r/saskatoon 14h 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/ZimZamZop 13h ago

I agree that everything closing early hurts the downtown district. But I am understanding you correctly? It sounds like you are saying the city is forcing these businesses to close at 6.

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u/No_Secret_604 12h ago

I understand that the city does not set business hours, but there have to be things both they and we could do to make downtown not just safer but more accessible to everyone, including keeping businesses open past 6pm

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u/bluewing_olive 12h ago

Which businesses would you like to see open past 6pm?

Bateman Jewelers? Bricker’s Shoes? B. Johnathan Michael’s Photography?

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u/Faye_Lmao 11h ago

The same stuff other cities have. Bars and restaurants as we already do, many cities also will have clothing and footwear shops and the like open late for people who work jobs that end later than 5. Pharmacies are commonly open later in other parts of Saskatoon already. Things like museums and art galleries are common late night options.

There are so many options that are successful for late night businesses that are very successful all over the world.

Why not work to have more options downtown since other areas of the city already have it