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Originally Posted by Migs
What does the fact that there are more hockey games than football games have to do with the rationale you guys are using in regards to it being a multipurpose facility? And that isn't really the case if you add the Rams games, some Huskies games, and Thunder games to the already 11-12 game Roughriders scedule
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You are helping me prove my point here exactly. This is a
football stadium, plain and simple. Does CIS football require a 33,000 seat indoor stadium? Nope, they'd be lucky to fill an eighth of those seats, and the season ends far before the first snowfall. Does junior football need a 33,000 seat covered stadium? Nope, the season also ends in mid-october, and doesn't attract even close to that many fans. What kind of conventions do you know of that require stadium style seating arrangements?
The 2 biggest questions I have about this stadium proposal continually go unanswered:
First, what kind of events
need to be held in this grand facility that can't be held elsewhere? (Please, don't tell me that the Regina Thunder or Saskatchewan Huskies need this...)
Second, if in fact (as you claim) that this will attract
new concerts/exhibitions/conventions that currently by-pass Regina due to lack of facilities, Why wouldn't it be more prudent to build 2 facilities (which would still be much cheaper than the multipurpose building proposed now)? Why not build a 33,000 seat outdoor stadium for 150 Million (for the Riders, Rams and Thunder), AND a 15,000 seat arena (for those lady gaga concerts, pyramid scheme conventions and monster jam) for 150 Million? Interestingly enough, those 2 combined would still come in $160 Million cheaper than this proposed multi-use facility (which are currently going out of style in most major cities at the moment)... But then again, how can I expect someone who made a facebook group dedicated to this project to be objective about these questions...