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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
Not significantly (8,800 seats vs 10,000 seats). The building is large enough for 10,000 seats, but the city chickened out and opted for larger seats and resulting decreased capacity to save money and improve fan experience. I can't say they were wrong. The Wildcats only sell the place out several times per year. The issue is really when the facility is used for concerts. These are frequently sold out.
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Well, the point is that while it's a nice facility for Moncton, it wouldn't make sense for Halifax to build something comparable as it already exists there. Hence it's not a good example of Moncton being more ambitious.
The stadium situation is likewise not directly analogous. The Moncton stadium with its track is probably not a step along the path to getting the CFL, and Halifax has built other stuff (like the Canada Games Centre around the same time; both cities landed different sporting events and built different infrastructure to suit them).
I'm just talking about the idea that Halifax is behind or somehow incapable of building Moncton-level infrastructure which pops up every so often in these discussions. Moncton built a $17M stadium and Halifax said no to a $150M+ stadium. It's not really comparable.