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By lawrence (registered) - website | Posted October 28, 2010 at 15:09:58

Of course I agree with you Pxtl on the stadium thing. I just don't like the mentality that 'Ivor Wynne has always been the fallback' as expressed to me after I delegated, by Sam. It can never be a 'fall-back'. It would have to be a plan with not only safety and the $20M price tag that immediately invokes, but modern day amnenities. The fact that we have only spent somewhere in the ballpark of $9M on Ivor Wynne since the 70's aside from the yearly mainenance costs, is sickening. If you are going to forge ahead as a location as your stadium, you have to do something with it. Not just keep it safe. Chairs with seatbacks would certainly go a long way. A 5 year plan to slowly replace those benches long ago would have brought the renew vs. build new decision gap a little closer.

Bob Young started this renew process when he came to town, including the new scoreboard, but IWS is a city asset. Look at what we did with AGH? It looks pretty sharp. All those times council voted againgst a new stadium before or lost bids to host games such as the Commonwealth, plans should have been put into place then. When Boston finally started to modernize their historic Fenway Park, people flocked to it and still do. Me included. I would drive 8 hours any day to spend some quality time within those walls.

I know this article isn't about stadiums, but it is still something I feel deserves a lot more public input, instead of all these experts in the new stadium game. Bring in someone who is open to discuss both options - renew and build new. Do the experts who undertand the economics of the Wrigley Fields and Fenway Parks, see any benefit to a similar Canadian project. What worth would such a venue bring to not only Hamilton, but Canada? Ivor Wynne is already cherished across the country. What would doing something spectacular as pxtl stated, bring to our community? What kind of draw would it attract for football and history fans alike? Would it draw folks from across North America? Are there studies to support or negate such facts?

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