Saskatoon Star-Phoenix today had the story about the City of Regina, Province of Saskatchewan, acquiring 32 acres of prime real estate in downtown Regina from the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
First off, Regina isn't Vancouver or Ottawa or Toronto or even Winnipeg. It is a dot surrounded by millions of acres of prime real estate. You can walk from one end of town to the other in like an hour. No matter what the minister in charge of building a domed stadium, Ken Cheveldayoff, says, Regina is not a major city. It is Moose Jaw with bigger buildings and more stabbings.
They want you, that's you who lives in Kitchener, you who lives in Kelowna, you who lives in Fredricton to pay for a 400,000,000.00$ plus dome in Regina to, essentially serve their beloved Saskatchewan Roughriders who play, maximum, twelve home games a year and that is if they are hosting the Grey Cup.
Makes Montreal's Big Owe look sane.
What makes this even nuttier is the fact that just down the road in Vermillion, South Dakota and in Grand Forks, North Dakota, there are two perfectly functional domes that are multi-purpose that cost next to nothing.
Crazy.
If they can get the 500 mill or so they would well advised to build a Dakota Dome model, with all the whistles, for a hundred mill and then a bit of LRT.
I know, makes too much sense.
WFDS
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