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Originally Posted by Chaps
Yes because $350 million is cheaping out.
What was the number being thrown around for Asper's stadium? $120Mil? It was in the 100's anyways.
You don't think an extra 200 mil will buy much?
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Sorry for replying so late. I guess I missed your post.
I think you'd be making a mistake comparing the two stadia. A 40,000~ seat domed stadium vs. a 30,000 seat open air stadium is a vastly different engineering feat. And hugely more costlier.
Do note the Fargodome cost $US48 million to build almost twenty years ago on land that was pretty much free. It seats 19,000 for US football games. The CFL field is much bigger.
So if we use a US dollar exchange rate of 20% and a three percent annual inflation rate it would cost more than $104 million dollars to build that stadium today. That ignores the much higher construction costs of today. And you end up with a very plain, vanilla grey box.
To build the Canadian equivalent today but with 40,000 (or 35k or 30k) seats and a much larger field, and expandable to accommodate a Grey Cup every 8 years... Will $350 million do it?
Please note I never said cheaping out or half assed. I did say bare-boned.