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Originally Posted by Colin May
And IKEA is open every day and did not have a secret meeting with the HRM council prior to making a decision. And 3 hours at IKEA is much more inspiring. And the snacks are cheap - $1 for a hot dog. Not to mention there are more customers and jobs for an IKEA store in Dartmouth than any sports franchise.
Waye Mason has posted on twitter : " Same as always - needs to be business / private sector lead - need to see a season ticket drive to prove the support - cannot be a municipal lead project but some partnerships possible. No capacity to spend 250 mil on a stadium. "
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Mason is dissembling as he typically does. HRM has plenty of capacity for a stadium. He likes to brag about how the debt-to-something ratio of HRM is so much lower than the average when defending wasteful HRM capital spending on bike lanes, libraries, flyover ramps and 4-pad arenas which are popping up like mushrooms. A couple of hundred million is pocket change for HRM these days since they are awash in cash. Plus we all know Mayor Mike wants a stadium, SMU wants a stadium so their CFL players have a place to show off their skills, and various other groups want a stadium for concerts and the like. Mason's comments are just his usual deceptive, misleading talk. Prepare to pony up, taxpayers. It is going to happen.
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