Comment 53756

By Shempatolla (registered) - website | Posted December 23, 2010 at 19:03:57

"Ryan the game on the field is top shelf. The stadium currently is not. this is what the Cats are referring to."

@Trey

You're kidding right? You honestly call a sub .400 win percentage top shelf? How old are you? I mean that in all sincerity. The stadium, it's location, its relative level of amenities through the eras has not significantly changed and if anything has improved greatly. When the Tiger Cats were the "Beasts of the East" in the 60's and 70's the place was jammed week in week out. This was long before the day when you could buy a beer or get anything to eat other than a cold stale hot dog ( which is still the case) or some peanuts or chips. The stadium, where it is, how people get there is not the issue. The quality of the product on the field that people PAY to see is. It is tied directly to revenue and when you play regularly to only 65% capacity you are not going to be successful.

This is about money, who is going to make it, and who is going to pay for a new building for a private business. Mr Young wants you to believe that unless he can use OUR money to build a stadium where HE wants it, hand him the keys for a minimum 10 years, surrender naming rights, limit access to the public's use of the facility so he can sell time for its use for other events, ..... that he cannot possibly have a successful business . Further he wants you to believe (and is doing everything in his power to frighten people into believing) that if City Council does not capitulate to his wishes .... he will pack up his things and move the team.

I CALL BULLSHIT!

Comment edited by Shempatolla on 2010-12-23 18:07:17

Cheers

Greg Galante

Hamilton

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