As happens every year following the big tennis tournament, there’s talk of putting an expensive roof on the existing stadium.
Somehow, the phrase “stadium roof” has a certain ring to it.
Update Monday: That was fast. Le toit va attendre.
Twice Sunday, out walking around, I spotted confused couples on Jarry looking at their phones and arguing. Both times I stopped and asked them if they were looking for something and the response was “Stade Jarry”; one of the pairs had made it from the metro most of the way east to St‑Hubert without realizing they were walking directly away from their destination. I suspect the event needs to put more emphasis on going there via de Castelnau, not Jarry station.
Nicholas 19:14 on 2024-08-11 Permalink
If you’re going to switch to the Blue Line anyway, Park is slightly closer (even closer if you take the train). And Jean-Talon is a similar distance as Jarry. I assume people just see the word Jarry on the stadium and then go to Jarry station?
Kate 19:32 on 2024-08-11 Permalink
Park station is closer on the map, but it’s a longer walk around via the underpass, and confusing for people who don’t know the local geography. Whereas with de Castelnau, you just exit, walk past 7400, and you’re in the park.
And yes, they simply assumed Jarry would be closest to Stade Jarry.
I’ve also helped out people who exit from Jean‑Talon station and emerge not having the faintest clue where Jean‑Talon market is, but someone could be there doing that all day.
Thankfully the tennis will be over and we’ll get our park back soon.
DeWolf 19:38 on 2024-08-11 Permalink
There’s now a level crossing on de Castelnau, it’s a pretty straight shot from the metro to the stadium, with an opportunity to grab an espresso at the Café Saint-Henri roastery along the way…
Kate 19:46 on 2024-08-11 Permalink
Evidently I don’t know the local geography!
I must say, the Café Saint-Henri folks have picked some nice locations.
MarcG 08:27 on 2024-08-12 Permalink
Similar problem with LaSalle metro being in Verdun (while I’m at it, the Lachine rapids being in LaSalle?). The city would make a lot of happy tourists by stationing 2 (multilingual) teenagers outside of every metro station to help em get where they’re going. Perhaps they could even wear clown suits.
Kate 08:38 on 2024-08-12 Permalink
I’ve been on the 55 (St‑Laurent) bus and encountered someone who expected it would take them to (Ville) St‑Laurent. I also recall somebody who had confused Ste‑Catherine with Côte Ste‑Catherine.
Uatu 10:30 on 2024-08-12 Permalink
Wayfinding in this city sucks
Mr.Chinaski 10:39 on 2024-08-12 Permalink
@MarcG to make things even worse, the biggest park in Lachine is called Parc… LaSalle!
mare 10:56 on 2024-08-12 Permalink
The worst mistake I ever made was *cycling* to 7272, Sherbrooke Street, when I still was a tourist visiting Montreal for a few weeks.
That was when I learned about Montreal’s weird East/West split. It was an excellent way to *never* make that error again.
The distinction between O and E on a paper map covering the whole island wasn’t very clear, and I didn’t know there even was one. That I picked the longest street in Montreal was purely accidental. I thought I was going on an adventure, house numbers that high were totally new for me. And an adventure it was, I ended up about 20km too far to the East. According to Google Maps now, an application that really changed how we get around. But apparently tourists still manage to get lost, probably because they don’t have a $$$ Canadian data plan.
Kate 11:27 on 2024-08-12 Permalink
mare, talking to the couples yesterday, I’m pretty sure they were local (I spoke French with them and none of them were from France) and that it was a case of one of them assuring the other that of course I know where Stade Jarry is, I used to go to baseball games there when I was a kid. And then getting outside Jarry station and realizing they didn’t have a clue any more.
JP 14:57 on 2024-08-12 Permalink
A date and I once agreed to meet at Atwater…he probably specified Atwater Metro but my tired-after-work brain went to the Atwater Market instead…and then while I waited for him at Lionel-Groulx station once we realized our miscommunication the JFL gag people actually managed to fool me with one of their shenanigans (I did not sign the release form though).
Blork 16:17 on 2024-08-12 Permalink
Let’s not forget the “McGill vs. McGill-College” never-ending confusion.
SMD 06:30 on 2024-08-13 Permalink
The tournament director would also like to build a third main court: https://lp.ca/qg00Ii. Apparently the tournament will have to expand soon to meet ATP standards, with more players, more days, and more training courts as well.
Ian 15:00 on 2024-08-13 Permalink
I had a friend visit once and be totally lost coming to my apartment on DuCollege in st Henri – of course he went to DuCollege metro.