strip. Acres of land are available for parking and because every ticket can be linked directly to a specific mode of transportation, bus or monorail, traffic would not be overwhelming. Even if it were, it’s only going to happen a few days each year.
Theatre style seating in a climate controlled atmosphere would change the way devoted race fans and families plan their entertainment destination. Now they would get to experience the thrill of burning rubber, speeding steel and roaring engines in first class conform. The first noticeable difference would come in spectator enhancements at the race. Video screens would enable race fans to follow the action around the track and offer them unique perspectives, such as shots from inside the cars. The high-definition Video screens and digital TVs will make viewers feel like their in the car racing down any straightaway or in any turn.
Fan’s can rent closed circuit TVs the size of a hand-held scanner which would take fans to the pre-race drivers meeting. Watching on the TV would be more interactive, with the viewer, as his own director, selecting any camera angle he wants to see during the race. And they'll be able to rent "The Insider", a virtual reality-type headpiece that accesses actual in-car and other live-action video as well as driver-pit communications.
Unlike road racing venues, the lack of run-offs on oval tracks, coupled with higher, sometimes far higher, speeds due to the long straightaways and banked turns, means that there is simply far less margin for error. Thirty-two Nascar drivers have died racing, and with the latest progressive banking and track wall barrier technology applied to the Tri-oval the high speed racing action would be considered by many as the finest racing in the world. The Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) barrier, sometimes called a soft wall, is a new technology found primarily on oval automobile race tracks and intended to make racing accidents safer. An additional benefit of the SAFER barrier is that it reduces damage to the car itself, thereby reducing repair costs.
Luxury Suites for corporate entertainment would be available high above the frontstretch and accommodate 60 guests with the flexibility of a pass-through door between adjoining suites for entertaining up to 120 guests. All suites would offer closed-circuit television, excellent sight lines of the entire track from the fully enclosed, air conditioned padded seated suites. All Luxury Suites would be finished in neutral tones, allowing clients to personalize them with furnishings that complement the clients style and taste. Every turn of the Speedway is showcased in a breathtaking view from each Luxury Suite. Inside the Luxury Suites, a bartender and attendant host would treat guests with total elegance.
Adding to the dynamic of the speedway would be skyboxes, a restaurant, bar and 300 room hotel incorporated into the grand stand and all overlooking the track, which would prove to be a popular destination in its own right. Our ever-changing variety of clothing and collectibles in our souvenir shop is sure to please some part of visitor and encourage them to take it home.
The complex would also allow guests to get a taste of what Jacques Villeneuve, Mario Andretti and Richard Petty have experienced as race car drivers, as our complex would incorporate a Race & Driving School.
Following one hour instruction, guests suit up, get buckled in and drive a full-sized, 600 horsepower Indy or stock car for six heart-pounding laps around the Motor Speedway reaching speeds of up to 145 mph. Those not wishing to drive can ride as a passenger as one of our professional instructors takes six laps around the Speedway in a 600 horsepower race car, also reaching speeds of up to 145 mph. This ride experience would give users a whole new appreciation for the professional racing circuit.
With his permission, we could create the Jacques Driving School; the only one in the world. Jacques Villeneuve is a Canadian who is the son of Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve. Jacques Villeneuve is notable for winning the 1995 CART Championship, the 1995 Indianapolis 500 and the 1997 Formula One Championship. Alongside Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi, Villeneuve is one of the rare drivers to achieve all three.
Guests could also feel the G-forces for themselves while driving high speed go-karts, or enjoy state-of-the-art simulator rides, including F1, or an eight-player Daytona racing simulator. Thrilling live demonstrations, Interactive museum, retail outlets, restaurants, memorabilia stores and more would be available at this theme park race track. Every televised motor sports race would be shown on our big screen TVs.
The facility would be designed to accommodate all types of motor sports events from world class to local. Simply put, if it has wheels, it can be raced at SISS!, Sudbury International Super Speedway. We would go after all forms of racing. If you can name a sanctioning body, we want them here.
