The Downtown Halifax Link system is a network of climate-controlled pedways ( pedestrian tunnels and skywalks ) connecting various office buildings, hotels, parkades, and entertainment venues around downtown Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada . It is similar to Toronto's PATH or Montreal's RÉSO system, but on a much smaller scale. These walkways are all open to the public, and are convenient during inclement weather and the winter months.
7-502: Hotels: Office buildings: Residential: Entertainment and retail: Trade Centre Limited (TCL), the developers of the new Halifax Convention Centre , have sought to connect the new facility with the Downtown Halifax Link via a new tunnel along Grafton Street. Scott Ferguson, president of TCL, said that such a tunnel would help Halifax compete by linking the new centre with the existing network of hotel rooms. The tunnel
14-607: Is expected to cost $ 7-10 million. City staff are exploring possible alternatives but have not ruled the tunnel out. 44°39′1.6″N 63°34′30.1″W / 44.650444°N 63.575028°W / 44.650444; -63.575028 Trade Centre Limited Trade Centre Limited (TCL) was a Crown corporation of the Government of Nova Scotia , Canada. Its stated mission was to "create economic and community benefits by bringing people together in Halifax and Nova Scotia". It operated
21-628: The Halifax Exhibition Centre) to TCL. On 1 April 2001, TCL took over responsibility for the Maritime Fall Fair Association (MFFA), a non-profit society formed in December 1999 to host an annual agricultural fair at Exhibition Park. As of 2015, the corporation employed approximately 100 full-time and 400 part-time staff. TCL was heavily involved in planning and marketing for the new Halifax Convention Centre . On 23 April 2014,
28-585: The Halifax Metro Centre (now Scotiabank Centre ), which had opened in 1978. As the two facilities were to be physically connected and operated a whole, an agreement was signed in 1982 transferring management of the Metro Centre to TCL, although the city retained ownership of the arena. TCL took over operations and management of the Metro Centre on 14 May 1982. In November 1999, the provincial government transferred management of Exhibition Park (now known as
35-739: The largest convention and events facilities in the Halifax Regional Municipality , and was a member of the World Trade Centers Association . Trade Centre Limited was created by an Order in Council on 17 November 1981 to own and operate the new World Trade and Convention Centre (WTCC), championed by then-Premier John Buchanan who envisaged the new facility as a scaled-down version of the famous World Trade Center in New York City . The trade centre would be built next to
42-471: The operations of Trade Centre Limited. Trade Centre Limited employees were also redesignated as Events East employees on this date. A limited board was appointed to oversee the winding-down of the corporation. Financial accountability of the organisation remained with the Province of Nova Scotia until 28 February 2018, when it was transferred to the shareholders of the new Halifax Convention Centre Corporation (i.e.
49-673: The province introduced the Halifax Convention Centre Act, legislation that saw the provincial government and the Halifax Regional Municipality jointly establish the Halifax Convention Centre Corporation to manage and operate the new facility. The new legislation allowed Trade Centre Ltd. employees to be transferred to the Halifax Convention Centre Corporation (which operates as Events East Group). On 1 April 2017, Events East Group took over
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