Raise the Hammer

I am going to post my message from the Ticats forum here as well before the mods over there remove it. At least here you just get greyed out and booed. lol

"Looks like Go East Mountain has finally crossed 2K supporters as well. 'West Habour - A Legacy Vision' is now the latest post on their main page.

If you want to look at this stadium build as a 'Legacy Vision' (and I know they aren't talking about the Pan Am stadium here but ...), EM isn't one. It works for Football and Soccer from an 'accessiblity' standpoint, but it is not a 'Legacy Vision' at all. Never can there be the warmth that is felt in Ivor Wynne, that 'I am home' feeling, in a location like EM.

West Harbour could at least give us that. But neither are IW or that neighborhood, people. We are missing something here. Seriously. The City and the Cats say IWS has to go. Not all council members I will add, feel that way and I know that for a fact. Many people also have an affection for IWS, but I am sure they feel they have to chose one side to try to ensure the vote doesn't go for one or the other.

A 'None of the Above' is possible' everyone. It truly is and now that the track and field bit is gone, Ivor Wynne is already ready for soccer. We can use these funds to go beyond the $16 million it will cost (from 2006-2014 to upgrade/repair IW), and we could put more money into fixing her up, tearing down Scott Park to create more parking/green field, and add some seat backs, maybe more cover over the North Stand perhaps like a Cannad Inns Stadium in Winnipeg. The first part is already in the city's budget, and we can use some of the federal/pan ams cash for upgrades, and save the future fund for an ampitheatre/athletes villiage at WH?

There is a third choice and I think at least one counciller is already seriously considering it. No reason Bob and the city couldn't make IWS more viable, if we had soccer in there as well. It's already zoned for sports so add 10-20 more games a year with soccer (not sure how long their season is), and man this whole thing just changed today if we allow ourselves to see beyond 2 choices and the vision of council and the tiger-cats, and allow OUR visions to imagine for a moment."