Fort Richmond residents protest proposed Bomber stadium
By: Gabrielle Giroday
Posted: 23/08/2010 9:55 PM | Comments: 23
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About 300 Fort Richmond residents turned out to a meeting at the Richmond Kings Community Centre tonight to protest the proposal to build a new football stadium for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at the University of Manitoba.
An overflow crowd forced about 100 people to stand outside in a parking lot.
Residents are worried about noise and traffic on game days.
The Free Press reported last week that a canopy that was supposed to cover most of the stands could be abandoned after final costs are figured out.
At the meeting Monday night, people passed around orange leaflets with a banner headline saying "This Isn’t the Stadium Creswin promised."
However, Creswin president Daniel Edwards said the canopy would only have a "nominal" impact on controlling noise.
St. Norbert MLA Marilyn Brick said she was there to listen and to pass the concerns of residents on to Premier Greg Selinger. She said the design isn’t finalized.
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Well, while I was reading the Free Press comments (LOL?), I came across a comment that I actually agreed with...
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POSTED BY: bpachkowski
AUGUST 23, 2010 AT 10:27 PM
WOW... talk about a selfish lot.. 300 people should be ashamed of themselves. We are talking about 10 days out of 365. There are 10 home games (9 regular season plus one pre season) stretched out over 5 months. That is an average of 2 days per month. Thunderstorms are more disruptive (and frequent) than football games. If you cannot see past your own nose and deal with the noise of a hometown crowd cheering on our 80 year old Blue Bomber team for 2 eveings a month for 5 months, then you don't deserve to call Winnipeg your home!! SHAME ON YOU, you selfish people. When I lived across from Polo Park in an apartment, I used to love turning up the radio, sitting on my deck, listening to the game, and hearing the roar of the crowd live. But of course, self serving people who hate Winnipeg and don't want to be part of the community have to cram into a community centre and add thier 2 cents to keep our fine city from becoming even better. Not only are they holding back the city, but they will help deny our University of a top notch althetic training facility, all because of a liittle extra noise for 10 days out of the year!! Congratulations, Winnipeg haters, you have had your say. Lets hope your selfish cries are ignored, and the greater good wins out!!
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