Edmonton, Alberta

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This, from ChampWeb...

A permanent road course to be built in Edmonton on the grounds of Northlands. Northlands Park built, maintains, operates and owns each of the following facilities on behalf of the citizens of Edmonton and North Central Alberta _ Skyreach Centre (home of the Edmonton Oilers), Northlands AgriCom (a large convention center), Northlands Spectrum (horse racing), Northlands Sportex (an older hall), and the Silver Slipper(bar/casino).

A group of people have approximately $18 Million for the development of the track. The track will consist of 1.3 mile driving school course and a longer 2 mile course. Track is slated to open in 2005.

The track is to be 40 feet wide with 80 feet on the front straight. I assume that includes the pit lane.

And here is where this rumor gets interesting:

Track will be a FIA licenced facility.
The IRL has contacted the group when they heard of the FIA licence regarding a possible race here.
The group has been in contact with Molson regarding replacing the Vancouver race if it is lost.
The group has a race date for a Trans Am/ALMS in 2005.

The group has approval from Northlands board of directors and is waiting approval from the City of Edmonton.