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Originally Posted by P Unit
Has there ever been any discussion whatsoever about the city partnering with whatever branch of the Irving empire that owns the Wildcats so that they can help bear some of the financial burden? Or, has there been any discussion with any private company to discuss partnerships? If there's such a slam dunk economic case for this thing, one has to think that it wouldn't be difficult to find private enterprise willing get on board in some way.
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What's the point of offering up your own private money when the Government will subsidize it for you? It's a catch-22. If anyone knows how to play the '
force the government into giving us money card' it's the Irvings. If anything, they'd probably come out in a few years and say something to the effect of: "If we don't have a new arena in x number of years there's a possibility the Wildcats may have to move...". Would it be true? Absolutely not; But all you have to do is sneeze around some of the Cabinet ministers in NB and they'll be on their knees pleading for any sort of amicable resolution.
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Originally Posted by P Unit
However much people believe this arena to be a panacea for Moncton's moribund downtown (and I have my doubts - many, many cities have played this game to limited success, given the associated costs), I think that asking the province to commit to this while struggling to keep hospitals open is a big ask.
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And many have done it with great success. Many regret not doing so (Hello, Ottawa). The hospital thing is a different situation altogether than financing arenas...we have a plethora of rural hospitals which have little-to-no reason to stay open outside of the fact that they've been there for x amount of years and residents can't fathom the task of having to drive twenty minutes further down the road to the next one if the hospital down the street closed.
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Originally Posted by P Unit
The Irvings will not touch it because again the actual center will lose money, we may see a "naming rights" option show up to help out a bit (aka MIDLAND ARENA or something).
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Cavendish Farms Centre
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Times & Transcript Arena
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