Comment 53825

By Justsaying (anonymous) | Posted December 26, 2010 at 12:54:58

Wow, you shempatolla, I think you should read a little more closely. I'm on your side.

My point was that council/staff bungled the entire process by not addressing the TiCats and selling them on the WH site. They instead to 'tie their cart' to the revitalization horse and that horse died... Never did I propose the blank cheque to the Cats.

As you know (and everyone else knows) the HostCo money was tied to a tenant the Cats were that tenant, so they had what amounts to a veto on site selection. Eisenberger, council, staff whomever (all of the above) believed the Cats when they said they'd play anywhere (prospective customers lie to me all the time too), and Hamilton took that as a deal. Rookie mistake.

BTW,
1. Only 2 games because I'm just a casual fan (as are the majority of Hamiltonians)
2. Both games were not close to sell-out and announced attendance numbers are regularily 'juiced'. One was a beautiful July day, which should have been a sell out, and the other was the season finale. Another one that should be sold out.
3. I don't park for Ticat games, I walk 7 minutes from my front door
4. I agree that you don't need parking to sell out. You need to put quality on the field and market the experience properly. Both of which I think the Cats have failed to do.
5. Congrats, you are going to win - No WH and no FF money used. Somehow I can't see how not getting the stadium you want can be a win, but you spin it.
6. I highly doubt 22,000 average attend TiCat games. More like 18K - 19K.

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