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Originally Posted by khabibulin
$77 million for a CFL stadium? THF seats 24,000 and seems very bare bones. It cost $145 million in 2014.
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Costs of everything housing and infrastructure exploded well beyond inflation. The original Metro in Montreal was $213.7 Million, or $1.668 Billion today, for 22 kilometers of fully underground rapid transit and 26 cathedral like stations.
Anything remotely close would be at least $6.6 Billion today.
To be fair, the stringent safety standards of today have a significant impact on cost and construction timelines. Far greater accessibility standards also result in more expenses and station build times. Our rolling stock is also far more sophisticated than in the 20th Century.
As for stadiums, safety standards are also a factor, but also new building codes that require more space, washrooms etc.