Comment 51647

By newbie (anonymous) | Posted November 16, 2010 at 14:16:49

Hi All,
First time poster so please go easy. I see that everyone is quite entrenched in their particular views on this subject and I'm not here to get into arguments or demean anyones particular view. I'm a big Ticat fan myself, but I'll be honest, I'm not overly happy with the way Bob Young or Scott Mitchell have acted in this. I'm also not overly happy with the way city hall has acted either. I do have a question though, has anyone else on here met any of the white star group? A friend introduced me to their designer a while back and I have to say, I was quite impressed with some of the ideas they had. What I found interesting was the thoughtful way they were planning the waterfront to utilize the land there in a very economical way. He explained that this veneitian plate could essentially double the land down there in a way that would put all of the parking underneath while allowing the stadium and all the surrounding developments to go on top. I thought that sounded odd, but he directed me to a piece written by their engineering partners on their website which explained it in pretty good detail. He also talked about how there seems to be a misconception that the towers attached to the stadium were part of the stadium. I guess they would be stand alone projects which were designed to get the private sector to inadvertently become involved in the project. The way he put it was that the private sector has no interest in building a stadium but if you can come up with a design that gives them what they want everyone wins. And selling off the surrounding areas for the developments would pay for the roof on the stadium. I thought it was a pretty good idea. At least better than any other plans I've heard about.

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