Raise the Hammer

The only way any other site is going to happen at this point is the Pan Am people say no at the end of the month and give Hamilton another extention. Of course there might be backdoor communication we aren't aware of and it's 100% clear the answer is no to the west harbor already. Without that there is no time to change it in 10 days, the city has picked the west harbor and that's that. I think if they did give the city another chance it would more than likely have to be fast tracked really quick and be city owned land. There won't be too much time for a decision and i would be surprised if it would be more than a month. The pan-am people are a bit stuck to because some city would have to step up to the plate. They would have to see if it's viable and a almost 100% chance they wouldn't have a anchor tenant either. The only 2 possible things for a true anchor tenant is a CFL team or MLS team...unless someone can think of something else, i can't. There won't be any other MLS team in the toronto area so you can pretty much say forget that idea. If some other city like Mississauga decided they want the cats it still takes time to make that decision, see if its financial feasible..finding a location, voting, zoning. That could take a year or more, things usually dont move as fast as we think. Maybe York university..but things dont draw too well for CIS sports..if they did their stadium would be bigger than 2,500 seats. I really can't see the province/feds coming up with 100-200 million dollars for a CFL stadium that isn't in conjuction with pan-am games or olympics or that type of thing. I have really a hard time believing any city in southern ontario would come up with that cash for a outdoor stadium that may have to be mostly funded by tax money. We wont get a clear picture until the end of the month but if they give a 2nd chance for a location confederation could be back on the table..even if it is a park. Knowing the CFL they might even try to have the cats/argos playing at the skydome. The teams aren't drawing enough but it is the CFL...they aren't too bright.