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Originally Posted by wespidel
Remembering they all ready have the public support who want to see our capital city build a major CFL model stadium and not a inadequate facility that would be a total embarrassment, and that would also have no potential or future and end up being an eyesore, and a waste of taxpayers money. So do it right the first time or don't do it!
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Again, I'd love to see this public support. I agree that the current proposal is probably the worst of both worlds - people who don't care about a stadium will (rightly) think it's a waste of $20M, and people who do want a stadium generally want it so that we can host a major league team, which is very unlikely with less than 20,000 seats. But committing to building a $60-100M stadium is a MUCH tougher sell to those who aren't interested. However, it would be a much more worthwhile investment, because then we could actually use it for stuff. I think that public support will be easier to drum up once the library, Nova Centre, etc. have finished construction. I agree that we need to wait until we can do it right the first time, and build something that's usable "out of the box", rather than compromise and end up with something that is somewhat expensive and mostly useless.
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