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It is a little weird though how on the one hand people talk about Halifax's hurdle is to build a $120-300M stadium, but Moncton's $20-30M stadium is often assumed to be approximately ready to go with some minor alterations.
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Minor in this sense would still be ~$75M anyway, i'd assume. Moncton already at least has the land and skeleton for a stadium potentially suitable for a team, even if the surrounding metropolitan area is not. The new Downtown Arena is $100M.
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I think if you accept that Moncton has something resembling a CFL-ready stadium then you also have to accept that something modest in Halifax would be sufficient.
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Moncton's stadium isn't CFL-ready - it has a base to be CFL-ready.
I keep saying that a smaller, modest 20K stadium would work for Halifax. Requiring 24K is a bit too much, IMO. 24K is an average attendance in the CFL and Halifax would be the smallest market by a fair margin.
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Maybe a $70M stadium. That was almost built there a couple years ago. The city's capital budget is in the $200M range annually. $100M is a medium-sized project of the type that is built every couple of years, not something for which the stars need to align.
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I think it's feasible as long as it stays around $100M. Anything more gets to be a bit too much. Anything north of that makes me question government or private interests ability to fund it.
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I'm used to people freaking out on here if you admit that Halifax isn't just one of many similar cities in Atlantic Canada, so I try to avoid pointing it out.
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It's the Toronto of the Maritimes and it's not even particularly close. Anyone trying to lift any other city in the region to Halifax's standard is cheerleading.