Toronto Is The Place To Visit!
by Scott A. Sumner
Toronto is a world-class city and one we should be proud of as Canadians. It was fun to spend some time looking around the city and attending the Toronto Honda Indycar race. Seeing the race this year very close up and personal was fun. American driver Ryan Hunter Ray won for Andretti Autosport in a close event. The magnitude and grandeur of this race with full stands of people, especially on Sunday afternoon just before the start, is something to experience.
“ Toronto is one of my favourite races and achieving the last three wins in our series in a row is great. We just need to keep doing what we are doing. The team is just clicking well together. We are all really good friends. It is important to enjoy it as well,” said Ryan Hunter Ray. “ To win three races in a row has been a dream of mine ever since I was little, to be able to be competing in the Indy car series. I am appreciative of every lap I get in this series because I love it. We need to enjoy it. We have to take hold of it and get it done. You are only as good as your car so you have to work as a team. It is difficult to put everything together to win.”
Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto, talked about how the race was great for tourism in Toronto. The Izod Indycar series for the 26th year in Toronto brings in millions of dollars. “ I am a businessman as you know and there are 189 cranes in the sky right now in Toronto. We have more cranes than 10 major cities in the US and we are turning this city around. At city hall it is business, business, business and we are creating jobs for people. I am very proud of what we have done and will
continue to do.”
As a long time Toronto Maple Leafs fan it was fun to visit the old Maple Leaf Gardens that is now a Loblaw’s grocery store and one of the most elaborate outlets I have ever seen. It is really fancy and situated right where centre ice was previously. Higher up will be the new Ryerson University hockey rink, which will hold 2800 seats and opens this September. I think the Lakehead University Thunder wolves hockey team will enjoy playing there.
As Mayor Rob Ford said at a media conference at the race there are cranes everywhere in Toronto and most are building high-rise condominiums, which seem to be the popular living choice. Detached houses in Toronto will start at $800,000 and go into the millions easily, so condos are a more affordable alternative. It was fun to visit the recently opened Trump Tower in Toronto, which is a 5 star hotel, and also features condominiums that start at $2.3 million and up.
We have great air service to Toronto and it is a city that offers so many activities and interesting sites. You should plan a trip there to check it out!
