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Originally Posted by wespidel
Only having 14 thousand permanent seats between the goals lines, and only expandable as well in the endzones to only 25 or 27,000 total seats, and with no amenities.
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I think almost everyone agrees with you on this. Can we move on to a different point? No offence wespidel, but I think that we all understand this point.
There is something that bothers me about your opinion that Halifax should build a Winnipeg-type iconic stadium (the new version). A significant proportion of the cost will be in having a few tiers of seating and a few levels of enclosed concourses, a very large iconic roof and a $45 million dollar recreation centre at the University of Manitoba - why are these things required to host CFL games? There are so many good-size soccer/rugby stadiums in Europe and college football stadiums in the US that had to be built economically in cities that couldn't afford iconic stadiums. Why not approach it with this in mind instead of demanding an iconic stadium that most politicians won't risk their political careers on (and rightfully so).
You are asking people to support something that many stadium supporters can't support with a clear conscience, especially in a province that isn't rich. It is also interesting to note that a rich city in Alberta (Calgary) gets by with a large basic stadium (McMahon Stadium) instead of an iconic stadium. Maybe they had a good reason for going with an inexpensive stadium design in 1960 when it was built - for example, they were able to build it instead of just talking about it for decades. It is also an interesting side-note that a McMahon-type stadium was the one proposed for the Atlantic Schooners in the early 1980's.
You are asking Halifax to spend an extra $50 - $70 million on a $150 million dollar stadium so that a Halifax-based team can make an extra $3 million dollars every 10 - 15 years. It would be much, much cheaper to just forget about the Grey Cup and give that money directly to a Halifax-based CFL team.
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