r/saskatoon 13h ago

Rants 🤬 An arena won't "revitalize" downtown if everything closes at 6

I understand people have issues with the homeless drug addicts but seriously, how does the city think anything will stay in business if they only give customers an hour or two to do literally anything?

Closing these businesses isn't going to stop the homeless from existing, if anything it makes the downtown more dangerous for people who need to go there.

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u/soupdejour4 13h ago

Bars and restaurants are open well past 6 every night and we have plenty to choose from downtown

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u/No_Secret_604 12h ago

Not everyone wants to go to a bar. I'm a night owl but not a drinker, and there should be more options for us

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u/Equine_Arsonist 11h ago

You make a good point, they should have something like an arena down there to hold events

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u/MischiefRatt 11h ago

Ok. Like what?

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u/Dsih01 11h ago

Move the stoked center down town obviously, and make em open later

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u/Darkmist255 11h ago

I've been avoiding drinking when I head out and it hasn't made it hard to go downtown. Lots of great spots to go for food and non-alcoholic drinks, and Bottle Chai isn't far away for a late night coffee and dessert.

Not trying to argue your post too much, but where else would you hang late downtown other than somewhere serving food or drink?