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Originally Posted by FLAMESRULE
Jesus H...I dont get the negativity for this right now.
1) We all think this is a world class city. This helps to make it a reality. Cutlure, sports, tourism, will all benefit.
2) We all hate city / prov / fed tax money going to it. This does that. The city owns the building and land, and the users (ticket holders, developers, etc) pay for it. The CRL is generating tax revenue from a location that was providing next to no tax revenue
3) We all hate McMahon + the Dome compared to other arenas. We get a world class facility for toddlers to Olympians / professionals
4) We all hate polluted sites, especially in the middle of our city...we have one of the largest in Canada (apparently). This helps to take care of that.
I was thoroughly impressed with the vision. Of course the devil is in the details. But this is a humongous opportunity.
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The negativity has to do with the very same things you are saying:
1) studies prove this statement is false.
2) Studies prove this statement is false. There is no beenfit in the city owninig the land, CRL's are public financing, and there is already a plan in place to gentrify this area in a similar vein of East village.
3) the olympic argument is a joke and studies reveal they are net money detractors (we will not get into the olympic argument right now)
4) we have no proof of the stuff KK is saying or what the city had planned for this area.
The negativity stems from everyone spouting the same arguments that other cities have done for decades, despite the fact that none of these arguments hold water!!!