Halifax Stadium Discussion

[fenwick16]

The only way that I can see a stadium being built in Halifax in the near future (without a current CFL team) is by one of the following avenues:

1) Government funding by attracting a large sports event (example: as one of many host cities for the 2015 FIFA Women's Cup which Canada is biding on and is considered to be one of the top two possibilities along with Chile). Moncton was able to build their stadium through this route. QUESTION: Is anyone in Nova Scotia approaching the Canadian Bid Committee about Halifax being a host city??? Who should we contact to find out? Mayor Kelly? District Councillors?

2) Private investment which is very unlikely since even if a CFL owner decided to locate in Halifax they would probably not be willing to completely finance a stadium. Another option is through a building fund and private contributions both large (maybe Sobeys) and small (I would give $2000, and more whenever I felt that I could). If a Not-For-Profit (NFP) Corporation could be organized to run a building fund then enough could possible be raised for the first phase of a stadium that would then be in a better position to attract a major sports event and get federal funding - for this to work we need the municipality to support it.

Unless we as a group can be pro-active and get something going then I am very pessimistic about Halifax getting a stadium in the near future. Although we would all like to think that there are backroom discussions occurring at this moment leading to Halifax building a stadium - chances are that nothing is happening and we will all be waiting another 27 years.