Tourism
Tourism will be greatly enhanced by the Park Place development, creating an economic spin-off that will benefit the entire community.
- The number one tourist destination in Canada is the West Edmonton Mall and in Ontario it is the Eaton Centre.
- "Lifestyle" centres in the U.S. are proven major tourist draws.
- The unique shopping, entertainment, dining and accommodation offerings at Park Place will bring thousands of new visitors to this community.
- Each visitor brings new dollars into Barrie – these dollars are spent throughout the entire city at local attractions, leisure spots, restaurants, retail shops and hotels.
- Park Place will help bring tourists downtown by luring them off the highway and then linking them to downtown amenities.
- Georgian College and Park Place will form a partnership programme so that the hospitality and tourism programs benefit from the fashionable restaurants and hotels.
Park Place will enhance Barrie’s offerings as a tourist destination, thereby bringing in new revenue to benefit the entire community
“I see Park Place as a reason to bring people to Barrie. Many will continue their journey into our downtown...many who would otherwise never have ventured north of Highway 9.”
Kevin Frankish
Barrie Resident