They are partnering.
You say tomato; I say tomato.
As rose by any other name.
Etc.
Mark Masters in the National Post writes that "The Canadian Taxpayers Federation blasted the federal government on Friday for granting the CFL $800,000 to help hold a regular season game in Moncton, N.B. in September. The not-for-profit group also demanded the government turn down funding requests for the 2012 Grey Cup festival and for a new stadium in Regina."
Bear in mind Regina, which has a CFL team that needs the dome for, max, six dates a year, wants more than a dome, they want an uber dome. Grand Forks, North Dakota, sorta down the road from Pile Of Bones, got a full service dome for 70 million and change; the Rider Dome is pegged at 423. And the dome in the Peace Garden State loses handfuls of change every year.
The issue at hand is that the CFL wants 12 mill for the 100th Grey Cup in Edmonton. The CFL seems to have got confused when the feds gave them 800k to put on a game in Moncton.
Let me break it down for Mark Cohon and the crew at CFL head office: the Grey Cup is going to happen and be successful no matter what; the 12 million just means the suites will be better. Moncton on the other hand broke new ground and engaged Atlantic Canucks in the Canadian Football League. Plus it cost well under a mill'.
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