How to make a shlep to Downsview Park appealing? A good first impression would help
By that folksy logic, Rogers Stadium failed with flying colours. The bleachers swayed. Many attending last week's high-profile show, Coldplay, struggled not only to reach the remote venue — situated at the north end of the main runway at the decommissioned Downsview Airport — but also to get home afterwards, when some transit service had already stopped.
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