Prestigious racing series such as the Canadian Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (CASCAR), American Speed Association (ASA), Hooters Cup, Great American Truck Racing (GATR), DIRT (Drivers Independent Racing Tracks), International Hot Rod Association (IHRA), National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), National Tractor Pullers Association (NTPA), International Monster Truck Racing Association (MTRA), United States Hot Rod Association (USHRA), American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), American Le Mans Series (ALMS), North American Big Rig Racing (NABRR), and the Super Truck Racing Association of North America (STRANA), the monsters of motorsports, the "big rig" Semi Trucks, Super Truck Racing Series.
Many motorcycle racing events would also take place, including classic machinery and miniature machinery, pocketbike racing, sidecars and quads / ATVs. Supermoto is a racing category that is a crossover between road-racing and motocross, while MotoGP and Superbike racing are prime examples of circuit racing that we would host.
The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (Nascar) claims 75 million fans worldwide and motorsports has experienced double-digit growth in annual attendance during the last decade. Motorsports is the second highest-rated sport in television, trailing only pro football. Nascar commissioned a study that showed 62% of race fans are male and 38% are female, and more than half of race attendees are between 25 and 45 years old.
Nascar is going to become a global sport as new ovals in England and Germany are going to lure the Cup races. Nascar has already had exhibitions in Japan, and Canada, and in particular, Ontario, is seen as one of Nascar's biggest untapped markets. This one-mile domed oval would not only be one of the largest buildings in the world but also has the potential to reshape the sport of auto racing, much as the Houston Astrodome did in the mid-1960s by moving baseball and football indoors. And here's the good part: it won't need Astroturf.
Champ Car, an abbreviation of "Championship Car", was formerly known as Championship Auto Racing Teams, or CART. In 2007, with the withdrawal of Bridgestone and Ford Motor Company as presenting sponsors, the official name of the top-tier series promoted by Champ Car is now simply the Champ Car World Series.
The Indy Racing League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and the Indy Pro Series, which is a developmental series for the IRL, so it is possible that we could acquire a Pro Series race.
The Nascar Craftsman Truck Series is a popular Nascar racing series that features modified pickup trucks. It is one of the three national divisions of Nascar, together with the Busch Series and the Nextel Cup. These trucks proved to be extremely popular, and it led to Nascar creating the series, originally known as the "SuperTruck Series," and we'd have a good shot at scoring a race since they are looking to expand and grow a fan base. Races are also televised which would give Sudbury International exposure.
The Nascar Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by Nascar. It is Nascar's "minor league" circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's "big league" circuit, the Nextel Cup.
On March 6, 2005, the Busch Series held its first race outside the United States, the Telcel-Motorola 200. The race was held in Mexico City, Mexico at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. On August 4, 2007, the Busch Series held its second race outside of the United States, at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec. Beginning in 2007, ESPN2 became the exclusive carrier of all Busch Series races, and we have a good shot at scoring a race. Importantly, since the early days of the Busch Series, many Cup drivers have used their days off to drive in the Busch Series, thus the top drivers would race here even if we didn’t acquire a Nascar Cup race.
Nascar has no open dates on its calendar, but it seems likely that it would ultimately race in the track, if only because the novelty of an indoor race would be highly promotable. Nevertheless, Nascar, Formula One (F1), Champ Car World Series (CCWS) or Indy Racing League (IRL) race seasons begin in February and end by November. If we held our Snowflake Festival in mid January we could include one or two races, because our track is indoors. This would not conflict with any racing season so all drivers and racing teams are available. A million $ winner take all first prize would be our drawing card.
The race would be 700 miles or 700 laps; the longest race of any oval racing sport. A 100 lap qualifying for position race would be held on Thursady night with the big race on Sunday. We would have 60 cars in the race, the largest field of any race. Driver would be here all week practising and setting up the cars, so this would be a week long party.
