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Originally Posted by Cre47
They are hoping to have this built for 2014, now I've heard someone thinking Cape Breton might run for the 2015 Memorial Cup thinking probably at earliest the tournament will be in 2018. But with the reduction in seats planned from 5000 to 4000 that will probably hurt.
Meanwhile, after the season, city will spent 800 000$ on emergency repairs so it the arena will hang on until the opening of the new arena. Sounds like one possible contender for building the arena might be Multivesco which was a contender in the initial PPP renovation project which was rejected by the provincial government for procedural reasons.
I hope groundbreaking will start next spring though but we will have to wait for the offers by the potential contenders, but maybe it can be sometime next year..
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The provincial government has officially announced the founding of 26.5 million for the arena. Finally, I would say the fiasco is over... well there is still the construction part that could maybe be a problem... just look at the sports complex which had several delays even during the construction phrase and still more issues AFTER the opening.
Of course it's election year in Quebec so spending will fly especially with the potential of the PQ regaining power or perhaps the new "ADQ" led by Mr. Legault
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