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Originally Posted by krazycanuck
Surprised the city didn’t try and leverage some of the Olympic funds from the federal government matching program to go into the new arena, as currently some of that money is left off the table. I wonder if this is something that they might be negotiating behind the scenes right now with CSEC and the feds.
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Given the matching component, I too think a huge missed opportunity. Something I pushed for when the Fed announcement first came out. They did add the Vic park district funds, but could have pushed for arena too.