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This Hall would architecturally rival the Opera House in Sydney Australia. The World's most famous living architect is a Canadian, Frank Gehry. He designed the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, the Experience Music Project in Seattle, and the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College located in New York's Hudson Valley, and he should be commissioned to build our amphitheatre. His design would provide endless envy inducing talking points around the world.
The landmark architecturally designed amphitheatre would be viewable as you drive by the lake area on Paris street above the boardwalk, and would also provide the Northern Lights Festival with a proper rain free new home.
Once the amphitheatre is built the city could apply to host the Canadian Juno Awards, the Canadian County Music Awards, the Gemini Awards, the Socan Awards, and the Canadian Gospel Music Awards. The Hall would also be able to host any artist in the world.
Both showrooms would have 5-star make-up rooms and both would be hard wired to our recording studio in Hollywood North, allowing the artists who perform there to easily create albums live from Sudbury!
All concerts would be recorded and out of town guests would receive a surprise Birthday or Christmas gift from the city of Sudbury; a CD or DVD of the live concert they attended with a "Hope to See you Again really Soon" card.
A community that beautifies its buildings and builds a theatre and concert hall will find itself becoming a magnet for its own talents as well as those of others, rather than being a boring backwater of social stagnation.
Convention Centre
Business tourists and conventioneers do not like to visit business districts; their interests are seeing safe beautiful interesting places and attractions that afford vivid and memorable experiences. With these new blockbuster roadside attractions we will have the space, facilities and accommodations to support a fun filled successful convention. A happy departing tourist will make a great city branding ambassador.
Imagine 100,000 square feet of ballroom quality barrier free exhibit space, equipped with the latest lighting and sound technology, floor boxes every 30 feet with all your electrical needs, Internet, telephone, compressed air and water, 2 drive ramps, 5 loading docks for easy access, secured registration desk, meeting planners office and a professional staff to tend to your every need all under one roof.
The convention centre would also host a huge trader's village flea market, auctions, and arts and crafts center every weekend when not being used for conventions. Car, truck, bike, boat, snowmobile, toy and hobby fairs, home and electronic shows would also be held.
Monorail
An electric monorail people-mover called the "Spirit of Sudbury" running on a track called the "Monobahn" would connect the hotel, amphitheater, Aero-Space Centre and Pyramid Palace. The monorail would run inside a portion of each venue and its main loading area would be in the Sudbury Hall of Fame, located in the hotels grand atrium.
Visitors would be monorailed directly to our attractions and hotel and no other. The distance traveled is less than 3/4 of a mile, and the track would also produce electricity from the passing trains.
The monorail would provide transportation from the Pyramid underground parking lagoon to the hotel and amphitheatre located beside Science North, eliminating walking weather worries.
The Spirit of Sudbury could also be designed to run underground beginning at Regent Street through a Time Tunnel Travel Adventure and come out at Dynamic Earth. It could also be designed to travel through Inco property and over to see the Slag dump.
In the Time Tunnel riders would experience total darkness, a flash flood, an earthquake, and a narrative story of the creation of the Sudbury basin, the oldest rock in North America, all set to music with onboard laser disc images. The journey would take guests from dinosaurs and cavemen to a city of the future.
Train cars and monorail stations can be corporate sponsored for a new revenue source. The Las Vegas Monorail generates revenue not only from ticketed passengers, but also from corporate sponsors. Branding rights for the 7 stations and the 9 trains are in the millions. The Monorail would be registered as a charity since it provides a public service.
Or what about the idea of a rollercoaster itself being used for transportation purposes?
One of the most flexible and safest forms of travel, a coaster track could easily be erected and woven through the area in sky tubes with curves and changes in altitude like no other transit form. A coaster traveling around with several spaced-out stations would prove as useful as it is thrilling.
The coaster track could then run up along the rock face on Paris Street and reach the new sky tower and Hollywood North. An escape aerial tramway exists on the launch pads 39A and 39B on Cape Canaveral; however, NASA is right now designing a roller coaster as their escape method from the space shuttles.
