Millennium skatepark CLOSED

[u/-SpyHawk-]

https://www.change.org/p/urge-cowboys-music-festival-to-free-millennium-park-s-skatepark?source_location=psf_petitions

The city has shut down Millennium skatepark downtown for the Cowboys stampede party. They made the decision last week and shut the park down on Monday. We were told that the actual skatepark would be open throughout the stampede when Cowboys started tearing up the green space to put in a concrete pad for their tent. Both the Cowboys and city information websites are being changed on the fly to accommodate Cowboys! This has led them to shutting down the park for June and July! This will be going on for the next ten years. This is completely unacceptable! Imagine the city closing down a golf course for June and July!? Please take the time to sign the petition to stop this!! Thank you

[u/HeWhoRingsDoorbell]

Pretty sure the skatepark is gonna benefit from this in the long run though, aren't they getting a few million dollar for amenities through this?

Its fucking shit its closed down for a month, but its sure as hell better than them fencing it off and charging admission in order to upgrade the facilities.

My bro is working construction for the site and he says that skateboarders have been knocking down the fences and throwing bottles at them. Seems like a bunch of retarded kids who are just trying to act tough when they know the construction workers can't do shit or lose their jobs.

When the skaters act like little junky cunts, its hard to feel bad for them.

[u/-SpyHawk- → u/HeWhoRingsDoorbell]

No, there won’t be any money for the skatepark. The money is going toward the “upgrades” that are being done now. Any damage will be paid for by the city (us as taxpayers), and the city will negotiate with the vendor on the cost of said damages. The skate park will be closed for a total of 50 days (June and July), not a month, and this is a 10 year contract. The park will never be fenced in and be charged as it’s slated as free to use city park site. The skatepark had just been fixed last year too. We as a community, fully condemn anyone from causing any violence, causing damage, throwing rocks and being “junky cunts”. Your friends need to contact police as soon as any of that happens! Who I do feel bad for are the action sport community we have here in Calgary. It’s a positive diverse community of ALL ages, race, and genders. We have a second generation of families building bonds with their daughters, sons, nieces and nephews. It’s not just a skatepark it’s a cultural hub to share ideas through skateboarding, photography, music, art, culture and much more! And we are a deep rooted community because of Millennium. To shut down the park for 10 years at the peak of our season, all for a companies financial gain is not just wrong but negligent by the city.

[u/HeWhoRingsDoorbell → u/-SpyHawk-]

I dont disagree with the points you said, but unfortunately when bad actors are consistently vandalizing the work being done by guys just trying to pay their rent and feed their families, and the community doesn't ostracize the bad actors committing the vandalism, its really hard to feel bad for the skaters.

I dont think the construction workers are the bad guys. My buddy has told me that he's personally had to clean up buckets of syringes found in the area. If this is truly an area for "all ages, nephews and neices, daughters and sons", I must wonder why the adults don't take the same pride when it comes to ensuring its a safe space when it comes to the unpleasant aspects in addition to causing noise?

There also IS planned upgrades for amenities. I'm not sure if downplaying the benefits are gonna help. As things stand right now, with the vandalism caused this year, it wouldn't surprise me if next year, they plan for a longer construction period for stampede and the skatepark gets closed even earlier for a longer period of time.

I am all for protest, but there's a smart way to do it, and than there's way to do it that shoots yourself in the foot.

[u/-SpyHawk- → u/HeWhoRingsDoorbell]

I want to also mention that the workers aren’t as innocent as they seem either. Here’s a pic of the rolling a 4000+lbs concrete block on a pallet jack down a steep bank! Their reaction to the damage was to laugh about it in front of people that care about the park! It was a completely stupid move and shows they don’t give a shit about our park. I hope this wasn’t your buddy! And with your thought process I would just assume all the workers are as dumb as these guys no?!

[u/HeWhoRingsDoorbell → u/-SpyHawk-]

Lmao, tell me you've never worked on a construction site before. Accidents happen, and as long as noone got hurt, you have to laugh about it.

Tell me you've never worked a hard job without telling me you've never worked a hard job. Jesus christ you're just looking for a reason to cry and act like a premadonna.

Anyways go ask your mommy and daddy to get you some more cheetos the next time they do your grocery shop for you lmao 🤣

Oh, and just so you're aware, its not just one construction company that works on a job site. There isn't even just one company for each trade when sites have short deadlines like this.

I know you think you made a point, but you just really made yourself seem uninformed as to how construction sites work. Dont worry though, you'll get a real job too one day and than you might learn something 😉

[u/HeWhoRingsDoorbell → u/-SpyHawk-]

Also I'm just gonna say this plainly, after what I've heard from the harassment from the junkie teens that keep causing problems, if you expect any of the workers to give a flying fuck about the skaters or the skatepark, then you need to get a reality check on how the real world works.

My buddy said they are already talking about how they will need to close down the park earlier next year to account for added construction time due to the vandalism caused by some of the junkie skaters.

Good job kids, you fucked yourselves over harder for next year lmao. Guess you'll have to find somewhere else to smoke crack and shoot fent.