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Originally Posted by Rottie
What do you think a few million " sprucing up" the current stadium is going to get you? A splash of paint and new urinal pucks for the troughs maybe. Keep throwing fix up money at an outdated and one of these days obsolete facility instead of starting anew and giving fans better seating, washrooms, concessions etc. and incorporating restaurants, bars, maybe a movie theatre in or around a new complex which you can't do now with the existing stadium.
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Movie theater? You want a movie theater why not push for that then. Keep in mind the last one in that location died off when the casino ate the parking. It's now a dollar store. Besides, city council has special treatment and control over movie theater locations.
Regarding the concessions I have some more enlightened ideas about that, and they don't require a $350 million fiasco either.
People with no real sense of money or costs throw out nonsense like claiming that millions of dollars will only buy urinal cakes.
I'm curious to know what it cost to bring in the temporary bleachers. Clearly it's quite possible to add 2000 seats and have it cost far less than even 1 million. I think it's possible to order some that are better suited to the site, at both ends. Add in some reasonable costs for building washrooms and you've got yourself an expanded stadium.
I'd love to get the job to improve the stadium with a multimillion budget. Most of the people slamming me here would be delighted with the outcome. But that's not how this project is going. The conclusion has already been dictacted. There's been no public tender, deals and money are just being handed out in secret to biased parties with zero concern over conflict of interest. When the construction comes, coordinated non-competitive practices will decide who gets to overcharge for this work and who will get to overcharge for a different project. These kind of shady gentleman's agreements have been a long standing tradition and with the leaders in place and precedent set, there's no reason to think a more open and honest process will start any time soon.