Current technology; magnetic levitation or maglev, a system proven successful on transit lines most notably in Asia and Europe, is about to cross paths with the world of roller coasters. This technology uses a magnetic field to levitate a train and move it swiftly over the track, providing a smooth and efficient ride. With some modifications, this could certainly be adapted for use on an ultra-fast coaster track, but at the loss of the traditional sensation of wheels speeding along below the car. Wow Factor; 10/10.
Paradise Pier & Grand Canal
A 3/4 circle docking and fishing pier with dozens of slips, minarets and kiosks would finish off the boardwalk marina district in front of the hotel and create Happy Habour, where cotton candy, popcorn, cameral corn, candy apples, shaved ice, fudge and salt water taffy would be sold, which would enhance the board / dock walk experience.
At the end of the dock walk would be a Lighthouse or “Statue of Freedom,” with a Yacht Bar and Shake Shack, the kind of place where you can get tasty cheeseburgers, hot dogs, golden brown French fries, Poutines and Milkshakes that are delicious to a fault; since this area sits on a earthquake fault-line.
A fountain would be installed in Happy Habour and sparkle by day and glow with colourful lights at night.
An abundance of water activities would be offered for rent, such as power boats, fishing gear, sea-doos, paddle boats, sail boats, wind surfing boards, canoes, kayaks, peddle bikes, snow shoes, cross country skies, ice skates, and snowmobile, while Para Sailing, water-skiing and knee boarding would also be offered for hire. All provided services would be contracted out at no cost to the city.
The city should also begin charging a fee to launch boats and to dock boats at public moorings to increase revenue. This dockland would provide fun under the sun and moon. Anchors away!
The city along with other hectarehood partners need to construct a pleasure boat canal from Ramsey Lake to Georgian Bay. There are many multi millionaires and million $ yachts currently less than 60 miles away at Killarney, Little Current and Gore Bay that would than have access to Sudbury and all lodges and points in between. There is less than 20 miles of canal needed to connect the Ramsey Lake to the North Channel through other lakes and not many lift locks would be required.
By Highway or Byway, the Sudbury's Port Pyramid Port of Call and waterway highway to everywhere would then be accessible to more visitors. By creating this National Scenic Byway, all partners upstream and in between would reaps rewards by showcasing community character while providing economic opportunities in tourism and recreation.
The city could then create a large for profit Yacht storage facility and increase revenue further through their boat launching fees. We could also offer Great Lakes fishing charters.
The city could lease or buy a high speed Great Lakes Ferry, similar to the Spirit of Ontario. This vessel would bring up to 3000 people a day to Sudbury. On board gambling would be considered Sudbury's revenue with the province, thus we would get a cut of the profit. Gambling profits would pay off the 40 million $ vessel in a few short years. The vessel can be registered as a charity since it provides a public service. The ferry could sail south in the winter and be leased out to a southern tropic community for an additional revenue source.
There are 2.5 million visitors at Mackinaw City, Michigan USA. There is Mackinac Island, Michigan, Saint Ignace, Michigan, Soo Michigan, Sault Ste Marie Ontario, Parry Sound, Midland, Owen Sound, Collingwood, Wasaga Beach, Tobermory, Manitoulin Island, Killarney and other southern Ports of Call to tap for visitor traffic.
Between this vessel, chartered Greyhound buses and chartered planes, Sudbury could bring in over 5 million visitors per year to visit our new adrenaline-pumping state-of-the-art rides, slides and attractions that are right out of Steven Spielberg imagination! Wow Factor; 10/10.
Indoor Golf
Utilizing four 600 foot Monolithic Domes, a nine hole indoor year round golf course could be constructed. The design lays out the holes in groups of two with one dome housing three holes. The design allows golfer to hit each club in your bag!
The benefits of having an indoor golf course are obvious. There would never be a day too rainy, too snowy or too hot to play golf.
