Regina Construction IV

[The mayor]

https://www.620ckrm.com/2022/07/18/c...eball-stadium/
City of Regina approves study for multi-use baseball stadium
Why would they need a study they know they need a new ball park

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by CCF

Everything she's said is true.
We are seeing a decline in population and essentially no development in the established neighbourhoods.

...except for the bit about demolishing 5.2% more than we built.

[Stormer]

The Harvard twins will be getting Grey Cup 2022 building wrap in the coming days.

[jigglysquishy]

Originally Posted by Stormer

...except for the bit about demolishing 5.2% more than we built.

That's factually true though.

Within the established area, we demolished more residential units in 2021 than we built.

[CCF]

Originally Posted by Stormer

...except for the bit about demolishing 5.2% more than we built.

http://reginask.iqm2.com/Citizens/Fi...91&Inline=True

Appendix D.
Page 406 of 627.

2021:
-29 units in the established areas for an annual rate of -6.0%;
-64 residents in the established areas for an annual rate of -5.2%

[HomerSPC]

Originally Posted by The mayor

they know they need a new ball park

Do we really though? Especially downtown?

[city rep]

Regina needs a new Regina bypass or a new football stadium more than we need a new full sized baseball park on some of the highest potential land the city has to offer

[TMB14]

Don't get me wrong, if someone built a baseball stadium, I'd likely frequent it quite often. The location of the current ballpark makes it a non-starter for me as a south-ender.

That said, if a penny of tax dollars (from any level of government) goes into its construction, it's a non-starter for me. I'm already paying for a stadium that hardly gets used. I'm not about to pay for this, a hockey arena, swimming complex...

A lot of vanity projects are on council's plate. They'd better figure out where they stand on spending current and future taxpayer money.

[The mayor]

Originally Posted by city rep

Regina needs a new Regina bypass or a new football stadium more than we need a new full sized baseball park on some of the highest potential land the city has to offer

60 % of downtown is vacant lands and even more in the near by neighbourhoods I don’t see any one rushing to build there so this is a non issue

[Dougler306]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

The Riders can't even sell out the stadium unless its a Labour Day game. Grey Cup won't have any extra seating added either, unlike the last three that were held here. It's sad.

Reap what you sowe in the riders case. I understand it was league wide and Canada wide but requiring vaccination to attend had killed the team and the league for the most part. Also should note only 6 or so teams in the NFL required proof. It's evident all across Canada when it comes to events that requir visitors to succeed. Tourism is in the tank with ZERO signs of rebounding and with a federal government doubling down on more mandates, more restrictions and most likely more other things come winter. The Tourism scene is dead in the water in this country.

[Festivus]

Originally Posted by Dougler306

Reap what you sowe in the riders case. I understand it was league wide and Canada wide but requiring vaccination to attend had killed the team and the league for the most part. Also should note only 6 or so teams in the NFL required proof. It's evident all across Canada when it comes to events that requir visitors to succeed. Tourism is in the tank with ZERO signs of rebounding and with a federal government doubling down on more mandates, more restrictions and most likely more other things come winter. The Tourism scene is dead in the water in this country.

It's been pretty clear that inflation/economic concerns has been the primary factor in reducing attendance...especially since there are no vaccination requirements right now, yet attendance is still an issue.

As well, vaccination rules ended up working in SK, we saw a big bump in the number of people that received them (and thus helped protect society, both public health-wise and economy-wise).

[The mayor]

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/new-cargil...gina-1.5993811
New Cargill canola processing facility breaks ground in Regina
The official ground breaking ceremony for construction at the new Cargill canola processing facility at the Global Transportation Hub (GTH) took place on Tuesday morning in Regina.
The ceremony marked the beginning of construction for the $350 million project, with Premier Scott Moe and Mayor Sandra Masters lending a hand.

[The mayor]

https://globalnews.ca/news/8999431/b...-underway/amp/

Buffalo Pound water plant renewal project officially underway

Construction has officially begun on the $325.6-million Buffalo Pound water treatment plant renewal project.

[The mayor]

https://leaderpost.com/opinion/mandr...f827416f2/amp/
Mandryk: Why Brandt/CNIB project believed it had approval intriguing
Why would Brandt now allege it had the go-ahead? Did Sask. Party politicians leave that impression?

Consider that Premier Scott Moe was telling us even after Brandt tore down the old CNIB without a permit in February 2019: “We should, in many ways, be thankful that we have a private industry that is looking to invest in our city and our province in this way.”

His predecessor, Brad Wall, was even more glowing about both the Brandt/CNIB project and Semples, having tagged Gavin Semple after the 2007 Sask. Party election to spearhead Enterprise Saskatchewan.

Of course, we don’t what was being said privately between the politicians and Brandt. We may never know.

While a lawsuit might make those conversations public, that might not happen if this messy matter never makes it to a courtroom or is settled.

We do, however, seem to know one thing: Brandt sure seemed to have its own reason for thinking the project was going ahead.

[StealthGirl]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

The Riders can't even sell out the stadium unless its a Labour Day game. Grey Cup won't have any extra seating added either, unlike the last three that were held here. It's sad.

We did a stadium tour on Saturday and were told that seats will be installed over Pil Country and the south end zone to expand the capacity for Grey Cup this year.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by StealthGirl

We did a stadium tour on Saturday and were told that seats will be installed over Pil Country and the south end zone to expand the capacity for Grey Cup this year.

I have definitely not heard that. In fact it's the opposite of what I've heard.

https://leaderpost.com/sports/footba...manent%20seats.

[StealthGirl]

Just repeating what they told us. The two buildings in the south end zone are built to accomodate stands over top, but they are only bringing in seating to cover Pil Country.

[The mayor]

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[ReginaGuy]

Originally Posted by The mayor

60 % of downtown is vacant lands and even more in the near by neighbourhoods I don’t see any one rushing to build there so this is a non issue

It doesn't matter. It still doesn't make any sense to put a baseball stadium downtown. It'll take up a ton of space and be empty 99% of the time. It will just act as a giant barrier preventing any future improvements to a more walkable downtown.

If it needs to be centrally located so badly, then they can put it at the old Taylor Field location. Taylor Field was originally a baseball diamond anyways, so it would be fitting

[The mayor]

Originally Posted by ReginaGuy

It doesn't matter. It still doesn't make any sense to put a baseball stadium downtown. It'll take up a ton of space and be empty 99% of the time. It will just act as a giant barrier preventing any future improvements to a more walkable downtown.

If it needs to be centrally located so badly, then they can put it at the old Taylor Field location. Taylor Field was originally a baseball diamond anyways, so it would be fitting

That would be fine it’s kinda like downtown anyway not far away five minute walk