Research finds that major-league arenas and stadiums in Canada and the U.S. are increasingly located downtown, rising from 51 per cent in 1997 to 61 per cent now. Team owners are pairing venues with real estate projects, which can revitalize cores but also displace social housing and limit who can access downtown life, as in Edmonton's ICE District.

— via The Conversation — Canada, Rylan Graham, Associate Professor, School of Planning and Sustainability, University of Northern British Columbia