Lighting bounced off the dome shell can create a light, airy feel inside the dome, and for a "sky shell" effect, the dome's ceiling can be painted to resemble the sky. A retractable roof could also be employed. Each of the four domes could project a different ambiance. But each can have auxiliary space for storage, pro-shops, restaurants, pubs, putting greens, teaching areas and even child-care.
Artificial grass could be used inside the structure. The new artificial grasses are spectacular! But as an alternative, skylights and full-spectrum lighting could be used to cultivate sod to perfection.
So the question is: If you build it, will they come? And will there be enough of them to make it profitable?
A Monolithic Dome indoor golf facility similar to the one described would cost approximately 30 million dollars. BUT, the amount of money paid by year-round golfers and saved in maintenance costs would be enormous. A complete, eighteen-hole, indoor golf course is not yet a reality. Domes can be built but the price may be too high. However, a nine-hole course is much more realistic.
The course could be located on Lorne Street just past the underpass on your left hand side as you head to Lively. I believe Inco owns this property. The monorail could travel from the Palace to the golf course before continuing on to Dynamic Earth. Alternatively, it could be located at the new Fair Grounds beside Sportsylvania. Wow Factor; 10/10.
Indoor Race Track
Racing is big business, great family entertainment and allowable under section 170 of the Municipal Act. The world's largest Monolithic Dome could contain a state-of-the-art indoor motor sports facility race track. Sudbury International Super Speedway! (SISS) It would become the biggest single room in North America and would be the world's first full-sized, fully enclosed speedway. The facility could be constructed on the same site as the golf course on Lorne Street or in the new Fair Grounds by Sportsylvania.
Sound far-fetched?
A blueprint has already been drawn up by the Austin Company of Cleveland, an engineering and design firm, and Toronto-based Robbie / Young & Wright Architects Inc., which designed the Toronto Skydome. We could also use a retractable roof design or an air inflated roof like many stadiums use, even in Canada. BC Place, for example, is currently the world's largest air-supported domed stadium. These air inflated roofs are used in other snow regions, such as Detroit, Minneapolis, Syracuse New York, and in Germany.
The complex would feature a 1.010-mile Tri-oval banked track and a sophisticated state of-the-art air flow ventiliation system would remove auto exhaust fumes through the floor and roof of the facility. Any track one mile and under is not considered a super speedway, hence a 1.010 track would be constructed and speeds would reach 185 miles per hour.
The track's 1.1 mile trioval equals the size of six football fields. The tri-oval would feature 850-foot straightaways, 12-degree banking in all turns, three-degree banking on the backstretch and nine-degree banking on the front stretch. A custom-designed lighting system would feature 2,600 lighting fixtures on 200 light poles. The one point one-mile track would have ten miles of safety restraint cabling, two acres of fencing, 1,800 yards of concrete for outside walls, 2,300 feet of concrete for pit walls and 5,200 tons of asphalt for the track surface. We could also attempt to acquire and install in our finish line one of the original paving bricks from the famed "Yard of Bricks" at the famous "Brickyard," The Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The building would have an inside height of 115 feet, an exterior height of 145 feet, with a footprint of more than two million square feet, which could accommodate six full-size modern football fields. The track would consist of thirty-one thousand tonnes of structural steel and 112,000 cubic yards of concrete with a high load bearing capacity. The roof would be 1.2 million square feet. It could have anywhere from 10 to 60,000 permanent seats with the capability to add 110,000 temporary ones, and sixty-thousand seats would require 50 tiers. A “Flight For Life” helicopter pad would be located outside the speedway next to the track, for this Worlds Largest Living Room would become “wreck-tacular.” The speedway would also be home to North America’s second largest solar roof and the largest in Canada.
Soundproofing would be used to deaden the noise, and the noise would not be that big a challenge, even though most people might think it will be. The acoustical stuff will absorb most of it and, since the building is so large, it will almost be an environment within itself, and the noise can dissipate itself. The infield garages would have room for 60 teams and 60 pits. A multi-lane tunnel links the infield to the exterior of the building and enables race cars and RVs to get to the track from the outside world.
