Comment 57902

By hamiltonthisis (registered) - website | Posted January 24, 2011 at 23:54:07

Mark Richardson answered this in his Roundup column -

What happened to the corporate sponsors Bob Young proudly trumpeted last week when he and Mayor Bratina > > >announced the IWS plan?

Where are the sponsors we all heard about? Primus, Hortons, Molson? Only made a small deal with the cats for advertising, not providing money for operations or construction

As for -

Though Councillors voted to eliminate the 15,000 seat West Harbour stadium option, it is unclear whether a >proposal for a 6,000 seat scalable stadium is still in effect. At least some Councillors seem to think it is.

McHattie tried to get a motion detailing a WH contingency plan, but it was voted down. As far as I am aware, WH is now dead.

Ticat owner Bob Young has promised two Grey Cup games in Hamilton in the next decade. However, Ivor Wynne >Stadium would only have 25,000 seats, with the ability to expand to 35,000 using temporary seating. CFL >Commissioner wrote a threatening letter to Hamilton last summer stating that the CFL requires 45,000 seats to >host a Grey Cup.

A 2 million dollar bribe to the CFL from the city would take care of this, as outlined by Rob Rossini's presentation.

What does the Future Fund Board of Governors think about spending $45 million to renovate Ivor Wynne Stadium?

Who are these mysterious people?

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