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Originally Posted by Empire
One aspect of the meeting that was discouraging is the fact that one of the goals of the meeting is to determine whether there is enough interest to proceed to phase 2. You would think that most communities would be solidly behind a stadium project so why is it so different in Halifax? Certainly everyone is gunshy after the CWG debacle but a stadium will bring far more pros than cons and even if there are cost overruns it won't break the community.
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One question that I have is whether the stadium project is being promoted to the same extent as the library project - I believe that there were posters at the universities advertising the library open houses. Is the same be done with the stadium project? Was there sufficient advertising in the newspapers, online, etc?
I think there is a attitude of disbelief in the HRM regarding a stadium. I have a feeling that few really expect the stadium to proceed because of all the failed attempts in the past, not because people wouldn't like to see a stadium and CFL team.
To be fair, Mayor Kelly started the new year by going on various talk shows to promote a stadium, however, after the bad publicity surrounding the concert cash advances, the stadium promotion by Mayor Kelly became almost nonexistent.
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