Comment 46939

By slodrive (registered) | Posted August 31, 2010 at 22:51:54

Surprised by all the negativity here. I think today was a great day for the city. I'm confident that this location is the best place for the Ticats to become self-sustaining, it has decent (and soon to be better) access to public transit and remediates a brownfield.

Virtually every councillor reiterated that this is not to be done at the expense of the WH. So, where's the problem? Everyone should be happy, shouldn't they?

To me, this has better potential for the WH than a stadium. Sure, a stadium would instantly clean up a massive swath of land. But then you're left with....a stadium. At their prettiest, they're large and view obstructing.

Now, I think we have some real city building potential here. The pressure will be on all parties to ensure the WH gets cleaned up and developed. And we won't have the embarrassment of losing a 140 year old franchise that is a key part of our identity. This was a good day for Hamilton. We still need a few more good days rather quickly to make this happen.

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