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Originally Posted by Waye Mason
2- link to one government communication that ever said this process would result in spending more than $75 million. No one ever ever ever said that. Not one level of government. The committee is tasked to build a community stadium, not a CFL stadium. That was clear from the start.
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This is not quite so clear. The quote below is from the city website (
HRM stadium link):
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There has been significant interest and attempts over more than two decades to construct a stadium in this region. This has included discussions tied to bids to host major sporting events and, in many cases, related to opportunities tied with positioning for the siting of a Canadian Football League team. In all cases, these discussions have not resulted in the development of full business and economic development analysis, and have not included consultation with public, stakeholders and members of potential user groups.
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The CFL is mentioned several times on the halifax.ca stadium website. It would only make sense to include the CFL in the analysis. Hopefully the stadium advisory committee will include some CFL fans.
I agree that an extravagant CFL stadium is not being considered, but one that can be upgraded to CFL standards should logically be considered. You mentioned the figure of $75 million dollars, that would likely be more than enough for a stadium to host a CFL team - it can always be upgraded it the team is so successful that it needs more club seats/luxury boxes and more regular seats.
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