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Originally Posted by JHikka
I guess you don't have a new stadium in Canada unless it's filled with lawsuits, unpaid bills, and immediate deficiencies.  |
That is a bit of a cliche for sure. But I wonder how much of that is a product of reporters attuned to sniffing out these kinds of issues with publicly funded stadiums where you can submit access to information requests for details?
You seldom hear about these kinds of issues with privately-owned or operated NHL arenas... are they just better at managing construction or can they simply keep this hidden out of the public eye given that it is usually a private affair?
I also wonder what kinds of issues there might have been in the late 70s/early 80s heyday of Canadian stadium expansion and construction that the press simply never pried into. For instance, I remember reading about shenanigans at the Big O construction site where trucks would supposedly come with loads of building materials, drive through without dumping, then come back again with another "delivery", etc.