The very first comment on the Chronicle Herald story was by Halifax's own Mr. No - Bruce DeVenne (he is already gearing up to oppose this bid).
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http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1210412.html#comment-13119 )
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Commonwealth games revisited?
We build a stadium then have to out bid other cities to get events. Sporting events are like high end ladies of the evening they go where they get the most tax dollars handed to them. After the fact what then? A stadium that must be maintained sitting there for what 90-95% of the year unused? Remember Fredy's CWG study that said even with a CFL franchise a stadium would be a burden on the HRM taxpayers. NOTE they admit once again to super secrecy. Funny how that always shows up when some outfit is trying to open the tax coffers for a money losing deal isn't it. What happened to open government? This smaks of the CWG all over again
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