Comment 73446

By RenaissanceWatcher (registered) | Posted January 28, 2012 at 12:05:30

While we wait for clarification from Toronto 2015 on its reworked venue plan, this excerpt from an article titled "Pan Am Games set for big venue changes" by Robyn Dolittle posted on the Toronto Star website two days ago on Jan 26/12 raises some uncertainty about the status of the Ivor Wynne Stadium project:

"Troop refused to comment on the financial specifics but the Star obtained a recent provincial financial report that suggests the TO 2015 group is within about $20 Million of the original 2009 figure: $1,428,569,000.

According to the confidential report, the total expenditure for the Games will be $1,505,230,621. Subtract the Markham-funded fieldhouse and the provincially funded Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, and the total net spending is $1,448,970,621." http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1122...

This passage can be interpreted in one of two ways:

  1. The provincial funding for Ivor Wynne Stadium is being accounted for separately from the TO2015 budget, or
  2. The Ivor Wynne Stadium funding is being cut from the TO2015 budget.

And then there are two articles today about the plan to restructure the Pan Am venues, neither of which mention the new Hamilton stadium:

"Pan Am Games venues to be arranged in eight clusters" by James Christie in today's Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/mo...

“What the #!%*? A change of venues for the Pan Am Games” by Kristin Annable in today’s National Post: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/28/...

There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear. Stay tuned.

Comment edited by RenaissanceWatcher on 2012-01-28 12:36:55

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