Children's Hospital new owner hints at using site for baseball stadium

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The old Montreal Children’s has been dormant since the hospital moved to the MUHC earlier this year. (CBC)

Major league ballpark at corner of Atwater and René-Lévesque would be tight squeeze

The new owner of the former Montreal Children’s Hospital says the site has been “favoured for a future baseball stadium in Montreal.”
Poirier said Monday that the stadium project would emulate Fenway Park in Boston, which is built on a similar small footprint. It would require absorbing adjacent parks and streets, he said.
The combined property bordering René-Lévesque Boulevard, Ste-Catherine Street, Atwater Street and Lambert-Closse Street would measure around 190 metres by 220 metres, which would represent a tight fit but would measure something to similar to Wrigley Field in Chicago.
YMCA co-ordinator Jery Ralainony had proposed earlier this month that the space be used temporarily to house Syrian refugees.
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