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By jonathan dalton (registered) | Posted November 11, 2010 at 10:18:55

Jon and RTH....why don't you just give up the TiCat bashing...they are putting up a proposal and some money and a plan to enhance the precinct, bring another hotel downtown and more revenue for their business and the city...what is wrong with that?

A few things already mentioned in the article:

  1. We want the Ticats to be financially viable, but this in itself is not the goal of the stadium project.

  2. The hotel proposal is extraneous to the City's commitments for the Pan Am Games, and should be evaluated on its own merits.

  3. The proposed hotel is not downtown, and as I've argued, could hurt the downtown hotel market which is already weak.

  4. The proposed convention centre will bring in money for the Ticats' business, but not necessarily for the City. In fact, I've argued that it would be in direct competition with existing City owned facilities.

I don't see the above points as Ticat bashing, so please throw out that straw man. My concern is the city, and I'm evaluating this proposal on its benefit to the city.

Comment edited by jonathan dalton on 2010-11-11 09:20:51

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