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Originally Posted by Oilkountry
BC place had 2 full time tenants and A heck of a lot more potential for modernization in it's current 1980's configuration. It made sense to Invest 600M+ into the place.
Sell Olympic Stadium to a private Investor and let him/her/them turn it into an indoor zoo or Something. This way Montreal gets to keep the landmark.
Then build a 40,000 seat Baseball Stadium and a 30,000 seat CFL Stadium for Around the same price as the Reno would cost.
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I'm guessing the maintenance costs are so high that no private investor would even take it for free.