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Pan Am Plan Unsupportable
After reviewing the documents related to a Pan Am Stadium site selection, I have to declare my total opposition to a West Harbour Site, and the creation of a "Stadium Entertainment Precinct". The site preparation costs look to be as much as $43 million dollars PRIOR to construction, and the notion that it can only work by cannibalizing existing bars and restaurants, especially Downtown is beyond ridiculous.
This exercise began simply to replace Ivor Wynne Stadium. The only reasonable approach for the tax-payers of this City is to locate that stadium on City-owned property, near existing major transportation corridors, and preferably not contaminated. Such sites exist. Such an approach would save the millions of dollars estimated for land purchase, demolition, and site clean-up.
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