Comment 47471

By TreyS (registered) | Posted September 09, 2010 at 20:18:05

Yale is a private company. Giving tax dollars to Yale is the same as giving tax dollars to the Ticats.

Of course the existing library and farmers markets aren't holding the city ranson... why? because it's in the same location. "Hey were renovating, come back soon to a better building". They aren't saying, "hey we moved, sorry for the inconvenience, but we are now located at 000 Upper James".

We're talking about MOVING the Ticats stadium. It would be a whole different conversation if we were renovating Ivor Wynne.

And let's give up any perception that a modern football stadium 3km from downtown, with on-site food and beverage, accommodations and parking will add any 'off-spring' benefit to downtown. It won;t happen. It will actually ruin West Harbour for anything else.

Modern Stadia are self-contained, money-making machines, their purpose is to take your entrance fee $, then to take any extra dollars off you for beer, hotdogs, maybe a nice meal in one of the sit-down restaurants or even a hotel room. Just look at John Labbat Centre in London and that's only a 8k arena. It has more in-house amenities than Copps.

Do you actually think that Bob Young wants to pay the costs to attract patrons, only then to let his patrons leave with extra money to spend elsewhere? Are you an idiot? Do you know how retail business works. ?

I paid to attract to my business. I want to take all the money I can off them. End of story. My marketing, my game. my customers. Why do I want MY CUSTOMERS to go and spend their money on a plate of nachos at Honest Lawyer?

Besides.. be real... the whole Ticat event is about 4 hours. Door to door. Parking, walking, sitting, watching and back again. After 4 hours, the literal truth is.... people want to go home after... . I've fuckin had enough. I watched a football game, I had a beer, i had a hotdog, i went piss three times, I ate some popcorn. I Don't want to spend another 3 hours, 3km away at Hess Village or wherever you think you our future employment is (serving coffee and nachos).

The bottom line is... the West Harbour is a horrible place for the stadium. And that's not because I don't want downtown or WH to prosper. My opinion is because I want WH and downtown to prosper. A stadium will suck, literally suck downtown and WH forever..// that is if it is built with any kind of amenities... if it's not built equal to something even as small as John Labbat Centre than forget about building it. Put $10m into IW, and upgrade its hotdog stands and hog-like urinals. And then let Setting-Sail continue on with it's 148-year plan to develop the West Harbour.

That's all.. peace be with you.

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