The design of the superspeedway could also incorporate a 1-mile road course, dirt track and drag strip. Acres of land are available for parking and because every ticket can be linked directly to a specific mode of transportation, bus or monorail, traffic would not be overwhelming. Even if it were, it’s only going to happen a few days each year.
Theatre style seating in a climate controlled atmosphere would change the way devoted race fans and families plan their entertainment destination. Now they would get to experience the thrill of burning rubber, speeding steel and roaring engines in first class conform. The first noticeable difference would come in spectator enhancements at the race. Video screens would enable race fans to follow the action around the track and offer them unique perspectives, such as shots from inside the cars. The high-definition Video screens and digital TVs will make viewers feel like their in the car racing down any straightaway or in any turn.
Fan’s can rent closed circuit TVs the size of a hand-held scanner which would take fans to the pre-race drivers meeting. Watching on the TV would be more interactive, with the viewer, as his own director, selecting any camera angle he wants to see during the race. And they'll be able to rent "The Insider", a virtual reality-type headpiece that accesses actual in-car and other live-action video as well as driver-pit communications.
Unlike road racing venues, the lack of run-offs on oval tracks, coupled with higher, sometimes far higher, speeds due to the long straightaways and banked turns, means that there is simply far less margin for error. Thirty-two Nascar drivers have died racing, and with the latest progressive banking and track wall barrier technology applied to the Tri-oval the high speed racing action would be considered by many as the finest racing in the world. The Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) barrier, sometimes called a soft wall, is a new technology found primarily on oval automobile race tracks and intended to make racing accidents safer. An additional benefit of the SAFER barrier is that it reduces damage to the car itself, thereby reducing repair costs.
Luxury Suites for corporate entertainment would be available high above the frontstretch and accommodate 60 guests with the flexibility of a pass-through door between adjoining suites for entertaining up to 120 guests. All suites would offer closed-circuit television, excellent sight lines of the entire track from the fully enclosed, air conditioned padded seated suites. All Luxury Suites would be finished in neutral tones, allowing clients to personalize them with furnishings that complement the clients style and taste. Every turn of the Speedway is showcased in a breathtaking view from each Luxury Suite. Inside the Luxury Suites, a bartender and attendant host would treat guests with total elegance.
Adding to the dynamic of the speedway would be skyboxes, a restaurant, bar and 300 room hotel incorporated into the grand stand and all overlooking the track, which would prove to be a popular destination in its own right. Our ever-changing variety of clothing and collectibles in our souvenir shop is sure to please some part of visitor and encourage them to take it home.
The complex would also allow guests to get a taste of what Jacques Villeneuve, Mario Andretti and Richard Petty have experienced as race car drivers, as our complex would incorporate a Race & Driving School.
Following one hour instruction, guests suit up, get buckled in and drive a full-sized, 600 horsepower Indy or stock car for six heart-pounding laps around the Motor Speedway reaching speeds of up to 145 mph. Those not wishing to drive can ride as a passenger as one of our professional instructors takes six laps around the Speedway in a 600 horsepower race car, also reaching speeds of up to 145 mph. This ride experience would give users a whole new appreciation for the professional racing circuit.
With his permission, we could create the Jacques Driving School; the only one in the world. Jacques Villeneuve is a Canadian who is the son of Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve. Jacques Villeneuve is notable for winning the 1995 CART Championship, the 1995 Indianapolis 500 and the 1997 Formula One Championship. Alongside Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi, Villeneuve is one of the rare drivers to achieve all three.
Guests could also feel the G-forces for themselves while driving high speed go-karts, or enjoy state-of-the-art simulator rides, including F1, or an eight-player Daytona racing simulator. Thrilling live demonstrations, Interactive museum, retail outlets, restaurants, memorabilia stores and more would be available at this theme park race track. Every televised motor sports race would be shown on our big screen TVs.
The facility would be designed to accommodate all types of motor sports events from world class to local. Simply put, if it has wheels, it can be raced at SISS!, Sudbury International Super Speedway. We would go after all forms of racing. If you can name a sanctioning body, we want them here.
