Comment 53807

By Shempatolla (registered) - website | Posted December 24, 2010 at 17:45:25

"Instead they chose to sell revitalization which meant nothing to the TiCats, or the TiCat's fans. They totally missed the football WIFM point-of-view of their prospective customer."

@justsayin'

You're missing the point. This isn't about the football experience. A stadium can be built anywhere including WH that has a great football experience (and as an aside I would argue WH would provide the superior football experience of any site discussed.... but I digress), again..... IT'S ABOUT MONEY!, who is going to make it and who is going to control it.

Mr Young's objective is to squeeze every drop of revenue he can out of John and Jane Q TiCat fan. Playing in a stadium that is readily accessible by public transit doesn't work for him. He wants a place that is a terminus for car travel only surrounded by acres of asphalt which he controls and charges to park. He wants to control the adjoining land so he can parlay real estate investments into retail distribution ..... again which he controls. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with him wanting that. It's called capitalism.

From the outset when Mr Mitchell pompously decreed the Tiger Cats would NEVER play at West Harbour , this has had DECIDEDLY nothing to do with "The football experience".

There is one tiny but fatal flaw in the master plan from 1 Jarvis St. WHEN YOU ARE PLANNING TO SPEND THE BETTER PART OF $200 MILLION DOLLARS OF SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY AND NEXT TO NOTHING OF YOUR OWN, YOU BETTER GIVE A GOD DAMN AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WORDS THEY USE AND THE NEEDS THEY HAVE INCLUDING THINGS LIKE........ CITY BUILDING AND REVITALIZATION.

Comment edited by Shempatolla on 2010-12-24 16:45:58

Cheers

Greg Galante

Hamilton

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