Comment 60449

By ImproveTheHammer (registered) | Posted March 01, 2011 at 10:50:08 in reply to Comment 60325

Au contraire, I think the Ticats were upfront.

They indicated last summer they would put no money into West Harbour. At East Mountain and Longwood they indicated that they help bring in additional investors.

Let's pretend for a second that the province would have kicked in the additional $50 million it would have cost for WH. The remaining barrier was convincing the Ticats they could make money there. The city was unable or unwilling to -- and my bet is a bit of both.

I will give credit to the council for trying to do the right thing. In hindsight their voting patterns make perfect sense based on the information available at the time. And we've ended up at a site we can afford, the Ticats can be happy with. And it gives us an "infrastructure legacy that promotes healthy, active communities and high performance amateur athletic development."

Let's pack the house when PanAm soccer finally gets here!

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