Prestigious racing series such as the Canadian Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (CASCAR), American Speed Association (ASA), Hooters Cup, Great American Truck Racing (GATR), DIRT (Drivers Independent Racing Tracks), International Hot Rod Association (IHRA), National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), National Tractor Pullers Association (NTPA), International Monster Truck Racing Association (MTRA), United States Hot Rod Association (USHRA), American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), American Le Mans Series (ALMS), North American Big Rig Racing (NABRR), and the Super Truck Racing Association of North America (STRANA), the monsters of motorsports, the "big rig" Semi Trucks, Super Truck Racing Series.
Many motorcycle racing events would also take place, including classic machinery and miniature machinery, pocketbike racing, sidecars and quads / ATVs. Supermoto is a racing category that is a crossover between road-racing and motocross, while MotoGP and Superbike racing are prime examples of circuit racing that we would host.
The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (Nascar) claims 75 million fans worldwide and motorsports has experienced double-digit growth in annual attendance during the last decade. Motorsports is the second highest-rated sport in television, trailing only pro football. Nascar commissioned a study that showed 62% of race fans are male and 38% are female, and more than half of race attendees are between 25 and 45 years old.
Nascar is going to become a global sport as new ovals in England and Germany are going to lure the Cup races. Nascar has already had exhibitions in Japan, and Canada, and in particular, Ontario, is seen as one of Nascar's biggest untapped markets. This one-mile domed oval would not only be one of the largest buildings in the world but also has the potential to reshape the sport of auto racing, much as the Houston Astrodome did in the mid-1960s by moving baseball and football indoors. And here's the good part: it won't need Astroturf.
Champ Car, an abbreviation of "Championship Car", was formerly known as Championship Auto Racing Teams, or CART. In 2007, with the withdrawal of Bridgestone and Ford Motor Company as presenting sponsors, the official name of the top-tier series promoted by Champ Car is now simply the Champ Car World Series.
The Indy Racing League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and the Indy Pro Series, which is a developmental series for the IRL, so it is possible that we could acquire a Pro Series race.
The Nascar Craftsman Truck Series is a popular Nascar racing series that features modified pickup trucks. It is one of the three national divisions of Nascar, together with the Busch Series and the Nextel Cup. These trucks proved to be extremely popular, and it led to Nascar creating the series, originally known as the "SuperTruck Series," and we'd have a good shot at scoring a race since they are looking to expand and grow a fan base. Races are also televised which would give Sudbury International exposure.
The Nascar Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by Nascar. It is Nascar's "minor league" circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's "big league" circuit, the Nextel Cup.
On March 6, 2005, the Busch Series held its first race outside the United States, the Telcel-Motorola 200. The race was held in Mexico City, Mexico at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. On August 4, 2007, the Busch Series held its second race outside of the United States, at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec. Beginning in 2007, ESPN2 became the exclusive carrier of all Busch Series races, and we have a good shot at scoring a race. Importantly, since the early days of the Busch Series, many Cup drivers have used their days off to drive in the Busch Series, thus the top drivers would race here even if we didn’t acquire a Nascar Cup race.
Nascar has no open dates on its calendar, but it seems likely that it would ultimately race in the track, if only because the novelty of an indoor race would be highly promotable. Nevertheless, Nascar, Formula One (F1), Champ Car World Series (CCWS) or Indy Racing League (IRL) race seasons begin in February and end by November. If we held our Snowflake Festival in mid January we could include one or two races, because our track is indoors. This would not conflict with any racing season so all drivers and racing teams are available. A million $ winner take all first prize would be our drawing card.
The race would be 700 miles or 700 laps; the longest race of any oval racing sport. A 100 lap qualifying for position race would be held on Thursady night with the big race on Sunday. We would have 60 cars in the race, the largest field of any race. Driver would be here all week practising and setting up the cars, so this would be a week long party.
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