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How late do sporting events run? I don't attend sporting events. But from checking TTC's subway schedules, the last train is after 1:00. Is that not late enough?
The problem is that a lot of the people that attend sporting events come from the 905 areas outside of TTC service. There are commuter trains to those areas, but they taper off as the limits of "working late" are hit.
Where I live, a baseball game should end technically early enough, but
I actually have tickets for an upcoming 7pm game. I expect it to be done by around 11pm, but there’s no commuter train that late. The ballpark is on a tram line which doesn’t go anywhere I need to go, so I need too get to that transfer before it shuts down. In the ideal case it may take 45 minutes to get from the ballpark to a park and ride, but given the amount of time to get on a train, the shut down is uncomfortably close
It's been a long time since I cared about sports, but I remember when I used to watch them that a lot of games on the East coast (and Toronto counts, being in EST) would start relatively late so that they could be televized during prime time on the West coast. I could easily imagine a baseball game ending after 1AM if it went into extra innings or something.
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Sporting events can often run until 10pm or later - If I use the trains, I usually am heading to Oakville. If I am lucky, there may be three trains within 90 minutes of the game ending (all hideously crowded), and are often full of drunken ass-hats you know are driving when they get off… But Richmond Hill? Vaughan? Hamilton? Further afield? Your train-line usually stops after the commuter rush, which explains why the highways are so awful
And as for TTC stopping at 0100, Bah - Most pubs and clubs are open later than that. While I don’t personally frequent them myself, I am reminded of growing up in the UK when you could generally still catch a bus or train after 0300 because many services ran all night. It also would also massively help those who work late shifts.
Toronto may have more subway stops than many American cities, but from a “serve the needs of the people” perspective, its transport system alone makes it a complete shit-hole to live in.